Who has
never heard of Mark Twain’s story of The Prince and the Pauper, or hasn’t seen
the 1937 movie starring Errol Flynn, twins Bill and Bobby Mauch with Claude
Rains, or some other version of the film. The story deals with what happened
when a pauper and the prince of England meet by chance, saw they looked exactly
the same and decided to swamp places.
The author , Linda Rae Sande, has taken the
basic premise of the storyline, made the two male protagonists actual brothers,
and the sons of a Marquess. While Will
and Stephen Slater might be brothers, Stephen is the one who’s the bastard son.
Will is
finally returning to London after eight years in the British Navy, along with
his brother, who served on his ship. Will is eager to find the woman, Lady
Barbara, who had pledged her love to him before he left to serve his country,
but now has gone missing.
Unbeknownst
to Will, Lady Barbara got thrown out of her father’s home seven for becoming an
unwed mother to his son. Stephen has a wonderful time as a toast of the town
because all the women think he’s Will.
When Will decides to go searching for Barbara, who is now poverty
stricken, he asks Stephen to pretend he’s Will.
Like any woman,
Lady Barbara feels that since she’s not received any letters from her true
love, that he’s now a lost cause and that she should forget about any
possibility he will come to rescue her from the deplorable conditions she
forced to live in. Just as you might
feel if the guy you love, who’s serving in the armed forces and still alive,
has suddenly stopped writing his weekly letters; you’ll probably feel he’s lost
interest in you; as both of you will declare you’re no longer in love with him.
But what will happen and how would you
will if he returns as your knight in shining armor and rescues you from your
plight?
At the same
time, Stephen is in his glory with all the women believing he’s Will. But how will he explain his charade when he
finds a woman he truly loves.
There’s two
storylines in this book, one follows Will and other follows Stephen. But in
both the same questions exists: Will love overcome the barriers which exist in
both their lives? Will each of the brothers find the HEA they’re searching for with
the women they love?
I’ve read
the book, know the answers, but I’m not saying another word. For having given
her readers about love possibly conquering all, I’m happy to give Ms. Sande and
her book 5 STARS.
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