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Rosanne E. Lortz is a talented, highly imaginative author with the kind of gift for weaving detailed research into a tale entirely of her own making that must be essential if one is to create the sort of majestic historical fiction with which she presents us in her novel, I Serve.
But I think we must forgive her for any failure to update the thorough and detailed research that is the basis for her author bio at right, or for failing to share the latest details of a tale entirely of her own making. Or, perhaps I should say, entirely of the making of Rosanne and her husband David.
Keeping her author’s website or her book marketing up to date just now is probably, in fact, the furthest thing from this author’s mind.
Why?
Two reasons:
Their names are Adam and Benjamin, and they were born less than three weeks ago.
So Rosanne E. Lortz is going to be very busy for a while here, which in my view simply compounds the immense pleasure I’ve experienced in reading I Serve: A Novel of the Black Prince and in helping the author to share it with you through the Kindle Nation sponsorship program.
I will admit to having always been the kind of sentimental sap who gets jazzed when a ballplayer hits a home run after being with his wife at the hospital that morning for the birth of their first child. And I’m here to tell you that Rosanne E. Lortz’ name is in the box score today with, at the very least, a 3-for-3 performance. The picture of Adam and Benjamin speaks for itself, and the novel, I Serve, is a home run in and of itself. As someone who always wanted to learn more about the Black Death and its medieval backdrop, I was especially ready to get lost in her story, and it did not disappoint.
If enough Kindle Nation readers agree with me that the royalties allow Rosanne and her husband to keep the boys in booties, all the better.
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 by Rosanne E. Lortz
4.4 out of 5 stars – 12 Reviews
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A TALE OF ARMS, OF DEATH, OF LOVE, AND OF HONOR
Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Hundred Years’ War, I Serve chronicles the story of Sir John Potenhale. A young Englishman of lowly birth, Potenhale wins his way to knighthood on the fields of France. He enters the service of Edward, the Black Prince of Wales, and immerses himself in a stormy world of war, politics, and romantic intrigue. While campaigning in France, Potenhale develops an interest in Margery, a spirited lady-in-waiting with a close-kept secret. He soon learns that Sir Thomas Holland, a crass and calculating baron, holds the key to unlock Margery’s mystery and possesses the power to overturn all of his hopes. When the Black Death strikes Europe, however, Potenhale realizes that the fiercest enemy does not always appear in human form. Seeing the pestilence as a punishment for the sins of his generation, he questions his calling as a knight and considers entering the cloister. Margery or the monastery? Torn between losing his soul and losing the love of his life, he finds friendship with a French knight who might-just possibly-help him save both.
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