My review of The Restitution by M.L. Tyndall...
Posted by:
Michelle Sutton on
August 25, 2007 at
6:38PM EST
From the Publisher:
Lady
Isabel Ashton, scorned by society after the birth of her illegitimate
child, longs to regain wealth and position-despite Christ's call on her
heart. But when her son is kidnapped, she's forced to seek the aid of
the man who pirated her purity. How far will Isabel go to save her
child and redeem her honor?
Captain Kent Carlton, desperate to
win the heart of the woman he once ravished, finds himself battling
jealousy as well as the sea. Can a penniless pirate capture the love he
so urgently desires, or will the lady seek her safe harbor in another
man's arms?
My review:
All of the books in the Legacy of the King's Pirates
series have been awesome, but this story was probably the best of them
all. It's a difficult task to take someone who was so unlikeable in
previous books - Captain Carlton - and make him someone you want to see
Lady Ashton choose to love and spend the rest of her life with. The
author has such rich, emotional characters and so much depth to her
stories that it's hard to not feel sad when the story ends. I enjoyed
this novel to the last page, because when it comes to torturing her
characters, M.L. Tyndall is the queen of tension. The Restitution was riveting.
I
also loved how Tyndall created pirate cuss words without having the
characters actually swear. Her skill with the English language and her
ability to describe things is incredible. This is an author who puts
you in every scene--from the stench of the filth inside the ship to the
hair-raising fear experienced by the characters. And the faith element
was once again believable. There is no easy faith on pirate ships, but
God shows His love in impossible, but true-to-life situations. This is
an author I will not miss. Every book she writes is a treasure and I
highly recommend them all.
The Restitution was published by Barbour and released in August 2007.
