a rose in winter by kathleen e woodiwiss

Charming, spirited and exquisitely lovely, she is beset on all sides by suitors, any one of whom would pay a kings fortune for a place in her heart. Book Synopsis The fairest flower in Mawbry is Erienne Fleming, the enchanting, raven-haired daughter of the village mayor. This early novel by beloved author Kathleen Woodiwiss is now in hardcover for the first time. Once filled with young dreams of romance with a dashing Yankee, she must make a devastating choice-between love and honor, duty and desire. Now she is wife to a mysterious man who refuses to show her his face. I’m sorely torn between a two and three star rating, so I’m calling it at 2.5 stars.About the Book A haunting Beauty and the Beast tale set in the remote British moors tells of beautiful Erienne, whose father forces her to wed a rich suitor.

She was always running off and getting herself into a pickle so that Christopher could rescue her, and I have to agree with the other reviewers in that it got to be just a tad bit over the top that every man in the book was dying to jump her bones.Īll in all, not the worst in the historical romance genre, but far from the best either and certainly not one of KEW’s better efforts (which would be Ashes in the Wind), but well suited for a rainy Sunday afternoon easy on the brain type of fluff. Erienne is supposed to be intelligent and well educated, but her initial reactions to her disfigured husband just don’t ring true, Stuart was nothing but kindness itself and a very gentle and loving husband. The bad guys were inept and almost cartoonish in their bad deeds. In fact, almost everything in the book is pretty easy to figure out. The big twist in the plot is pretty easy to figure out - as other reviewers have noted. Unfortunately, as much fun as KEW’s romances can be to read, this book has some major flaws. Erienne is as first horrified by her new husband’s appearance and fights her growing attraction to Christopher at the same time and thus begins KEW’s take on the Beauty and the Beast. Instead, Erienne’s hand is purchased by the mysterious Lord of Saxton who was horribly injured and scarred for life in a fire.

Handsome Yankee Christopher Seton wants Erienne, but since Christian is the one he owes the greatest debt to, Christian is banned from bidding for her hand. Erienne Fleming’s father, the hard drinking and gambling mayor of their northern England town needs to sell her in marriage to the highest bidder to pay off his gambling debts.

A rose in winter by kathleen e woodiwiss