Now, reader's might think I'm being pedantic or something, but having ostensibly British characters who lack such basic knowledge of their own homeland as to be unable to distinguish between England and Britain is beyond absurd.

I have provided a map to illustrate the point. England and Britain are not synonyms for the same country. Britain (short for Greater Britain), consists of 3 nations, England, Scotland, Wales and the outlying islands of those three nations.Įngland is one of the three countries of Britain. England and Britain are not the same country and the two terms should not be used interchangeably.

The second thing, which REALLY grated on me was the character's geographical ignorance.īasically, their inability to distinguish between England and Britain. As seems to be the norm, again, in novels set during this period. She's converted to the Patriot, ridiculously easily, within the first few chapters. As seems to be common with such novels, there's very little nuance, and even the moral dilemmas of the characters with divided loyalties just come over as contrived.Ĭontrary to what he blurb says, Verity is hardly 'conflicted'. One of these reasons is the oversimplification and, dare I say, jingoistic version of 'history', which reduces it to a simple matter of the heroic Americans verses the evil British oppressors. (In truth, I only requested and later purchased this one because it's the second in a series, and I read the first one over a year ago.) This was a decent Romance story, with plenty of adventure and intrigue, but I'm afraid it also served as a reminder of why I avoid reading novels set during the Revolutionary War. So some people might wish to stop reading here. This review is going to be on the lengthy side, and I'm going to say a couple of things that I think many Americans won't like. The Bergrens make their home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They have three big kids–Olivia (who just got married), Emma (who is about to get married) and Jack (who is a junior in high school). Her husband Tim is a sculptor of ducks-out-of-fenceposts (), graphic designer and musician.

Lisa’s time is split between managing home base, writing, consulting and helping Tim with his business.

She's also written the River of Time Series (WATERFALL, CASCADE, TORRENT, BOURNE & TRIBUTARY, DELUGE) and The Grand Tour Series (GLAMOROUS ILLUSIONS, GRAVE CONSEQUENCES, GLITTERING PROMISES), time-slip romance duology called River of Time: California (THREE WISHES and FOUR WINDS), and some contemporary romances (ONCE UPON A MONTANA SUMMER and ONCE UPON AN IRISH SUMMER are the newest releases). She recently released The Sugar Baron's Daughters Series (KETURAH, VERITY and SELAH), and recently finished a teen series called Remnants (SEASON OF WONDER, SEASON OF FIRE, and SEASON OF GLORY). Lisa Tawn Bergren is the best-selling, award-winning author of over 60 books, with more than 4.5 million copies sold.

The book verity