Dear Mrs. Feather,
When I open one of your older books, I know I’m probably going to be treated to something different. Something I probably won’t get from a more recently written novel. “Bold Destiny” doesn’t disappoint.
Kabul, Afghanistan in 1841/42 is definitely not where a British person wanted to be. The conditions were perfectly horrid, the natives were getting restless and the British Army outpost was stuck with high level officers who couldn’t command their way out of a paper bag. For Lieutenant Christopher “Kit” Ralston the terms “hell on earth” and “bored out of his mind” about summed it up.
That is until he met Ayesha. Or rather until Ayesha held him a stiletto point after he interrupted her bath. It was at that point that things began to get intriguing. For Ayesha was obviously a European by birth, spoke English fluently but acted and was treated like a favored one. The favored one of one Akbar Khan to be precise. The same Akbar Khan who was stirring up trouble and would soon lead the people of Kabul and the wild hill tribes of Afghanistan against the British Raj.
After his encounter with Ayesha, which included a …
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