A Life Renewed
About the Book A Life Renewed
Book: A Life Renewed
Author: Olivia Rae
Genre: Christian Historical
Release Date: April 2, 2020
In 1554, Lady Jane Grey, “The Nine Days’ Queen” was executed for high treason.
But what if, instead of feeling the blade on her neck she secretly survived?
Escaping execution, Lady Jane hides as a peasant girl in a principality in Germany. She loves the simple life and never wants to return to England. But her benefactor, a power-hungry German prince, wants to march on London and place her on the English throne again, thereby increasing his dominance in Europe. If she doesn’t agree with his plan, her beloved childhood nurse will be put to death. Desperate for help, Jane must put her trust in the mysterious spy Asher Hayes.
Asher Hayes is done rounding up Protestants for “Bloody Mary” and wants nothing more than to live a quiet life as a farmer and expunge the blood of many from his hands. Except Queen Mary isn’t done with him yet. She throws his father, mother, and sister into prison on false charges in order to force him to accept one last mission – find and kill Lady Jane Grey. But when Asher discovers Lady Jane isn’t a threat to the throne as he believed her to be, he faces a devastating decision – does he sacrifice his family for the woman who reigns in his heart?
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My Thoughts on A Life Renewed:
I loved this book. It has such mystery and suspense but yet also a historical aspect to it. This is one of those books that you look at the cover and you’re already amazed at the book. The cover is gorgeous and reading about what the book was going to have in it I knew I was going to want to carve out a chunk of quiet time to get into it.
I’m one of those people that love a good historical fiction novel. This is one of those. It takes the life of Lady Jane Grey and extrapolates on it. You learn history but then you also get to take some poetic license with history. This is fun! I love history and playing the what if game.
Lady Jane Grey is an important person in the history of England and really should have more written about her. I don’t think most people really even know who she is!
I enjoyed this book and highly recommend you give it a read. You just might fall in love with Asher Hayes and need to do more research on Lady Jane Grey.
I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Celebrate Lit. All views expressed are only my honest opinion. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC regulations.
About the Author of A Life Renewed
More from Olivia
The Challenge in Writing About a Real Historical Person
I like creating a story out of a kernel of information. The idea of my new book, A Life Renewed came when I took a trip to England and learned about the tragic life of Lady Jane Grey. Her life was so disastrous, I just wanted to give her a second chance at happiness. So that’s exactly what I did when she escaped her execution instead of dying as she did in real life.
My greatest challenge in writing this book was picking a heroine that actually lived. I had to do a lot of research in Lady Jane Grey’s life and her family. It was very interesting. Lady Jane was what we would call a progressive protestant. The conflicts between the Catholics and Protestants (The beginning of The Church of England) was very real and very deadly at that time.
What many people don’t know is that Henry VIII was actually against many other Protestant religions (Calvinists, Lutherans, etc.). He feared their religious influence as much as he did the Catholic’s. His son Edward was more progressive, like Jane. If he would have lived, Jane’s outcome would have been totally different. After Jane’s death, Queen Mary went on a mission to turn England back to Catholicism. In her reign, she killed over 300 Protestants. Hence later in history, she was known as “Bloody Mary.”
Blog Stops for A Life Renewed
Texas Book-aholic, May 6
My Devotional Thoughts, May 7
April Hayman, Author , May 7
Book of Ruth Ann, May 8
For Him and My Family, May 9
Better than Rubies, May 9
For the Love of Literature, May 10
Books, Life, and Christ, May 10
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, May 11
Betti Mace, May 12
Inklings and notions, May 13
A Brighter Destiny, May 13
Genesis 5020, May 14
Bigreadersite, May 15
Mary Hake, May 15
deb’s Book Review, May 16
Emily Yager, May 17
Read Review Rejoice, May 17
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, May 18
D’S QUILTS & BOOKS, May 18
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, May 19
Books I’ve Read, May 19
Giveaway for A Life Renewed
To celebrate her tour, Olivia is giving away the grand prize packaged of an autographed copy of the book and a $25 Amazon gift certificate!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway!
Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/f9f2/a-life-renewed-celebration-tour-giveaway
Rita Wray
Sounds like a great book.
Erin S.
I hope you get to read it.
Julie Waldron
Thanks for sharing, the cover is beautiful.
Erin S.
I really loved this cover too.
James Robert
Great post and I appreciate getting to find out about another great book. Thanks for all you do and for the hard work you put into this. Greatly appreciated!
Erin S.
Thanks for stopping by!