Review: Enchanting The Lady

Enchanting The Lady
by Kathryne Kennedy

In a world where magic ruled everything, Felicity Seymour couldn’t perform even the simplest spell. If she didn’t pass her testing, she’d lose her duchy—and any hope of marriage. But one man didn’t seem to mind her lack of dowry: a darkly delicious baronet who had managed to scare away the rest of London’s Society misses.

Sir Terence Blackwell knew the enchanting woman before him wasn’t entirely without magic. Not only could she completely disarm him with her gorgeous lavender eyes and frank candor, but his were-lion senses could smell a dark power on her—the same kind of relic-magic that had killed his brother. Was she using it herself, or was it being used against her?

One needed a husband, and the other needed answers. But only together could they find the strongest magic of all: true love.

Enchanting the Lady, Relics of Merlin is aptly named. It is enchanting! This is the first book in a series of Relics of Merlin books and I am already hooked. Ms. Kennedy’s strong plot, intriguing characters and this inventive new twist on romance make Enchanting the Lady one of the best books I’ve read in a long time.

In order to claim her rightful inheritance, Felicity Seymour must show that she has the magical abilities necessary to take her place among the peerage in Victorian England. But she has a problem: her magical powers have never been very strong. When she meets a baronet who is also a shapeshifter her world begins to change. Terence Blackwell smells ancient magic on Felicity and knows he must find out more about her and the secrets she holds. They wed and their already less-than-ordinary existence becomes still more intriguing.

The chemistry between Terence and Felicity is magical in its own right. With her keen wit and intelligence, Felicity is a woman whose supernatural shortcomings hardly seem to matter. Terence’s intuition brings the beneath the scenes maneuverings of English society to the surface. Together they work to uncover secrets that seem to be, at times, indecipherable.

Kathryne Kennedy’s attention to detail makes every page of this story shine. The reader sees everything, right down to the trimmings on Felicity’s clothing. That careful choice of words, with its one good sentence after another strong storytelling, is one of the things I enjoyed the most about reading this. Enchanting the Lady is one of those books I’ll take down every time I yearn to be pulled into a world of magic and love, and not so far removed from the historical real world that I have to suspend belief to enjoy myself. There isn’t anything not to love about this book! It is a definite keeper!



Review by Peony