I love Rosamunde Pilcher. This is not her best, but I'll read anything she has written. A young woman engaged to someone her strong-willed stepmother selected is stranded in a snowstorm and falls in love with the right man for her. "A world filled with enjoyable portraits of people's lives and loves, tenderly laid open for us." (Back cover)

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"Enjoyed reading this!...
This is a quintessential Rosamunde Pilcher novel.
Her characters are almost subdued, a little more like ordinary mortals with their rather unadorned personalities, which give them (esp the major characters) something that attracts kinship with the reader.
The story is about how life for anyone has an unexpected whimsy, and finding love in the unlikeliest of places and in the rather unimagined person.
Rosamunde Pilcher has mastered the craft of how to make love seem always sweet and precious, in this modern day where everyone is all eager to jump under the covers.
Characters in this novel are unpunctuated, yet with all their loose-ended personalities, one sees a possibility that real love is able to blossom despite all kinds of improbabilities. This is a real "must read" for those of us hopelessly in love with love!"
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If you've never read Rosamunde Pilcher, I think this is the best one to start with - it's short and beautiful, typical of her other, longer works. This is a love story with far more depth than your run-of-the-mill paperback romance, reminiscent in tone to _Jane Eyre_. The description of the Scotland countryside she places in your head is one you'll remember for a long time. Put on a pot of tea, grab your comfy blanket, and settle in with this book for a satisfying read.

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A small book with a wonderful romance in Scotland. Rosamunde Pilcher always writes about intrigueing characters.

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This short novel is about people who manipulate other people, people who are manipulated by other people, and people who rebel against being manipulated. My main criticism is that Caroline, the main character, after her brief rebellion, goes right back to being bossed around by someone else, in this case Oliver, who she marries in the end. The book is well-written, but I certainly won't bother rereading it.

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"Pilcher's stories feature genuine characters whose's conflicts are resolved in a conclusive, satisflying way," says Booklist. WEBR newsradio, states, " Descriptions of people, places, and things have a definite charm & fascination. [She] adds touche of eccentricity and individuality to houses and rooms as well as their occupants." "Pilcher conveys relationships & landscapes with understated poignancy" writes the San Fransisco Examiner-Chronical. The Library Journal says," Her speial gift is "for creating warm & appealing characters."

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short, sweet love story published in 1972

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Caroline Cliburn was to be married next Tuesday yet she had some doubts. She and her younger brother Jody took long drive North to Scotland in search of their missing brother Angus. A sudden spring blizzard is them stranded by the roadside and plays an important part in story.

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