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In the first of the romantic novel, Put
Asunder, placed in the period of The Peninsular War 1807–1814,
author, Lynn Bishop, takes the reader on a journey where, her protagonists, Major
Michael Glendon Rheese, known simply as Major Rheese, and Eva Brianna Sheridan
Valdez, known as Eva, after a very brief wedding in the middle of the night, in
Spain, are thrown apart for the next six years and must now find each other in
Brigford Manor, south-east of Leeds, England. The extraordinary marriage, in
the middle of the night and their subsequent journey in the very same night,
towards, the land of their destination – England, fleeing away to safety from
the imminent invasion by the French on Spain, the very next day, prevented
either of them to see each other’s face at all, thus leaving their wedding
ring, with an inscription “D”, carved
on it, as the only common object of identification.
Eva, brought up in Spain by her
aristocratic grandmamma, Doña María, is hurriedly married off to Major
Rheese, in exchange of the affluent grand old lady’s hospitality towards Major
Rheese’s three wounded comrades, who will find shelter at her home, till they
are able to move on soon.
Major Rheese is captured that very night by
the French, leaving Eva to find her own. After six years in a Convent, she
heads to England to search for her husband. Having come to know, that he lives
in Brigford Manor, Leeds, she starts her journey towards that destination, when
the letters written to him in that address go unanswered. But on the way, she
meets Mr Denborough and finds herself drawn to him, despite her loyalty to her
husband, Major Rheese. Mr Denborough too, it seems is headed to Leeds and they
form a good companionship, albeit, for Eva, it is a struggle to keep her sense
and sensibility in place, in the face of a gentleman as kind and reassuring as
Mr Denborough. Left with the last two pounds, she is forced to take Mr
Denborough’s generosity, which of course she will return, as soon as she can. Travelling
out with him on horseback in the last leg, soon they arrive at Brigford Manor,
Leads and each goes their way, only to be flung together at the Brigford Manor again.
At this point, the novel takes a twist and
leaves the reader in a shock. So what is Eva going to do in the face of her
husband, Major Rheese, for whom she has travelled all the way to meet? How is
she going to reconcile this blasphemous romantic engagement with Mr Denborough,
whom she has begun to love, despite her loyalty to her husband? And most
important, who is Mr Denborough and how is he related to Major Rheese? Finally,
the romance takes on its natural end - from the wedding that happened six years
ago, it is consummated six years after. But to find out with whom, one needs to
read the entire novel, minutely.
A clean novel, Put Asunder brings forth, yet again, the genius of Madhulika
Liddle, whose nom de plume Lynn Bishop for the romance
novels, the Part I of which is the present novel, shines through as not only a
brilliant period author, but a great story teller, now famous globally for her
Muzaffar Jang detective novels placed in the Mughal period in India. A master
craftswoman in the fine art of keeping her reader glued to her novel, I hope,
the first of the novel on war wives, being in the Kindle eBook format will find
a wider readership across the globe. Racy though it be at the beginning, the
novel eases out a bit, as Eva finds herself falling in love with Mr Denborough,
dear Lord, causing the novel to become a trifle too long, for an eBook. But the
language is absolutely delightful to read and really, love and romance, grow
slowly over time.
So, dear readers, relax, luxuriate and
watch it happen!
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