By The Sword

Alison Stuart

Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
4.33 · 3 ratings · 292 pages · Published: 01 Jul 2010
By The Sword by Alison Stuart
England 1651: Since her husband's death, young widow, Kate Ashley has done her best to provide for and protect her son, Tom, from the reality of an England in the grip of civil war. Their comfortable life is shattered when Tom inherits the Thornton family estate in Worcestershire. The estate is impoverished and in shambles and Kate discovers that with the estate she is inherited trouble in the form of the last of the Thorntons, the fugitive royalist, Jonathan Thornton. Jonathan has returned from exile carrying with him the vain hopes of the young King Charles II and the demons of his own dark past. In the aftermath of the Battle of Worcester, Kate finds herself caught between Jonathan and the man who has hunted him down across the years, the dour Parliamentarian, Stephen Prescott. Jonathan must must face his nemesis and learn the price he paid for his long dead love, a secret that will change his life, and Kate's forever. $0$0 $0 $0"...An absolutely stunning historical romance that I just couldn't put down, BY THE SWORD is must read for fans of richly textured, densely plotted and highly readable historical romances..." Ecataromance$0 $0 "...Sometimes a book is called the best of the best because it is simply that...the best..." Enduring Romance$0 $0 "...By The Sword was one of the most moving and powerful books I have read in a very long time...This book pulls at your heart strings and you hold your breath until the very end praying for these two characters." 5 CUPS:Coffee Time Romance
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