Resisting Restraints

The Victorian Arrangement #1

by R.G. Winter

On the night before her wedding, Madeline packs a bag, steals one of her father’s horses and heads off into the night, intending never to return. She travels the land and stops in a small village near the ocean. There, she befriends the owner of a tavern and gets a job helping serve drinks. During her extended stopover in the village, a man enters the tavern for a drink and spots Madeline. He’s tall and handsome and has his sights set on her. It doesn’t take long for Madeline to fall in love with him as well, and the two embark in a passionate affair. But it’s soon revealed that the man is of high class, a man from the life Madeline intentionally ran away from.

Genres: Romance, Historical

80 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 10, 2016

Reviews

[Virginia Tican · Rating 2 out of 5]

While the storyline or concept is quite good, it is also sprinkled with lots of contemporary words and phrases in present day context like ~ 'wrap her head around' 'process' 'window of opportunity' and the Annoying Americanism OKAY. Did the author even research the language and terminologies typical to that era? Or at least use words that would take the reader to the right kind of atmosphere and setting that the author wants to project? Unless she wants the reader to be flung into a Time Warp? From the Regency period to the Victorian era until pretty much maybe the first decade? of the 20th century, England is still the world's foremost super power and as such her subjects (specially the aristocracy) would not condescend to even borrow a word from colonial America. The English set the standards, not the other way around so OKAY would not be part of their conversations nor would those words mentioned above. It is like a charioteer at a chariot race in ancient Rome saying "giddy~up!" There are also some misspellings and I saw one homophone like 'to know/no end' which can be considered as editing flaws.

[Anna Beason · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not worth it

I was really intrigued with the title. Enjoyed the beginning of the book. But why would you write such a short book and not even finish the story. A lot of readers can’t afford to buy books and have to rely on free books to read. But I’m picky about what I read and good free books are getting really hard to find.

[Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

A good premise but not well written. With a decent editor this could be a good story. For now, it is full of run-on sentences, unneeded asides and modern colloquialisms. It also appears to take five books before the story is complete.
Additionally, in this story the girl is known as Madeline, but in the first two chapters of the next, which was also included, she is Madelaine.

[Debi Moss · Rating 1 out of 5]

Total waste of time

This book was a total waste of time , whoever edited this book should go back to school. The grammar needs to be checked, as a matter of fact the entire book needs to be rewritten.

[Nancy Dillow · Rating 5 out of 5]

A woman with a mind of her own.

Wished that the whole story was here in one place. What is going to happen next? Great amounts of suspense until I can get the next installment.

[Vicki mcgrady · Rating 5 out of 5]

Resisting Restraints

Very compelling story of love and heartbreak,yet definitely felt to the beginning to end ,read it straight through,looking forward to the second book.

[Queen Talk Talk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some typos

A short novella that was enjoyable enough. Hopefully for those that purchase the next in series it is better researched and edited.

[Whitebeard Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story, absolutely no editing. If The author would do a comprehensive edit and release a second edition, the book would be easier to read.