Romancing The Rose

by Mary Anne Graham

Rose learned that her wastrel brother had finally hit bottom when his “bank” – gambling hell owner Jack Richards – appeared at her country home to announce his ownership of her hand and to take immediate possession of her body. She didn’t learn of her longstanding betrothal to a Highland laird until her servant, Neddie, announced it as they fled England for Scotland. Lovely Laird Ramsay Sutherland didn’t learn of his betrothal to the English Rose until she and Neddie appeared, shortly after pressure from clan elders convinced him to enter a betrothal with Flora MacKenzie whose childish crush had never waned. Ram’s passionate fall for Rose means that he must do the unthinkable and break his Highland betrothal. But when Ram learns of a dark family secret held by Flora’s father, Laird MacKenzie, will he be forced to discard the woman and the love he can’t live without to protect and preserve his heritage and family honor?

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 14, 2013

About the author

Mary Anne Graham practices law in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina where she lives with her husband, her youngest son and her eldest, when he's home from UCF.

She writes romances from a unique "over the top" point of view. Her stories feature heroes who fall so much in love that they go a little batty, acting the way women often wish their lovers would behave. She adores writing historicals, but some of her books are contemporaries that focus on what happens when love and the law intersect.

Mary Anne adores Grey's Anatomy, Reality TV and reading anything by Julia Quinn, Johanna Lindsey, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Jayne Anne Krentz/Amanda Quick or Diana Palmer.

She loves to hear from her readers. Follow her on Twitter @ quackingalone

Reviews

[Amanda Richardson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was okay, but it really started to break down toward the end of the story. As a reader it was hard to tell what time period the book was set in. Kind of seemed late medieval, but at the end the heroine was talking about the ton.
What I found odd was the love scenes. The scenes between the hero Ram and heroine Rose were way hotter before they actually became intimate. Good build up that the intimate scenes would be hotter, but then they were glossed over and completed in only a sentence or two. Book did hold my interest and I did care what happened to the characters.