Stormy Persuation is a Malory novel by Johanna Lindsey. It is mainly set in London and on the high seas to America. The characters, as usual, are clearly depicted and very realistic or as much as can be for a period novel. The plot is interesting and keeps you on your toes. Jacqueline Malory is going to America to have her coming out there as promised to her American uncles. However, she will not sail without her cousin and dearest friend Judith Malory. Until they finally convince Judith’s mother, however, it looks like Judith won’t go. But having promised to have Judith and Jacqueline back in time for the London coming out, Judith is allowed to go as long as her father goes. Judith is immediately attracted to Nathan Tremayne who is the carpenter aboard her uncle’s ship. She immediately identifies him as the “ghost” in a derelict home near her cousin Derek’s home. She has identified him as a smuggler. What is he doing on a ship to America? She doesn’t fail to try to find her answers but he deliberately delays in telling her his story. However, can anything happen between an aristocratic young lady and a common carpenter? Nathan is the son of a smuggler and tried to continue his father’s legacy; but smuggling just wasn’t for him. He was captured and jailed. Then he was given a chance for a pardon. His ship had been stolen by a group who stole English ships, rebuilt them, and resold them. The Crown wanted it stopped. All Nathan had to do was go to America, find the thieves, convince the authorities to shut down the operation, bring back a letter of proof and he would be a free man. Hopefully, he would be reunited with his ship along the way. Will he succeed in getting his ship? What will happen between Judith and him? Jewels are stolen and Jacqueline is kidnapped to add suspense to the novel. It is very good as Lindsey’s books generally are. So this one was leaps and bounds better than Ms. Lindsey's last book. Unfortunately I still feel like the writing is nowhere near the quality I've come to expect. There was a lot of excessive use of phrases from the original Mallory books. I have some mixed feelings about the chemistry between Judith and Nathan. There were times where their relationship really leapt off the page and others that just fell really flat. I had very low expectations of this book since the last several had really been declining in quality. Here are some of my other big grips:-I felt like this whole story was just a set-up for Jack's story-Too many phrases and language style of the characters was too similar to Tony & James's story-The event at the end really felt out of place in this story-Way too much back story - I think if you hadn't read some of the earlier books this story would have been fine without knowing all the details from the other stories-Every Mallory ever was in this story - not sure what that was needed-The intimate scenes are so stiff and unoriginalNow all that said I can't resist a story about the Mallory family and I really hope that Jack's book is next. I also really hope that Ms. Lindsey gets back the writing that made us fall in love with the Mallory family in the first place.
What do You think about Stormy Persuasion (2014)?
Give this a 3.5 or so. my guilty pleasure, a Malory novel.
—Cookie_monsta
Another great Malory & anderson family story!
—Kingpin
