Historical Romance
I requested an ARC of The Bastard by Brenda Novak from
Netgalley. I had seen her contemporary
books and wondered how she would fair with Historical Fiction.
The Bastard is set just after the French Revolution and features
Jeannette Boucher a French beauty whose family has arrived in England
penniless. She agrees to marry
older man to save her family. On
her wedding night she learns that he is impotent. He is planning to get an heir by selling to rights to her
body to friends.
Jeannette escapes and stows away on a Royal Navy
frigate. Crawford Treynor is a
bastard who has worked his way up in the Royal Navy. He is drawn to Jeannette and helps her stay safe. They are attracted but neither wants
marriage.
This one just did not do it for me. I almost put it down after the first
few pages. It would briefly draw
me in but then it would lose me again. The Bastard is an ebook and is only $2.99 at Amazon so it would not be that much
to give it a try if you are a Novak fan.
Brenda Novak, Inc. published The Bastard by Brenda Novak in
2011
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