Free An Affair In Winter (Seasons, #1) Authored By Jess Michaels Provided As EPub

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This new release by Jess Michaels sounded too good to pass up.
The cover was delicious, the premise sounded entertaining, I love a good romance with heat and humor, and this one promised both, I had never read a thing by this author before, but being a huge fan of historical romance, I could not pass up the opportunity to read this novel.
And I was not disappointed, I was delighted.

The novel opens up with our heroine Rosalinde travelling in the midst of a storm that leaves her stranded at a crowded inn with other stranded travelers, one being our hero, Grayson.
Right from the opening pages I was impressed with the polished writing and usage of language from the period in which this novel is set.
It was a very easy to settle into, and then the sizzle hit, And sizzle might be something of an understatement because Rosalinde and Gray set the pages on fire in a lot of ways.
What impressed me immediately about Rosalinde was that it was clear she was a woman who followed her heart.
She wasn't seduced but rather, made her own choices about how and where she intended to spend the night.


And this is who Rosalinde is, a woman who makes her own choices even if they are met with anger and disapproval by her grandfather, who is a despicable man.
She's not a woman to throw caution and good sense to the wind, but she does follow her heart and her heart desperately wants Gray even when his identity is revealed, even when it seems she can never have him.
Even if the choice might cause her discomfort, She makes the necessary sacrifices to be true to herself while recognizing that her position in society is very vulnerable.
That's true bravery in my books, and so I quite admire this character,

I also adore Gray, His determination to care for his brother and sister even when it's plain they don't need his interference paint him as a man with a good heart and I wanted that for Rosalinde.
I also loved the way he was so totally gaga over her, It was so obvious from the beginning that he was madly in love with Rosalinde, and sometimes I love it when it takes the hero forever to figure out this simple truth.
I liked that even though he was determined to show his brother the error of his ways, he couldn't steel himself against what that might mean to Rosalinde.
He thought himself cold, but he was anything but and I loved his confession of love at the end of the book.
It oozed romance, and tickled me pink,

This book kept me turning the pages from beginning to end, Well written, well told, it was a sizzling, sexy and erotic romance and I honestly loved this novel, I am eagerly awaiting more from this series,

I would like to thank the author for providing me a copy of the novel in exchange for an honest review.

Actual .stars

I had mixed emotions with this one, I enjoyed the story as a whole, but at times I found it on the boring side, When put down, I didn't always want to pick it back up, But overall, I liked the book and plan to read the next one in the series, Sorry to say this felt like a mess, Wish I could have
unread this frustrating story,

Grandpa was oppressive toward sisters Rosalinde
the h amp Celia, The hero, Gray, acted overbearing
toward his sibs amp seduced Rosa will, Judgmental
Gray reminded me of the old saying : Who died and
made you King Grandpa forced Celia to become en
gaged to Gray's older bro Luc.
An indifferent couple.

This had more sex than story, Gray defended Rosa
against G'pa, Too much pretending everything was
fine, The endrounded up.

After her own failed married, widowed Rosalinde Wilde is excited to see her beloved sister marry a good man, but a storm impedes her journey to the nuptials.
Stranded overnight at a packed in, Rosalinde winds up spending a steamy, unforgettable night with a stranger,

Grayson Danford certainly didnt expect to find himself unable to forget the stranger with whom he shared such an exciting night, but hes grateful for the distraction from his brothers upcoming wedding.
So, hes floored when he learns his lover of the previous night is actually sister to his brothers fiancé.


Rosalinde and Gray are now very much at odds, but that does nothing to curb the desire they still clearly feel for one another, and it remains to be seen who will win in their battle of wills.


Lately Ive decided to try to find some fall or winter set reads to get me into

the feel of the cozy season, so I picked this one strictly because of the name and it did happen to have been on my TBR for some time.
Im not sure I really got cozy winter vibes from it, but I did enjoy the emotionally charged story.
There are a lot of tropes at play here and I think they were all quite well done and made this story feel fresh and not quite like anything Ive read before.
Even with the enemies energy Gray kept trying to maintain with Rosalinde, these two still felt inevitable, It was obvious that they were drawn together, and he was afraid of his emotions, and I loved that Rosalinde was unapologetic about hers.
Despite everything shed faced with her unhappy marriage and her grandfathers cruelty, she still believed in love and was willing to fight for it for herself and for her sister.
She also showed Gray how to trust those feelings and accept the good with the bad, rather than living in fear of hurting or disappointing those he loved.
I really liked that aspect, and it made Gray likeable, because otherwise he was a bit of a prat.


The supporting characters were welldeveloped here as well, I was interested in Felicity, Celia and Lucien just as much as Rosalinde and Gray at times and I now want to read their stories.
I loved how Gray defended Rosalinde and stepped up to embrace his feelings, but I also loved that it came about in such a way that Rosalinde was still the bold one who put herself out there first.
I enjoyed this story and will hopefully continue the series,

Blog link: sitelink blogspo In just a few chapters we got:
Woman who is so utterly gorgeous that every single man a crowded inn stares at her but who is utterly convinced that she's ugly
A dude who almost orgasms just from.
. . watching her eat
two MCs who keep doing/saying things and then informing us that they totes didn't want to to do that but have been compelled by some primal urge or whatever.
. .

Thanks but no I see so manystar rate for this book that I am gleefully writing this review.
Maybe it was the hiper enjoyable narrator, or maybe I missed something important, because I enjoyed listening to every minute of this book and I already listened to the second one, for you to see how entertaining I thought it all was.
Who knows

Was it a ridiculous affair and I think the heroine needed to control her body a bit Absolutely.


Was the hero a controlling freak that mothered his siblings like nothing Oh yes,

I agree with everything bad I read about this review, That are many things I thought ridiculous but they in no way lessened my enjoyment, Trigger warnings: verbally abusive and controlling family member, blackmail,

Okay, so here's the thing, I "bought" TWELVE free Regency romances at once a couple of weeks ago, I have regrets. And yet I'm still going to work my way through them all, even though I have literally zero expectations at this point.


This, once again, was fine but nothing special, It had a slightly fan fic feel to it and I can't quite put my finger on what didn't work for me.
I enjoyed the "there was only one bed" trope at the beginning, but the heroine's incredibly toxic and verbally abusive grandfather was.
yikes. Like, I understand that he's there to create tension in the story but y, i. k. e. srounded up.

Tropes:
they meet as one night stand
forced proximity
widow heroine

TW for super toxic grandfather who is emotionally abusive Me ha gustado más de lo que me esperaba.
El primer encuentro de ellos es original, En esa posada perdida en ninguna parte, Pero él quiere impedir la boda de su hermano a toda costa y ella quiere que su hermana se case sí o sí.
Hay varios encuentros de ellos que están muy bien encajados en la historia, Sin embargo, la tracción es demasiado fuerte y ambos no pueden evitar buscarse.

Tanto en Rosalinde como Grayson me han gustado como personajes, Ella es viuda y creían que se casaba por amor Pero su marido solo quería el dinero de su abuelo.
El matrimonio se convirtió en una pesadilla cuando su abuelo la desheredó, Grayson está escarmentado por las experiencias pasadas de sus hermanos, su hermana, también viuda, estuvo casada con un maltratador y su hermano, el conde, fue plantado por su prometida para casarse con un duque.
También hay que destacar al personaje del abuelo, una persona horrible que no duda en chantajear a sus propias nietas.

Si tengo que ponerle alguna pega es que tiene demasiadas escenas de cama para mi gusto pero la historia de amor es muy bonita y la autora ha sabido llevar bien la relación entre ambos.
Continuaré leyendo esta serie para conocer la historia de los hermanos de Grayson, .