“THE LADY AND THE LION“Lord Lyon of Normandy had saved William the Conqueror from certain death on the battlefield, yet neither his strength nor his skill could defend him against the defiant beauty the king chose for his wife.
“Ariana of Cragmere lost her lands and her virtue to the mighty warrior, but the willful beauty swore never to surrender her heart.
“Saxon countess and Norman knight, Ariana and Lyon were born enemies. And in a land rent asunder by bloody wars and shifting loyalties, they were doomed to misery unless they could vanquish the hatred that divided them—and unite in glorious love.”
There’s actually a cute story behind my acquisition of this book. So, my mom has always been a big reader—just like me—and she was recently cleaning out our basement when she brought up a big cardboard box and told me I could have everything inside of it. It was full of her old books! Needless to say, I was SO excited because one can never have too many books. Among the books (many of them older than myself) was a book by Connie Mason titled The Lion’s Bride. I think it’s just so cool when an author can have an effect on two generations of avid readers.
Now, down to the actual review. As always, Connie Mason didn’t disappoint me in the least. Her characters were well-written and the plot was interesting. She does a very good job of creating amazing settings and dragging her readings into the periods her books take place in. However, I must admit that there is quite a bit of similarities in this book to her book titled A Touch So Wicked. Granted, there were differences because they took place in different centuries, but I couldn’t ignore the slight…“recycling”…if you will…(I don’t mean for that to be mean!) of the plots. This wasn’t necessarily a terrible thing, but it was definitely noticeable.
Overall, I really liked this book a lot and am very pleased with Mason, yet again!
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