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Winter's Edge

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Nothing is as it appears in this romantic suspense. The heroine Molly, who suffers from amnesia, tries to discover why she was running away from her husband and her seemingly perfect life. She knows that she was found in a car wreck, a murdered man beside her in the passenger seat, and that she is afraid of leaving the hospital to return home. Why does her husband Patrick hate her? Why do her relatives believe her capable of murder and theft? Why does her best friend plot to destroy her marriage? Molly can depend on no one but herself to figure out why someone is trying to kill her now that she has returned home. Each character is suspect as the reader, along with Molly, tries to piece together the mystery of Molly's connection with the dead man. Anne Stuart excels at romantic suspense. If you enjoy this novel, try some of her more recent novels - Moonrise, Night Fall or Ritual Sins.

This is the book, that has introduced many of my friends to Anne Stuart romances. For the mystery reader, this book has a mystery which will fool you; even though there's a clue practically on the first page! The romance is very iffy to begin with, then heats up as you turn the pages. Molly is a solve-it-herself heroine. No cutesy, feisty person--but a person who's understandably freightened when she wakes up in a hospital without her memory. Patrick, is eliminated as a suspect almost immediately; but is still an enigma. What is the relationship between the two? You'll wonder that the whole book, meanwhile enjoying a beautiful but scary country estate (Wintersedge), jealous lovers, weird relatives, and others. Each character adds his or her own spot to the story. Very entertaining! And don't be fooled by the sweet cover. This book is as dark as it is light.

When Molly Winters wakes up in a hospital after a terrible car accident she doesn't remember who she is or how she got there. Worse, when she is told that the man in the car with her was murdered and she is being turned over to her estranged husband's custody, she doesn't remember him.

Patrick reluctantly allows his wife to come back after her car accident. After she supposedly ran away with another man (one of her many lovers) all he wants is for a quick divorce. Unfortunately, he can't get rid of his feelings for her.

Molly doesn't remember what she did to be hated so much, only that she wants to find out what and get on with her life. Unfortunately, someone is trying to kill her and she doesn't know who.

Winter's Edge is a good book, but not as good as her others. Shadow Lover and Ritual Sins are by far her best. If you're looking for a quick, good read this book is for you. I read it in one afternoon.

When Molly Winters wakes up in a hospital after a terrible car accident she doesn't remember who she is or how she got there. Worse, when she is told that the man in the car with her was murdered and she is being turned over to her estranged husband's custody, she doesn't remember him.

Patrick reluctantly allows his wife to come back after her car accident. After she supposedly ran away with another man (one of her many lovers) all he wants is for a quick divorce. Unfortunately, he can't get rid of his feelings for her.

Molly doesn't remember what she did to be hated so much, only that she wants to find out what and get on with her life. Unfortunately, someone is trying to kill her and she doesn't know who.

Winter's Edge is a good book, but not as good as her others. Shadow Lover and Ritual Sins are by far her best. If you're looking for a quick, good read this book is for you. I read it in one afternoon.

I thought the book was well written. The character were interesting and didn't bore me as some seem to do. They appeared to be strong yet I did come away with a few questions: 1. Patrick realized she lied about all the lovers, why didn't he try harder to find out why? 2.Once he discovered that she lied about the other lovers, then he had to admit she could be telling the truth about someone trying to kill her, why did he continue to doubt her. 3.Why didn't he attempt to find out why she changed so much on their wedding day? I thought he loved her. At least he did admit that to himself at one point. Yet he must not have loved her that much to find out what was wrong with her. 4. I thought he was going to do some investigating to find out what was going on, yet we were never allowed to find out if he did find out anything. Perhaps that was so that we would think he was behind it. Well I kinda guessed right from the beginning who the culprit was behind all this. Maybe not all the players at the beginning but the rest were revealed later on and I wasn't too surprised.

The book wrapped up so quickly some issues weren't resolved. I don't like to be left hanging. That is why I am only giving this book 4 stars.

Molly woke in the hospital to find she could not recall anything of her life, not the dead man who was found in her car, the 350 thousand dollars - nor the husband. This book was a little rushed because of being a series, and would have been much better as a big book, but it still is a very good read.

Molly leaves the hospital to return to Winter's Edge, the only home she has ever know. Yet suddenly, she is a stranger there. She does not recall her husband, nor the various people in their lives, and she especially does not to know the woman everyone says she is. She does not like the clothes she wears, does not like the bedroom she supposedly decorated, and she cannot believe she behaved as everyone said she did. She knows Patrick, her husband hates her, but not why. And she does not know who is trying to kill her.

Stuart delivers as she always does, just wishes this one had a little more room to deliver fully.

I really enjoyed this book. I've only read one other Anne Stuart book, but after this one, I wlll definitely ready more. As soon as I finished reading Winter's Edge, I started Meg O'Brien's Crashing Down. It is about a woman author who has written a book titled, that's right--Winter's Edge. Which by the way is another great book. I have several more Anne Stuart books and can't wait to get to them.

Anne Stuart is usually a dab hand at romance writing, but here she (unusually) fails to transcend her maudlin genre. Oh dear, the old hackneyed memory-loss plot device. And am I really expected to believe that two supposedly non-stupid people madly in love with each other completely mis-read the other even through marriage? The heroine's character undergoes drastic change when she loses her memory (even though the book itself admits that amnesia does not bring on personality change) which is never satisfactorily explained. The plot is not only predictable, it is too incredible to work for me. Sure, romance is never realistic (by definition; life is not romantic) - but good romantic writing should bear at least a passing resemblance to reality.