Wonderful book! I loved the characters! Their interaction was well written. The flaws were realistic, the situation was believable. Good ending, just the right number of love scenes.

This is not my first Samantha James. I've read several of her other books and was not impressed. I tried this because of high reveiws on other websites and I was not disappointed. I thought it was FANTASTIC. There's no real storyline. The book just focuses on the internal conflicts of the characters (which focuses on the two) and how they reslove them.

It has its sweet parts and its gut-wrenching parts -- lots of angst.

As I said, I've read the good and bad reviews and I'll have to agree with the good ones.

this book was so good, i read it in less than a week and for me that is unusal. It deserves all 5 stars. Samantha James knows how to develop the characters in her books. It really is like reading pages from days gone by. Hope you enjoy this book as well as I did.

This was a really great book. I laughed, cried and really felt for the male character. This was one book I couldn't put down.

Loved this book! Simon is the tortured soul that finds saving in the love of Annabel. True romance at its best. I think that this might be my favorite book from her.

Wonderful book, Highly reccomend it.

This was not only a wonderful love story, but it had alot of emotional strings in it too. Not all authors put that kind of story in their books. This story makes you laugh, and cry and also wish you were Anne so that you could be the one who heals Simon.

So sad in parts but of course all ends well. I loved the story line.

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Great Read

Regency 1848 England
Forced marriage between two strangers (practically) forces Annie to leave her beloved home and family to live north with Simon Blackwell. He has vowed never to love. Story revolves around their life as she searches for the secrets Simon has for withholding himself.
Touching story. Quick read. Love triumps (as always)

Excellent!

Great historical romance. You gotta love Samantha James!!!

A cruel twist of fate changed Simon Blackwell's life irreparably. A man of intense passions, he resolved to deny his emotions and desires forever, taking refuge in the wilds of the moorlands and shutting himself off from the world. But on one extraordinary night, on a rare trip to London, the unthinkable occurs. An intoxicatingly beautiful stranger stirs the sensuous hunger he has sworn toresist. Simon Blackwell believed that no woman could tempt him.

No woman...save Annabel McBride

Annabel knows nothing of Simon's secret pain. But one irresistible kiss pplunges her intomarriage with a man she scarcely knows, a man who hides a shattered past. she can feel the blistering heat of the fire that smolders within this exquisitely handsome man, making her yearn for much more than the union in name only he has promised her.

But Simon dares not love again-for fragile love can be lost in an instant. And now Annabel must find a way to open his heart to the most glorious risk of all...

"SAMANTHA JAMES tugs on the heartstrings." Cahterine Anderson

A cruel twist of fate changed Simon Blackwell's life irreparably. A man of intense passions, he resolved to deny his emotions and desires forever, taking refuge in the wilds of the moorlands and shutting himself off from the world. But on one extraordinary night, on a rare trip to London, the unthinkable occurs. An intoxicating beautiful stranger stirs the sensuous hunger he has sworn to resist. Simon Blackwell believed that no woman could tempt him.

No woman...save Annabel McBride.

Annabel knows nothing of Simon's secret pain. But one irresistible kiss plunges her into marriage with a man she scarcely knows, a man who hides a shattered past. She can feel the blistering heat of the fire that smolders within this exquisitely handsome man, making her yearn for much more than the union in name only he has promised her.

But Simon dares not love again--for fragile love can be lost in an instant. And now, Annabel must find a way to open his heart to the most glorious risk of all....

Only one story line and I kind of felt it dragged in places, but it was well written and enjoyable overall!

Intense story...finished in one night

Book Description

A cruel twist of fate changed Simon Blackwell's life irreparably. A man of intense passions, he resolved to deny his emotions and desires forever, taking refuge in the wilds of the moorlands and shutting himself off from the world. But on one extraordinary night, on a rare trip to London, the unthinkable occurs. An intoxicatingly beautiful stranger stirs the sensuous hunger he has sworn to resist. Simon Blackwell believed that no woman could tempt him.

No woman . . . save Annabel McBride.

Annabel knows nothing of Simon's secret pain. But one irresistible kiss plunges her into marriage with a man she scarcely knows, a man who hides a shattered past. She can feel the blistering heat of the fire that smolders within this exquisitely handsome man, making her yearn for much more than the union in name only he has promised her.

But Simon dares not love again—for fragile love can be lost in an instant. And now Annabel must find a way to open his heart to the most glorious risk of all . . .

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