The Virgin Widow - Anne O'Brien

As promised, I don't review too many fiction romance novels. To be fair, this wasn't exactly a romance novel, it was more of a period novel. There was romance, to be sure,  but it definitely wasn't the soft-porn type Harlequin novel I was expecting. 

Well written, the author goes into detail of politics during the time of Kings in England. The main character is the daughter of a political advisor to the king who ends up being killed for plotting against the king. She is married off to a very unwilling family, widowed (hence the title), and then finally reunited with her childhood love interest.

Verdict: A very well written period piece about a strong woman trying to dictate her own future in a time very unamenable to that type thing. Read it!