Saturday, September 12, 2020

The Portrait of Loyalty


Title:  A Portrait of Loyalty

Author:  Roseann M White

Ch: 29

Pg:  384

Series: The Codebreakers book 3

Genre:  Christian Historical fiction, Christian Historical Fiction

Rating: 5 stars

Publisher:  Bethany House Publisher

 

Lily Blackwell is photographer who’s using her skills for the war effort and Zivon Marin fled Russia after the Revolution now he’s using his skills to help Britain’s war effort.

 

The two couldn’t be more different he’s a man without a country and she’s the daughter of a British Naval Captain. But maybe just maybe both their skill sets can help win the war and lead to more and just maybe Lily and Zivon have more things in common than they realize. But forces beyond their control his enemies from Russia and an unknown illness are working to keep them apart.

 

As a lover of history including Russian history I always wondered what happened to the Russian citizens loyal to the czar and the royal family who weren’t royal after the Russian Revolution. A Portrait of Loyalty gave me a glimpse of one possibility.

 

As an American I really didn’t learn about WWI in school as it’s a war we weren’t involved in for very long. So it was nice that A Portrait of Loyalty and the other books in the series gave a glimpse behind the scenes so to speak of the men and women working in Room 40 to help end the war.

 

Lily Blackwell is a skilled photographer a woman in a men’s field using her talent to help the war effort. It was nice to read about a character that shared my love of photography. That’s what I loved about A Portrait of Loyalty and the Codebreakers series as a whole. It’s the part that Woman played in the war effort. And not just as nurses. Though there was a small scene in the novel that paralleled what’s currently happing in the world. As sad as I was to see the Codebreakers series end I enjoyed this book and the characters. And I feel like the book had an ending that wrapped up the book and the series.

 

This is one series that you really do need to read in order: A Number of Love which had my favorite heroine, On Wings of Devotion my favorite hero and finally A Portrait of Loyalty with my favorite couple. Once I started reading I couldn’t put it down. And as always I look forward to Roseanna M Whites Next book.

 

I received a complimentary copy The Number of Love from the publishers. I was not required to provide a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.


A Portrait of Loyalty 

He sees patterns in what she deems chaos.
She sees beauty in a world he thought destroyed.


Zivon Marin was one of Russia's top cryptographers until the October Revolution tore apart his world. Forced to flee to England after speaking out against Lenin, Zivon is driven by a growing anger and determined to offer his services to the Brits. But never far from his mind is his brother, whom Zivon fears died in the train crash that separated them.

Lily Blackwell sees the world best through the lens of a camera and possesses unsurpassed skill when it comes to retouching and re-creating photographs. With her father's connections in propaganda, she's recruited to the intelligence division, even though her mother would disapprove if she ever found out.

After Captain Blackwell invites Zivon to dinner one evening, a friendship blooms between him and Lily that soon takes over their hearts. But both have secrets they're unwilling to share, and neither is entirely sure they can trust the other. When Zivon's loyalties are called into question, proving him honest is about more than one couple's future dreams--it becomes a matter of ending the war.

Series: The Codebreakers (Book 3)
Paperback:  384
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (September 8, 2020)

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Author Bio 


Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, Christy Award nominated author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of a slew of historical novels that span several continents and thousands of years. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to find their way into her books…to offset her real life, which is blessedly ordinary. You can learn more about her and her stories at www.RoseannaMWhite.com.


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Other Books I've reviewed by Roseanna 

A Name Unknown

A Song Unheard

An Hour Unspent

The Number of Love

On Wings of Devotion


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