A Love Most Dangerous, Martin Lake
A Love Most Dangerous, Martin Lake
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A Love Most Dangerous

Author: Martin Lake

Narrator: Heather Wilds

Unabridged: 10 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/27/2015

Synopsis

Her beauty was a blessing…and a dangerous burden…As a Maid of Honor at the Court of King Henry VIII, beautiful Alice Petherton receives her share of admirers. But when the powerful, philandering Sir Richard Rich attempts to seduce her, she knows she cannot thwart his advances for long. She turns to the most powerful man in England for protection: the King himself.As beautiful as she is intelligent, Alice easily captures the King’s interest. He takes her to bed on the day of his son Edward’s birth. But the King is capricious, and he casts out Alice when Queen Jane dies. Although Alice knows well the risk of becoming the King’s wife, it isn’t long before she charms her way back into Court and the King’s heart. The challenge is remaining his favorite while avoiding the dangers of becoming his next bride.Reveling in her newfound power, Alice soon forgets that enemies lurk behind every corner at court…and there are some who are eagerly plotting her fall…Revised edition: This edition of A Love Most Dangerous includes editorial revisions.

About Martin Lake

Born and raised in England, Martin Lake discovered his love of history and writing at an early age. After graduating, he worked as a teacher before he decided to combine his two passions and write a historical novel. Since then, he has written six novels and several short stories. When not writing, he can be found traveling, cooking, and exploring fascinating places. He currently resides on the French Riviera with his wife.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on March 30, 2014

Having read and enjoyed Martin’s series on The Lost King I was more than happy when he asked me to take on A Love Most Dangerous. This despite the fact that most of the historical fiction I read involves the clash of arms and armies. This one is quite different from my usual fare not only from the......more

Goodreads review by David on March 11, 2014

A very intimate thought-provoking story set during the court of Henry VIII. Martin has created a world where I feel at home in, know of and understand (in some respect) the machinations of court politics. This is almost like a Tudor House of Cards with Cromwell as Francis Underwood and Henry VIII as......more

Goodreads review by Elaine on March 22, 2014

This was a well written and well researched novel, bringing to life the Tudor court of Henry VIII and the women in his life. But the novel actually centres around the narrator Alice, a young woman at the court who becomes Henry's mistress. The story is exciting and gripping; as a reader I rooted for......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on February 15, 2023

This has been one casually hanging on my TBR since I started GoodReads, it being on KU I picked it up. I would have ate this up back in 2012 when I was deep into a Tudor phase. I just find that my taste has changed. This was certainly an interesting take, it being about Queen Jane Seymour's hand mai......more

Goodreads review by Dee on March 08, 2014

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies..." (George R.R. Martin) and Alice's life is a life really worth reading. This is a fabulous book, and a great story. I love the way we get to know Alice through her thoughts, and through the little vignettes about her life that appear in the early par......more

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