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Bittersweet
Roses and lace, a church filled with smiling relatives, and a handsome gentleman waiting down the aisle. This was the dream Roslyn Roseberry cherished as a girl. What she got is a dusty yard, leering men with six shooters, and a bloody rancher with a gun shoved to the back of his head.
Beauregard Kellington keeps to himself, working with his horses, ignoring the prejudiced slurs from the local townsfolk. Discovering the woman he once called a friend beaten bloody in her family barn, he can no longer ignore her suffering. He offers his help, knowing to do so invites the wrath of her racist father. Caught by a lynch mob, Beau reluctantly marries Roslyn under the watchful barrel of a rifle, knowing full well they made her a wife this heartbeat to make her a widow the next. When the world goes black, it's a hell of a surprise when he wakes.
Arranged marriages are tricky – forced ones doomed to failure. Except, Roslyn and Beauregard find being tied to each other rather perfect much to the horror of their kin. Backs against the wall, Lyn and Beau refuse to separate. They fight for the life they paid for with blood and pain. Holding out for the greatest gift of all ... love.
Beauregard Kellington keeps to himself, working with his horses, ignoring the prejudiced slurs from the local townsfolk. Discovering the woman he once called a friend beaten bloody in her family barn, he can no longer ignore her suffering. He offers his help, knowing to do so invites the wrath of her racist father. Caught by a lynch mob, Beau reluctantly marries Roslyn under the watchful barrel of a rifle, knowing full well they made her a wife this heartbeat to make her a widow the next. When the world goes black, it's a hell of a surprise when he wakes.
Arranged marriages are tricky – forced ones doomed to failure. Except, Roslyn and Beauregard find being tied to each other rather perfect much to the horror of their kin. Backs against the wall, Lyn and Beau refuse to separate. They fight for the life they paid for with blood and pain. Holding out for the greatest gift of all ... love.
- GenresWesternsHistorical
181 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 31, 2013
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About the author
Penelope Fletcher
27 books1,356 followersPenelope Jade Fletcher is a British author of genre romance. She has a number of international digital bestsellers, reaching the Amazon Kindle UK Top 100 chart in early 2011 with her third book, and the Barnes & Noble Nook Top 100 chart later the same year with her fifth.
Debuting at twenty two years old in 2010 with young adult fantasy Glamour, Penelope predominantly writes romance novels with supernatural elements, but recently penned a historical western, and has a regency romance in the works.
Penelope has independently sold over 100,000 eBooks. She loves nothing more than reading. Writing comes a close second.
Debuting at twenty two years old in 2010 with young adult fantasy Glamour, Penelope predominantly writes romance novels with supernatural elements, but recently penned a historical western, and has a regency romance in the works.
Penelope has independently sold over 100,000 eBooks. She loves nothing more than reading. Writing comes a close second.
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June 21, 2015
The book is a plagiarised from another author.
August 11, 2016
This is plagiarism...
December 31, 2020
I don't like plagiarism. Please read Eyes of Silver Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'Connell instead of this.
April 21, 2016
Beau and Roslyn. Not really a 5 star read but I am giving it the 5th because I enjoyed it that much.
Beau and Roslyn have known each other since she was 8 when a tragic experience separated them til Roslyn turns 22. Then, fleeing her vile father's fists and the lies of a boy who has stalked her for years, she unconsciously ends up in Beau's barn. Beau is half Cherokee; the offspring of his father's second marriage to a beautiful Cherokee princess. The whole town both hates and fears him through their prejudices. So he has learned to keep himself distant from everyone, even his older half brothers.
Shortly after rescuing Roslyn, her father, brothers and other scum of the town show up to beat both her and Beau senseless after forcing them through a shotgun marriage. What follows is weeks of them learning to survive and growing stronger together than they had ever been apart. I gotta say, it becomes so frustrating that for much of the book, nobody will so much as listen to their side of the story except the Sheriff, and he isn't entirely convinced. This isn't insta love, but there has always been a connection between the two of them since they were kids. There is a most satisfying HEA with some action that isn't OTT but this doesn't mean everyone in town loses their racist attitudes and life becomes a bed of roses.
Wish there was a follow-up story for William...
Beau and Roslyn have known each other since she was 8 when a tragic experience separated them til Roslyn turns 22. Then, fleeing her vile father's fists and the lies of a boy who has stalked her for years, she unconsciously ends up in Beau's barn. Beau is half Cherokee; the offspring of his father's second marriage to a beautiful Cherokee princess. The whole town both hates and fears him through their prejudices. So he has learned to keep himself distant from everyone, even his older half brothers.
Shortly after rescuing Roslyn, her father, brothers and other scum of the town show up to beat both her and Beau senseless after forcing them through a shotgun marriage. What follows is weeks of them learning to survive and growing stronger together than they had ever been apart. I gotta say, it becomes so frustrating that for much of the book, nobody will so much as listen to their side of the story except the Sheriff, and he isn't entirely convinced. This isn't insta love, but there has always been a connection between the two of them since they were kids. There is a most satisfying HEA with some action that isn't OTT but this doesn't mean everyone in town loses their racist attitudes and life becomes a bed of roses.
Wish there was a follow-up story for William...
July 12, 2019
Id give this book less then one star, I got barely through the first chapter and it's seriously plagiarized from Ellen O'Connolls book Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold almost step by step, and character details and situations, and not as well written.
It seems that only the names of the characters were changed and the story itself through the first half of the chapter, and even when I flipped ahead and skimmed through other chapters, its just been poorly rewritten in an attempt to make it original but failed miserably, but there is no disguising the plagiarism after Reading Ellen's book.
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October 28, 2023Other reviews are correct. This book sounds exactly like "Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold" by Ellen O' Connell, which is truly an AMAZING read!
January 16, 2026
I was like, "Wait, I've already read this book," but the characters' names didn't ring a bell. I looked in my favorites and discovered that this book was just some reheated nachos off Ellen O'Connell work.
June 16, 2018
Plagiarised
February 25, 2016
Wonderfull story, fantastic writing, love The characters, a must read
December 31, 2020
Loved this, could not put this down until I finished.
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