Title: An Alliance with His Enemy Princess
Author: Lissa Morgan
Published: December 2022
Genre: Historical Romance, Medieval Enemies-to-Lovers, Harlequin Historical, Mills & Boon Historical

Blurb:

A high – stakes, Medieval enemies to lovers story.

A royal decree

That will change their lives...

Norman knight Rolant Guyarde has come to conquer a Welsh fort, but when he meets its mistress, he realizes she’s the sword-wielding “soldier” he fought en route! Despite their being enemies, he finds himself intrigued by the brave, beautiful Princess Gwennan. When they’re forced into an uneasy alliance, Rolant helps her petition the king for her parents’ release from prison. But in exchange for their freedom, the king demands a price neither Rolant nor Gwennan expects!

My Review:

What a story! Lissa Morgan did it again, wrapping the real history of Wales within a historical fictional romance.

This pure enemies-to-lovers story took all my emotional states into something I couldn’t imagine. How war not only in the past but also present has suffered so many people and Lissa Morgan wrote so very well in writing the anguish, the loss, the tragedy, the unfinished revenge and the history into a beautiful book.

During the war between the Norman and Welsh, as commander from Norman, Rolant is momentarily startled by his finding that the unconscious Welsh boy is a girl, Gwennan. He isn’t able to leave Gwennan alone in the middle of war therefore he takes her as a page. Despite his strong, muscular well-built appearance, Rolant is so tender and caring on the other hand Gwennan is spirited temperamental princess and fiercely determined to avenge and get her land back from the Norman.

The first few pages did intrigue me, despite its ugliness of war it gave some details how the war between Norman and Welsh, the pain and the interminable hatred were. The more I indulged into it, the more mysteries and pain unravelled. Both Rolant and Gwennan are the victims of the ugliness of the war. They lose their loved ones and if Gwennan wants her land and her parents to be freed, she has to do something.

This story is full of anguish, hatred and revenge yet sweet, the way Rolant cares for Gwennan. I loved how Rolant and Gwennan are trying to understand their situation better and forgive one another to let their life be happy. The epilogue couldn’t be better! Thank you, Lissa Morgan for this ARC which I voluntary reviewed.

Rate: 5 of 5

About the author

Lissa Morgan hails from Wales but has travelled far and wide over the years, usually in pursuit of the next new job, but always pursuing her passion for the past along the way too. She once worked as tour guide at Hampton Court Palace where she donned her sumptuous Tudor gowns – replicas of course – in Catherine of Aragon’s chambers! Now a part-time web designer, Lissa lives in rugged north-west Wales surrounded by medieval castles that provide the perfect inspiration for her writing. Follow Lissa on her website: https://lissamorgan.com/, facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lissamorganhistoricalromance or Twitter: https://twitter.com/LissaMorganAuth