Reviewer: Robyn Roberts
Title: Enchanting the Lady - 1st in Relics of Merlin series
Author: Kathryne Kennedy
Publisher: Dorchester Love Spell
ISBN-10: 0-505-52750-2
Re-release Date: January 2008
Genre/Sub-genre: Fantasy Historical (Regency) Romance
Year/Setting: London, 1882
Overall Rating: 4.75
Sexual Content Rating: Sensual
Language (Profanity/Slang) Rating: Mild
Violent Content Rating: Minimal
Kathryne's Website:
www.kathrynekennedy.com
Felicity Seymour may be the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Stonehaven, but she inherited none of their magical abilities. Quite unfortunate in a society where your level of magic is what creates the level of your title. Without any magic, she’s stripped of her Ladyship and made into a commoner. Her lands are removed from her and the only hope the family has of keeping their property is for her cousin, Ralph to pass the magic testing.
Now that she has been stripped of her titles and land, she finds there isn’t even a dowry for her to have. Who will ever marry her? She’s so plain she fades into the woodwork and isn’t noticed by most people. Without looks or money or title, she may never marry.
Then she meets Sir Terrence Blackwell, a shifter who realizes she is under an invisibility spell. Shifters are immune to magic so he sees her true beauty. He also realizes that she is touched by relic-magic from one of the 13 relics of Merlin. Relic magic is dangerous and can be deadly to the user and those around her. He begins courting her to try to find and destroy the relic. Little does he know that Felicity will find a way into his heart and possibly destroy him.
Felicity and Terrence both keep trying to hide things from each other. Each of them realizes they don’ know enough about the other, but they are drawn to each other like a moth to flame. Terrence fights his were-lion self that wants to mate with Felicity. Felicity has reason to be suspicious of Terrence since until him, nobody—not even her family—realized she was in the room without her doing something outrageous.
A fast paced fantasy set in the wonderful Regency era. How fun to imagine all of the lords and ladies having magical powers. The balls are wonderful feats of magic so no wonder commoners are jealous. The descriptions of the magical appearances are beyond compare. It’s as if you are really there seeing unicorns and dragons pulling coaches. With this being the first book in the series, I’m excited to see what is next.
Robyn
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