As u can see I like old Harlequin Romances. Form the back of the book: Janey Rutherford was the "in-between". The prosaic one of the family-not beautiful like her sister Diana or talented like Cynthia. So when it became necessary for one of the family to leave London for Yorkshire to nurse an irascible and eccentric old grandfather, it was, of course, Janey who had to take on the job. The journey proved to be a turning point in Janey's life, for she found friendship and a sense of "belonging" in the little market town and on the untamed moor, found, too, through her meeting Roderick Graham, the sweetness and bitterness of love.' Grand swore he would not leave a farthing to Janet, but as time passed he changed his mind. Rod was poor, he owed the old man for the very land he walked on(not). So when the old man died and the first will was read, Rod was the only one to inherit. But a second will came to light, and it left all but the book store to Janey. Rod didn't want to be labeled a gold digger, for marrying a heiress, so he told Janey they couldn't marry. This was after he after thinking for most of the book he was still a married man. (He had married a French girl, when he had escaped a prisoner of war camp.) He found out she was dead, and he asked Janey to marry him. But as soon as he found out about the 2nd will. He withdrew his proposal. I love the book, but so many times I wanted to slap Rod hard on his butt.
Genuinely sweet romance
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The character development was excellent. The story itself was superb. I would have liked to have more written about the rift between Janey's father and grandfather. But, overall, it was wonderful story.
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