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Reviving the Commander
by Nadine C. Keels
Series: Crowns Legacy #1
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on June 4, 2019
Genres: Historical Royalty Romance
Pages: 170
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Also in this series: Embracing the Outcast
She isn't a beautiful young maiden hoping to erase the Commander's memory.
Opal Whilstead knows she has a reputation: a reputation as a bright, giving, upright woman—smiling and laughing her way through hopeless spinsterhood. It's been so long since she's had serious feelings for a man, but now she finds herself taken with the Commander Exemplar of Diachona's army.
And she regrets it.
Not only is the Exemplar a widower still longing for his wife, but he's the father of the reigning king. Even if a man of such prestige could find love again, he'd be unlikely to search for it among the kingdom's old maids. Besides, Opal dreads being found, due to a grievous secret she carries...
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This book is inspirational historical fantasy: fictional history that takes place in a completely fictional world. The background of this story comes further to light in The Movement of Crowns Series, which is great to read before or after this book.
Reviving the Commander by Nadine C. Keels is a beautiful book about finding love not only with another person but with yourself as well.
Can Opal fill the hole in the Commander’s heart? Can the Commander get Opal to see how worthy she is?
Opal Whilstead
Opal Whilstead is our female lead character, and she is a great character. She has some significant flaws going for her and a desire to have a family while not divulging why she doesn’t have one. Opal doesn’t seem to mind living the life of a spinster even if she wants a husband and a family. I love a lot of things about her, and a lot of them are spoilers so that I won’t say, but Opal is an excellent character that despite what she can’t do Opal does things that fulfill her in a way that other items do to some women back in this period.
Commander Alexander
Commander Exemplar Staid Alexander is the father to the new King of their country because his wife was the Queen. He has holed himself away for two years because of a fear of his own that I can’t disclose (spoilers again), but he does change throughout the novel. Staid is a great father to all of his kids and wants what is best for them. He is another excellent character that grows with the book, and Staid is better with Opal by his side.
Five Stars
Ms. Keels has another excellent book on her hands with this one. I love Reviving the Commander by Nadine C. Keels; I couldn’t put it down even though I didn’t want to read it to fast. On that note, it’s getting a five-star rating, and I’m recommending it to anyone that loves historical romances that have some royalty.
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Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
About Nadine C. Keels
Nadine. A French name, meaning, “hope.”
With her lifelong passion for life-enriching fiction, Nadine C. Keels enjoys reading and writing everything from short stories to novels. Her fiction works include Love Unfeigned and The Movement of Crowns Series, and select pieces of her lyrical poetry can be found on her spoken word album, Hope. Lyricized. Through her books and her blog (Prismatic Prospects), Nadine aims to spark hope and inspiration in as many people as she is privileged to reach.
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