Name: Abby Champion's review of The King's Man by Elizabeth Kingston
Item: The King's Man
Rating: 4
Author: Abby Champion

Elizabeth Kingston

Ranulf Ombrier's fame throughout England for his skill at swordplay is rivaled only by his notoriety as King Edward I's favorite killer. Ranulf's actions have gained him lands, title, and a lasting reputation as a hired butcher. But after years of doing his king's bidding, he begins to fear for his mortal soul and follows his conscience away from Edward, all the way to the wilds of Wales. Gwenllian of Ruardean, Welsh daughter of a powerful Marcher lord, has every reason to leave Ranulf for dead when one of her men nearly kills him. As a girl she was married by proxy to a man Ranulf murdered, only to become a widow before she ever met her groom. In the years since, she has shunned the life of a lady, instead studying warfare and combat at her mother's behest. But she has also studied healing and this, with her sense of duty to knightly virtues, leads her to tend to Ranulf's wounds. Saving her enemy's life comes with consequences, and Gwenllian and Ranulf are soon caught up in dangerous intrigue. Forced together by political machinations, they discover a kinship of spirit and a surprising, intense desire. But even hard-won love cannot thrive when loyalties are divided and the winds of rebellion sweep the land.

The King's Man

Marlena Lang

Abby Champion

Rushed ending but otherwise I surprisingly liked it!

Megan Beth Davies

I LOVED this book! It was everything I wanted from a historical romance/ fiction: unique and fierce heroine, morally grey love interest, love, intrigue, politics, comaraderie, a bit of cross dressing... 

If you shy away from historical romance because you think it is all bodice rippers and regency balls, then read this (even if you like those books, read this). It is a very true to era medieval romance with a heroine that neither simpers nor cows to her enemies. I loved how all the characters were multifaceted and real and how well the author portrayed the era. It was also wonderfully written and the plot was well thought out. Will definitely be reading her other books.

Marlena Lang &
The King's Man by Elizabeth Kingston

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