Four Calling Bards by Patricia Kiyono

Four Calling Bards by Patricia Kiyono
Publisher: esKape Press
Genre: Historical, Suspense/Mystery
Length: Short story (77 pages)
Heat Level: Sweet
Rating: 4.5 stars
Reviewed by Orchid

Amanda Collins leads a satisfactory but uneventful life as the vicar’s daughter in sleepy Whitecastle. But her sedate days are turned upside down when some of the village’s wealthiest men suddenly show an interest in her. The Lord of the Manor, the village doctor, and the butcher have all made offers, and Amanda doesn’t quite know what to do. Fortunately, her wealthy aunt Grace needs a temporary assistant, and she escapes to Cambridge, where she gets a taste of life outside the village while considering her options.

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Amanda Collins is happy with her life as daughter of the widowed vicar of Whitecastle. Our of the blue she finds herself being courted by three men and unknown to her a servant at the manor has fallen in love with her.

The Lord of the Manor shows a liking for Amanda as does the local doctor, but her first proposal comes from the butcher.

Amanda is a complicated person. She feels strongly about the slave trade which continues despite the laws making it illegal. Andrew Summers is a footman in his lordship’s household and finds out a lot about his master’s business affairs. He has also fallen in love with Amanda, but knows his feelings must remain unspoken as he is far beneath her in status.

Amanda meanwhile must decide which – if any – of her three suitors she wishes to get to know better. Will the fourth one make himself known to her, or will she choose without knowing he exists?

This book may be short but it is full of mystery, suspense and surprises. Ms Kiyono threads the hero and heroine through many tense and dangerous scenes and the final pages bring the story to a unexpected but happy ending.