Follow the Shadows

by Jocelyn Carew

CRUSADING HEARTS
SOLANGE DE ST. FLORENT -- the silver-blonde beauty on a fateful crusade to an exotic land of longed-for love and bitter betrayal.

AIMERY DE MONTVERT -- lover to Queen Eleanor of Aquitane, and Solange's husband by royal command. But on their wedding night she refuses to surrender and he vows he will never touch her again until she begs for him....

ERIK OF THE LONG LANCE -- the golden Viking who guides France's mighty Crusade to Constantinople - and gives Solange a precious, undreamed-of gift.

A sumptuous saga of fate, passion and the love a woman could not live without!

Genres: Historical Romance, Medieval, Romance, Historical, Historical Fiction, Ebooks, Fiction

467 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Pseudonym of Jacqueline Aeby, who also wrote under the name Vanessa Gray.

Reviews

[Meredith is a hot mess · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 stars

RTC. Maybe.

Fave quotes:



Yes my father cast a long shadow. Over Belvent, over mother, over me."

"And now?"

"It was a long shadow and I followed it. But it was the shadow I followed, and not my father how he truly was."

"Some people only cast shadows," he said after awhile, " and others are larger than life. Either way, people are frequently not what we suppose them to be."

"But," he said slowly, thinking it over carefully, "it is not wrong for us to be mislead. It is what we ourselves think that truly matters. Only that is real. You thought your father was different from what he was and that belief made you brave, enduring, and faithful.

And when they turn out to be other than you thought - then you learn by the contrast. If, for instance, you find your fancied love is false, bitter, then you know what true love is." He gazed down into her eyes. "And you value it above rubies."

The moon rose higher. A campfire winked at either end of the canyon, where the sentries stood guard.

This time, at long last, there was love.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book started out so good. Then the writer turned the heroine into an immature, selfish brat. There were too many problems to name them all, the worst though is the book got boring. Once they started for the crusades the book went down hill for me.

As with most bodice rippers it is usually a hit or miss. For me this was a miss, but others might enjoy it.

2.5 Stars!

[Morena · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am almost at the end, but I've had enough of this selfish heroine who has done little besides orbiting the cavity of her own skull.
To be fair, the first 80 pages were fun. Then Jocelyn Carew took a tumble down a long flight of stairs and turned the rest of her story into a broken record of baseless suspicions full of misunderstandings, forced into a historical timeline of the Second Crusade. Also, according to Carew's tumbled research, beyond the Holy Empire, lies a no-man land. Sorry, Hungary.

[AlexandraB95 · Rating 1 out of 5]

one of the most boring books i have ever read!

[Chrisangel · Rating 1 out of 5]

When a married couple spends more time having sex with other people than with each other (with all the hokey misunderstandings and unspoken love included in the mix) the book automatically gets one star from me. Even more so when the h refuses to sleep with the H, not because he's carrying on with the Queen, but because she doesn't believe he cares for her (though he does) and she doesn't want sex without love, but then she has no trouble getting naked with a man she knows is a player and feels nothing for her but lust. Makes sense, right? Wrong!

I didn't even bother to finish this one and I suggest you don't, either.

[Katherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an interesting tale of our heroine, Solange and her quest to find her father, who had been presumed dead. Along the way, she has many mishaps due to her sharp tongue and independent spirit. This was a good story but it seemed like a long book. It was an enjoyable read and I found myself rooting for Solange in the end to find her happily ever after.

[Rebecca Huston · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember this one from my teen years, and it wasn't too bad. I wonder where my copy ended up.

[Eterushi · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5,

Good old bodice ripper. Review to come.