Wild Roses

by Julia Grice

IN THE SNOW-CROWNED ALASKAN WILDERNESS, HERS WAS THE BOLDEST QUEST OF ALL!Cordelia Stewart had it heiress to a vast shipping fortune, member of San Francisco's aristocracy, a woman whose captivating beauty and manner caused heads to turn, eyebrows to raise. But she loved Avery Curran, a restless man who deserted her to pursue his first love - the gold mines of the Yukon.Determined to find and marry Avery, Corrie journeys north, where gold-hungry prospectors ravage the untapped riches of Alaska, where laws have no meaning and pretty woman are assumed to serve only one purpose.Pursued by an evil and treacherous man whose only claim to stake is her lovely body, Corrie enlists the aid of Quade Hill, a mysterious Chicago journalist, a man she never meant to love-a love she might never want to end.

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance

433 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Julia Grice grew up in Michigan and has lived in Florida and Hawaii. She has worked as a newspaper reporter, social worker, librarian, and cookie packer, but for the past eight years, she has devoted all her energy to writing. The mother of two teenage sons, Julia Grice now lives in Michigan, where she loves to swim, paint, play racquetball. and do original needlepoint.

Reviews

[penelopewanders · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is one of those books which gave historical romance a bad name, in my opinion. The heroine is incredibly unbearable - selfish, stupid, whiney, spoiled - you name it, that's her. That several men should actually fall in love or lust with this phenomenon is all the more astounding, although as the action moves to Alaska, the shortage of women may help. The good news (?) is that I was reading this on a trip and so basically had to plow my way through. Big surprise, a predictable ending.