Title: The Tratitor (Captive Heart #2)
Author: Grace Burrowes
Genre: Historical Romance Regency Period
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Publish Date: August 5, 2014
Publisher: Sourcebook
~ Synopsis ~
As a young boy, British-born Sebastian St. Clair was abandoned in France and forced to join the French army in order to survive.
Now that the war is over, he has returned home to his beloved England, and is determined to live a quiet life as a country gentleman. He believes that his wish is about to come true when he begins to fall for his elderly aunt’s lovely companion, Miss Millicent Danforth.
But the French are not quite ready to let him go, and they’ve devised a devious plot that could destroy everything that Sebastian holds dear. He will have to use all of his wits if he plans on escaping this scheme with his life…and his love.
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~ Karen Ponders~
Just finished the The Traitor by Grace Burrowes and I was amazed that I could come to love the romantic hero of Sebastian St. Clair, as he was the anti – hero in the first Burrowes book I read The Captive. I had actually read The Captive directly previously to this book, so my thoughts of the St. Clair character were still fresh in my mine. To understand The Traitor, Burrowes’s first book in Captive Heart series is a required read, as the back story of St. Clair is extremely relevant. The book takes place a couple of years after the end of the Napoleanonic War. The character of St. Clair in the war was a French officer, despite him being a peer of the English realm. He had come home to take care of his Aunt Freddy and to oversee his barony. The war isn’t over to some English officers to whom St. Clair made acquaintance during the war, and they want revenge for the time they spent as St. Clair’s guest.
Burrowes’s writes an captivating tale of war, betrayal, redemption and love, as this book at it’s heart is the love story that springs up between Millicent Danforth and the Baron St. Clair. St. Clair is a titled noble English peer, whom everyone judges and no on bothers to get to know or understand. Miss. Danforth is his aunt’s lady’s companion, whom is trying to make her own life ‘in service’; a lady whom her own family has judged wanting. A lady I might add that is brave, forthright and breath of fresh air in the Barons household. The lovers tale is a complex one, with a myriad of bumps along the path of love. Those bumps make for a fun adventure, and at times a down right ‘nail biter’.
There were a few minor details that I felt were unresolved, but I am hoping that book three in the series The Laird will bring those to conclusion.
~ About the Author ~
Grace Burrowes grew up in central Pennsylvania and is the sixth out of seven children. She discovered romance novels when in junior high (back when there was a such a thing), and has been reading them voraciously ever since. Grace has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, a Bachelor of Music in Music History, (both from The Pennsylvania State University); a Master’s Degree in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite University; and a Juris Doctor from The National Law Center at The George Washington University. Her debut novel, The Heir was chosen as a Publishers Weekly Top Five Romances for 2010, and is the first in an eight-sibling historical romance series published by Sourcebooks Casablanca.
Grace Burrowes grew up in central Pennsylvania and is the sixth out of seven children. She discovered romance novels when in junior high (back when there was such a thing), and has been reading them voraciously ever since. Grace has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, a Bachelor of Music in Music History, (both from The Pennsylvania State University); a Master’s Degree in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite University; and a Juris Doctor from The National Law Center at The George Washington University.
Grace writes Georgian, Regency, Scottish Victorian and contemporary romances in both novella and novel lengths. She’s a member of Romance Writers of America and Novelist, Inc. and enjoys giving workshops and speaking at writer’s conferences. If you’d like Grace to speak or present at your conference, contact her here. Giving back to the industry is a large part of the fun of being published!
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