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    <body><![CDATA[I loved how ms. woodiwiss portrayed Lord Saxton--fierce on the outside but oh-so-tender when with Erienne. personally, the way he was described, i did not feel he was that hideous. i actually preferred him over Christopher. before any revelations were finally made open, i found myself hotly rooting ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11847538">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I forgot how flowery and detail-heavy Woodiwiss is--I read practically all of her books when I was in high school.  I'm amazed I made it through 560 pages for just a few bodice ripping sex scenes (lots of heaving bosoms and throbbing manhoods and soaring to dizzying heights.  It's pretty tame stuff....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78174940">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd give this book a 4.5, so I rounded up.<br/><br/>I loved the story/plot.  I loved the characters.  I loved the suspense of not knowing what was going to happen next....  It was definitely (and obviously) a Beauty-and-the-Beast story, and once I got through about the first 90 or so pages, I real...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54113761">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The fairest flower in Mawbry is Erienne Fleming, the enchanting, raven-haired daughter of the village mayor. Charming, spirited and exquisitely lovely, she is beset on all sides by suitors, any one of whom would pay a king's fortune for a place in her heart. But Erienne has eyes for only one: the dashing and witty young Yankee, Christopher Seton.<p>But marriage for love is not to be, for her irresponsible and unscrupulous father, crippled by gambling debts, is intent on auctioning off his beautiful daughter to the highest bidder. And in the end, Erienne is devastated to find it is the strange and secretive Lord Saxton who has purchased her--a mysterious, tragic figure who wears a mask and a cloak at all times to hide disfiguring scars gained in a terrible fire some years back.<p>But in the passing days, Saxton's true nature is revealed to her. A gentle and adoring soul, he treats his new bride with warmth and abiding tenderness, yet appears to her only by daylight. She, in turn, vows to be a good and loyal wife to him. And then Christopher Seton reenters Erienne's world<p>Conflicted by emotions she cannot suppress, Erienne valiantly attempts to remain honorable to her elusive, enigmatic husband but feels herself irresistibly drawn to Seton's passion, his fire, and his secrets. Entangled in intrigues she doesn't yet understand, Erienne Fleming will soon have to make a devastating choice: between love and honor...between her duty and her heart.</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay - I enjoyed this purely for the pleasure of reading and not for anything other than my enjoyment book.  I'm taking a small break from serious stuff mainly because I've become a political junkie and can't seem to not watch CNN or MSNBC for the overviews.  So, I gotta go to something light when I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18423364">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The fairest flower in Mawbry is Erienne Fleming, the enchanting, raven-haired daughter of the village mayor. Charming, spirited and exquisitely lovely, she is beset on all sides by suitors, any one of whom would pay a king's fortune for a place in her heart. But Erienne has eyes for only one: the dashing and witty young Yankee, Christopher Seton.<p>But marriage for love is not to be, for her irresponsible and unscrupulous father, crippled by gambling debts, is intent on auctioning off his beautiful daughter to the highest bidder. And in the end, Erienne is devastated to find it is the strange and secretive Lord Saxton who has purchased her--a mysterious, tragic figure who wears a mask and a cloak at all times to hide disfiguring scars gained in a terrible fire some years back.<p>But in the passing days, Saxton's true nature is revealed to her. A gentle and adoring soul, he treats his new bride with warmth and abiding tenderness, yet appears to her only by daylight. She, in turn, vows to be a good and loyal wife to him. And then Christopher Seton reenters Erienne's world<p>Conflicted by emotions she cannot suppress, Erienne valiantly attempts to remain honorable to her elusive, enigmatic husband but feels herself irresistibly drawn to Seton's passion, his fire, and his secrets. Entangled in intrigues she doesn't yet understand, Erienne Fleming will soon have to make a devastating choice: between love and honor...between her duty and her heart.</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am pretty sure I had read this before.  In my younger days I was quite a fan of Kathleen Woodwiss and read a lot of her stuff.<br/><br/>In this book, Erienne is sold into marriage at the auction block to the highest bidder in order to pay for her 'father's' debts.  In attendance are several of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42764893">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Debt-ridden Avery Fleming is determined to find a wealthy husband for his beautiful daughter, Erienne, so he can pay off his mountain of debts. Erienne, however, has refused every one of the old men her father has picked for her consideration. When she meets dashing American merchant Christopher Seton, she cannot deny her attraction to him, despite the fact that he wounded her brother, Farrell, in a duel, crippling him for life. However, when Seton asks for Erienne's hand in marriage, both she and her father refuse him. Instead, Erienne's father auctions her off to the highest bidder--the mysterious Lord Saxton, a man whose horrifying scars are hidden by a mask and cloak. Erienne comes to know her husband as a kind and gentle man, but when Christopher Seton returns to town, she cannot fight her attraction to him. She finds herself torn between her duty to the man she has wed and the call of her heart.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay I admit it, I really like this book.  Yes, it has a flawed premise, an entire town can not be that dense, but it is a great love story.  I use it for total escape.  It is nice to believe that a man would go so far for the woman that he loves, with her resisting him at every turn.  Plus good tri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47145951">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read a lot of books and authors in my 25 years, but I have to say Kathleen E. Woodiwiss is climbing to the top of my favorite authors chart. I loved this book. It had a good mystery that kept you guessing for a large part of the book. The romance was quite wonderful. I totally guessed the end...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22072284">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, you got me. I have actually read a few romance novels, but in my defense I was in junior high and high school. For some reason though this one I've kept and it sticks out apart from any of the others that I read. Not sure why, except it involves a little mystery and intrigue, not just romance....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52723733">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Yes, yes, yes, she has creamy thighs and he has throbbing manhood but this book was fabulous.  I read it many many years ago and then I read it again. The poor copy has creases on its creases. When you take apart a real romance novel like this one you can see that the woman is actually very strong. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25611181">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The fairest flower in Mawbry is Erienne Fleming, the enchanting, raven-haired daughter of the village mayor. Charming, spirited and exquisitely lovely, she is beset on all sides by suitors, any one of whom would pay a king's fortune for a place in her heart. But Erienne has eyes for only one: the dashing and witty young Yankee, Christopher Seton.<p>But marriage for love is not to be, for her irresponsible and unscrupulous father, crippled by gambling debts, is intent on auctioning off his beautiful daughter to the highest bidder. And in the end, Erienne is devastated to find it is the strange and secretive Lord Saxton who has purchased her--a mysterious, tragic figure who wears a mask and a cloak at all times to hide disfiguring scars gained in a terrible fire some years back.<p>But in the passing days, Saxton's true nature is revealed to her. A gentle and adoring soul, he treats his new bride with warmth and abiding tenderness, yet appears to her only by daylight. She, in turn, vows to be a good and loyal wife to him. And then Christopher Seton reenters Erienne's world<p>Conflicted by emotions she cannot suppress, Erienne valiantly attempts to remain honorable to her elusive, enigmatic husband but feels herself irresistibly drawn to Seton's passion, his fire, and his secrets. Entangled in intrigues she doesn't yet understand, Erienne Fleming will soon have to make a devastating choice: between love and honor...between her duty and her heart.</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Continuing the tradition of summer reading with minimal literary value, I picked up this gem. And I actually really enjoyed it! The best of the three Woodiwiss novels I went through this June.<br/><br/>A dashing hero, some decent villains, witty repartee and bordering-on-kinky chemistry...not bad ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57989487">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great book to read if you love historical romances. I have not met anyone (that is into romances)who does not like this book. It is mysterious and captivating. A book worth reading more than once! ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Entertaining read overall, but I found Erienne to be an irritating heroine.  She's painted as being almost saintly, but at the same time she comes off as superficial and shallow, not to mention a little dim.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The very first romance novel I've ever read and to this day still one of my favorites!  Kathleen Woodiwiss is an excellent author.  Some of her other books are pretty descriptive and long, but not so much for this one.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A Rose in Winter]]>
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    <![CDATA[The fairest flower in Mawbry is Erienne Fleming, the enchanting, raven-haired daughter of the village mayor. Charming, spirited and exquisitely lovely, she is beset on all sides by suitors, any one of whom would pay a king's fortune for a place in her heart. But Erienne has eyes for only one: the dashing and witty young Yankee, Christopher Seton.<p>But marriage for love is not to be, for her irresponsible and unscrupulous father, crippled by gambling debts, is intent on auctioning off his beautiful daughter to the highest bidder. And in the end, Erienne is devastated to find it is the strange and secretive Lord Saxton who has purchased her--a mysterious, tragic figure who wears a mask and a cloak at all times to hide disfiguring scars gained in a terrible fire some years back.<p>But in the passing days, Saxton's true nature is revealed to her. A gentle and adoring soul, he treats his new bride with warmth and abiding tenderness, yet appears to her only by daylight. She, in turn, vows to be a good and loyal wife to him. And then Christopher Seton reenters Erienne's world<p>Conflicted by emotions she cannot suppress, Erienne valiantly attempts to remain honorable to her elusive, enigmatic husband but feels herself irresistibly drawn to Seton's passion, his fire, and his secrets. Entangled in intrigues she doesn't yet understand, Erienne Fleming will soon have to make a devastating choice: between love and honor...between her duty and her heart.</p></p></p>]]>
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  <published>1982</published>
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    <body><![CDATA[i read this book some years ago::i remember at the time i really enjoyed it:the hero was tormented so i think that may have been part of the appeal::don't know what i'd feel if i re-read it tho':: ]]></body>
    
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