The Headmistress of Rosemere
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Patience Creighton has devoted her life to running her father’s boarding school. But when the enigmatic master of the estate appears at her door, battered and unconscious, the young headmistress suddenly finds her livelihood—and her heart —in the hands of one dangerously handsome gentleman. At twenty-five, Patience Creighton is already a spinster. The busy headmistress of Rosemere always expected a dashing man to sweep her off her feet and take her away . . . but that man never came. And since her father’s death, keeping the school running and her mother happy has been plenty to keep her occupied. William Sterling dallied his way into financial trouble and mortal danger. When he is assaulted by his creditors’ henchmen on the road home from a tavern, he guides his horse to the doorstep of his tenant, the Rosemere School for Young Ladies. After being tended to by Patience, the wounded William rides off into the dawn—but makes a point to learn more about the lovely headmistress. As he spends more time at Rosemere, something delicate begins to develop between William and Patience. But that will not deter William’s creditors. With little money to repay his debts, and less for the upkeep of his estate, it becomes clear that sacrificing Rosemere may be the only way to preserve his legacy. But it may also cost him his happiness.
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The Headmistress of Rosemere is the second book in the Whispers on the Moors series, but it works as a stand-alone novel. I enjoyed Patience and William's bittersweet tale of loss, change, and hope for the future.
Originally posted at rebeccasreadingcorner.blog.
I cannot wait for A Lady at Willowgrove Hall (October 2014), I cannot wait to see what that cover will look like! In December when my copy of The Headmistress of Rosemere arrived, I realized that I was still wanting to read The Heiress of Winterwood but had not yet quite found the time. I started into it not knowing what to expect as Sarah Ladd is a new-to-me author and was amazed. The mystery, the romance, the page turning desires and the ultimate cannot put it down was what I found within the covers of that ARC. So I was definitely intrigued and delighted to continue the Whispers on the Moors series with the second installment of The Headmistress of Rosemere.
Christmas break, and scheduling I knew that it was coming up. Checked my schedule and found myself set for January 31st, double checked yesterday and discovered there was an updated schedule and I'm due today on the 25th! So I did not get to read this quite as leisurely as I usually do, however, with Sarah's writing that's definitely okay, because I want to turn page after page.
Sarah writes characters for me that I both love and despise. I'm curious and making my own plot plans in my head but always amused by what comes around the corner in the next chapter that was unexpected. Oh and then the covers. My goodness, it's only a part of what goes into a book I know, but this series has cover beauty! Definitely something I'd pick up off an end-cap shelf, and an ebook I'd click on. Then within the pages, elegance, enchantment, romance and surprise. Sarah can write a good character both to route for and the ones that I want to send the way of Tracie Peterson antagonists! (If you've read my reviews of Tracie's historicals, you might have heard me mention that she knows how to write a great bad-guy that gets under my skin!)
Again, I tell you, I'm eager for the third installment in the Whispers on the Moors series! More books please Sarah!
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I liked that this one had less religious elements compared to the first.
