By Jody Hedlund
Lady Rosemarie Montfort is but a month away before she is to enter the convent for the rest of her life when a friend of her father offers her another option. If she can find true love and marry by the eve of her eighteenth birthday she will be exempted from the vow made by her parents. But for the last four years Rosemarie has been preparing for this life. Can she put aside what she viewed as her certain future for an uncertain one? One that depends on finding a true love in mere days?
But whose leading should she follow at this late date Abbot Francis Michael or the Duke of Rivenshire? What would her parents want?
Determining that she must be open to all options both for herself and for the good of her people Rosemarie accepts the Duke's challenge to see if she can find love from amongst the three knights he feels the most noble and loyal in the land. Sir Bennett Windsor, Sir Collin Goodrich, and Sir Derrick Harding are the three chosen as being worthy of Rosemarie's hand, but only she can determine if one has captured her heart and is her true love.
But someone seems determined to stop this challenge and the question is why. Why would seemingly random attacks take place against those vying for her hand and her heart? Is one of the knights not as honourable as the Duke believes? Or is there another threat within her lands?
This is a lovely book, one you won't mind sharing with both friends and family. Set during the mid-fourteenth century this is perfect story in which nobility and chivalry are valued. But it is the inner qualities that are the most highly honoured when Rosemarie makes the choice that will determine her future.
An Uncertain Choice is written for the YA audience and this is a lovely offering. Tweens and teens won't leave this book with feelings of depression because the world is ending in a cataclysm. Suicide isn't a major character in this book. This is a book with a message of hope that will leave you with a smile on your face.
I was provided a digital copy of this book in exchange for my review of this book.
About the Book:
Due to her parents' promise at her birth, Lady Rosemarie has been prepared to become a nun on the day she turns eighteen. Then, a month before her birthday, a friend of her father's enters the kingdom and proclaims her parents' will left a second choice--if Rosemarie can marry before the eve of her eighteenth year, she will be exempt from the ancient vow.
Before long, Rosemarie is presented with the three most handsome and brave knights in the land. But when the competition for her heart seemingly results in a knight playing foul, she begins to wonder if the convent is the best place after all. If only one of the knights--the one who appears the most guilty--had not already captured her heart.
Discussion Guide
Created by Jody for group discussion or individual study, the discussion guide is a great tool to share with your friends, daughters, and youth groups.
**Be aware there are spoilers, if you read the guide prior to reading An Uncertain Choice. http://jodyhedlund.com/books/an-uncertain-choice
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