However, she is a character to root for in this sweet and enjoyable Christian romance. Elizabeth sleeps in the bushes instead of her townhome, which she has access to. No one comes to her aid save the Patriot Noble Rynallt, a man with. A few anachronisms: doorknobs should be latches, and the guillotine wasn’t invented yet. When colonial Williamsburg explodes like a powder keg on the eve of the American Revolution, Lady Elisabeth Liberty Lawson is abandoned by her fianc and suspected of being a spy for the hated British. Action scenes are glossed over the novel’s pace is often leisurely. The romance with Noble is not rushed, a breath of fresh air. Confused in her loyalties, she needs to choose sides and come to terms with her attraction to Noble, who tries to assist her in her destitution.įrantz paints a good picture of Elizabeth’s plight, her determination, and her predicament being caught between warring sides. Soon her father contacts her and demands that she spy for the Tories. Resourceful and proud, Elizabeth-though raised a lady-finds work as a mender and lace maker. Animosities between Tories and Patriots heat up, and Elizabeth’s father flees with the governor, her betrothed deserts her, and she’s left penniless in an enemy city. His kindness is a sharp contrast to her wastrel of a beau. Her fiancé gambles and drinks, so his cousin, Noble, a Patriot, escorts her to her betrothal ball. In Williamsburg, Virginia, on the eve of the American Revolution in 1775, Elizabeth Lawson is set to marry the man her Tory father picked out. Read The Lacemaker by Laura Frantz for free on hoopla.

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