A review by tessisreading2
The Blacksmith's Wife by Elisabeth Hobbes

4.0

I'm giving this four stars because I think it's a really good example of what it is. Because it is a Harlequin category romance, there are plenty of "communicate, dammit!" moments; the hero and heroine don't trust one another's love far too many times; and there are some really dumb decisions made at various points. However, the setting - among the common folk! - is great, it feels approximately authentically medieval in a way that many medieval romances don't, and Hobbes has a deft hand with setting and characterization.