Lady's Ransom

The First Argentines, Book 3

By: Jeff Wheeler

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

In kingdoms at war, alliances are made to be broken in a thrilling novel of magic and dark conspiracies by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Warrior’s Ransom.

Ransom Barton and his wife, Claire de Murrow, have arrived in Legault to reclaim the title that was Claire’s birthright. Claire intends to rebuild a war-ravaged palace to its former glory and to teach Ransom about the magical history of their new home. But when Ransom is summoned to return to King Benedict, his loyalty to Claire is tested. Fealty prevails, however questionable the king’s motives.

The ambitious Benedict, who controls his late father’s dominion, must prove his might. The warriors of the East Kingdoms have disrupted the trade routes, weakening every kingdom in their path. Benedict’s plan is to fend off a coming war through strategic alliances. But it’s Ransom’s post to keep the king’s allies—as well as his poisonous enemies—in line, even as Benedict’s defense may be inviting further chaos.

As the king’s power grows and Ransom’s rise in the council is secured, a shadowy conspiracy threatens to destroy everything Ransom has worked to build. Now torn between allegiance to the woman he loves and duty to king and country, which will Ransom choose?

©2021 by Jeff Wheeler. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Love It!

I Love these well developed characters, story lines and cultures. This series is so well done!

Love it.

Well written, the narrator is priceless. Keep bringing these stories back. They keep you interested

fantastic as always

the only thing that's bad is that I finished it too fast. looking forward to the next book.

Palace intrigue with king away

This story has an good plot in which Ransom is pulled away from Claire and his growing family to save King Benedict’s Kingdom while the king is off fighting a war. It is full of mistrust and betrayal. Meanwhile, Claire fights to save her kingdom. Demands on Ransom nearly wear him out.

Continuation of a heralding story

Love the performance. The narrator does an excellent job with speed, pitch, and tone variations to characters. The writer provides excellent depiction of scenery, actions, and feelings of characters. Can't wait for the final book!

Another great series by Jeff Wheeler

I finished this book in 1 1/2 days could not put it down until it was done. Now I have to wait until January 2022 for the next book. ☹️

Don't Trust Anyone

This series is quite intricate and full of the sort of politics one expects to find in royal courts. Basically: don't trust anyone, draw your sword first and ask questions later. Truly, the story line is first rate and full of intrigue, suspense, and treachery. This generally would be a five-star read for me, except I had a tough time with Claire in this novel.

After years of tragic disappointments, Ransom and Claire are married. They are the kind of couple everyone expected they would be... at first. But Claire's trust issues, while understandable given her past, were just more than I wanted to deal with. I felt like Ransom would finally at least have one person in his corner that he could trust unequivocally. He actually does, but it's not Claire. That was a hard fact to deal with for a romantic like me.

But I'm still hopeful that all will work out. After all, their story is not yet complete. I'm definitely still fully engaged in this amazing series

Great adventure

I like the way the next book pretty much take off where the last left off. Doesn't spend 2 or 3 chapters retelling the story. only problem with this one is they keep referring to the twins as boy instead of boys. Can wait o get the next in this series

So sad the book’s over

The story, voices, and writing are fabulous as expected. I, as always, read it entirely too fast.

Well done!

Well plotted and written, as is Wheeler’s usual.
Kate Rudd’s narration is outstanding, per her usual. 🙂