By Kelly Bridgewater
Only the hidden treasure will allow
Louisa and her sister to gain their freedom.
England, 1388. All her life, Louisa’s dreamed of
finding the rumored “Giant’s Treasure,” a collection of ancient, lost riches
said to be hidden on a mountaintop in Scotland, guarded by a fierce monster.
It’s a story her father used to tell her, and when he dies and she and her
younger sister have to go live with their shiftless, greedy uncle, Louisa is
determined to find that treasure. It’s the hope that has kept her defying her
uncle’s efforts to marry her off to the highest bidder.
After
her uncle starts to parade Louisa’s twelve-year-old sister Margaret in front of
potential husbands, Louisa realizes she has no time to waste. She disguises
herself as a boy and takes off for Scotland. But the road is a harsher place
than she’d imagined, and she is relieved to find a friend in the knight, Sir
Charles, who goes along with her on her journey.
Charles is intrigued by this young
woman who claims her name is “Jack” and is set on going to Scotland. He goes
along, pretending to believe she is a boy, in order to make sure nothing bad
happens to her. As they meet new friends along the road, and as Louisa comes
clean about her identity, the pair find themselves falling in love. But what
will happen when they reach Scotland? Will they find their independence and the
freedom to marry in the form of a buried treasure, or will the monster from
Louisa’s own past keep the young couple apart?
My
Thoughts:
Lady ofDisguise by Melanie Dickerson starts out
with the heroine wanting to find a buried treasure in the side of the mountain.
As the journey begins, she leaves dressed as a boy in order to keep hidden.
Then she meets the hero and the plot pushes forward from there. Many moments
were the hero must save the damsel in distress, which of course, the heroine
finds enduring and sweet. The plot kept throwing the hero and heroine into
dangerous situations because of the supporting cast. Of course, as the plot
moved forward; the romance moved forward also. Really didn't feature many of
the Dericott siblings that were prominent in the previous books in this series.
This reads more like a standalone novel to the series. According to the
synopsis, this story is a Jack in the Beanstalk remake. There is elements of
the familiar story with climbing to a high place with a giant protecting the
prize. But there are differences too. Nice giant who has been taken advantage
of by the people in the low lying village. Overall, Lady of Disguise by Melanie Dickerson features a protective hero
who shows his devotion to the heroine while flipping Jack in the Beanstalk on
its head.
I received a complimentary copy of Lady of Disguise by Melanie Dickerson
from Thomas Nelson Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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