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Rose of Rapture

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This book, along with "Love,Cherish Me", is one of her best novels. Again, I read this novel years ago and remember it still. Isabelle, the main character, is small but determined, and has a rare gift healing wounded animals. This comes in handy as she is forced to wed a man she doesn't love, who is so scarred mentally that a lot of healing must be done! Warrick, the male lead was complicated, wounded but yet appealing. As they fall in love it is magical. They go through years of adversity and pain, but love gets them through it all. I was moved to tears through some of their problems. The backdrop of the War of the Roses puts them on opposite sides, and almost ruins everything. However, the ending is marvelous. The story is told as a flashback and then back to the present time of the book's beginning. RB has done wonderful research and the backdrop of the book is so descriptive. Buy it if you can find it. I'll never forget this one.

I don't normally care much for the romance genre, but I picked up this book because it was set in the period of the War of the Roses, which I have read extensively about. Though this book has the sappy/cheesy/romantic claptrap that one would expect from the title and cover, it has a wealth of historical detail and was obviously very well researched. I recommend it highly for any history buff.

Rebecca Brandewyne is a gifted writer and a great historian. Set in the time of Edward IV and Richard III, Brandewyne writes a convincing and passionate story of a deep and endless love between a young, orphaned, Yorkist girl and an embittered, half-Welsh Lord. Brandewyne brings the characters to life in her haunting, lyrical prose. If you enjoy a beautiful romance, you must read Rose of Rapture! Although it is out of print for now, I would highly recommend looking for the book in a zshop or auction.

I absolutely couldn't put this book down. The characters are lovable and the entire story is well written. Isabelle and Warrick are incredible characters. The way they fall in love is beautiful and magical. I recommend this book! A must have.

A super read: very romantic, well-plotted and well-written. Its story really pulls the reader in - I read this in one day! I like Rebecca Brandewyne when she writes historicals, like this one and Forever My Love, and not Westerns.

I read this one in high school and never forgot it. I recently reread it and was very impressed by the amount of research that went into writing it. While the heroine is sympathetic, I found that my interest lay with the hero. He was easy to picture, but a complex character study. There is quite a bit of humor in the book, usually at the hero's expense, and the supporting characters were wonderful, too, namely the heroine's three knights that have struggled to look after her since the death of her parents. The heroine isn't afraid to get dirty, and has a love for the lost and stray animals of the estate. It is her compassion that wins the hero to her for life. It was also one of the first books I read that begins with a love scene that takes place many years into the couple's relationship, an interesting perspective.

This was actually quite perfect for someone like me who enjoys the more traditional historical fiction as well as a good romance. As romances go, there was a decent amount of information on the period around the end of the War of the Roses. The author puts forth her own hypothesis about what happened to the princes in the tower and portrays Richard III as kind caring man.

I appreciated that the majority of the love story occurred after the heroine and hero already fell in love and were together instead of that happening at the end as is most often the case. The first half of the novel is OK but it's not until the second half that it really becomes a good story.

I do have to say that the hero does something quite horrible early into the story which I never forgave him for. I can appreciate that the author was trying to create a complicated character but what he did was truly despicable and it made it hard for me to sympathize with him after that. Also, not that I'm a prude or anything, but two, three, four, even five page love scenes? A bit of overkill for me.

But all in all it was a good book. The added historical background was an extra treat in what was otherwise a nicely written love story.

I read this book over ten years ago. I could not put it down. I read the book in one day. My mistake was lending it out, I never got it back. I found the book enchanting, educational (War Of The Roses), It is treasure. The impact must have been profound, I read it the first time in paperback, now I ordering it hard copy to re-read in the future.

I have read all of Rebecca Brandewyne's novels and found Rose of Rapture to be her best work and found it to be most captivating.

I loved this book, the hero is absolutely the best and never strays from his woman and the heroines affinity for animals was great. The ending made my eyes water. A keeper!

I read this book over ten years ago. I could not put it down. I read the book in one day. My mistake was lending it out, I never got it back. I found the book enchanting, educational (War Of The Roses), It is treasure. The impact must have been profound, I read it the first time in paperback, now I am ordering it in hard copy to re-read in the future.

I have read all of Rebecca Brandewyne's novels and found Rose of Rapture to be her best work and found it to be most captivating.