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Cherrybrook Rose
"A gripping tale of love and self-sacrifice set on wild Dartmoor"
The year is 1875, when life high up on Dartmoor is harsh and unforgiving. Beautiful, vivacious and compassionate, Rose Maddiford could have any husband she chooses, but she is devoted to only one man, her father, manager of the gunpowder mills at Cherrybrook.When tragedy strikes, it seems that despite Rose's determined efforts, there is only one way to hold the family together. But it is a solution that requires the greatest sacrifice from Rose. Like a lamb to slaughter, she finds herself trapped in an impossible situation.Solace comes from the most unlikely source, but what future can there be for two lost souls whose lives have been shattered by the cruel hand of fate? Perhaps, though, the answer lies in the very place Rose has not looked, and there is hope for her after all.
The year is 1875, when life high up on Dartmoor is harsh and unforgiving. Beautiful, vivacious and compassionate, Rose Maddiford could have any husband she chooses, but she is devoted to only one man, her father, manager of the gunpowder mills at Cherrybrook.When tragedy strikes, it seems that despite Rose's determined efforts, there is only one way to hold the family together. But it is a solution that requires the greatest sacrifice from Rose. Like a lamb to slaughter, she finds herself trapped in an impossible situation.Solace comes from the most unlikely source, but what future can there be for two lost souls whose lives have been shattered by the cruel hand of fate? Perhaps, though, the answer lies in the very place Rose has not looked, and there is hope for her after all.
- GenresHistorical
240 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2008
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February 13, 2009
Ugh, don't read this book! While written quite well, it ends so abruptly and so idiotically, it breaks the contract between romance reader and romance writer -- love might not save the day, but the heroine is changed forever. Normally I like a little romance novel every so often, and throughout most of this book, the romance is there in spades. The author does a good job of creating a windswept moor, a la Wuthering Heights, upon which her heroine roams free. But, SPOILER ALERT, the heroine Rose marries a man to save her father. He rapes her. Again and again. She becomes pregnant. She hates him and their marriage for much of the novel's second half. Then a mysterious prisoner returns to her life (after a brief encounter during the first few chapters), and Rose grows to like him. I thought to myself, "now we're in the good part," and hunkered down to see how this situation would be resolved. I don't care if a heroine makes a hard choice, but it must be painful and drawn-out. Instead, in 2 pages, Rose goes upstairs to her bed and in four brief paragraphs realizes that she loves her husband. WHAT?!? The novel literally ends with the sentence "And tomorrow was another day." I was disgusted. Don't pick this one up.
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March 31, 2014
An ok listen to. Managed to get some socks knitted while listening.....now need long audio book to get the blanket knitted next!
February 9, 2016
This was a WONDERFUL read until the end. The story wrapped up in a couple of pages. It just felt like half the book was missing. I felt cheated.
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