Review
Millie Criswell's incomparable Flowers of the West Trilogy continues with the rip-roaring finale, Prim Rose. Just as surely as readers fell in love with Heather and Laurel, they will adore Rose Elizabeth, the youngest of the extraordinary Martin sisters. Bound for the train station and spoiling to have it out with the stuffy English aristocrat that dared to buy the Martin homestead out from under her, Rose Elizabeth is stopped dead in her tracks at first sight of the handsome Duke of Moreland. Shaken, but far from defeated, Rose shows that just like her namesake she is prone to a few thorns of her own. Alexander Warrick has never, in all of his blue-blooded days, seen the likes of this obstinate farm girl standing before him, declaring her intent to stay put on his newly acquired land and actually daring him to do something about it. He instantly admires the chit's tenacity, as well as her other more feminine attributes. Coming to a truce, it is decided that Rose Elizabeth will stay on to prepare the meals and help with the daily chores in exchange for the right to remain on the beloved land that once belonged to her family. When his complete lack of farming skills becomes apparent, along with painfully close proximity day in and day out, Alexander makes another offer of a far more carnal nature. Rose's resolve never to share the man's bed, suffers as a growing attraction for one another leads to forbidden passion. Alexander's only link to a tortured past shows up unexpectedly on their doorstep. Rose Elizabeth comes face to face with the duke's forsaken fiancé, exhausted from her journey from England and seven months pregnant. In a stunning crescendo, all three Martin sisters are brought back to Selina, Kansas, the land where they were raised, to rally behind Rose and her struggle for love in her personal pursuit of a dream.No one blends home-spun humor, multi-dimensional characters, and sensuous fantasy like Millie Criswell! Ms. Criswell's pen is skillful and sure, proving she's one of the best in the western romance genre. Once again, Millie Criswell dazzles us with her unique ability to give us stories we can experience, celebrating the vitality of the human spirit.Lori Wright -- Copyright © 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved -- From Literary Times
Product Description
Even though her father's deathbed wish was for all his girls to find husbands and leave Kansas, Rose has no desire to move. When the farm is sold to the Duke of Moreland, Rose stays on but is unprepared for the passion the Duke brings into her life.
