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Today, Liza is sharing part's of her reviews of this series and the final excerpt. Being profilic with words, she provides only the best of each review here:
Betrothal Review
5*****
Jenna doesn't just tell you about the past, she entrenches you into the middle ages. You'll feel you are there with them, in their hearts and minds. Every scene and word rings authentic. She makes you believe in a young maiden's ability to truly love a man she barely knows and a seasoned warrior's intense desire to protect and love his young maiden. Their feelings ring true from beginning to end and constantly pulls the reader forward.
5*****
Jenna Jaxon delves deep into
historical facts and shares details that imbue the story with character, but
never bogs the plot in the process. I found the wedding night rituals most
disturbing and am very glad they've changed.
You may think me unqualified to review this book
since I rarely read historical novels before the 19th century. However, these
books transcends time. They are books of love in all its confusion, pain, and
pleasure. So you don’t have to be a medieval fan to enjoy them. You just need a
heart.
Jenna Jaxon has written a fabulous series, but I am declaring it one
outstanding epic tale that MUST be read in sequence. This is no hardship, since
each of the three books are superb.
Beleagured Review
5*****
In some ways, this book is like Gone With the
Wind, except:
1. the heroine is much nicer,
2. there are only two key men vying for her
love, and
3. instead of a Civil War, the black plague
kills half the people.
4. Oh and there is a happy ending, which did not
happen in Gone With The Wind.
So I declare this series far better than GWTW.
TIME ENOUGH TO LOVE
Blurb for Time Enough to Love
When Lady Alyse de Courcy is betrothed to Sir Geoffrey Longford, she has no choice but to make the best of a bad bargain. The hulking knight is far from her ideal man, and although he does possess some wit and charm, he is no match for the sinfully sensual man she secretly admires, Thomas, Earl of Braeton, her betrothed’s best friend.
From the first, Sir Geoffrey finds himself smitten by Lady Alyse, and, despite her infatuation with his friend, vows to win her love. When Geoffrey puts his mind to wooing Alyse, he is delighted to find her succumbing to his seduction. But when cruel circumstances separate them, Geoffrey must watch helplessly as Thomas steps in to protect Alyse—and falls in love with her himself.
As the three courtiers accompany Princess Joanna to her wedding in Spain, they run headlong into the Black Plague. With her world plunged into chaos, Alyse struggles with her feelings for both the men she loves. But which love will survive?
TIME ENOUGH TO LOVE EXCERPT 3
Geoffrey hurried on with a suggestion. “’Twould be the work
of a few moments for me to teach it you, my lady.”
It would have to serve. She shot a look over her shoulder at
her husband, who nodded and laughed with the princess though his eyes were
trained on her. Best get on with it then.
The sooner ’twas done, the better.
“Your skill at dancing is such that you would certainly learn
the steps with but slight instruction from me.” Geoffrey leaned so close his
voice, against her ear made her jump and recall herself. She stepped back and
looked at him.
His practiced courtier’s smile flickered at her, and she
caught something deeper shining in his eyes that she fought not to see. Her
heart stuttered a beat.Her body flushed with the anticipation of dancing with
him again even as misgivings swirled in her mind. No good would come of this
dance, but Thomas watched closely to see that she acted cordially to Geoffrey.
Would that it was an act.
With a sense of heavy foreboding, she extended her hand to
him. “Very well, Sir Geoffrey. What must I do first?”
He placed her hand atop his arm and led her to their place in
the circle of dancers then grasped her hand to pull her around to face him.
The moment his hand touched her skin, a streak of fire shot
through her. Her mouth went dry, and her gaze flew to his face. Surely he felt
that as well?
He stared back, his eyes mirroring all too clearly the blaze
that coursed up her arm.
Damn Geoffrey
Longford.
In a daze, she looked around at the other dancers, expecting
them to stare accusingly at her. As if they could see this sinful feeling that
tore at her soul. At a loss for how to act, she raised her gaze to beseech
Geoffrey. “What do we do now?”
’Twas an apt question for, God forgive her, at the touch of
Geoffrey’s hand, all thought of her husband had fled. She was back on the deck
of the Phillipa, facing him once
more. Loving him once more.
Geoffrey cleared his throat, his face flushed, and said
simply, “Follow me.”
Then they were twirling around the circle, hands clasped,
arms touching intimately, He seemed to brand her wherever he touched. The
figure reversed, and her other side was scorched as if a red-hot blade seared
her. Her gaze locked onto Geoffrey’s, and the music, the dancers, the Great
Hall and all its inhabitants melted away until all that was left was the
whisper of his breath in her ear and the heat of his body pressed close against
her.
He leaned in closer to whisper, “I must lift you now.”
Before she could grasp that staggering news, his arm went
around her waist and he lifted her, twirling them around full circle. She
panted, blood pounding in her temples, roaring in her ears.
They continued to dance, but she moved as though she were a
doll made of rags, her legs barely able to stand. Her world narrowed to the
single source of light and life that was the man who held her in his arms
again. The man whose love she could no longer deny. Despite the agony of the
betrayal, in the core of her being she knew neither the vows she had spoken to
Thomas nor the passion they had enjoyed in his bed would ever match the
intensity of love and belonging she shared with Geoffrey. As soon compare a
candle’s flame to the sun.
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
Jenna Jaxon is a multi-published author of historical and contemporary romance. She has been reading and writing historical romance since she was a teenager. A romantic herself, she has always loved a dark side to the genre, a twist, suspense, a surprise. She tries to incorporate all of these elements into her own stories. She lives in Virginia with her family and a small menagerie of pets. When not reading or writing, she indulges her passion for the theatre, working with local theatres as a director. She often feels she is directing her characters on their own private stage.
Jenna is a PAN member of Romance Writers of America as well as President of Chesapeake Romance Writers, her local chapter of RWA.
She has equated her writing to an addiction to chocolate because once she starts she just can’t stop.
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Great review of a great book!
ReplyDeleteGreat review and I agree - it's better than Gone With the Wind - which I detested.
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Wonderful reviews. I agree 100%. I loved the series and even the fourth extra novella which is now in this bundle. You can't go wrong with this set!
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