Prim Rose

Flowers of the West #3

by Millie Criswell

Even though her father's deathbed wish was for all his girls to find husbands and leave Kansas, Rose has no desire to move. When the farm is sold to the Duke of Moreland, Rose stays on but is unprepared for the passion the Duke brings into her life.

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance, Historical, Westerns

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1996

About the author

National bestselling author Millie Criswell didn't start out to be a writer. Instead, she had aspirations of joining the Rockettes as a toe-tapping member of their dancetroop, or tapping her heart away in one of those big, corny MGM musicals. Of course she was only ten at the time, had absolutely no talent as a dancer, and cannot be blamed for her failure to succeed.

To date, Ms. Criswell has written twenty-one historical, category, and contemporary romances. She has won numerous awards, including the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, the Reviewers' Choice Award, the National Reader's Choice Award, and the coveted MAGGIE Award from Georgia Romance Writers.

Ms. Criswell resides in Virginia with her husband of thirty-two years. She has two grown children, both lawyers, and one neurotic Boston terrier

Reviews

[ann_zack_cee_am_ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the worst MMC in HR I read. Conceited, selfish, arrogant duke that didn’t deserve the FMC at all. Was thinking of DNF-ing the book the moment Alexander’s pregnant fiancee (of whom he had kept a secret from Rose), Jessica came down to his Kansas home to spend the rest of her confinement till her labour and that he asked Rose to attend to Jessica’s needs, on top of her taking care of her farm and animals. By the way, the reason he came to England in the first place was to clear his conscience after stumbling across Jessica and his brother, Warren sleeping together. So technically, Jessica was pregnant with Warren’s child and came to find Alexander for him to make claim on the unborn child. Of course, he refused to acknowledge it and instead decided to leave the baby to Rose.


After the labour, he immediately left for England and exiled next to India for months, leaving Rose and the baby behind. He hadn’t even written to Rose at all. In the months of his absence, Rose then found out she was pregnant with his child (supposedly he could not sire children due to a horse accident years back so that was why they didn’t take preventive measures during their passionate interlude). Like wow, I know Rose had always been a giving person and that she had a huge penchant for the Duke but surely, she deserved much much more than Alexander. Sven especially! Either way, I’m so mad at Alexander, I’m practically seething with rage at how selfish he was! It’s shame that I really love the first 70% of the book of how funny and catty Alexander and Rose’s interactions were. The funniest parts were always the ones where Rose was showing Alexander the ways of tending to the animals as well as the farming.

[Evelyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good

[Duchess of Booksburghe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sparky, witty and fun read

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF.

[Robin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The third book in Millie Criswell's Flowers of the West series has Rose Elizabeth Martin upset because her oldest sister sold the family farm out fron under her. Rose refuses to vacate the premises. Her plans for the farm don't include Alexander Warrick, the Duke of Moreland who had the nerve to buy her farm. Rose soon makes herself indespensible to Alexander, showing him how to run the farm and plant the wheat. Alexander and Rose soon discover that living in a two-room soddy is mightly close quarters.

Nice conclusion to the trilogy. My rating: 3 Stars.

[Madam Claire of Whistley Woo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the third and my favorite of the three Flowers of the West trilogy. I liked that she is a full-figured girl.