Historical romance favorite Laura Frantz is back with a suspenseful story of love, betrayal, and new beginnings.
Will the Virginia belle turned lacemaker side with the radical revolutionaries, or stay true to her English roots? And at what cost? No one comes to her aid save the Patriot Noble Rynallt, a man with formidable enemies of his own.
However, she is a character to root for in this sweet and enjoyable Christian romance.When colonial Williamsburg explodes like a powder keg on the eve of the American Revolution, Lady Elisabeth “Liberty” Lawson is abandoned by her fiance and suspected of being a spy for the hated British. Elizabeth sleeps in the bushes instead of her townhome, which she has access to. A few anachronisms: doorknobs should be latches, and the guillotine wasn’t invented yet. Action scenes are glossed over the novel’s pace is often leisurely. The romance with Noble is not rushed, a breath of fresh air. Confused in her loyalties, she needs to choose sides and come to terms with her attraction to Noble, who tries to assist her in her destitution.įrantz paints a good picture of Elizabeth’s plight, her determination, and her predicament being caught between warring sides.
Soon her father contacts her and demands that she spy for the Tories. Resourceful and proud, Elizabeth-though raised a lady-finds work as a mender and lace maker. Animosities between Tories and Patriots heat up, and Elizabeth’s father flees with the governor, her betrothed deserts her, and she’s left penniless in an enemy city. His kindness is a sharp contrast to her wastrel of a beau. Her fiancé gambles and drinks, so his cousin, Noble, a Patriot, escorts her to her betrothal ball. In Williamsburg, Virginia, on the eve of the American Revolution in 1775, Elizabeth Lawson is set to marry the man her Tory father picked out.
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