For historical romance, Roseanna M. White is one of my go-to authors. This is because of her well fleshed-out characters who you can absolutely relate to (even the villains, most times), as well as the story-line, which always includes some adventure and mystery, and a solid faith thread. As I don't enjoy romance quite as much, I love it when the romance also includes these elements. And when it teaches me some history in the process, even better! A Portrait of Loyalty is book 3 in her Codebreakers series, which follows cryptographers in WWI employed by the British Admiralty. This book can be read on its own as the story itself stands alone, but if you're reading all 3, I'd recommend reading them in order. This book is absolutely superb with strong characters, a fantastic story and a sweet romance to top it all off. Timing-wise, this one is coming out at a great time as the politicking due to the current events in 1918 in this book feel eerily similar to current events today. I actually reached out to Ms. White about it and she advised that the re-writes/edits of this book were completed in November 2019, so it was purely coincidence that things sounded a lot like 2020.
Here's a blurb about the book:
Zivon Marin was one of Russia’s top cryptographers, until the October Revolution tore apart his world. Forced to flee after speaking out against Lenin and separated from his brother along the way, he arrives in England driven by a growing anger and determined to offer his services to the Brits.
Lily Blackwell sees the world best through the lens of a camera–and possesses unsurpassed skill when it comes to retouching and recreating photographs. With her father’s connections in propaganda, she’s recruited to the intelligence division, even though her mother would disapprove.
After Captain Blackwell invites Zivon to dinner one evening, a friendship blooms between him and Lily. He sees patterns in what she deems chaos; she sees beauty in a world he thought destroyed. But both have secrets they’re unwilling to share. When her photographs reveal that someone has been following Zivon, his loyalties are called into question–and his enemies are discovered to be far closer than he’d feared.
This book releases September 8, 2020, though she is currently offering sneak peak pages to her newsletter subscribers. Check out her website to sign up! For additional information, please see some links below:
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