Butterfly Swords (The Tang Dynasty) (Mills & Boon Historical) (Mills & Boon Hardback Historical, H767)

by Jeannie Lin

JOURNEY TO THE VERY EDGE OF HONOUR, LOYALTY…AND LOVE

During China’s infamous Tang Dynasty – a time awash with luxury, yet littered with deadly intrigues and fallen royalty – betrayed Princess Ai Li flees before her wedding. Miles from home, with only her delicate butterfly swords for a defence, she enlists the reluctant protection of a blue-eyed warrior…

Embittered barbarian Ryam has always held his own life at cheap value. Ai Li’s innocent trust in him and honourable, stubborn nature make him desperate to protect her – which means not seducing the first woman he has ever truly wanted…

‘If Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon merged with A Knight’s Tale, you’d have the power and romance of Lin’s dynamic debut.’ – RT BOOK Reviews

• ISBN10: 0263892263
• ISBN13: 9780263892260
• Publish Date: 1 February 2012 (first published 28 September 2010)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 3 August 2013
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: Mills & Boon
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 304
• Language: English
• URL: https://millsandboon.co.uk

Reviews

[jamiereadthis]

This book is why I’m wary of slow burns. Done right, they’re brilliant. Done like this, there’s just so much repetition, telling us things we know over and over instead of gaining forward momentum. Doing it by audio didn’t help, since there’s no way to skim over the tenth time you hear a sentence.

Down to two stars at one point, but back up to three because I really do like any historicals set outside of England, and because it made me reread Laurent. But I’m glad I read a different Jeannie Lin first.