Bride

Rossmara Family #3

by Stella Cameron

Lady Justine Girvin, the Duke of Franchot's elegant spinster sister, decided to grab one last chance for happiness--by doing something incredibly scandalous. Defying convention, she traveled alone to a Scottish castle to find the mysterious Straun, her brother's friend, and to ask him to teach her all about love.

Genres: Romance, Historical Romance, Historical

Hardcover

First published December 1, 1995

About the author

Stella Cameron is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author. With over fourteen million copies of her books in print, Cameron is now turning her pen to mysteries and independently publishing COLD, Introducing Alex Duggins. She draws on her English background for this new, already critically acclaimed mystery series. Atmospheric, deeply character and relationship driven, COLD reveals the power of old secrets to twist the present. Cameron’s reputation for using her backgrounds to add tension and allure to her stories is heightened again.

Cameron is the recipient of the Pacific Northwest Achievement Award for distinguished professional achievement and for enhancing the stature of the Northwest Literary community. She lives in Washington with her husband Jerry, her Papillon Millie, black cat Zipper, and a cheeky little tabby named Jack.

Reviews

[Laurie (barksbooks) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the 3rd book in the "Rossmara" series and easily stands alone as I haven't read either Charmed or Fascination and wasn't lost or aggravated by info. dumps.

Justine decides it is her duty to enlighten women on what they can expect from men during courtship all the way to the marriage bed. Being a spinster she needs to do some research before she can begin her book however. She travels to Scotland with the intention of taking care of two motherless children in exchange for their dad, Struan's help with her book. Both end up with way more than they bargained for. Justine's passages into her book had me laughing out loud, I could almost see Struan cringing as she wrote them!

The characterization is very well done. These people really come alive whether I loved them or hated them (and I absolutely despised Grandmama, what a selfish woman!).

This is a fantastic read. Funny, tender, suspenseful and very sexy. The identity of the nutcase who was making Struan's life miserable was surprised me. Worth a read, for sure.

[Sara G · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a decent Scottish Regency romance. Our heroine is a 35 year old spinster who wants to write a book about marital relationships. She endeavors to move in with the hero as sort of a companion to his daughter (she's almost of age to come out into society) as well as getting information for her book. The hero is the typical tormented alpha male who won't tell his lady anything important. He's being blackmailed and leaves her in the dark. The villains in this one are actually quite villainous, and not too cliche. I enjoyed it, even if the action sequences at the end were a bit implausible.

[Rebecca]

Lady Justine Girvin, the Duke of Franchot's elegant spinster sister, decided to grab one last chance for happiness--by doing something incredibly scandalous. Defying convention, she traveled alone to a Scottish castle to find the mysterious Straun, her brother's friend, and to ask him to teach her all about love

[Síafra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sex plays a huge role as a motivator in this story... it's quite shocking, really. But as a whole, I really liked it... just not, a whole lot.

[Julie · Rating 2 out of 5]

ok read