When you’re not allowed to love the man you do…

Synopsis

When murder stalks St. Merryn, no secrets are safe…

A forbidden romance…

Set in 1820 Cornwall, Charity Perrow lives a sheltered life in the village of St. Merryn. When she meets and falls for Jethro Ennor, they soon learn their families are bitter enemies, and Charity finds herself torn between remaining loyal to her family and giving into her growing desire for a man they hate.

A village with hidden secrets…

A battle-scarred redcoat is lurking In Greenoak Woods. Struggling to keep his grip on sanity, he’s come home to settle the score with those responsible for the heavy burden he’s been carrying all these years.

An innocent man accused…

When a villager is murdered, the suspicion falls on Jethro. Now Charity must risk everything, including being disowned by her family, to prove his innocence and save him from the gallows.

But as Charity hunts for the truth, she begins to uncover secrets over a decade old—secrets that will change everything.

My review

Charity Perrow her mom was murdered years ago. And the presumed murderer got away without being sentenced. He was proclaimed innocent, and now Charity and her family despise the Ennor Family.

But when she meets Jethro Ennor, she is torn apart, as she wats to remain loyal to her family (and hating the Ennors) but her feelings for Jethro keep growing.
When Jethro is accused of murder, Charity has to risk everything to prove his innocence.

A story of forbidden love has always intrigued me. so I was really curious about this book. To make things worse for this love story, was that the father of Jethro has supposedly killed Charity’s mother. What’s worse than falling in love with the son of your mother’s murderer?

The beauty of it was, that Charity and Jethro got to know each other before they knew who the other one was related to. The feelings were already there when the truth came out. And we all know that you cannot just ‘undo’ your feelings…

But it’s not just a love story, as suddenly there are also some disappearances and even murder. And the world of the love birds gets shattered apart when Jethro is accused.

This book shows us different point of views, allowing us to see the world through several characters’ eyes.
So we know who the culprit is. But we also get to know his motives. And let’s not forget it’s not all black or white. Slowly we get to see what is really going on, and we learn to even feel a little bit of pity. Of course, murder is not to be justified, but when I got to know what all happened in the past and what is going on now, well, I felt sorry.

What I enjoyed about this book is the determination of Charity, to stand by “her” man, never giving up hope. Also how Jethro evolved from a “caveman” to a man being changed by love. Even if the love is a little bit too sudden and too big J.

There is also an air of mystery, making this story even more captivating and intriguing.