When Words Become Weapons: The Bridled Tongue by Catherine Meyrick

 

If you’re drawn to evocative historical fiction that brings Tudor England vividly to life, The Bridled Tongue by Catherine Meyrick is a richly immersive read to add to your TBR.

✔️ Set in Elizabethan England, 1586, on the eve of the Spanish Armada
✔️ A spirited heroine judged for her past and her outspoken nature
✔️ A marriage of convenience between two reluctant partners
✔️ Explores the power — and danger — of words, reputation, and silence

✔️ A story of love, loyalty, and survival when the past refuses to stay buried

Check out the blurb:

Death and life are in the power of the tongue.

England 1586 Alyce Bradley has few choices when her father decides it is time she marry as many refuse to see her as other than the girl she once was—unruly, outspoken and close to her grandmother, a woman suspected of witchcraft.

Thomas Granville, an ambitious privateer, inspires fierce loyalty in those close to him and hatred in those he has crossed. Beyond a large dowry, he is seeking a virtuous and dutiful wife. Neither he nor Alyce expect more from marriage than mutual courtesy and respect.

As the King of Spain launches his great armada and England braces for invasion, Alyce must confront closer dangers from both her own and Thomas’s past, threats that could not only destroy her hopes of love and happiness but her life. And Thomas is powerless to help.

If you enjoy historical fiction rich in period detail, moral tension, and characters shaped by both personal reputation and national upheaval, The Bridled Tongue offers a compelling glimpse into England on the brink of invasion, where words can be as dangerous as weapons, and the past is never easily escaped. The book is available in #Kindle, paperback, audiobook, and audio CD formats. It is also available on #KindleUnlimited. You can find your copy HERE.

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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