Mary BaloghRomance · Historical Fiction·b. 1944
Beyond the Sunrise
Synopsis
Set during the Napoleonic Peninsular War in Portugal. Jeanne (known in Portugal as Joana da Fonte, Marquesa das Minas) and Robert Blake, a British army captain and spy, were childhood sweethearts torn apart by their different stations — she believing him dead of smallpox. Reunited years later behind enemy lines, only he recognizes her, and they must navigate espionage, old wounds and rekindled feeling to survive the war.
How it reads
Prose complexity 4/10
Content warnings (1)
Violence