Nobody’s Lady (Never Veil #2) by Amy McNulty
Publication Date: April 12, 2016
Publisher: Month9Books
For the first time in a thousand years, the men in Noll’s
village possess the freedom to love whom they will. In order to give each man
the chance to fully explore his feelings, the lord of the village decrees all
marriages null and void until both spouses declare their love for one another and
their desire to wed again. What many women think will be a simple matter
becomes a source of village-wide tension as most men decide to leave their
families and responsibilities behind.
Rejected by the lord and ashamed of her part in the
village’s history, Noll withdraws from her family and lives life as an
independent woodcarver. This changes when her sister accuses her of hiding her
former husband Jurij from her—and when Jurij eventually does ask to move in.
Determined not to make the same mistakes, Noll decides to support her male
friends through their new emotional experiences, but she’s soon caught up in a
darker plot than she ever dared imagine possible from the men she thought she knew
so well. And the lord for whom she still has feelings may be hiding the most
frightening truth of them all.
Finally, I got a chance to read NOBODY'S LADY, the sequel to Amy McNulty's NOBODY'S GODDESS. It was amazing, as I expected it would be. I can say I loved it even more than book one!!
In NOBODY'S LADY, Noll has to deal with a town of free men. To make matters worse, Aillil has decreed all marriages void, unless both parties ask to be married again. This allows a number of men to walk away from their marriage duties, which of course, leads them to spend more time at the local pub gallivanting.
But what I loved was the realization that these men, who had never been able to think for themselves once they found their goddesses, now struggled to think for themselves in freedom. At first I thought, what a bunch of lazy bums, when really they were struggling to find purpose.
But when they decide to go after Aillil and find out how he knows the villagers comings and goings, it results in more questions, and reignites the spark of romance between Noll and Aillil, as she realizes she truly does love him...but is it too late?
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In a village of masked men, magic compels each man
to love only one woman and to follow the commands of his “goddess” without
question. A woman may reject the only man who will love her if she pleases, but
she will be alone forever. And a man must stay masked until his goddess returns
his love—and if she can’t or won’t, he remains masked forever.
Seventeen-year-old Noll isn't in the mood to
celebrate. Her childhood friends have paired off and her closest companion,
Jurij, found his goddess in Noll’s own sister. Desperate to find a way to break
this ancient spell, Noll instead discovers why no man has ever chosen her.
Thus begins a dangerous game between the choice of
woman versus the magic of man. And the stakes are no less than freedom and
happiness, life and death—and neither is willing to lose.
Amy McNulty is a freelance writer and editor from Wisconsin
with an honors degree in English. She was first published in a national
scholarly journal (The Concord Review) while in high school and currently
writes professionally about everything from business marketing to anime. In her
down time, you can find her crafting stories with dastardly villains and
antiheroes set in fantastical medieval settings.
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