These insecurities often prevent them from having an honest conversation, which typically drives me bonkers, but for some reason, I just kept reading. Things are definitely rocky as Hal is paranoid that Joanna is still in love with the knight, while Joanna fears that Hal only married her to improve his status. Most of this story takes place in a small village on the moors as Hal and Joanna learn to build a marriage together. There are a whole lot of plot threads that eventually lead to the heroine marrying the blacksmith instead of the knight which I won't go into here. A dark-haired, muscular, gruff blacksmith :) Anyway, the heroine is a merchant's daughter who is in love with a knight, a knight whom any reader can tell has no interest in her. In fact, as the title implies, the hero in this tale is a blacksmith. However, it has the refreshing difference of being between a couple not of the nobility. This novel is no exception.Īt its core, The Blacksmith's Wife is a marriage of convenience story. The research is good, the writing is clean, and the story is entertaining. I must say I have been really impressed with the Harlequin Historicals I've encountered lately. The Blacksmith's Wife is my first experience with Elisabeth Hobbes' work, but it definitely won't be my last. When I'm not writing, I spend a lot of my spare time reading and have become something of a pro at cooking one-handed while holding a book! I love historical fiction and have a fondness for dark haired, bearded heroes. I live in Cheshire with my husband, two young children and two cats with ridiculous names. These days I hold down jobs as a teacher and mum. Sadly it never happened but I developed a love of the past and went on to read History and Art History at university before venturing into the world of teaching. I grew up in York where I spent most of my teenage years wandering around the city looking for a handsome Roman or Viking to sweep me off my feet.
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