Moment of the Rose

by Maryhelen Clague

When spirited, beautiful Eleanor MacClaren first met Douglas Brennon, she was only sixteen years old. Worse, she was the daughter of a British Major and Brennon was an American soldier in the colonial army. Their passion for each other was honeycombed with danger.Then her father forced her to marry a wealthy but savage-tempered English officer, Geoffrey Conant. To Geoffrey, disciplining his reluctant wife was one of the pleasures of his marriage.Eleanor promised herself she would run away the first chance she got, and always, she searched for the man who had been driven from her life, the one man she could ever truly love....

310 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 12, 1983

About the author

Also wrote under the name Ashley Snow.

Maryhelen Clague is a Florida native whose Great-Grandparents settled in Central Florida in 1876. She grew up in the Lakeland/Tampa area, attended Florida State University's Music School, then Union Theological Seminary in New York City. After her husband, an Episcopal clergyman, retired their family moved back to her Florida home where she resides today.

Reviews

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~* · Rating 3 out of 5]

Debated...more of a 3 1/2 than a 3 star, great historical detail for the time period.
The storyline/plot was good.
Connection to the characters.. not so good, maybe it was just me :(