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| So Fair a Lady |
So Fair a Lady (Daughters of His Kingdom)
Liberty Publishing (April 14, 2014)
Reviewed by Noela Nancarrow
5 Stars *****
‘So Fair a Lady’ is a wonderfully rich, historical drama and romance set
in 1773 during the few years before the American revolution. This harrowing journey into
history that author Amber Perry so skillfully pens, is dripping with intrigue
and suspense, and carries a thoroughly satisfying unpredictability from one page to
the next!
Robert Campbell has long been a friend of the King’s soldiers,
but when a dreadful disease took his life, Robert’s daughter Eliza took solace
that he’d left her a personal letter to read. The words she thought would bring
comfort however, increased her turmoil instead. Discovering her father was a
spy and supporter of the Sons of Liberty has Eliza reeling and feeling very confused, but she is
determined to follow through with her father’s advice, and search for the
truth. And it is something she must keep from the dashing British officer, Captain
Samuel Martin, who is deeply in love with her.
When the handsome press owner, Thomas Watson, suddenly
finds himself a marked man by the Redcoats, and that the beautiful Eliza and
her sister Kitty are also in grave danger, they flee together through the
night. Thomas is intent on protecting the women, but can he safeguard his own heart
as well as his life? Captain Samuel Martin is obsessed with Eliza and will stop at nothing to save his woman from her supposed kidnapper. Nor will he give up on his vow to make Thomas pay, not only for
taking his beloved but also for his crimes against the Crown.
The reader will fully appreciate the vivid and dramatic depiction of
the history within ‘So Fair a Lady’. The characters suited the era
to perfection and all were effortlessly brought to life, including a favorite secondary character of mine - the suavely
charming patriot Nathaniel Smith with his spirited sense of humor, heroics,
and charisma! This engaging story also demonstrates that by embracing and
sharing God’s truths-- we too can make a difference in the world. Thank
you, Amber Perry, for this immensely memorable and enjoyable trek back in time. Highly recommended!
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GIVEAWAYS: We're giving away a copy of Amber's debut release this week and Amber Perry will also be giving away a signed copy of her book!
LEAVE A COMMENT and your e-mail to enter! QUESTION: Are there any particular political or social
causes you feel strongly about?
Noela! I am over the moon after reading such a lovely review! Thank you SO much, truly! You don't know what that means to me! :) And I am THRILLED that you loved Nathaniel (I must admit, I think he might be my favorite, too *wink*)--I can't wait for his story to come out!!! :) Thank you again for that stunning a review, it made me want to go read my own story! LOL HUGS to you, Noela!!!
ReplyDeleteOh AMBER, thank you so much for your sweet and encouraging words!! I'm so pleased you enjoyed the review as I absolutely LOVED your story, and it was my absolute pleasure to write about it to share on OWG! :-)
DeleteOh and you will have to let me know when Nathaniel's story is coming out - that will be a MUST-READ for me, and I'm sure, for anyone who reads 'So Fair A Lady'! :-) Hugs & Blessings!!
Awesome review! Now I can't wait to read this book! The cover just grabbed me and hooked me but reviews are the bait that reels us in and keeps us wanting more.
ReplyDeleteLinda Finn
faithfulacresbooks@gmail.com
Ha, glad to have helped snare you with my bait LINDA! :-) This book is quite the catch too!! ;)
DeleteLinda!! I agree--Noela did an amazing job with this review and I was so tickled to know that she loved it. :) AND I'm SUPER-duper tickled that you are hooked by the cover as well! Thank you! I hope you get a chance to read it! HUGS to you, Linda!
DeleteI have not read this author and would love a chance to win. The causes I care most about are child and animal abuse. My email is TSL9Snodgrass@aol.com. Thanks for the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteSUSAN, I know you, like myself, loves to read a good book, so you can trust me on this... you will LOVE this one, and the lovely author too! :-) All the best with your entry!
DeleteSusan! Thank you for stopping by and commenting! I will keep my fingers crossed that if you ever get a chance to read SFAL that you will enjoy it. Blessings, Susan!!
DeleteAn awesome and enticing review as always, NOELA! Love the cover on this!
ReplyDeleteThank you DIANA, and yes that cover is just gorgeous isn't it!!
DeleteI follow Amber's blog and am very excited to read her book. I would love to win a copy. Causes near and dear to me are anything having to do with children, especially unborn ones! Jana janabergen@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteOh I hope you get to read this amazing book soon JANA, you'll love it! :-)
DeleteI'm totally with you on the rights of children - no matter how small they are! Thank you for sharing Jana!
Jana!! What a thrill to see you here, thank you! And I SO appreciate you following my blog!! I hope you will get to read SFAL someday, and that you will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! :) And like you and Noela, I believe your cause is SO important and deserves all our prayers. :)
DeleteStaying close on God's side will guide you to the right side ~ regardless of what it looks like to man! Kathleen ~ Lane Hill House lanehillhouse[at]centurylink[dot[net
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely true KATHLEEN!! He opens peoples eyes to see things the way He sees them, and not what they've been conditioned to believe. Thanks for coming by!
DeleteKathleen!! Staying true to God and not worrying about what "man" will say or do is SO vital. Thank you for sharing that. Bless you, and good luck in the drawing!!
DeleteNOELA wasn't this a great book? Wonderful job on the review!! Thanks AMBER for writing it and I cannot wait to read Nathaniel's story! :-)
ReplyDeleteYes TERESA, it was fabulous! Amber wrote an exceptional story here and I'm with you in holding my breath until Nathaniel's story comes out!! ;)
DeleteMakes me think I can't wait to read this book!
ReplyDeletemissionwife@hotmail.com
MELODY, you'll LOVE it!! :-) I truly hope you get a chance to read it soon!
DeleteMelody!!! THANK YOU for your enthusiasm for SFAL! I truly hope you will enjoy the story! Blessings, Melody and have a wonderful week!! HUGS!
DeleteSome issues I am very strong about is the Conservative Movement & the Pro-Life Movement.
ReplyDeletea.f.washburn(at)aol(dot)com
Thanks for coming by to read about Amber's book, ALYSSA!
DeleteI'm so glad to see people lifting up the cause of the pro-life movement. I'm right behind that as well!!
What an enticing review, Noela!! You sure make a reader feel like this is a muct read book. I'll tell you, If you ladies don't stop writing such wonderful reviews and introducing me to so many wonderful new Christian authors, I will never get through my TBR list! Much less my dishes done :) Amber, I look forward to reading your story! Blessings from Texas!
ReplyDeleteLOL CARYL, forget the dishes and just read! Way more fun!! ;) Amber is certainly a new author everyone should read and add to their collection though, no matter how towering that pile is lol! Bless you Caryl!!
DeleteCaryl! Hi!! You are so sweet!! I can't thank you enough for saying such nice things. :) I love seeing you around the blog circuit and FB, you always make me smile! Blessings to you from Washington!!! :)
DeleteThank you both! I certainly open my heart to receive those blessings! My precious husband has been doing almost all the cooking of late because I've been so busy on the computer. Our boys (the grandsons we're rearing are visiting other grandparents for the summer, so it's just he and I.) So I feel I must go load the dishwasher at the least :) And thank you, Amber for your kind words. I think the thing I love most about writing Christian fiction--after bringing God glory--is connecting with the other Christian writers. I absolutely love the community - y'all - and I pray the feeling is mutual - are like my family (I mean church family) sisters through Christ who I know will pray when I ask, who will celebrate success and encourage me when I get a rejection - - - as I try to do. Your premise is so interesting, Amber, and I can't wait to read So Fair A Lady. I LIKE that title. Don't we all want to be called 'So fair a lady'... Hugs from Texas!
Deletethe cover and review are more then enough to make wanna read it:) I've recently found I love historical Christian romance!!!
ReplyDeleteYou're a girl after my own heart ALECIA, I'm such a huge fan of Christian historical romance also!! I hope you come back and leave your email so we can easily contact you if you're the winner! :-)
DeleteAlecia!! Isn't historical Christian romance simply the best?! I always come back to it and just feel at home in that genre. LOL :) If you ever read SFAL I pray you will enjoy it as much as I truly enjoyed writing it. Thank you again and have a VERY blessed week! HUGS!!!
DeleteHaha ooop:) leave it to me to forget the email addy... Cherishedbyalecia@gmail.com
DeleteIt really is amber!!!! The more I read of it the more I find I want to read lol!! I'm sure I will love it:) I've already added it to my want to read list on good reads;)
Wow, great review!! This sounds like a wonderful novel.
ReplyDeleteIn answer to the question about causes that I feel strongly about, I am very pro-life. It's something that I think about regularly and do my best to help educate others on the issue.
~Cindi
Thanks Cindi, and it really is! This is definitely one that needs to go on everyone's TBR pile!! :-)
DeleteGood on you for informing others about this issue. It's something we all need to make a strong stand on as it's just mind-blowing how out of control it is in our society today!! Blessings!
Cindi! What a vital cause, thank you for being a proponent of the un-born! I do hope you will like SFAL if you can read it someday--it was a pleasure to write! Blessings, Cindi!!
DeleteHey Amber,
ReplyDeleteI love the cover of your book and also the story line to your book. I love christian books that have history about them. Also Noela, you did a great job on the book revew. oh.hello.hiya@gmail.com
Thank you DANIE, so glad you were able to stop in to read about Amber's amazing book!! It's a fun way to learn history isn't it? :-)
DeleteYou are most welcome Noela,
DeleteYes I love learning new kinds of history. Keep up the good work with the book revews.
Thanks Danie!! :-)
DeleteYour welcome my friend.
DeleteDanie!! (Love your name!!) I too love books with good history--they grab me more than any other. If you get to read SFAL, I pray you will find joy in it. :) HUGS!!!!
DeleteThis sounds fantastic.
ReplyDeleteEnforced slavery is still prevalent in this day & age. It needs to be addressed.
It really is a fantastic book MARY!!
DeleteAbsolutely Mary. I was just reading that there are at least 20.9 people around the world that are in slavery. That's just shocking... it's a much bigger problem than most of us realize!
Mary!!! I couldn't agree more about slavery today--it is so prevalent and too many people don't know anything about it. I am so grateful you are strong for that cause!
DeleteA social issue I feel strongly about is adoption. I feel like there needs to be more pro-adoption public sentiment than pro-choice. It's so disturbing that on the Planned Parenthood website it implies that adoption will leave lifelong emotional scars while abortion will not.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win a print copy of Amber's book- I read the e-book and just loved it!!!
colorvibrant at gmail dot com
I know what you mean HEIDI, I have it on my Kindle too but it's the favorites I love to get in print as well! :-)
DeleteThere should definitely be way more positive talk about the options of adoption to those who have unwanted pregnancies. I didn't know the Planned Parenthood implies that on their website. I'm really just shocked at that, and disgusted. How sad that they would discourage adoption just so that more kill their baby..
Heidi!! I TOTALLY agree with you!! I LOVE adoption as we have a lot of it in my family and I've seen how it can bless so many people. I too an literally sick to my stomach at PP for their terrible stand. It just sickens me!! Thanks again to you, Heidi for your lovely review of SFAL! I'll keep my fingers crossed that you can get a paper copy!!! HUGS TO YOU, HEIDI!!
DeleteI've long been tempted to jump centuries and write colonial. I'd love to read your story Amber. AND the cover is to DIE for!! Best of luck on your latest release!
ReplyDeleteDo it ANNE, you'll have a reader in me if it's historical romance! ;) Thanks for coming by!
DeleteANNE! Thank you for your sweet words!! I was SO happy with my cover, it was better than I could have dreamed. And, YES you should do colonial, it's FABULOUS! But I'm not biased. *wink* LOL Blessings to you!!!
DeleteThere are so many political and social issues out there today that are concerning. Our country is changing quickly and I don't think it is for the better.
ReplyDeletequiltenbea@yahoo.com
Very true KIMBER, and not just in your part of the world! Thanks for your comment and for coming by to read about So Fair A Lady!
DeleteKIMBER! I couldn't agree more. I love what America was founded on and the beautiful Constitution that is being slandered and ignored. So glad there are people like you who are aware of what's going on! Thank you for commenting and I hope you have a SUPER week!!
DeleteThe interview and the book sound wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI have a very unusual political stance I want to see God back in our Land, Back in our government, and to see what the bible says being followed......God bless you
Chris Granville
granvilleATfrontiernetDOTnet
Nothing unusual about that CHRIS, I think it's safe to say all of us here would love to see that happen! I know this, we all should pray for our leaders more as it says in God's Word.
DeleteHope you get to read Amber's book soon Chris! God bless!!
Hi Chris! It does feel like that stand is unusual in such a God-less world, but I think there are more people who think and feel like you, than any of us realize. I commend you for staying true to what you believe--that will make America stronger and we need that! God bless you!!!
DeleteHi Amber. What a great review. How did you decide what time line in history? I love the civil war time period. I think our Gov. needs to go back to how our forefather's run this country. angel4god2013(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI'll leave Amber to answer your question LEANN, but I will just say a big thanks for coming by OWG to read the review for So Fair A Lady!! God bless you!
DeleteLeAnne!! I COMPLETELY agree--our country needs to remember what it was founded on and the values and principles that made America great. Thank you for sharing that!! I have ALWAYS loved the Revolutionary era. I think it stems from the fact that I have ancestors that fought in the Revolution and in every major American war through history up to today. I love the passion and courage the people had--they were willing to get up everything for freedom and I admire that so much. What a FABULOUS question, LeAnne, I really appreciate that, thank you!!! Good luck in the drawing!
DeleteYour reviews are amazing, Noela! And thank you so much for stepping up to the plate this summer to keep us OWG angels on track while we pray for healing for Diana, for Carlton, and for all of us. Big hugs!!!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, thank you again to Noela for a beautiful review that just made my MONTH! I am still smiling and I'm sure I will be for some time!! Carrie, it was an honor to be on OWG and I know there is so much going on for all of you so I appreciate you taking the time to feature me. God bless you all! I will keep you in my prayers for sure!!!
DeleteAw CARRIE, those words from you mean everything to me. Love you and giant hugs back!!
DeleteAMBER, it truly was my pleasure to read your fabulous story and to also review it for OWG. It's been so fun having you here this week and telling everybody about your brilliant story!! God bless you!
Thank you for a wonderful review for a beautiful book. I feel strongly about the government control in our schools. It is too much and has gotten out of hand. From taking God out of our schools to telling us what can be served in our lunch rooms, it has just gone too far.
ReplyDeletemauback55 at gmail dot com
Melanie! Hi!!! I couldn't agree MORE! I believe the very same thing, and I pray for this great country every single day. Thank you for being so strong in that very essential cause! ALSO, I can't thank you enough for stopping by and commenting! HUGS to you, Melanie!
DeleteThanks MELANIE... It's really is such a beautiful book, from the cover right through to the last page!! :-)
DeleteI have to completely agree with you on that issue too! The governments have taken God out of our schools and then wonder why there is more trouble than ever with the youth of our country!
All the best with your entry Melanie and God bless!!
Adding it to my 'to read' list!
ReplyDeleteMake sure you put it right up there on the top JESSICA... especially for when you're wanting a really great read! ;) And if you come back, would you mind leaving your email if no-one here knows you... Makes it easier to contact you if you're our winner. Thanks and blessings!!
DeleteIn the past I have left politics to the politician but after reading Todd Starnes book, "God Less America" the B is crossed out I am on my knees praying for this country and it's leaders.
ReplyDeleteThis book should be in every home and church library. Even my husband read it and he doesn't like to read.
Janet E.
von1janet(at)gmail(dot)com
Wow, that sounds like a really powerful book JANET. It's great to hear of people praying fervently for their nation and leaders. God bless you!!
DeleteHello Noela. great review as expected. And hello Amber. Sounds like your book will be a success with the OWG loving it. That is a great endorsement for your book. I would love to win one. I believe there are many who want God back in America and for it to be back to following our Constitution. But, I do think way too many christians waited much too long to stand up for God just because of standing for their party, even when it is going against the Bible. God bless all of you.
ReplyDeletePlease pray for healing for me. Severe sprained wrist and severe giant size bruise with huge knot which hasn't gone down or faded for 10 days. Bad fall. Thanks. Maxie.
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Thanks for your comment and thoughts dear MAXIE! I'm so, so sorry to hear of the trouble you're having with your sprained wrist. I'll be praying for a quick healing for you!! God bless you and lots of love!
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