I don't make a habit of reading historical romance, but I'm so glad I read this. It's truly stunning. I loved the characters and the writing is faultless.

Thank you to Mills & Boon Insiders and to NetGalley for a copy of this in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely loved this book it was intriguing and suspenseful and a fabulous read and I recommend giving it a try holds your attention and an enjoyable read

I really did adore "The Warrior's Bride Prize"
It made such a pleasant change to some of the dark fiction I have been reading lately.
Almost taking me back to my roots of many years ago when this type of read was more the norm for me and I devoured historical fiction by the bucket load.
It was the historical genre that really in a way started my love affair with romantic fiction and this really reminded me of why when its done right I love it so much.
So here we have Livia and her daughter: bartered by her brother yet again in marriage and sent to England to marry a Roman she has never met.
He, in turn, (lucky for her and him) loses her to a Centurian warrior in a game of chance
Set at Hadrian’s Wall during a barbarian uprising Livia and her new Centurian husband Marius attempt to forge a new relationship between two virtual strangers.
I loved that this was set at Hadrian's wall and on top of a fantastic read I felt that I also got some fascinating history from this as an added bonus.
This really was an enjoyable experience and I am so glad I gave this a chance: it was simple but incredibly satisfying if that even makes sense.
A sweet feel-good romance that left me with a big smile: that really says it all.
I voluntary reviewed an Arc of The Warrior's Bride Prize.
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.

Livia was betrothed to Lucius by her half brother who wanted to get rid of her but on the way to meet him she met a centurion by the name of Marius who made her feel wanted. Marius gambled with Lucius and won Livia's hand in marriage. This is the first time i will read a romance novel featuring legions and i love it. The story is fast pace and interesting through out. No cliff hanger and no dull moment.

This book started so well with a brilliant setting, a determined heroine and a gorgeous hero. However, the final third of the book let it down for me when all the carefully set up issues were just swept away because the characters decided that all would be fine because they decreed it so. Such a shame as it started off so well.

This is a historical romance mainly set near Hadrian’s War in Roman times. Livia Valeria is ordered by her half brother to marry someone she’s never met just two months after her first husband died. Her brother had arranged her first marriage and ruined that but she has no other options . . . until fate intervenes!

I hadn’t read any romances set in this era before and I have to say that the author has created a moving - and educational - story that I thoroughly enjoyed! I learnt much about the era as Marius Varro explained situations and the Roman Army structure to Livia. Livia was a strong, female lead, determined and fierce. I loved the meeting between her and her brother towards the end of the story! There are battles to be fought, secrets to be revealed and love to be won in this brilliant romance. I hadn't read anything by Jenni Fletcher before but I’ll be checking out her previous books and, if she hasn’t already, I really hope she will be creating more stories set in this era in future. I've a new-to-me author to look out for!

I requested and was given a copy of this book, via NetGalley. This is my honest review of the book after choosing to read it.

The Warrior's Bride Prize is a Mills & Boon Historical novel by Jenni Fletcher.

I don't even know where to begin with this review, how does one begin to describe a book as good as this one. Good being such a bland word for such a story. It is set in Roman times focusing on Hadrian's wall and the battle between the warriors on both sides. The historical facts told in this book on their own makes the story brilliant. Then there are the back stories of the main characters Livi Valeria and Marius Varro.

Livi is half Caledonian and half Roman living on the Roman side of Hadrian's wall. She has been made to hide her roots and who her mother was which she hates because she loves her mother and is not ashamed of her. Since her parents died she has been forced into a marriage by her half-brother Tarquinius. He used her for his own gain with the marriage of convenience. The only good thing in Livi's mind that came from the wedding was a beautiful daughter. No sooner than her husband died, Tarquinius set her up for another marriage convenient to him and his need for political gain.

Marius is Roman through and through and he is a Centurian. He has been fighting for Rome since he was 14. He joined the military after both his mother and father died. He is determined to make it to the most senior post which his father once held but lost in scandalous shame. The family name has been ruined and Marius needs to change that. He has lost sight of the love he once felt for his father and only feels ashamed of him now.

Livi first meets Marius when he is sent with his men to escort her to the fort where she is to marry Lucius Scaevola, Marius' senior officer. A bought position rather than one earned. At first sight, there is an instant attraction between Marius and Livi, one that continues to grow during the time that Livi spends at the fort where she meets her betrothed. Lucius wants to marry her even less than she wants to marry him but he has as little choice as she has.

Oh, I could go on and on about the story but I don't want to tell too much. The blurb of the story already tells you that Livi and Marius get married. All I can say about that is I loved how it comes to be, and what happens afterwards. Marius is such a protective, honourable man, and is just what Livi needs.

This book is full of intrigue, excitement, misunderstandings, battles both on the battlefield and off it, lust, love and all that set at Hadrian's Wall. I couldn't read this book quickly enough because it was just that good and I needed to see if Marius and Livi could have their happy ever after. I wasn't disappointed!

Romantic historical roman/barbarian adventure romantic story.
A very enjoyable historically based story to read.

The Warrior's Bride Prize is written by Jenni Fletcher and published by Mills & Boon ((Historical). This is a Roman romance set in Roman England around Hadrian's Wall. Liva Valeria, part Caledonian (slave) part Roman, and her little daughter Julia travel to a Roman outpost, Coria, near Hadrian's wall so she can be married to Lucius Scaevola as arranged by her step brother. Unfortunately Tarquinius hadn't told her intended that she had a daughter, or that her hair is red, a sure sign that she is at least partly Caledonian. He gambles her away in a card game to Marius Varro, a Roman centurion and they are married. When Marius is posted to Cilurnum Liva goes with him but has to choose when the fortress comes under attack from Caledonians.

This is Jenni Fletcher's first foray into Roman romance and I really enjoyed it. I read the book in one sitting and the time flew when I was reading it! There is just the right combination of history and romance and they compliment each other perfectly. I hope she writes more novels from this period in history.

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Livia Valeria is travelling north to Coria, to be married to Lucius Scaevola, whom she has never met, but is in debt to her half-brother, Tarquinus. She is also harbouring a long held ambition to see Hadrians Wall, or rather the other side of it, as, unbeknown to her intended husband, Livia is actually half-Caledonian.
Admittedly, we don’t really meet Lucius in great detail, but, needless to say, he appears enough to establish that he is not a nice man (apparently, at the age of twenty four, Livia is too old, and, no one thought to tell him that she is also mother to a four year old daughter.) Thankfully, also present is the hero of the story, Marius Varro who feels an instant attraction to Livia (the feeling is mutual; indeed, Livia rather hopes Marius is her intended husband when she first meets him), and, when Scaevola drunkenly stakes Livia as the prize in a game of tabula, Marius finds himself betrothed, and also provides Livia with an escape route from Tarquinus’s plan - not before she gets chance to empty a glass of wine over Scaevola’s head though!
Set in Roman Britain against the backdrop of a threatened Caledonian rebellion, the story gathers pace as Livia gets her much longed for glimpse of the wall, and Marius navigates his change of circumstances as he realises that perhaps the promotion he has always aimed for is not worth as much as making his new wife happy.
Livia and Marius are well created characters who have a believable relationship founded on mutual attraction, but are thrown together in unusual circumstances. Indeed, Jenni Fletcher should be praised for not making this a regular marriage of convenience story where hate turns to love, but rather allowing Livia to escape an unsuitable marriage and seek to find happiness with a more suitable man, and the story is delightful as we follow this journey, all the while wondering when Livia’s secrets will come to the fore.
The action sequences as the threatened rebellion begins are well described, and the reader is transported to the Roman battlefields as Marius fights to protect Roman rule. If you are familiar with Hadrians Wall, the talk of mile castles is quite interesting as you are able to imagine what the wall would have been like at the time. Whilst the author does not claim the rebellion described to be an actual event (there is a detailed historical note at the beginning of the book), the setting has obviously been well researched, and allows for the backdrop of a genuine threat from the Caledonians as the story progresses.
Without spoiling the story, Livia’s dilemma about her background is obviously an important factor in the plot, as is Marius coming to terms with his own history, however, given the two genuinely care about each other, you really do root for a happy ending for them when the truth inevitably emerges.
The supporting characters are also well written and add depth to the story, and you do wonder whether Scaevola and Tarquinus have any redeeming features that would make them more likeable, however, it is Marius and Livia who take you on a memorable journey of choosing what is more important: love or duty as the author leads us towards the end of the book.
Enjoyable with a healthy dose of romance, this books makes for good reading as a piece of historical fiction, and provides a good insight into life in Roman times.