The Rebels of Cordovia

By: Linda Weaver Clarke

Narrated by: Carolyn Kashner

Centuries after the legendary Robin Hood, a group of men and women find themselves fighting for the same cause. In this battle for freedom, a tender love story begins to blossom. Daniel, a rogue and a leader of the Freemen, doesn’t realize that the sweet, feminine woman he has met - and is falling - for happens to be the leader of Robin’s Rebels. Realizing the importance of uniting all the rebel groups, Daniel tries to recruit Robin’s Rebels, but they refuse. Now he has to find a way to convince them. When he finds out the leader is actually a woman, what will his reaction be?

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A fun clean story!

The narrator was good! This was a fun Robin Hood retelling. The romance in this story is clean.

Rebels and Rouges

King Rupert of Cordovia has driven his Kingdom into poverty while raising taxes. There are two groups – Robins Rebels and the Freemen – who in my opinion have the same goal. They end up banning together to defeat King Rupert.

Daniel meets Robin at the local market and feels an instant attraction. Although, at first Daniel only knows her as Marie.

Mrs. Clarke does an excellent job giving a physical description of her characters. This book has lots of adventure, humorous situations and a sweet, passionate romance. Carolyn Kashner gives a delightful performance doing a great job with the accents.

Refreshing clean romance

This was an enjoyable and clean romance. I liked that I could really rally behind the different characters (like Robin and Daniel) because they were good people that really cared about the welfare of others. I really appreciate "clean" books, but there were a couple times that the story came off a little unrealistic because it seemed like more effort was put into conveying the "decency" of the characters and situations than actually developing the story. I liked the comparison to Robinhood and liked that Robin was a girl. I listened to the audio version of this book, and I thought the narrator was decent/good - my only complaint is that she sometimes came off a little robotic in trying to stay consistent with the time period. Overall, though, an entertaining and enjoyable book perfect for readers of clean romance.

Nice, clean story

***This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

This was an enjoyable, clean romance. I liked that I could cheer for Robin and Daniel because they were good people that really cared about the welfare of others. I liked that Robin was a girl - I love a good strong female lead! I listened to the audio version of this book, and I thought the narrator was decent/good - my only complaint is that she sometimes came off a little robotic, but it wasn’t bad. Overall, though, an entertaining and enjoyable book perfect for readers of clean romance.

A New Twist on Robin Hood

This book takes place in the fictional land of Cordovia, a country under the thumb of a terrible king. He usurped the throne from the rightful ruler and has oppressed the people with increasingly high taxes and unfair laws. His soldiers terrorize the poor people, and only aristocrats are safe from his oppression.

More and more rebel groups are popping up in each town, among them The Freeman, led by Daniel, and Robin's Rebels, led by Robin. Daniel intends to merge all the local rebel groups to create a force large enough to overthrow the king, but Robin's Rebels remains a holdout. When Daniel challenges Robin to an archery contest to determine whether or not the groups will merge, he doesn't realize that the masked man he challenges is the beautiful woman he recently met and fell for.

I really enjoyed this lighter fantasy romance, it was a nice change of pace from more hard core fantasy but also had more drama than a traditional romance. Robin and Daniel were characters you want to root for, and there were also many side characters with large personalities like Robin's father. There were so many funny scenes that put a smile on my face. It was an entertaining listen!

The narrator did a great job, I've listened to her before and her narration is always enjoyable. She has a calm easy pace that pulls me into the story. I received a copy of the audiobook, and I'm voluntarily leaving a review.