A Love Most Dangerous

By: Martin Lake

Narrated by: Heather Wilds

Her beauty was a blessing... and a dangerous burden....

As a Maid of Honor at the Court of King Henry VIII, beautiful Alice Petherton receives her share of admirers. But when the powerful, philandering Sir Richard Rich attempts to seduce her, she knows she cannot thwart his advances for long. She turns to the most powerful man in England for protection: the King himself.

As beautiful as she is intelligent, Alice easily captures the King's interest. He takes her to bed on the day of his son Edward's birth. But the King is capricious, and he casts out Alice when Queen Jane dies. Although Alice knows well the risk of becoming the King's wife, it isn't long before she charms her way back into Court and the King's heart. The challenge is remaining his favorite while avoiding the dangers of becoming his next bride.

Reveling in her newfound power, Alice soon forgets that enemies lurk behind every corner at court... and there are some who are eagerly plotting her fall....

©2015 Martin Lake (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Interesting look at Tudor world

I liked most of this story, although (spoiler alert) I found her time out of the royal world more graphic and violent than I expected, considering the rest of the book. The reader is fantastic, and I would recommend this book to a friend.

Interesting Perspective

The perspective of this book is written from a rich court woman who gets thrown into many powerless situations during the 16th century. I am pretty sure a man wrote this book because I honestly don't think some of the things that happen to Alice would have happened if she had been created by a woman. I do believe this is the most sexist review I have ever wrote. Anyhow it is a good story with an interesting narrator making it worth a credit, especially if you like historical novels.

Good Historical Fiction

The story had a nice pace and kept my interest throughout its entirety. Alice felt like a real historical figure. In fact, I found myself double checking to ensure that she was a fictional character. The audio book narrator gave Alice the perfect voice, too. I recommend reading it, if you like historical fiction.

really well read

awsome read. got into the story then was very surprized when it ended could have listened for many more hours

HISTORICAL SMUT

I love historical fiction, particularly books which take place in Tudor England. But this is probably one of the worse books I've ever read in this genre. The cover of the book and the synopsis leads the reader to believe that it is another like the ones written by Philippa Gregory or Alison Weir. NOT EVEN CLOSE! This is a book written by a man which caters to the sexual appetites of a male. Rape, sodomy, and abuse run rampant from start to finish. The main character, Alice Petherton. is portrayed as a slut who deserves the ill treatment of an old fat smelly Henry VIII, the sexual harassment and retaliation of Sir Richard Rich, and debasement by just about every male and pimp she comes into contact with. The way the book is written, one almost agrees.

I am in no way a sexual prude but some things are unnecessary in telling a good story. Unless you are looking for perverse pornography. Trust me, that is not what I bought into when I purchased what I thought would be be just another story about the Tudor court. There is no respite from the depravity depicted here. Alice, a mere maid of honor (as opposed to the more noble lady-in-waiting) is the poster child for low self-esteem golddiggers who think that they are controlling the world with what's between their legs. She refers to her monarch's abuse of her body as "making love" and constantly makes excuses for every male who takes advantage of her. She justifies her own poor choices by convincing herself that she's the one in control when anyone with a smidge of sense knows that females of that era were hardly free to do anything since they had no rights other than those provided to them by their fathers or husbands - or, in this case, the King of England. Alice calls the King's 3rd wife, Jane Seymour, delusional and stupid and a whole bunch of other names but the rest of us call her "The Queen" - at least Jane had enough sense to get old Henry to put a ring on it!

I am sure that there is a market for this kind of book but Audible needs to be a little bit more honest in its own presentation. This is NOT a "love story". This is NOT a tale of beautiful maid of honor who catches the eye of a King. This is NOT a book which would interest any self-respecting woman with an ounce of pride about herself. This is just Tudor Trash! If you like listening an indepth account of a woman being sodomized and raped several times a day, day after day, then have at at it! I'm requesting a refund!