The Love Child

This is the 6th novel in the sensational "Cornwall Saga." It's the story of Priscilla Eversleigh,daughter of the infamous Carleton Eversleigh who saved the family mansion from the roundheads during the English Civil War,one book previous. As so many books do, this novel does not "sag" in the middle ot become boring. We all know that is one of Ms. Carr/Holts special talents , but in "The Love Child" her skill in this regard is brilliant. I loved following Priscilla and the lovable Harriet to Italy for the secret birth of the soon-to-be-notorious Carlotta. Any book in The Cornwall Saga can stand alone,however,if you are interested in reading from the beginning,start with; "The Miracle at St. Bruno's;" The story of Damask Farland who lived in the tumultuous time of Henry the Eighth!

Description from the book back cover: They made an unlikely pair ... Prudence and twelve-year-old Dan were foundlings, and the dangers in a northern mill had pushed them into escape. She also stripped a scarecrow for boy's clothes after a close encounter with a lustful farmer! It was sheer bad luck they were in the way when Sebastian, Lord Wentworth's coach came bowling round the corner. Sebastian took them up with him on his journey south into Kent, but Pru was sure of two things - he mustn't discover she was a girl, and she would continue to search for her family - no matter how her feelings kindled for Sebastian ... A Regency Delight!

This is one of the best books in the Carr series, Daughters of England. There is action right from the beginning of the book with some political intrigue and a young romance. The results of this romance lead the heroine, Priscilla, into more intrigue and danger in Venice. Priscilla then makes a sacrifice for her father, a man who had always dismissed her as "just a daughter," and even this sacrifice continues to haunt her and threaten her daughter, Carlotta. Satisfactorily at the end, the father comes to learn of the sacrifice his daughter made for him and realizes that daughters can be even more important than sons. There is a murder at the end of the book that reverberates into the next book in the series, Song of the Siren, which is also excellent.