A Sword for His Lady (Courtly Love, #1)

by Mary Wine

[stacey_is_sassy]

Men and their swords... 😉

****3.5 Stars****

A Sword for His Lady was pretty good and it mostly gave me what I want and expect from my historical romance reads/listens. There were a few times that I felt a modern vibe especially when it came to the sex scenes. The swearing, lewd talk and behaviour just seemed a little OTT and excessive.

Saying all that, I actually liked the hero and the heroine together. Isabel had a horrible first marriage and is not at all keen to be married off again. Ramon's wasn't much better, with a disloyal and cheating wife. But what the King wants, the King gets. Luckily, with a whole bunch of lust, these two kiddywinks managed to get past their pasts and find a love that will last forever...ain't love grand???

Now, their love story was not all plain sailing. Isabel has land and a commodity that the King wants...geese. I'm sure you're all just as surprised as I was. Turns out, the king wants her geese for their feathers to make arrows...or something like that. Anyways, Isabel is the "Lady" all the boys in the Court wants. Ramon thought it was just a matter of walking in and claiming her, which unfortunately for him, was not the case. Besides the fact that Isabel's not keen, the relatives of her late husband want their land back. Ramon's got to sweet talk Isabel AND fight her despicable in-laws too. Fun and games for this Courtly Love.

The narrator does a fairly good job with the female characters but I can't say I was a fan of the voice she uses for her male characters. I found the narrator was easy to listen to and I never struggled to follow along or decipher when the characters changed.

A Sword for His Lady was not the worst and not the best historical romance I've listened to. A pretty good historical romance storyline that left me mostly satisfied. I may even go back and try another Mary Wine story in the future.