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The Rakes #2
Falling Stars
Sweeping from the green hills of England to the majesty of the Imperial Russian court, here is the thrilling sequel to Autumn Rain. Rich with breathless adventure, dark betrayal, passion and sensuality, it is a new triumph for Mills, the winner of three Reviewer's Choice Awards.
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1993
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Anita Mills
44 books66 followersA former history and English teacher, Anita Mills turned to writing in the mid-1980's. After her regency romance SCANDAL BOUND was published followed by her highly acclaimed LADY OF FIRE, Anita Mills went on to enjoy an award filled career. Her historical novels and regency short stories are ranked among the best in their respective genres. The parents of four children, Anita and her husband Larry find peace on a small farm near Plattsburgh, Missouri. This former teacher has drawn upon her love for both history and English to enrich her novels.
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May 4, 2023
Read: 5/3/23
What an utter failure by AM! I can't believe she wrote this book. I honestly can't think of anything I liked about the story. 🤔
Here's what a hated:
1. the h is plain and short, and in case you forget this, the author reminds you every chapter. We get it! She's an unattractive mouse. The h's self-esteem is so low, it's depressing. I can only take so much self-pity.
3. The H is as unlikable as the h. He takes no responsibility for his actions. He's a rake and a selfish human being. I couldn't connect with either couple.
4. These two don't get thrown together till the very end. They have no chemistry, even when escaping together. Their love, in the end, would have been more convincing if they had an attraction to one another or anything in common.
5. The Russian nobility spoke only French and didn't know the peasant language that was Russian. It would have been lowering to learn it.
This story had so much potential! By making a few changes, this author could have had a good book instead of this awful monstrosity.
What an utter failure by AM! I can't believe she wrote this book. I honestly can't think of anything I liked about the story. 🤔
Here's what a hated:
1. the h is plain and short, and in case you forget this, the author reminds you every chapter. We get it! She's an unattractive mouse. The h's self-esteem is so low, it's depressing. I can only take so much self-pity.
3. The H is as unlikable as the h. He takes no responsibility for his actions. He's a rake and a selfish human being. I couldn't connect with either couple.
4. These two don't get thrown together till the very end. They have no chemistry, even when escaping together. Their love, in the end, would have been more convincing if they had an attraction to one another or anything in common.
5. The Russian nobility spoke only French and didn't know the peasant language that was Russian. It would have been lowering to learn it.
This story had so much potential! By making a few changes, this author could have had a good book instead of this awful monstrosity.
July 9, 2016
Readers either love or hate this book, a sure sign that it is unforgettable.
I've read this book many times, not only because the story is gripping but to learn how to create believable characters and emotional conflict.
Bell Townsend is the anti-hero and I love this character. The author takes his selfishness and manages to turn it into a strong motivation to help the heroine--how does she do that? I'm still working on it.
I've read this book many times, not only because the story is gripping but to learn how to create believable characters and emotional conflict.
Bell Townsend is the anti-hero and I love this character. The author takes his selfishness and manages to turn it into a strong motivation to help the heroine--how does she do that? I'm still working on it.
August 23, 2015
Beware Handsome, Mysterious Russians Offering Jewels
Mills serves up an unusual story that sweeps the heroine from the ballrooms of London to the grand palaces of Russia. The story begins in London in 1814 where Katherine (“Kate”) Winstead, and her younger sister Carissa, are enjoying the London Season with their brother, Harry, Baron Winstead. [Usually the title and surname are not the same but here they are.] Harry’s best friend is Bellamy (“Bell”), Viscount Townsend, a rake of the first order with the face of an angel. He and Kate constantly exchange barbs and unpleasant truths about each other.
By all accounts, Kate is both short (5 feet tall) and plain, and at 22 “on the shelf”, yet when the Russians come to town with young Czar Alexander, all that changes. For some reason known only to his sister Galena and him, handsome Count Alexei Volsky takes a fancy to Katherine and quickly offers for her. Now why would a handsome Russian count do that? Why, indeed. To have such an offer as a plain girl is unheard of and Katherine does not fail to accept, particularly when the count’s sister, Galena, tells Kate the huge betrothal ruby on her finger proves Alexei loves her.
I thought Mills did this part especially well, preserving the mystery as the wool is pulled over Kate’s eyes. Ah, but no reader will fail to wonder just what’s going on.
Meanwhile, Viscount Townsend must escape a woman in London who has set a trap for him, so he decides to go to Russia when Kate and the Russian entourage leave town… and the plot thickens.
Russia is a very foreign place to Kate: the language, the people and the customs. She feels trapped inside Alexei’s huge estate as the snows pile up outside. There, she learns she is pregnant and is thrilled until she discovers, to her horror, her marriage is a sham and underneath it all is a horrible truth. Kate decides (reasonably so) to flee Russia in winter. And who should come to her rescue but Bell, Viscount Townsend.
This is an unusual, well-told tale that kept me turning pages. Mills did very well with the Russian culture and scenes in and around Moscow in the winter. I felt the cold and lamented the loss of green England along with Kate. You must be patient to see the hero as an actual hero (though there are earlier hints) but he does come around in the end.
Mills serves up an unusual story that sweeps the heroine from the ballrooms of London to the grand palaces of Russia. The story begins in London in 1814 where Katherine (“Kate”) Winstead, and her younger sister Carissa, are enjoying the London Season with their brother, Harry, Baron Winstead. [Usually the title and surname are not the same but here they are.] Harry’s best friend is Bellamy (“Bell”), Viscount Townsend, a rake of the first order with the face of an angel. He and Kate constantly exchange barbs and unpleasant truths about each other.
By all accounts, Kate is both short (5 feet tall) and plain, and at 22 “on the shelf”, yet when the Russians come to town with young Czar Alexander, all that changes. For some reason known only to his sister Galena and him, handsome Count Alexei Volsky takes a fancy to Katherine and quickly offers for her. Now why would a handsome Russian count do that? Why, indeed. To have such an offer as a plain girl is unheard of and Katherine does not fail to accept, particularly when the count’s sister, Galena, tells Kate the huge betrothal ruby on her finger proves Alexei loves her.
I thought Mills did this part especially well, preserving the mystery as the wool is pulled over Kate’s eyes. Ah, but no reader will fail to wonder just what’s going on.
Meanwhile, Viscount Townsend must escape a woman in London who has set a trap for him, so he decides to go to Russia when Kate and the Russian entourage leave town… and the plot thickens.
Russia is a very foreign place to Kate: the language, the people and the customs. She feels trapped inside Alexei’s huge estate as the snows pile up outside. There, she learns she is pregnant and is thrilled until she discovers, to her horror, her marriage is a sham and underneath it all is a horrible truth. Kate decides (reasonably so) to flee Russia in winter. And who should come to her rescue but Bell, Viscount Townsend.
This is an unusual, well-told tale that kept me turning pages. Mills did very well with the Russian culture and scenes in and around Moscow in the winter. I felt the cold and lamented the loss of green England along with Kate. You must be patient to see the hero as an actual hero (though there are earlier hints) but he does come around in the end.
August 18, 2009
If I could give a book NEGATIVE STARS, I would.
I read Autumn Rain years ago by the same author, and loved it. Just the right mix of melodrama and angst. So when I spotted Falling Stars in a used bookstore over the winter, I grabbed it. And fell straight into one of the most depressing books I have ever read.
The gently-bred English heroine marries a Russian man with a secret. After she is pregnant with his child, she discovers that he's in love with- and sleeping with- his sister. So she flees with this other man, who was kind of an anti-hero in Autumn Rain and is a great character here, except that by now over half the book is over. Seriously. They flee in the middle of winter, trying to get to England, and she gets terribly ill and loses the baby in a horrifying episode in a monastary or something.
I actually stopped reading shortly after. It was too depressing. The heroine was too deeply flawed and kind of batshit crazy by this point because of all the hellish things she'd endured so far, and I just couldn't see a happy ending on the horizon, which is a major reason why I love romance novels.
In the end, it was just too realistically depressing a portrayal.
I read Autumn Rain years ago by the same author, and loved it. Just the right mix of melodrama and angst. So when I spotted Falling Stars in a used bookstore over the winter, I grabbed it. And fell straight into one of the most depressing books I have ever read.
The gently-bred English heroine marries a Russian man with a secret. After she is pregnant with his child, she discovers that he's in love with- and sleeping with- his sister. So she flees with this other man, who was kind of an anti-hero in Autumn Rain and is a great character here, except that by now over half the book is over. Seriously. They flee in the middle of winter, trying to get to England, and she gets terribly ill and loses the baby in a horrifying episode in a monastary or something.
I actually stopped reading shortly after. It was too depressing. The heroine was too deeply flawed and kind of batshit crazy by this point because of all the hellish things she'd endured so far, and I just couldn't see a happy ending on the horizon, which is a major reason why I love romance novels.
In the end, it was just too realistically depressing a portrayal.
April 23, 2024
The Rakes series by Anita Mills: Autumn Rain (1993), Falling Stars (1993), Secret Nights (1994), probably deserve their own individual reviews as they are 4 to 5 star books but no … I have to mention them now while they are fresh in my mind.
All are dark HRs in the vein of Victorian Rebels but dare I say stronger, more riveting and darker. Shades of Charles Dickens seep in, especially in the third book. All include difficult, painful circumstances for heroines with inner strengths who eventually survive and thrive. The heroes are flawed in their own way, self centered, scoundrels, or very prideful. Great HRs that are dark give us a sense of sadness with a balance of hope and joy in the romance.
Autumn Rain: 15 year old Elinor is forced by her father to marry an enormously wealthy 61 year old man who is cruel and uses her as a showpiece for his vanity amongst the ton.
Falling Stars: Plain and shy Kate is quickly courted by Russian count and whisked off to live in Russia with him and his sister in their 117 room palace in the country with 2,000 serfs. A Russian winter and disaster brutalize her.
Secret Nights: Beautiful Elise has been humiliated by her wealthy father’s attempt to arrange a marriage for her with the most famous barrister in London… a ghastly murder mystery and courtroom trial ensues.
Brilliant writing and superbly crafted stories each very unique. Must reads for connoisseurs of fine bodice rippers!
Includes: incest, emotional and physical abuse, sex with others before and during marriage, murders and whores.
All are dark HRs in the vein of Victorian Rebels but dare I say stronger, more riveting and darker. Shades of Charles Dickens seep in, especially in the third book. All include difficult, painful circumstances for heroines with inner strengths who eventually survive and thrive. The heroes are flawed in their own way, self centered, scoundrels, or very prideful. Great HRs that are dark give us a sense of sadness with a balance of hope and joy in the romance.
Autumn Rain: 15 year old Elinor is forced by her father to marry an enormously wealthy 61 year old man who is cruel and uses her as a showpiece for his vanity amongst the ton.
Falling Stars: Plain and shy Kate is quickly courted by Russian count and whisked off to live in Russia with him and his sister in their 117 room palace in the country with 2,000 serfs. A Russian winter and disaster brutalize her.
Secret Nights: Beautiful Elise has been humiliated by her wealthy father’s attempt to arrange a marriage for her with the most famous barrister in London… a ghastly murder mystery and courtroom trial ensues.
Brilliant writing and superbly crafted stories each very unique. Must reads for connoisseurs of fine bodice rippers!
Includes: incest, emotional and physical abuse, sex with others before and during marriage, murders and whores.
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August 19, 2011I know I read this but don't remember anything but the cover.
July 3, 2019
I was intrigued by Bellamy Townsend ever since he deigned to make an appearance in the first book of the series. At first, I wasn’t sure he would be the main in the second, for honestly, he was kind of a degenerate, and pretty much had zero redeeming qualities except charm. But for some reason, I took to him more than I took to Lucien in book one.
This book did not disappoint. Kate was a great deal more loveable to me than Elinor was. Again for some reason, I didn’t really like Elinor in Autumn Rain. I think it was her “woe is me” attitude, and I couldn’t really reconcile her plight with her attitude. Kate on the other hand, the woman went through hell and back and came out with grace and dignity.
I loved that it took a while for the love story to build up between them, I loved that it wasn’t insta-love. I loved that Bellamy was a reluctant hero at best, and he didn’t go through a drastic character change at the snap of the fingers. The author is a marvel. I love how Bell is always written to protest and detest and resist the situation he finds himself in, refusing to do the selfless thing, in his thoughts and words, BUT, he does it anyway. He may complain and whine about Kate throwing up, but he’s there with a towel to wipe off the worst of it. He may rant and rail at the fates that she inconveniences him, and why oh why did he of all males have to be stuck with her, but he takes care of her solicitously, he makes sure she eats, he notices when she doesn’t, he fetches her fresh snow to make sure she stays hydrated. He risks his life for her, he always comes through for her.
It’s the subtleties that matter to me, and I found this book one of a kind.
Oh and I must mention that I loved the Russian background that the author used for this book. I visited once, and was awed by the sheer grandness and opulence of exactly as the author described the palaces and estates. The winters were bitter and I definitely agree about the ever-present vodka. It was every where and the way she wrote about their Russian experience, it made me remember what I loved about the country in the first place.
This book did not disappoint. Kate was a great deal more loveable to me than Elinor was. Again for some reason, I didn’t really like Elinor in Autumn Rain. I think it was her “woe is me” attitude, and I couldn’t really reconcile her plight with her attitude. Kate on the other hand, the woman went through hell and back and came out with grace and dignity.
I loved that it took a while for the love story to build up between them, I loved that it wasn’t insta-love. I loved that Bellamy was a reluctant hero at best, and he didn’t go through a drastic character change at the snap of the fingers. The author is a marvel. I love how Bell is always written to protest and detest and resist the situation he finds himself in, refusing to do the selfless thing, in his thoughts and words, BUT, he does it anyway. He may complain and whine about Kate throwing up, but he’s there with a towel to wipe off the worst of it. He may rant and rail at the fates that she inconveniences him, and why oh why did he of all males have to be stuck with her, but he takes care of her solicitously, he makes sure she eats, he notices when she doesn’t, he fetches her fresh snow to make sure she stays hydrated. He risks his life for her, he always comes through for her.
It’s the subtleties that matter to me, and I found this book one of a kind.
Oh and I must mention that I loved the Russian background that the author used for this book. I visited once, and was awed by the sheer grandness and opulence of exactly as the author described the palaces and estates. The winters were bitter and I definitely agree about the ever-present vodka. It was every where and the way she wrote about their Russian experience, it made me remember what I loved about the country in the first place.
February 25, 2022
Indescribable
I would have to write a book, in order to be able to describe this incredible story. I have never read anything even similar to this story. I had started reading books by this author just recently and have loved and not been disappointed in any of them, especially this one, mm,mm, good. This book had everything I love about historical romance, it was loving and sexy most of all. I would recommend this book to all. Thank you Lady Anita, keep em coming, pun intended.
I would have to write a book, in order to be able to describe this incredible story. I have never read anything even similar to this story. I had started reading books by this author just recently and have loved and not been disappointed in any of them, especially this one, mm,mm, good. This book had everything I love about historical romance, it was loving and sexy most of all. I would recommend this book to all. Thank you Lady Anita, keep em coming, pun intended.
February 20, 2021
What a story! This is not the usual fluff you get with historical romances. I loved it. It’s not a typical love story. Heroine goes through difficult circumstances-love is not a fairy tale and a true hero emerges! Highly recommend, that is if you’re looking for a story with some teeth to it.
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May 5, 2023Self note not my jam.
- plain Jane h with a low self esteem. The author reminds you how unattractive the h is every chapter. No thanks.
- plain Jane h with a low self esteem. The author reminds you how unattractive the h is every chapter. No thanks.
October 11, 2014
I had this book on my kindle for ages before I finally read it, so I had pretty much forgotten what it was about and just started reading. And well....
First of all the beginning is annoying simply because of Claire. What a horrible brat. I was tempted to put it down because I already knew this would continue throughout the entire book. But I kept going.
The moment Townsend was introduced I knew that at the end he and Kate would be together, it was all just a question of how. When Lexy entered I could suspect that it would get ugly. So basically this book has a huge problem with predictability. I could guess what would happen between Lexy, Lena and Kate, I could guess that since Bell went to Russia with them he would help her and and and. So it really wasn't such an exciting story.
Also, most of the book is dedicated to the wrong events. The parties in London, Claire's unbearable chatter, Lena playing dress up with Kate, the travel to Russia, the introducction to Lexy's family and and and. It's all way too boring and considering that the main event should be Kate's flight from Russia there is too much focus on idle chitchat and unimportant things.
The entire escape was dark, really really dark and while I appreciate the shocking realism to it all, it was the way the characters reacted that made it unlikeable. I get it; Bell is selfish and solemnly helps people, but he decided to any ways. Why does he always have to remind the reader about how much he dislikes it? WHy does he constantly tell Kate so? And if he's not contemplating that helping her was a mistake he goes on and on that he's just useless - which he really is. The only thing he's got going for him is money.
Kate's struggle was real and it really did affect me.
But here's the major problem for this story: the love story between Bell and Kate is unbelievebale. Not necessarilly for the characters but because of the way it happened. During their escape theere is no real bonding. He tells her to eat, he orders her to rest and tries to console her after the miscarriage. They play cards. Then, suddenly they're kissing, once in Poland they sleep with each other and then he wants to marry her. It was just unconvincing.
I did like the trial, Hamilton was a good addition but then again Bell just suddenly returns from Italy, practically falls onto his knees in front of her and tells her how much he loves her and then: the end.
It's as if the entire character of Bell that was constructed throghout the book was a contradiction to the Bell of the end.
First of all the beginning is annoying simply because of Claire. What a horrible brat. I was tempted to put it down because I already knew this would continue throughout the entire book. But I kept going.
The moment Townsend was introduced I knew that at the end he and Kate would be together, it was all just a question of how. When Lexy entered I could suspect that it would get ugly. So basically this book has a huge problem with predictability. I could guess what would happen between Lexy, Lena and Kate, I could guess that since Bell went to Russia with them he would help her and and and. So it really wasn't such an exciting story.
Also, most of the book is dedicated to the wrong events. The parties in London, Claire's unbearable chatter, Lena playing dress up with Kate, the travel to Russia, the introducction to Lexy's family and and and. It's all way too boring and considering that the main event should be Kate's flight from Russia there is too much focus on idle chitchat and unimportant things.
The entire escape was dark, really really dark and while I appreciate the shocking realism to it all, it was the way the characters reacted that made it unlikeable. I get it; Bell is selfish and solemnly helps people, but he decided to any ways. Why does he always have to remind the reader about how much he dislikes it? WHy does he constantly tell Kate so? And if he's not contemplating that helping her was a mistake he goes on and on that he's just useless - which he really is. The only thing he's got going for him is money.
Kate's struggle was real and it really did affect me.
But here's the major problem for this story: the love story between Bell and Kate is unbelievebale. Not necessarilly for the characters but because of the way it happened. During their escape theere is no real bonding. He tells her to eat, he orders her to rest and tries to console her after the miscarriage. They play cards. Then, suddenly they're kissing, once in Poland they sleep with each other and then he wants to marry her. It was just unconvincing.
I did like the trial, Hamilton was a good addition but then again Bell just suddenly returns from Italy, practically falls onto his knees in front of her and tells her how much he loves her and then: the end.
It's as if the entire character of Bell that was constructed throghout the book was a contradiction to the Bell of the end.
April 9, 2014
Historical English romance with a brutally honest voyage in winter to Russia where a plain jane learns about love and finally finds it with a smoking hot titled gentleman.
Second chances romance with some damaged people which goes to show that you can be really good looking and still get the brutal shaft because that is not enough to make a relationship last.
Miss Katherine Winstead is a shy plain-jane with no good prospects to marry with an awful selfish mother and younger sister but is still a strong spunky girl because of a wonderful loving relationship with her older brother and father. Her brother's best friend Viscount Townsend is also selfish but his good looks and wealth let him get away with almost anything which Kate doesn't accept of condone, she is his greatest critic and in a way a good honest friend which he doesn't figure out until the get thrown into a crazy situation in Russia.
So Russian Count Alexei Volsky and his sister Galena come to London with the Russian Czar's entourage and quickly sweep Kate off her feet which should have been warning signs because she is shy and not beautiful, but they quickly get married and return to Russia where she finds lies, incest and almost dies. There is more then a little adultery in this book which although historically accurate was too big a part of this romance story.
The obvious happens when Kate goes to court to get a divorce, which means total rejection from London society, but she gets really lucky but it just goes to show that money can pave your way almost anywhere. There is a HEA, but this was one roller coaster of angst and more then a little depressing.
Not a humorous read if that is what your looking for, but historically accurate depiction of marriage and divorce in England, the difficultly of travel, the domestic situation of Russian serfs and how quickly a person can lose their good reputation and be ostracized at this time period.
384 pages and kindle freebie
Second chances romance with some damaged people which goes to show that you can be really good looking and still get the brutal shaft because that is not enough to make a relationship last.
Miss Katherine Winstead is a shy plain-jane with no good prospects to marry with an awful selfish mother and younger sister but is still a strong spunky girl because of a wonderful loving relationship with her older brother and father. Her brother's best friend Viscount Townsend is also selfish but his good looks and wealth let him get away with almost anything which Kate doesn't accept of condone, she is his greatest critic and in a way a good honest friend which he doesn't figure out until the get thrown into a crazy situation in Russia.
So Russian Count Alexei Volsky and his sister Galena come to London with the Russian Czar's entourage and quickly sweep Kate off her feet which should have been warning signs because she is shy and not beautiful, but they quickly get married and return to Russia where she finds lies, incest and almost dies. There is more then a little adultery in this book which although historically accurate was too big a part of this romance story.
The obvious happens when Kate goes to court to get a divorce, which means total rejection from London society, but she gets really lucky but it just goes to show that money can pave your way almost anywhere. There is a HEA, but this was one roller coaster of angst and more then a little depressing.
Not a humorous read if that is what your looking for, but historically accurate depiction of marriage and divorce in England, the difficultly of travel, the domestic situation of Russian serfs and how quickly a person can lose their good reputation and be ostracized at this time period.
384 pages and kindle freebie
July 8, 2008
FALLING STARS - Poor
Mills, Anita - Sequal to "Autumn Rain"
Kate Winstead’s noble father had been destroyed by his weakness for gambling. Now Kate was taking a gamble that would have made her father blanch. She was giving her hand in marriage to a man she barely knew and going to live in a foreign land. Her husband, Count Alexei Volsky, was as mysterious as he was masterful, yet strangely cold even at the burning peak of passion. What secret did he and his ravishing sister conceal on his vast estate deep in Russia? And would Kate dare turn for help to Bell Townsend, London’s most notorious rake who had fled from scandal at home to pursue his desires abroad? Kate was torn between a husband she did not trust and a libertine lord who made her doubt herself. It was a game of danger and desire—the stakes were shockingly high, the key cards were hidden, and love held the final startling trump.
Set in Russia, I didn't care for this.
Mills, Anita - Sequal to "Autumn Rain"
Kate Winstead’s noble father had been destroyed by his weakness for gambling. Now Kate was taking a gamble that would have made her father blanch. She was giving her hand in marriage to a man she barely knew and going to live in a foreign land. Her husband, Count Alexei Volsky, was as mysterious as he was masterful, yet strangely cold even at the burning peak of passion. What secret did he and his ravishing sister conceal on his vast estate deep in Russia? And would Kate dare turn for help to Bell Townsend, London’s most notorious rake who had fled from scandal at home to pursue his desires abroad? Kate was torn between a husband she did not trust and a libertine lord who made her doubt herself. It was a game of danger and desire—the stakes were shockingly high, the key cards were hidden, and love held the final startling trump.
Set in Russia, I didn't care for this.
November 6, 2014
Because of the bad reviews, I started at the middle of this story. What I read so far has been interesting. Will review upon completion.
Update: I enjoyed the book, it is a fifteen hour read and it introduces a character in the third book of the series which happens to be one of my all time favorite. Now the book is in audio format.
I would say to understand the H and the herione you must understand there past. It is a slow book but it does get better.
Update: I enjoyed the book, it is a fifteen hour read and it introduces a character in the third book of the series which happens to be one of my all time favorite. Now the book is in audio format.
I would say to understand the H and the herione you must understand there past. It is a slow book but it does get better.
May 8, 2014
Excellent
Excellent
This vivid story pulls emotions out of you and has you turning pages to read faster than your eyes can focus. It will reveal the heartbreaking degradation and lack of freedom many people suffered in the early 1800s of Europe and Russia. It's the survival story of a brave sheltered young woman.
Excellent
This vivid story pulls emotions out of you and has you turning pages to read faster than your eyes can focus. It will reveal the heartbreaking degradation and lack of freedom many people suffered in the early 1800s of Europe and Russia. It's the survival story of a brave sheltered young woman.
June 28, 2012
England and Russia in the early 1860s. Liked it.
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September 1, 2013Autumn #2
March 30, 2014
Is a great book to read
April 3, 2014
I seem to be a very small minority who liked it but didn't love it (nor hated it). it was a good read but not one that would make me choose another right away.
August 6, 2016
Very sad and disturbing story. Well written as expected of the author but too much angst for me and not enough romance.
October 25, 2014
Sequel to Autumn Rain. It's not a typical romance, but it's an intriguing one.
April 6, 2015
Good
I wasn't sure if I would like it or not for most of it, but I did in the end. Pretty disturbing and depressing through a lot of it, but ended well.
I wasn't sure if I would like it or not for most of it, but I did in the end. Pretty disturbing and depressing through a lot of it, but ended well.
January 26, 2016
I enjoyed this novel, loved that it was dark with a marriage of betrayal, travel to a foreign country and not all was what it seemed.
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