The Landlord's Black-Eyed Daughter
Mary Ellen DennisHistorical romance
Available from Sourcebooks
ISBN: 978-1-4022-4631-9
April 2011
| How can two people who meet when one of them is robbing the other manage to fall in love? That's what happens to Elizabeth 'Bess' Wyndham and John Randall Remington. Returning from the war with the colonies his eyes have been opened to all that's unfair between the aristocracy and those who don't have titles. Feeling powerless he uses his skills to try to right just a bit of the wrongs he sees by robbing those well off to help the poorer classes. One thing that draws the two together is a sense of déja vu. Both feel a strong bond with people who lived hundreds of years ago.
Mary Ellen Dennis pens one of those romances that may have happened centuries ago but in so many ways it's easy to relate to the couple as their love is tested. A suitor who won't take no for an answer is only one of the problems Elizabeth has to face. Walter Stafford climbed up the social ladder and now is obsessed with having Elizabeth as the next goal in his climb. The man will stop at nothing. With friends, hired help, and family like Elizabeth has to cope with it's a surprise she can outwit him and avoid his clutches as long as she does. The overlapping tale of Ranulf and his Janey affects both John and Bess in ways that are sometimes like a psychic link at the strangest times. This helps give the tale that extra bit that makes it more special and enjoyable to read. It will pull the reader in emotionally as we wonder what nasty person or circumstance will try to circumvent the two would-be lovers next.
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Reviewer: Dee Dailey |
