I’ve enjoyed reading Frantz’s novels for over a decade, and she’s someone whose books I will gravitate towards. None of the above, however, are particular reasons for me choosing to read The Rose and the Thistle. I’ve also recently discovered my ancestral clan supported the Jacobite cause, central to the new novel by Laura Frantz. I lived in Edinburgh, Scotland during my university years, and would’ve done my best to stay there had I not met my American husband and moved to the USA. Let’s start with my personal disclaimer: I am the daughter of a Scotland born woman, and the granddaughter of another. MY REVIEWĭisclaimer: Although I received a copy of this book from the publisher, the opinions below are my own. But the same forces that draw her and Everard together also threaten to tear them apart. In this whirlwind of intrigue, ambitions, and shifting alliances, Blythe yearns for someone she can trust. It would be best for everyone if he could send this misfit heiress on her way as soon as possible. He has his own problems–a volatile brother with dangerous political leanings, an estate to manage, and a very young brother in need of comfort and direction. No sooner has Everard Hume lost his father, Lord Wedderburn, than Lady Hedley arrives with her maid in tow. But in a house with seven sons and numerous servants, her presence soon becomes known. Secreted to the tower of Wedderburn Castle in Scotland, Blythe quietly awaits the crowning of a new king. In 1715, Lady Blythe Hedley’s father is declared an enemy of the British crown because of his Jacobite sympathies, forcing her to flee her home in northern England.
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