Loving Lucianna: A Hearts in Autumn Romance

by Joyce Dipastena

• ISBN10: 098924198X
• ISBN13: 9780989241984
• Publish Date: 10 October 2014
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Sable Tyger Books
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 222
• Language: English

Reviews

[lindsey]

I received a copy of this book from eBooks for Review in exchange for an honest review.


Sir Balduin has fallen in love with Lucianna and has asked her to marry him, but Lucianna has a secret that threatens to keep her from happiness. Will she be able to overcome her past and the threats of her brother in order to live happily with Sir Balduin?

Loving Lucianna is a very sweet romance that takes place in Venice and France during medieval times, and focuses on Sir Balduin and Lucianna as they find love during the "autumn of their years." A unique trait of this novel is that it has characters of a more "mature" age, rather than the young heroes and heroines that most historical romance novels feature.

I really enjoyed reading this, and found myself hoping that Lucianna would overcome the difficulties of her past, and let herself be loved by Sir Balduin. There were times when I was frustrated with her, but I eventually understood why she was acting the way she was, and it made me more sympathetic to her plight.

This was a very clean read, and I would recommend it to readers who love sweet historical romances.

[sstaley]

It's always a treat to run away from my troubles and escape in a lovely romance written by Joyce DiPastena. It makes the journey even better when you can revisit characters that you loved from Joyce's other books.

Readers first met Lucianna in Illuminations Of The Heart as she was a minor character in Siri and Triston's love story. Lucianna always intrigued me as I wondered why she acted the way she did. You knew that she had to have had a hard and painful past. This difficult past is the mystery that comes storming out in the middle of Loving Lucianna. The book starts with the serene picture of an "Autumn Romance" between Lucianna in her forties and Sir Balduin in his early fifties. As someone who fits into that age bracket, it was refreshing to read about a romance between people not in their teens or twenties. Of course it couldn't stay perfect and wonderful too long because soon, Lucianna's past comes to haunt her once again. Her older,half-brother Serifino, shows up to cause trouble and continue his blackmail of his sister. Serifino is a well- written fiend that readers will love to hate. Readers will be incensed as they "watch" Serifino manipulate every situation and person within his reach.

I'll not be giving away any more details now, but there will be many misunderstandings, deceptions and some very humorous scenes before this story plays itself out, leading to some sigh-worthy moments. Loving Lucianna is a must read for all of Joyce's fan's and those wanting to read a clean medieval romance. I'm very excited to read more books in the "Hearts in Autumn Romance" series.