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Snowbound
Do you stick to what's comfortable and familiar? Are you willing to take risks in the pursuit of your happiness? These are the questions that River Tennison and Liam Freeman must face, along with the dangers of a terrific blizzard that strikes western Wyoming.
River, a resourceful and smart housekeeper, has suffered a great deal of grief and loss in her life. She moved away from the city of Cody to the isolated Sleepy W Ranch, where she has flourished in her solitude. She's even dating a man she'd be crazy not to settle down with, but still feels as if there's something missing. Her life is simple, familiar and constant, but not what she had once dreamed.
Liam is a busy English actor who never takes a break to enjoy his own success. He takes a long-awaited trip into the harsh and historic land of Wyoming. A freak spring blizzard blows in just as he crosses the border from Montana and he's forced to park his car on the highway in the middle of nowhere.
The storm drives Liam to make a choice between the safety of the car and the possibility of finding the Sleepy W, a choice that could cost him his life. Liam's choice, and its consequences, will shake up River's comfortable life and force her to make a difficult choice of her own.
River, a resourceful and smart housekeeper, has suffered a great deal of grief and loss in her life. She moved away from the city of Cody to the isolated Sleepy W Ranch, where she has flourished in her solitude. She's even dating a man she'd be crazy not to settle down with, but still feels as if there's something missing. Her life is simple, familiar and constant, but not what she had once dreamed.
Liam is a busy English actor who never takes a break to enjoy his own success. He takes a long-awaited trip into the harsh and historic land of Wyoming. A freak spring blizzard blows in just as he crosses the border from Montana and he's forced to park his car on the highway in the middle of nowhere.
The storm drives Liam to make a choice between the safety of the car and the possibility of finding the Sleepy W, a choice that could cost him his life. Liam's choice, and its consequences, will shake up River's comfortable life and force her to make a difficult choice of her own.
242 pages, Paperback
First published January 3, 2014
About the author
Sarah Winter
7 books37 followersI'm Sarah Winter, and I am a thirty-something independent author living in Wyoming. After surprising everyone (especially me) by writing my debut romance novel in the winter of 2013, I spent the next six years pursuing my bucket list dream of becoming a professional author.
My debut novel Snowbound achieved Quarter-Finalist status in the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest, and Over the Line won an Amazon Publishing contract through Amazon's Kindle Scout program in April 2015. I self-published my third novel, Beauty and the Beast, in February 2016 and my first published short story, The Journal, in October 2016. The story was included in the limited-release 2018 charity anthology, Somewhere Out There. My fourth full-length novel, paranormal romance The Cottage, released August 2018.
Beauty and the Beast and The Cottage were reviewed by InD'Tale Magazine in their July 2016 and April 2019 issues, respectively.
I wrote contemporary romance and one reimagined fairy tale with tough heroines and lovable heroes until November of 2019, when I made the hard decision to put my writing career on the back burner in favor of an education in nursing. As of November 30th, 2019, my books will no longer available for sale except through third-party sellers.
Thank you to everyone who read my books, and showed me such support on my journey. I appreciate it more than you will ever know.
My debut novel Snowbound achieved Quarter-Finalist status in the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest, and Over the Line won an Amazon Publishing contract through Amazon's Kindle Scout program in April 2015. I self-published my third novel, Beauty and the Beast, in February 2016 and my first published short story, The Journal, in October 2016. The story was included in the limited-release 2018 charity anthology, Somewhere Out There. My fourth full-length novel, paranormal romance The Cottage, released August 2018.
Beauty and the Beast and The Cottage were reviewed by InD'Tale Magazine in their July 2016 and April 2019 issues, respectively.
I wrote contemporary romance and one reimagined fairy tale with tough heroines and lovable heroes until November of 2019, when I made the hard decision to put my writing career on the back burner in favor of an education in nursing. As of November 30th, 2019, my books will no longer available for sale except through third-party sellers.
Thank you to everyone who read my books, and showed me such support on my journey. I appreciate it more than you will ever know.
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July 18, 2015
Love's Decision
I recommend this book to people that are lost. To people that are lost and don't realize it until they read it.
Liam and River find what they've search for all their lives; but it was so deeply buried, they didn't realize they were searching. Love.
This story unfurled in a smooth, passionate flow. The pros and cons helps the reader take a side after careful deliberation.
This book and it's style helped this reader come to a decision about their own life.
Very impressed by Sarah Winter.
I recommend this book to people that are lost. To people that are lost and don't realize it until they read it.
Liam and River find what they've search for all their lives; but it was so deeply buried, they didn't realize they were searching. Love.
This story unfurled in a smooth, passionate flow. The pros and cons helps the reader take a side after careful deliberation.
This book and it's style helped this reader come to a decision about their own life.
Very impressed by Sarah Winter.
February 28, 2016
Finally the right choice
OMG, this is the best happily ever after. Don't get me wrong, it definitely was not the easiest HEA. I laughed, I cried, I was on pins and needles. I wanted to cheat and read the ending, but I didn't. The ending was worth waiting for.
OMG, this is the best happily ever after. Don't get me wrong, it definitely was not the easiest HEA. I laughed, I cried, I was on pins and needles. I wanted to cheat and read the ending, but I didn't. The ending was worth waiting for.
July 13, 2021
Spellbound
I was enthralled with this story from the start. I was hooked by how Laim was out in Montana and Wyoming. Then he was caught in the snow storm. River was another added interest. I loved her character from the start. Well written, wasn't sure of some of the details were true or not but made for interesting stories in the story. I enjoyed reading this story very much. I would recommend this book to anyone over 18 because of some of the content in it. Great book!
I was enthralled with this story from the start. I was hooked by how Laim was out in Montana and Wyoming. Then he was caught in the snow storm. River was another added interest. I loved her character from the start. Well written, wasn't sure of some of the details were true or not but made for interesting stories in the story. I enjoyed reading this story very much. I would recommend this book to anyone over 18 because of some of the content in it. Great book!
May 31, 2014
This book should've been entitled "Side-Eyed", because that's literally all through the entire thing. I just had this mystified squint on the whole time, because it's as though a twelve-year-old wrote it. And not even a clever or precocious twelve-year-old, but more like one who writes poetry and thinks themselves deep. The dialogue is so awkward. The characters are well-drawn enough that I kept thinking "There is no way she would say that." So it was lots of unbelievable dialogue and some equally-awkward smut. And that was pretty much the entire book. There wasn't much else going on. I was tempted so many times to just give up entirely but it wasn't really that long, but I rather wish I hadn't bothered to finish it. And the stupid epilogue was unnecessary, and not that I'd have thought it possible by that point, but detracted even further from the story itself.
April 2, 2014
This was story of two people snowed in. One intentionally there, the other winds up there by accident. After Liam escapes hypothermia, the two have the most spectacular conversations that builds chemistry between the two. The story keeps you locked in because your waiting to see the key moment these two, River and Liam, fall in love.
Outside of the main story, I loved the tourism locations mentioned and the descriptions. It makes you actually want to travel to the area. I like how their lives and stories revolved around other books and movies such the reference to Louis L'Amour and the history behind moonshine.
This was a great read.
Outside of the main story, I loved the tourism locations mentioned and the descriptions. It makes you actually want to travel to the area. I like how their lives and stories revolved around other books and movies such the reference to Louis L'Amour and the history behind moonshine.
This was a great read.
August 30, 2015
Cute lost in a snow storm scenario with a lonely young widow and a hot English actor (I imagined an older Robert Pattinson).
I love a little stuck in the blizzard, so the characters have to warm each other up with sex plot in a romance story, but this had more then just that. We get two lots single people finding love at an unexpected moment, although I doubt that things would have gone so quickly if they hadn't found each other naked to warm up under a blanket in the first five minutes from their first meeting.
Good storytelling, but a bit too short for a 3 star rating.
242 pages but felt more like 200ish pages and a kindle freebie
2 stars
I love a little stuck in the blizzard, so the characters have to warm each other up with sex plot in a romance story, but this had more then just that. We get two lots single people finding love at an unexpected moment, although I doubt that things would have gone so quickly if they hadn't found each other naked to warm up under a blanket in the first five minutes from their first meeting.
Good storytelling, but a bit too short for a 3 star rating.
242 pages but felt more like 200ish pages and a kindle freebie
2 stars
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