The Wicked Lady

De: Elena Collins

Narrado por: Antonia Beamish, Will Close

A spellbinding and heartbreaking timeslip novel from USA Today bestselling author Judy Leigh writing as Elena Collins.

WINNER of the RNA Historical Romantic Novel Award 2025

1648 - Hertfordshire

Thirteen-year-old Katherine Ferrers is in despair at being betrothed to arch-Royalist Thomas Fanshawe whose family are hellbent on plundering her family’s fortune to champion the exiled Charles. As her unhappy marriage stretches before her, her only comfort is her beloved childhood home The Cell. But as the years pass and Kate grows restless, a new passion, a new love and a dangerous calling threaten to upend everything she’s ever known.

Present Day - Hertfordshire

Charlie Wolfe jumps at the chance to help his uncle renovate a tumbledown cottage overlooking Nomansland Common. Number One Constable’s Cottages was once the home of the man charged with ridding the common of the highwaymen who terrorised travellers. But it’s the story of The Wicked Lady, the notorious female highway robber, that captures Charlie’s imagination, and some long winters’ nights he’s sure he can the hoofbeats of her horse echoing across time.

What drove this mystery woman to risk everything for a life of crime, and why is she still restless, wandering the common in grief? It seems only Charlie can finally uncover the secret Katherine Ferrers has kept for hundreds of years; a secret of a terrible betrayal and a tragic love that was never meant to end this way…

Elena Collins brilliantly uncovers the intriguing story of another brave woman that history forgot. Perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine, Nicola Cornick, Diana Gabaldon and Louise Douglas.

©2024 Elena Collins (P)2024 Boldwood Books

The story is captivating.

I truly enjoyed this story. I hope to see something else from this author soon

Magnificent

I love the dual time-line! I enjoyed the seamless merge of both stories, characters and how everything comes together in the end! I have read several of the author's works and each one is magnificent!

Original ghostly twist on highway thievery in old England.

Strong female character whose decisions were based on the unfairness of being married only for her money at a young age. Unscrupulous husband about to sell her childhood home from under her, and his monetary demands from his starving tenants, causes her to take matters into her own hands. In return she finds much danger, adventure and a love she has never known. Her story is entwined with a modern young man who joins his uncle to restoring her old home who is struggling with the strains of his own failed relationship and journey towards a meaningful relationship. Fun read bittersweet ending.