8/6/2023 0 Comments Medieval runaway princess![]() If you want to enter the world of the Borgias and Medicis, this is the book to read. ![]() It’s told (unusually) in first person, and the setting is so lushly described that I genuinely felt like I was there in 1605. Her life is suddenly anything but uneventful as she enters the violent politics of Renaissance Italy. But then she catches the eye of the Duke of Cabria – cruel, spiteful, and utterly obsessed with her – and becomes his mistress. The bastard daughter of an innkeeper, Felicia knows she is destined for an uneventful life. Yes, they existed! She also isn’t a virgin, another unusual aspect to this book. This is a fairly short novella, but worth reading for its depiction of an early modern woman of colour. Agnes Moor’s Wild Knight by Alyssa ColeĪs a black woman in the court of 16th century monarch James IV of Scotland, Agnes Moor knows she is an ‘exotic.’ When the king makes a kiss from her the prize in a tourney, the mysterious Wild Knight is determined that he will be the winner. Their clash of wills leads to many humorous moments, and their love for each other might be atypical but it’s delightful. Ransom is dictatorial and autocratic on the outside, with his own core of sweetness under it. Merlin is a highly unconventional heroine: extremely intelligent and obsessed with her work, but very sweet. ![]() This is a slightly odd book, but undeniably wonderful. But when a man whom she once spurned tries to shut down her efforts, she must enlist the help of his brother – aristocratic forger and scoundrel Edward Clark – to keep her campaign alive. Owner of a successful all-women newspaper, she campaigns to prove to 1877 society that equal rights is something that can and should happen. The Suffragette Scandal (Brothers Sinister #4) by Courtney Milanįrederica Marshall is one of the early suffragettes. Plus, did I mention this is set in 14th century Scotland? There’s a strong historical element with the presence of Robert the Bruce as a character. Her emotional thawing is gradual and believable – a real pleasure to watch. Morganna is also totally not one of those people who immediately forgets her mission because of a man. Her appearance is unapologetically masculine – she’s tall and bony, which is why she gets away with her disguise for so long. But then she comes across charming, light-hearted Zander FitzHugh, who forces her to be his squire, and things become a lot more complicated than she was anticipating.Īlso known by the title Lady of the Knight, I’m starting you guys out strong with one of the most uniquely tortured heroines I’ve ever encountered. Nothing else matters, and she is perfectly willing to expend her own life in the pursuit of this aim. She has only one goal: to take revenge on the FitzHughs who murdered her family. Morganna by Jackie IvieĮver since the massacre of her clan when she was a child, Morganna KilCreggar has wandered disguised as a boy. But! In my travels, I’ve also come across some wonderful, truly unusual historical romances which deserve special recognition.īelow are 24 books which, by virtue of their plot, characters, or setting, stand out from the crowd. It takes a special author to cook these stale ingredients into an exciting new dish, and many don’t succeed. You know what I mean: they have the generic Regency setting, generic rake hero, generic wallflower heroine. As someone who’s been reading historical romance for nearly half my life, it’s true that many of them blur into each other.
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