The Bride of Rosecliffe
Rosecliffe Trilogy, Book 1
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The Bride of Rosecliffe
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Narrateur(s):
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Marian Hussey
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Auteur(s):
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Rexanne Becnel
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In a time of strife and treachery, an English nobleman dares to fall in love with the rebellious Welsh beauty he has captured in the name of king and country
Exiled to the wilds of northern Wales as part of King Henry I's shrewd efforts to suppress the power of England's noblemen, Randulf FitzHugh prepares for war. He and his army will build a fortress on the ramparts of Rosecliffe, then return to London in triumph.
Josselyn ap Carreg Du loathes the English conquerors who are ravaging her homeland. Yet the only way to vanquish the invaders is to unite her people against them by wedding a cruel Welsh warmonger she despises even more. But when the seductive English noble who leads the assault against the Welsh turns the tables by taking her prisoner, Josselyn becomes a pawn in a political power struggle that can have no true victor.
As hate flames into unexpected desire, uniting two bitterly divided enemies, Josselyn and Rand must battle a far more formidable adversary: their traitorous hearts.
Contains mature themes.
©1998 Rexanne Becnel (P)2023 TantorThere are many twists, and it grew irritating through constant recycling of melodramatic romance scenes. The familiar I love you but I must hate you dynamic is overused, with the heroine betraying the hero repeatedly. The pregnancy plot, followed by her marriage to an impotent man who is conveniently accepting of it.
It is crude when comes to sex. Not pornographic, but distasteful.
The last chapter follows a familiar pattern in which the villain takes her child, forcing her to betray the hero yet again in order to get the child back. The hero, in turn, refuses to believe the child is his. The epilogue is cringeworthy.
Despite a strong historical setting and some accurate period detail, the narrative dragged. The drama was relentless without offering emotional release, and what was likely intended as banter and resistance often came across as bluster.
Josselyn, in particular, felt obnoxious rather than compelling. I never became invested in the characters, and I could not decide whether Ran was a conventional medieval warrior or something else.
The prose itself is good, and the historical atmosphere is well done. The narrator is also strong and improves as the book goes on, especially in her handling of Ran’s voice. However, the story’s ambition did not land for me, and the emotional impact was zero for me.
Too Many Twists, Too Little Payoff
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