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Loading... Ashes in the Windby Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  lilyfyrestorm | Sep 21, 2009 |  As a New Orleans girl, my friends and I loved Kathleen Woodiwiss books in our teens. Many years later, married with children, I still love to get lost in her books. Ashes in the Wind is one of my favorite Woodiwiss romances -- of course, the plots are easy to predict ( stubborn young beauty, dashing rogue, misunderstandings, star-crossed, etc...) but if you can't get enough of a good romance story, you won't be disappointed with Kathleen Woodiwiss. (  ) joannesliceoflife | May 30, 2009 | I emnjoy reading this writer but the plots are always the same. You can almost always figure that the couple w9ill get together in the end - it is just the struggles to get there (  ) dmcoco | Apr 12, 2009 | First romance novelist I read as a young teen - no one does it better. ( ) Cherizar | Feb 6, 2009 | An amazing book that starts out in post-Civil War New Orleans. It follows the romance between Alaina MacGaren and Cole Latimer who are parted by misunderstandings, stubborn pride and insecurity about their feelings for each other. They are finally reunited at Cole's home in Minnesota but the past isn't done with them yet. There is some great dialogue between the main characters. The secondary characters are interesting and well-developed and the story has some unexpected twists and turns. Highly recommended. ( ) drlake66 | Nov 7, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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Alaina MacGaren is forced to flee the devastation of her homeland in the guise of a young boy, only to find sanctuary in the arms of an enemy. Cole Latimer is a dashing Yankee surgeon who has served the Union faithfully, and his tender heart compels him to help a ragged, innocent "lad" in need--never suspecting the rags conceal a bewitching belle suspected of being a rebel spy.
But Alaina's masquerade does not fool Cole for long. And the strength, courage, and breathtaking sensuality of this woman whom it would be treasonous to love sets duty and desire at war within him. Yet Destiny has joined them for good or ill--and they both must follow where their hearts would lead them, if they are to build a glorious new life together out of the ashes of the old.
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Even though this story is riddled with implausibility, frustrating misunderstandings, and plain fool-headedness, it's entertaining to read and I couldn't put it down. However, I am glad that I never attempted to read it as a teenager, when I was reading romance novels mostly for the steamy bits, because the book is practically devoid of them. (