Reviews for A Winter Love Story

The average rating for A Winter Love Story based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-05-17 00:00:00 Mark Hansen Claudia Ramsay is a red-haired Olivia, living with a loving mother and a number of FFRs in a small village with her great-uncle, who has a severe heart condition. This necessitates a second opinion by an eminent cardiologist, Professor Thomas Tait-Bullen. Colonel Ramsey refuses surgical intervention, but likes Professor Tait-Bullen and asks him to visit as a friend. Thomas, meanwhile, having met Claudia and having become interested in her, does so. Colonel Ramsey dies within weeks and the house and estate go to a distant cousin, who of course, throws them all out of the house immediately after the funeral. Luckily, the local GP is in love with Claudia�s mother and he quickly proposes marriage; he also offers a job and home to Tombs, the butler, and Mrs. Pratt, the housekeeper (being miraculously able to afford the salaries of two full-time live-in staff!) as well as the family dog. Only Claudia is left dangling, so she quickly accepts a job as a general flunky at a poorly-run geriatric hospital and pretends to be ecstatic with her lot. Fortunately, Thomas quickly comes to the rescue and proposes a MOC. Thomas has his DR fairly soon and we are told several times that he has his feelings (and unsaid, his libido) under tight control. When Claudia leans into the open window to kiss him, he jerks back; of course, she misinterprets this, not realizing that he wants to, ahem, take their relationship to the next level. Christmas is delightful, as is their finding a country cottage together, which Thomas buys. Indeed, when Claudia finally has her own DR and things come to a head, Claudia runs away to the cottage, where Thomas finds her and he can, at last, let go his iron control. *nudge nudge wink wink* 3 � stars.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-27 00:00:00 Jason Sussman This story did not work for me at all. The hero was a cold fish and the heroine was only interested in a "sugar daddy". One that provided a beautiful home, beautiful dresses, and jewelry that she could parade around in. They were both so predictable and one dimensional they just aggravated me. I kept turning the pages hoping one of them would turn into someone worth reading about. Sadly, that was not the case. The hero spent all his time working, touring and the heroine looked for things to do since she was bored to death. It was page after page of internal dialogues desperately trying to convince herself that her marriage was wonderful when her husband didn't give a damned about her. Most of the book is about shopping expeditions, and lonely dinners. Even the OW was so watered down she was basically milk toast. Their marriage was a train-wreck. I'm not convinced that these two emotionally stunted characters will make a go of it. The best part of the book was Cork, the butler/housekeeper and Harvey, the rescued puppy. I recommend a pass.