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Liberty's Lady
On the eve of the Revolutionary War, one woman is about to betray her own heart by falling in love with her sworn enemy. Journalist Libby Morgan uses her newspaper to fan the flames of revolt against England. Cameron Gant, New York aristocrat, tory and secret spy, is the prime target of her rhetoric. Sworn enemies by their divided loyalties, they are drawn into a passion that does not recognize sides. Soon they are risking their lives and their love in a daring masquerade that could end in liberty--or death.
343 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1998
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January 22, 2013
The plot premise was interesting: a lady journalist during the Revolutionary War and a seemingly loyal Brit who's really a spy for the colonists shoot sparks off each other.
The characters: I liked Cameron well enough. There could have been more on the struggle he had to be facing being a spy in a loyalist family. Libby's determination came off as stupidity more than once when she stepped into danger. I was also surprised she didn't have much more of a struggle coming off as a journalist in her time - I don't know if there were women journalists then, but it's an interesting concept. There had to be huge uphill battles, though, and I felt the struggles she would have faced as a female were glossed over. She acquired back the people who had worked at the paper before WAY too easy. I felt as though her being a journalist was just a sideline to the story rather than an important aspect of her character. Missed opportunity.
The biggest problem I had with this story is one I frequently come across in historical romances: they came together far too soon.
Halfway through the book, Cameron and Libby become romantic towards one another and become a couple in secret. This caused the author to spend the rest of the book working to keep them apart. I don't think I've come across a book that does this in which the tension isn't adversely affected - as it was here. The author had to throw things in their way to keep them apart, and it was no longer as intriguing as it had been up to when they kiss. I had to struggle to stay with the book and found the second half disappointing.
I did like the plot concept, and she tried to keep that theme going with snippets from Libby's paper starting each chapter which was interesting.
The characters: I liked Cameron well enough. There could have been more on the struggle he had to be facing being a spy in a loyalist family. Libby's determination came off as stupidity more than once when she stepped into danger. I was also surprised she didn't have much more of a struggle coming off as a journalist in her time - I don't know if there were women journalists then, but it's an interesting concept. There had to be huge uphill battles, though, and I felt the struggles she would have faced as a female were glossed over. She acquired back the people who had worked at the paper before WAY too easy. I felt as though her being a journalist was just a sideline to the story rather than an important aspect of her character. Missed opportunity.
The biggest problem I had with this story is one I frequently come across in historical romances: they came together far too soon.
Halfway through the book, Cameron and Libby become romantic towards one another and become a couple in secret. This caused the author to spend the rest of the book working to keep them apart. I don't think I've come across a book that does this in which the tension isn't adversely affected - as it was here. The author had to throw things in their way to keep them apart, and it was no longer as intriguing as it had been up to when they kiss. I had to struggle to stay with the book and found the second half disappointing.
I did like the plot concept, and she tried to keep that theme going with snippets from Libby's paper starting each chapter which was interesting.
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May 23, 2023
This was a good story, and you get a good historical background of life in New York during the Revolutionary War. The h, a staunch patriot, runs a newspaper, which was a nice change from the usual tropes of her either being a spy or a rebellious society flirt, racing her horse all over the place. I like when the h's have an intellectual side.
However, she was a bit too stubborn and prejudicial when it came to the H, as his Tory background made her believe he was spying for the British against General Washington, and she took things too much at face value. For his part, he didn't seem to trust her enough to level with her and explain the whole story. He wanted her to believe in him unquestioningly, even when the evidence was against him.
There was a very annoying OM in the story (a longtime friend of the h who - of course - wanted to be more, and he deliberately caused trouble, so I wasn't particularly sorry when he was imprisoned; I was hoping it would be for life!
Some flaws, but all in all worth reading.
However, she was a bit too stubborn and prejudicial when it came to the H, as his Tory background made her believe he was spying for the British against General Washington, and she took things too much at face value. For his part, he didn't seem to trust her enough to level with her and explain the whole story. He wanted her to believe in him unquestioningly, even when the evidence was against him.
There was a very annoying OM in the story (a longtime friend of the h who - of course - wanted to be more, and he deliberately caused trouble, so I wasn't particularly sorry when he was imprisoned; I was hoping it would be for life!
Some flaws, but all in all worth reading.
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