Her
Loving Husband’s Return
Book Three
The Loving
Husband Trilogy
Meredith Allard
Genre:
paranormal/historical
Publisher:
Copperfield Press
Date
of Publication: 4/19/13
ISBN:
9781301084036
ASIN:
B00CFA0RJW
Number
of pages: 276
Word
Count: 86,500
Book
Description:
What
would you do to return to the only one you have ever loved?
James
Wentworth’s secret is no longer a secret, and now he and his beloved wife,
Sarah, have been separated.
While
suffering his own internment, James is reminded of his time with
Japanese-Americans in the Manzanar Relocation Camp during World War II, and he cannot
allow the past to repeat itself. With the help of his friends—Chandresh,
Jocelyn, Timothy, even the irreverent Geoffrey—James learns what it means to
return, and he is determined to return to his Sarah no matter the challenges—or
the consequences.
Will
James and Sarah be reunited once and for all despite the madness surrounding
them? Will James’s most fervent wish be granted? The changes in store for the
Wentworths may be irreversible.
My Review:
Who is Geoffrey? Now everyone knows James's secret, and he is no longer safe. Is he willing to risk everything he is for his last chance at true love? I am not sure how I feel about going from the Salem Witch Trials to WWII. However there was a lo of history, and I did learn some things that I did not know before. My Great Uncle was a Prisoner of War in the Battle of the Bulge and he was in one of these camps. I think that is why this book was only a 3 for me. I needed more patriotism, and more about the families at home, not just spouses.
How many times can Sarah tempt fate, and change the past? Will the strings of fate still end up in the same spot? This is worth the read, and I liked the ending. I would like o see more of these secondary characters (and maybe throw in how Sarah and James are doing).
I am giving this book a 3/5. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.
Her Loving Husband’s Curse
Book Two
The Loving Husband Trilogy
Meredith Allard
How far will
you go to protect the one you love?
Finally,
after many long and lonely years, James Wentworth’s life is falling into place.
Together with his wife, Sarah, the only woman he has ever loved, he has found
the meaning behind her nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials, and now they
are rebuilding the life they began together so long ago.
But the past
is never far behind for the Wentworths. While Sarah is haunted by new visions,
now about the baby she carried over three hundred years before, James is
confronted with painful memories from his time with the Cherokee on the Trail
of Tears. Through it all, the persistent reporter Kenneth Hempel reappears,
still determined to prove that the undead walk the earth. If Hempel succeeds in
his quest, James and Sarah will suffer. Will the curse of the vampire prevent
James and Sarah from living their happily ever after?
My Review:
This is a great sequel. The secondary characters have more exposure and the couple is growing in love. Again the author did a great job bringing the past of the Salem to the present day. Now that we know James's secret I wanted to help him protect it. I enjoyed having a character to hate (Kenneth). Vampires and ghosts plus a helping of mystery and history make this a 5/5 for me. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.
Her Dear and Loving
Husband
The Loving Husband Trilogy
By Meredith Allard
James Wentworth has a secret. He lives quietly in Salem,
Massachusetts, making few ties with anyone. One night his private world is
turned upside down when he meets Sarah Alexander, a dead ringer for his wife,
Elizabeth. Though it has been years since Elizabeth's death, James cannot move
on.
Sarah also has a secret. She is haunted by nightmares about the
Salem Witch Trials, and every night she is awakened by visions of hangings,
being arrested, and dying in jail. Despite the obstacles of their secrets,
James and Sarah fall in love. As James comes to terms with his feelings for
Sarah, he must dodge accusations from a reporter desperate to prove that James
is not who, or what, he seems to be. Soon James and Sarah piece their stories
together and discover a mystery that may bind them in ways they never imagined.
Will James make the ultimate sacrifice to protect Sarah and prevent a new hunt
from bringing hysteria to Salem again?
Part historical fiction, part romance, part paranormal
fantasy, Her
Dear & Loving Husband is a story for anyone who
believes that true love never dies.
My Review:
I loved that this book was set in Salem. Paranormal activity is common in Salem, and the fact that the main character is haunted by the Salem Witch Trials was very interesting. I have been to Salem and I have seen the reenactments. They were enough to give me goosebumps, never mind having visions of the witches, and their deaths. I instantly fell in love with this story and I enjoyed the love triangle. Elizabeth may be dead, but she is in the middle of their relationship in a very big way. As the characters progressed and secrets came out I was shocked. There are very few books that I "can not put down". This was one of them! This is definitely a 5/5. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.
About the
Author:
Since 2000, Meredith Allard has been
the Executive Editor of The Copperfield Review, an award-winning literary
journal for readers and writers of historical fiction. She received her B.A.
and M.A. degrees in English from California State University, Northridge, and
she has taught creative writing and writing historical fiction seminars at
Learning Tree University, UNLV, and the Las Vegas Writers Conference.
Her short fiction and articles have
appeared in journals such as The Paumanok Review, Moondance, Wild Mind, Muse
Apprentice Guild, Writers Weekly, CarbLite, and ViewsHound. She is the author
of the Amazon Best-Selling Loving Husband Trilogy, as well as the historical
novels Victory Garden, Woman of Stones, and My Brother’s Battle.
Victory Garden and Woman of Stones
have also been Amazon Best-Sellers in the Historical Fiction and Religious
Fiction categories.
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