Cecil Cameron

Beginning in the 1859, Carina Temple has been sent to stay with her late mother’s family in Italy to prevent a scandal occurring in London. She arrives in the midst of the Italian Reunification in the time of the Bourbons and Giuseppe Garibaldi, leader of the rebels and patriots. She meets one Captain Ben Mavrone and, my goodness, don’t the sparks fly! This is their story.

I enjoyed this romantic adventure story. Combining historical fact with fiction, it is a bit of what I would call a swashbuckling bodice ripper! It’s quite old fashioned in it’s telling but well written nevertheless. It reminds me a little of Laurie McBain’s and Kathleen Woodiwiss’s books. I don’t know much about Italy’s history so I found the historical aspect very interesting. I also found it exciting, quite the page turner in fact. I liked the characters, I thought they were well described. All in all a lovely piece of escapism and an excellent debut. I am looking forward to seeing what the author comes up with next!… (lisätietoja)