The Raven and the Rose
by Virginia Henley
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Her beauty was the spark . . .Her hair was black silk against her ivory skin; her gray eyes burned with opal fire. The love child of King Edward IV, Roseanna was pledged to her father's most prized warrior. He was dark, strong, and commanding, and in the bedchamber, where he forced her to honor her marriage vows, she learned to crave his intoxicating touch. And still she swore not to love him even as she surrendered to the dark rapture of . . . the raven
His passion was the fire . . .
His show more shoulders were broad within the coat of mail that made him invulnerable to everything but Reseanna's innocence. Obsessed with taming the fiery beauty who inflamed his flesh, Ravenspur fell in love, knowing ruthless men plotted to topple the king he served and at the heart of the intrigue was she who would be either his death or his salvation . . . show less
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The last 10% of the book is unexpected, and I don't know that it improves on the story. But overall this was a good read and somewhat tame compared to other bodice rippers of the time. The issue surrounding Captain Kelly should have been flushed out, and it would have been nice to see a showdown between George and Ravenspur.
ugh...I've nothing more to say. Even if one thing or two in this book are ok there are so many wrong ones that ugh is the only and last expression that remain on my mind and lips.
loved it
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43+ Works 5,395 Members
Romance novelist Virginia Henley was born in England in 1935. Her novels, many of them set in medieval England, Scotland or Ireland, are often published in hardcover as well as paperback, a rarity in the romance genre. Henley won the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award for Historical Fiction in 1996. Her titles "Seduced" & "Desired" were New show more York Times Bestsellers. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Original title
- The Raven and the Rose
- Original publication date
- 1987-06
- People/Characters
- Lord Roger Montford, Baron Ravenspur; Roseanna Castlemaine
- Important places
- England, UK
- Original language
- English
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- Members
- 209
- Popularity
- 155,830
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.80)
- Languages
- 5 — English, French, German, Hungarian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 4
