Forsaking All Other by Catherine Meyrick – A Tudor Historical Fiction Novel

 

Today, I’m spotlighting Forsaking All Other by Catherine Meyrick, a richly atmospheric historical novel that drops you straight into the intrigues, loyalties, and quiet dangers of Tudor England. With vivid period detail and deeply human characters, Meyrick explores what it costs to stay true—to love, to faith, to oneself—when the world insists on compromise. This is a story for readers who enjoy history that feels lived-in, intimate, and emotionally resonant, where every choice carries weight and nothing is ever quite simple.

✔️ Set against the intrigues, loyalties, and quiet dangers of Tudor England
✔️ Richly atmospheric historical fiction with immersive period detail
✔️ Deeply human characters facing impossible choices
✔️ Explores the cost of staying true to love, faith, and self
✔️ Emotionally resonant storytelling where every decision matters
✔️ Perfect for readers who love history that feels lived-in, intimate, and complex

Check out the blurb:

Love is no game for women; the price is far too
high.

England 1585.

Bess Stoughton, waiting woman to the well-connected Lady Allingbourne, has discovered that her father is arranging for her to marry an elderly neighbour. Normally obedient Bess rebels and wrests from her father a year to find a husband more to her liking.

Edmund Wyard, a taciturn and scarred veteran of England’s campaign in Ireland, is attempting to ignore the pressure from his family to find a suitable wife as he prepares to join the Earl of Leicester’s army in the Netherlands.

Although Bess and Edmund are drawn to each other, they are aware that they can have nothing more than friendship. Bess knows that Edmund’s wealth and family connections place him beyond her reach. And Edmund, with his well-honed sense of duty, has never considered that he could follow his own wishes.

With England on the brink of war and fear of Catholic plots extending even into Lady Allingbourne’s household, time is running out for both of them.

You can purchase Forsaking All Other now — available in paperback, on #Kindle, and to read with #KindleUnlimited. Pick up your copy HERE and step into the intrigues of Tudor England.

I am an Australian writer of historical fiction with a touch of romance. My stories weave fictional characters into the gaps within the historical record – tales of ordinary people who are very much men and women of their time, yet in so many ways are like us today. These are people with the same hopes and longings as we have to find both love and their own place in a troubled world.

I live in Melbourne, Australia but grew up in Ballarat, a large regional city steeped in history. Until recently I worked as a customer service librarian at my local library. I have a Master of Arts in history and am also an obsessive genealogist. When I am not writing, reading and researching, I enjoy gardening, the cinema and music of all sorts from early music and classical to folk and country & western. And, not least, taking photos of the family cat to post on Instagram.

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