Fair Bright and Terrible Welsh Blades Book 2 edition by Elizabeth Kingston Romance eBooks
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Wales is conquered, and Eluned has lost everything her country, her husband, her hope. All that remains is vengeance, and she will stop at nothing to have it. Certain there is no trace within her of the idealistic girl who loved Robert de Lascaux a lifetime ago, she agrees to marry him to advance the fortunes of her son, to avoid the nunnery, and most importantly - as an easy way to gain access to the man upon whom she will avenge Wales.
When Robert is asked to marry the woman he has loved for eighteen years, he never hesitates. But the lady who greets him at the altar has so little in common with the girl he adored that he begins to doubt that there is anything left of her bold and passionate younger self. Marriage to her might gain him the fortune and status his family has always wanted, but no wealth has ever mattered to him as much as Eluned has.
Trapped in a web of intrigue, revenge, and desire, they cannot forget their past – but can they share a future? The fascinating world of medieval Wales is continued in this riveting companion novel to The King's Man.
Fair Bright and Terrible Welsh Blades Book 2 edition by Elizabeth Kingston Romance eBooks
If you read THE KING'S MAN by this author, you're already acquainted with the heroine of this second book of her Welsh Blades series. Eluned is the mother of Gwenllian, the Welsh warrior woman of Book One. Eluned came across as rather cold and single-minded in the first book and there's little warmth and cuddliness about her here either, but Kingston develops her character so that we understand why she is the way she is.It's somewhere around 1283 and the last of the Princes of Wales (the *real* ones, not the fake ones like Prince Charles, who get the title just for being the firstborn son of the ruling English monarch) have been killed by the English and Wales has lost its independence as a sovereign nation. Welshwoman Eluned is not at all happy about this and secretly vows to avenge the deaths of her countrymen by murdering one particular Marcher lord she feels has egregiously betrayed Wales.
Eluned is resolute and almost obsessed about this. She has learned over the years of her marriage to a mostly absent-at-the-Crusades husband she did not love to be a strong, independent woman. She also believes that emotions and love will make her weak. But 18 years ago Eluned had loved. She fell for Robert de Lascaux and carried on a short, secret affair with him before forcing its end.
Now she is a widow; her son and King Edward I both believe she should marry again; an expedient marriage of convenience is suggested to Robert de Lascaux, of all people. She agrees. Robert is full of hope that he will finally find happiness with the love he had never forgotten in 18 years. But Eluned is not the true love he remembers. She's cold and bitter and shut-off emotionally. What will happen? Will her coldness, bitterness and secret determined drive for vengeance shatter Robert's hopes for a chance at love and happiness?
As you read this, you may not, at times, like Eluned, but I believe you will understand her and feel empathy for her. Kingston does a great job of developing her conflicted character. You can feel her yearning and longing for love while she puts up emotional barriers so that she can carry out her plans for revenge.
Actually, all the characters, both main and secondary, are well developed, as is the plot and the historical component. This is a 5-star story for me b/c of the complexity of the plot and the excellent writing. There is a plot development at about the 94% mark which is dramatic and exciting and emotionally impacting that deserves 6 stars in my book. And the love, oh, the love. When Eluned says things such as "You are my heart, Robert. If they kill you, they make me heartless," they are a sigh-worthy moments.
It also doesn't hurt that I love Sharon Penman's Welsh trilogy HERE BE DRAGONS, FALLS THE SHADOWS and THE RECKONING and this book by Kingston is set at the time period after the end of Penman's third book of the trilogy. (BTW, if you ever feel ambitious enough to read that trilogy [and it's so worth it if you enjoy history], the first book, HERE BE DRAGONS, tells the story of the political marriage of English King John I's daughter Joanna to Welsh prince Llewelyn Fawr, my very favorite Prince of Wales and the grandfather of the very last two Princes. What a love story that is. The "burning bed" scene cannot be beat.)
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Fair Bright and Terrible Welsh Blades Book 2 edition by Elizabeth Kingston Romance eBooks Reviews
Hands down, I am a big fan of this author and I am so glad I discovered her by chance! After reading, "The King's Man" I felt compelled to read more. The writing in "Fair, Bright, and Terrible" is superb and almost lyrical. The plot is complex and twisting. Royal court, kidnapping and hostages, and secret plans for murder bring to mind a Shakespearean drama and the results are great entertainment. Clearly a lot of research and hard work went into this novel. I am hungry to read more by this talented author.
I loved everything about this. A powerful woman who has spent her life making herself cold and hard, making her daughter powerful and strong is offered a second chance with a man she once loved and all she can see is how he can ease her path to revenge. And Eluned wants revenge. She can do nothing about having been a child bride, married at 13 to an unpleasant man of questionable sanity. She cannot get her daughter back, she is grown and married. And she cannot restore her beloved Wales now that it has fallen to the English. But she could get revenge on the man who betrayed the Welsh. The trouble is, she may have underestimated her heart. And that under all the armor she has constructed to protect herself, to make herself invulnerable, it may still beat and want love.
LOOK. Kingston excels at writing strong women. Eluned is VERY different from her daughter. But no weaker for it. I loved reading about someone who was not super young too.
I enjoyed some of the familiar and different elements in this book. Our characters are an interesting combination of ruthless and strength. We see compassion and determination. We see the resurgence of love long buried and almost lost to the demands of station and time. We see illusions unmasked. I enjoyed the book immensely both as a reading and audio experience. The time period is so richly drawn but not so much as to overbear. Highly recommended.
It's rare to find a romance novel that features H/h above 40 years old, and it's even more rare with Medieval setting. The heroine in this book is the mother of the heroine from Ms. Kingston's first book.
I've always been curious to learn more about Eluned. In the first book, she appeared to be so driven and ambitious, but cold hearted at the same time. Fair, Bright, and Terrible reveals the story behind why Eluned is what and who she is, and about her love she thought she lost. Most second-chance romance merely skims over the time when the H/h were apart and quickly picks up when they left off when they're reunited again. Not so in this book. There's that 18-year separation between Eluned and Robert, and a LOT has happened in those years.
When the two of them meet again (on their wedding day, no less!), Robert can't believe his good luck that he's finally able to call Eluned his wife. He's been carrying his love and memory of Eluned like a rare treasure all these years, only to discover that Eluned has changed, and that his memory about her can be faulty. Eluned, still bitter from the brutal loss Wales suffered against England, and still grieving from the gruesome deaths of her family and allies in the war, weds Robert with only one intention to be in a position to carry revenge against her enemy. As time goes by, each realizes that they have to re-learn what they know about each other, and the love between them is slowly and poignantly rekindle to a burning flame.
I just loved this book and truly believed Ms. Kingston is a gifted story teller. If you love a romance with a bit of angst but satisfying payout in the end, this is definitely the book for you. You don't have to read the first book in order to fully follow the story here. I highly recommend this book!
If you read THE KING'S MAN by this author, you're already acquainted with the heroine of this second book of her Welsh Blades series. Eluned is the mother of Gwenllian, the Welsh warrior woman of Book One. Eluned came across as rather cold and single-minded in the first book and there's little warmth and cuddliness about her here either, but Kingston develops her character so that we understand why she is the way she is.
It's somewhere around 1283 and the last of the Princes of Wales (the *real* ones, not the fake ones like Prince Charles, who get the title just for being the firstborn son of the ruling English monarch) have been killed by the English and Wales has lost its independence as a sovereign nation. Welshwoman Eluned is not at all happy about this and secretly vows to avenge the deaths of her countrymen by murdering one particular Marcher lord she feels has egregiously betrayed Wales.
Eluned is resolute and almost obsessed about this. She has learned over the years of her marriage to a mostly absent-at-the-Crusades husband she did not love to be a strong, independent woman. She also believes that emotions and love will make her weak. But 18 years ago Eluned had loved. She fell for Robert de Lascaux and carried on a short, secret affair with him before forcing its end.
Now she is a widow; her son and King Edward I both believe she should marry again; an expedient marriage of convenience is suggested to Robert de Lascaux, of all people. She agrees. Robert is full of hope that he will finally find happiness with the love he had never forgotten in 18 years. But Eluned is not the true love he remembers. She's cold and bitter and shut-off emotionally. What will happen? Will her coldness, bitterness and secret determined drive for vengeance shatter Robert's hopes for a chance at love and happiness?
As you read this, you may not, at times, like Eluned, but I believe you will understand her and feel empathy for her. Kingston does a great job of developing her conflicted character. You can feel her yearning and longing for love while she puts up emotional barriers so that she can carry out her plans for revenge.
Actually, all the characters, both main and secondary, are well developed, as is the plot and the historical component. This is a 5-star story for me b/c of the complexity of the plot and the excellent writing. There is a plot development at about the 94% mark which is dramatic and exciting and emotionally impacting that deserves 6 stars in my book. And the love, oh, the love. When Eluned says things such as "You are my heart, Robert. If they kill you, they make me heartless," they are a sigh-worthy moments.
It also doesn't hurt that I love Sharon Penman's Welsh trilogy HERE BE DRAGONS, FALLS THE SHADOWS and THE RECKONING and this book by Kingston is set at the time period after the end of Penman's third book of the trilogy. (BTW, if you ever feel ambitious enough to read that trilogy [and it's so worth it if you enjoy history], the first book, HERE BE DRAGONS, tells the story of the political marriage of English King John I's daughter Joanna to Welsh prince Llewelyn Fawr, my very favorite Prince of Wales and the grandfather of the very last two Princes. What a love story that is. The "burning bed" scene cannot be beat.)
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