Windfall [Mass Market Paperback]

Emily Carmichael (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1997

Ellen O'Connell is a spirited no-nonsense Montana cowgirl and a trained medical doctor. Having just finished her clinical training in Europe, she stops unexpectedly at a baronial mansion where Lord Chesterfield 's younger brother lies gravely wounded. Suddenly Dr. Ellen O'Connell has her first patient--and her first proposal.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (August 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446602981
• ISBN-13: 978-0446602983
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #372,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lord Chesterfield devoured her lips as if they were cherries, April 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Windfall (Mass Market Paperback)

The "Windfall" by Emily Carmichael is one of the most excellent historical romance novels that I've read in quite some time. The heart warming story is full of desire, lust, affection, adventure, and love that keeps you wanting to continue turning the pages to see what will happen next. Ellen O'Connell is a brave cowgirl who grew up in Montana. She's also a medical doctor who just finished her clinical training in Europe. She is not the typical cowgirl anyone would mess with because she's intelligent, courageous and feminine. Unexpectedly, on Ellen's way back from Europe she and best friend Jane ended up staying at a baronial mansion where she meets Jordan Chesterfield. This man is not just an ordinary person, but a Lord who is very wealthy. Lord Chesterfield bravely makes a decision for Ellen, a stranger female physician, to perform dangerous surgery on his brother George. The handsome aristocratic Lord ends up desiring the Montana cowgirl for her unique personality. This ultimately results into marriage to save her reputation from being pregnant with another man's child. I will leave it at that for you to go out and pick up this book and read it. Emily Carmichael is a fabulous author who brings the characters to life in her works on historical romance. You are definitely guaranteed to enjoy the unexpected adventures and love making of her novel.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars #3 IN THE O'CONNELL FAMILY TRILOGY, December 20, 2005

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M. Hartmann "abayyan" (Milan, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Windfall (Mass Market Paperback)

OUTCAST [I think} GOLD DUST [Katy's story]+ WINDFALL [Ellen's story].
This is a family that is outrageous, determined to go their own way, independent, I guess and delightful.
What a group of characters. Now I want to go back and read Outcast [I think this is Gabe's story] how he meets Olivia.

Ellen is always the virteous, cautious twin until she gets seduced by hormones and a libertine.
She must have loved him, right?

But Ellen slowly finds out that she doesn't know what love is until she spends time with Lord Chesterfield who appears coldly aristocratic, that is until he falls under her spell.

Jane Browne is standing by Ellen, as we don't know what has happened yet. Jane has met Ellen in Paris [apparently the wicked city] and is going to accompany her to Montana. They get delayed when Ellen is asked to attend to George Chesterfield by Jordan. Ellen then operates on George to save his life. And Jane spends much time attending to him.

Ah, then we meet the awesome, autocratic Lady Chesterfield and the young woman that she wishes her son to marry. What a determined wench.

Jordan had lost his wife in childbirth and has no wishes to remarry. Ellen has no wish to ever fall under the spell of another man again. These two work out an exceptable arrangement and slowly fall in love.
But love is not realized until the couple make it to Montana and the boisterous O'Connell family at Thunder Creek Ranch. Gabe and Olivia & David - Jonah and Katy & year old Tyrell and the twins grandmother, Squirrel Woman

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - Thoroughly delightful and moving - another keeper.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellant - Couldn't put it down!, November 7, 2000

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"mariahswind" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Windfall (Mass Market Paperback)

Now this is one of the best plotted books I have read in a long time. Emily lets us really get to know these characters well. You find yourself just wanting to tell the other what is in thier heads. But that wouldn't make a story. Lord Chesterfield and Ellen are beautiful characters. Montana certainly gives Jordan a new view to life. Thanks Emily for such a good read.