G/A. Edwards, Eve. The Queen’s Lady. Delacorte Press, 2012. 313p. 978-0-385-74091-3. $17.99.
After the death of her
husband, Lady Jane Rievaulx finds herself as lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth
I. She is still in love with James
Lacey, brother of the Earl of Dorset, who returns to court to join Walter
Raleigh’s New World expedition. At
first, he refuses to have anything to do with her, convinced that she spurned
his brother for a wealthier suitor. He
doesn’t realize that she ended the engagement knowing that Will’s heart already
belonged to another woman. James
is still in love with Jane, but he has no means to support them, and so James
sets sail with Walter Raleigh in order to seek his fortune. Although a young widow, Jane finds herself
at the mercy of her father and brother who are forcing her into a second
marriage. At the same time, Jane is
constantly hounded by her stepsons for the inheritance left to her by her late
husband. With James away on his voyage,
he can do nothing to save her from an ill-fated marriage. Set against the backdrop of Elizabethan
England, The Queen’s Lady is sure to attract historical romance
fans.
-C.Campos, Angeles Mesa Branch Library, LAPL
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