by Jo Grafford
This
book provided a sweet escape on a very dull winter afternoon. The book
begins with the introduction of Rose Payne, a clerk who is desperate to
leave England after finding that a rich lord, with whom she'd fallen in
love, had no interest in marrying her. Rose takes a job on a ship
headed for America,
During the voyage across
the ocean, Rose grows closer and closer with tall, handsome Manteo, who
will one day become chief of the Croatoans. Both are shunned by the
ship's Puritan passengers, who believe red-haired Rose is a witch and
Manteo is an unintelligent savage.
I absolutely
loved this book. For a romance novel that contains no sexual
situations, the book was very passionate. I actually did not miss the
blatant sex one finds in most romance novels, because reading about the
growing feelings between the two main characters was much more
entertaining than if they had just had sex multiple times throughout the
book.
I'm a great lover of Masterpiece
Theater, and this is just the type of novel that they would use to
create a movie for their program. I recommend it to anyone who likes
classy romance with a historical spin.
Five stars
Siobhan
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