Jayne Reviews "A Lady for Lord Randall" by Sarah Mallory

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"In a Time of War....

Independent school mistress Mary Endacott has no intention of ever surrendering to a man - especially when she meets stubborn yet infuriatingly handsome Lord Randall! But with a major battle fast approaching normal rules dissolve, and Mary gives herself to him.

... Can True Love Survive?

Justin is renowned for his authority on the battlefield, but Mary is a challenge of a whole new kind!

He's determined to seize every moment of happiness while he can, but when the fighting commences will the promise of Mary's kiss be enough to keep him safe?

Brides of Waterloo: love forged on the battlefield..." 

 

This book comes under the genre of Regency Romance which is very popular these days

We meet Justin Latymoor 6th Earl of Randall a world weary solider in the run up to the Battle of Waterloo whist he is on leave back in England. He is controlled, autocratic in outlook and not looking for a relationship at all. Into his sphere comes Mary Endecott an educationalist, reformer and spinster who is on leave from the school she owns in Brussels.

The Duchess of Richmond's Ball

 

They meet at the house of a reformist where both have been invited by Harriet, Lord Randall’s sister who is married to a reformist and scholar, Mary introduces herself to Randall who feels that the place is not for him and an attraction between the two begins to form much to the disconcertion of both as their beliefs are complete opposite. Mary is too independent for Randall and he is too bossy and stilted for her and so both fight the growing attraction.

I felt I really got to know the two main characters as they evolved over the book. The love story developed well and did not happen too quickly for me. I also loved the character of Justin’s sister Harriet who was a meddler and did everything to throw the couple together.  

The author 's writing is descriptive as can be seen in a paragraph describing the view from a horse;

“Then she had barely noticed the bluebells and wild garlic that carpeted the ground ' now the sight and sense of them filled her senses. The sun shone more brightly through the budding trees and the birdsong was even louder and more joyous. It made her think of spring and poetry and love…”

 

Waterloo 1815

Half of the book takes place in Brussels in the lead up to Waterloo and due to the author’s writing I felt I was there, experiencing the noise and tension . The scene at the Duchess of Richmond’s ball on the eve of Waterloo and the battle the next day were written in such a way as I felt I was really there. I could imagine myself living the hell of the battlefield with Randall and in the aftermath I was there with Mary feeling all that she was feeling at the carnage and waste and destruction, the desperation.....

Of course in a Regency Romance there were seduction scenes and I felt these were written tastefully , conveying what the author wanted the reader to see without getting too intimate and smutty.

 The book will appeal to those who like a Regency Romance story with strong believable hero and heroine. I have read several books by this author and will definitely be reading more..... 

Sarah Mallory is an award-winning  English writer, born in the West Country where she grew up with a love of books and history. A move to the wild moors of Yorkshire where she now lives provided further inspiration. Sarah also writes as Melinda Hammond and too date has had over 40 historical novels published. She can be found on Twitter as SarahMRomance and on Facebook as Melinda Hammond.
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Jayne Smith is an admin for The Review. A part-time nurse, she is a wife, a mother to two children, a cat lover and someone who loves reading and history. She loves all eras of history and owns a variety of groups on Facebook where she spends a lot of time indulging in her passion for history

This is her first review for the blog.