Two stories, two women–centuries apart. What connects them? A name, a ring and their ability to choose their own destinies. Author Susan Meissner weaves a spectacular story in her newest novel, Lady in Waiting.
Jane Lindsay can do nothing but watch as her husband walks away from their twenty-two year marriage. Returning, heartbroken, to her job as an antique dealer, she discovers a centuries-old ring hidden in a crumbling prayer-book. Why was it hidden? Who owned it? Finding her first name inscribed inside, she feels an immediate connection with the object and its original owner and embarks on a journey to find the answers to her questions.
In the sixteenth century, Lucy Day is dressmaker and confidante of young Lady Jane Grey. Lady Jane–like many women of noble birth–is little more than a political pawn used by her family to achieve power. Her desires are of little concern to those who decide her fate. Lady Jane finds love, but will she find the freedom to choose her own future?
As the story of the ring draws these two “Janes” together, both learn how their choices affect the courses of their lives.
I was unable to put this book down. Rather than finding myself jarred when the story switched centuries, I rejoiced that I would be reunited with a character I had come to love. Both Janes drew me in and I was desperate to learn their fates. Lady in Waiting is a work of beauty and Susan Meissner is a true artist.
Download and read the first four chapters of Lady in Waiting, courtesy of Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing Group.
I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review, but the opinions are my own.