a rose in winter by kathleen e woodiwiss

The Flame and the Flower revolutionized mainstream publishing, featuring an epic historical romance with a strong heroine and impassioned sex scenes. Woodiwiss is credited with the invention of the modern historical romance novel: in 1972, she released The Flame and the Flower, an instant New York Times bestseller, creating literary precedent. She wrote her first book in longhand while living at a military outpost in Japan.

Air Force Second Lieutenant Ross Woodiwiss at a dance, and they married the following year. She long relished creating original narratives, and by age six was telling herself stories at night to help herself fall asleep. Woodiwiss was the youngest of eight siblings. Her attorney, William Messerlie, said that she died after a long illness.īorn on Jin Alexandria, Louisiana, Mrs. Woodiwiss, creator of the modern historical romance, died Jin Minnesota. 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.

And then Christopher Seton reenters Erienne's world.Ĭonflicted 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. She, in turn, vows to be a good and loyal wife to him. A gentle and adoring soul, he treats his new bride with warmth and abiding tenderness, yet appears to her only by daylight. 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.īut in the passing days, Saxton's true nature is revealed to her.

But Erienne has eyes for only one: the dashing and witty young Yankee, Christopher Seton.īut 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. 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. The fairest flower in Mawbry is Erienne Fleming, the enchanting, raven-haired daughter of the village mayor.

A rose in winter by kathleen e woodiwiss