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I first read this book a several years ago, along with a few others in this series. I have now just listened to it via Audible's romance package. I'm going to have to say that I'm not a fan. I think the audio version was probably better than just reading it as I don't get quite as frustrated with plot themes that annoy me. The story goes that the h is the companion to the H's two great-aunts. She is travelling with them up to visit another relative and his family for Christmas. The relative is another marquess and a previous H from other stories. I didn't remember the characters but it didn't matter as this book can stand on its own. You might even be tempted to read those other books. The H is also a marquess and has been feuding with his relatives for most of his life. He and the h meet on the journey when a woman who had been the H's lover, dumps her baby onto the h and the great-aunts. The H is supposedly the father. The h has a a bad impression of the H as a result and when they meet sparks fly. They get caught kissing by the great-aunts and enter a fake betrothal. It's a convoluted story with a lot of things going on. There's the baby and the family feud and the dozens of secondary characters.

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The book also contains a theme I most dislike, which is that the H proposes that the h become his mistress after he first sleeps with her. The fact that the h thinks he's proposing is just sad and difficult to read/listen to. If the H had no problem with her being his mistress, why the fake betrothal then? It never made sense to me.

As I said, I'm not a fan and I looked back at the summaries and reviews of a few of the others in this series and I wasn't vaguely tempted to try another book by Ms Beverley.


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Winter Fire A Mallorean Novel Jo Beverley 9780451210654 Books Reviews

Love the mallorens.
Love love love her series
This story is sort of a prequel to A Most Unsuitable Man, and involves a Malloren cousin, the Marquess of Ashart. There is a small mystery involving paternity to be solved, and a happy ending for most concerned. The unhappy one has her own story told in the above-referenced title.
Good book
As those who have read my other reviews are aware, I read many literary genres, not just romance novels, and I try to hold romances to (nearly) the same standard by which I judge other novels. Jo Beverley's works are a bit problematic for me, as I think she has become a very talented writer who seems to struggle with the plots of her novels. "Winter Fire" is no exception to my opinion -- the characters are engaging, but the mystery element is slight, and the rather simple plot becomes as convoluted and twisted as the contents of a spaghetti bowl.

If you have not read the proceeding books in this Georgian England series, you may find yourself struggling with the many characters and their relationships to each other. Our hero, the Marquis of Ashart, and his cousin, Lord Rothgar, are mortal enemies due to a feud that started over 30 years prior to the opening of the book. Genova Smith is a young lady whose family circumstances have caused her to become the paid companion to two elderly aunts of both the men. One of the mysteries of the novel is the paternity of a baby who is thrust upon Ms Smith and the aunts while they are on their way to spend Christmas at Lord Rothgar's. Everyone, with the exception of one of the aunts and Ashart himself, believes the child is the bastard son of Ashart. The other mystery has to do with the death of Rothgar's mother when he was just a child. It is this death that percipitated the family feud. Neither of these "mysteries" will hold your attention for more than a few minutes -- for example, the parentage of the child will be easily figured out by anyone who regularly reads detective fiction. The other flaw has to do with Rothgar and his change of heart regarding his cousin, which drives much of the plot I found it a little hard to accept such a drastic change of character. And, as in most of Ms Beverley' novels, you must believe in love at first sight...or something close to it to suspend disbelief at the outcome.

The charm of the book is in the characters, although I would have liked seeing the character of Genova Smith more fully developed. The aunts seemed to be straight out of central casting for any period piece movie from the 1930s through the 1940s -- Edna May Oliver instantly came to mind whenever the "crusty aunt" spoke -- but were amusing and touching. In "Winter Fire" the female characters who are the most finely drawn; however, Ashart's confession to Genova of his miserable childhood with Rothgar's bitter maternal grandmother was very touching to read. The book also introduced a new character in the person of a minx named Damaris Myddleton, who appears in the next book in the series, "A Most Unsuitable Man." The book itself has an attractive stepback cover, which is not always the case with Beverley's books. If you take this book as a light read (perhaps on a cold winter's day with a pot of tea) you won't come away enthralled but more likely slightly amused.
Georgian romance with sex.

This is a Malloren family novel set at Christmas. It involves the Marquess of Ashart, who is Rothgar's cousin. It's rather involved & others have probably got the synopsis down better that I could. I enjoyed it.
This is my least favorite of Ms Beverly books. I only finished it because I'm compulsive. Of course I'm a huge fan of other books. I didn't like the hero or the heroine as people.
I first read this book a several years ago, along with a few others in this series. I have now just listened to it via Audible's romance package. I'm going to have to say that I'm not a fan. I think the audio version was probably better than just reading it as I don't get quite as frustrated with plot themes that annoy me. The story goes that the h is the companion to the H's two great-aunts. She is travelling with them up to visit another relative and his family for Christmas. The relative is another marquess and a previous H from other stories. I didn't remember the characters but it didn't matter as this book can stand on its own. You might even be tempted to read those other books. The H is also a marquess and has been feuding with his relatives for most of his life. He and the h meet on the journey when a woman who had been the H's lover, dumps her baby onto the h and the great-aunts. The H is supposedly the father. The h has a a bad impression of the H as a result and when they meet sparks fly. They get caught kissing by the great-aunts and enter a fake betrothal. It's a convoluted story with a lot of things going on. There's the baby and the family feud and the dozens of secondary characters.

+++Spoilers+++
The book also contains a theme I most dislike, which is that the H proposes that the h become his mistress after he first sleeps with her. The fact that the h thinks he's proposing is just sad and difficult to read/listen to. If the H had no problem with her being his mistress, why the fake betrothal then? It never made sense to me.

As I said, I'm not a fan and I looked back at the summaries and reviews of a few of the others in this series and I wasn't vaguely tempted to try another book by Ms Beverley.