BY THE SWORD
ALISON STUART
ISBN# 1-59705-255-8 1-59705-767-3
September 2007
Wings Epress Inc.
www.wingsepress.com
E-book
$6.00
364 pages
Historical Romance
Rating: 5 Cups

Kate Ashley was a widow living alone with her young son Thomas. They lived quietly out in the country side of England. But everything was about to change for Kate and her son. She had received a letter from her son’s great grandfather asking them to please come and visit him at his home Seven Ways.

Coronial Jonathan Thornton had been fighting on the loosing end of the war to restore the rightful King of England to his thrown. On a trip home to visit his family at Seven Ways he meets his dead cousin’s wife Kate Ashley. But he can not let himself get distracted by this woman. It would be disastrous for them both.

Jonathon and Kate can not seem to fight their mutual desire for each other and end up becoming lovers. But war, politics, and hate are destined to pull them a part. Neither care, as they are willing to risk all for their love. Their love will not be denied. Jonathon steals moments with Kate when ever he can while trying to serve the King. As the war becomes more desperate, Jonathan knows he has to leave the country to avoid the hang mans noose. How can their love survive when the world is against them?

By The Sword was one of the most moving and powerful books I have read in a very long time. You could actually feel the struggle these two characters had to endure to be together. Alison Stuart really drove home how hard it was for people of that time especially woman to survive. Her book felt so real that I wondered if anyone living today could ever cope with the way life was back then. This book pulls at your heart strings and you hold your breath until the very end praying for these two characters.

LeeAnn
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