Regency/Historical romance is one of my favorite genres. An Enduring Love really hits all the high points to be considered among the greats. Rebecca and Rhys are fully developed characters that bring the story to life with all the highs and lows you would expect in a historical romance novel. Their story really brings the loss of someone you love to light. While also highlighting how the harsh reality of grief can cause you to act in ways that are out of character for you. I really enjoyed the characters in Ms. Woodson’s book.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Dahniellehttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngDahnielle2021-08-07 16:36:132021-08-08 17:09:31An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Dahnielle Hibbert
I really enjoyed this story. I love how the author is able to bring the past into the modern day with her writing. It’s like stepping back in time and that’s what the reader needs to remember when reading these books.
When Rhys leaves his wife in Latvia he expects to see her in England within the month. However that doesn’t happen and when Rhys is told she is dead he is heartbroken.
Fast forward 4 years later and Rebecca returns with her son to finally be with Rhys. But Rhys has moved on. Now he is torn between his loyalty to his wife and his feelings for the woman who should have been his wife. Rhys seems hard and cruel towards Rebecca and has made it crystal clear that he doesn’t want her but the other woman. However as is the time, a marriage is for life so they both endure this situation no matter how badly Rebecca is treated.
Can their marriage really last? Will Rhys’s feelings for the other woman be to much for Rebecca to stand? Or can Rhys remember why he feel in love with Rebecca and rekindle their relationship that he thought of as dead.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Kerry Carrhttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngKerry Carr2021-08-07 12:20:502021-08-08 00:54:03An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson -Review by Kerry Carr
This is a power-packed book. Rebecca is a pistol. She starts with little confidence to slowly grow into a mature momma who can stand her ground. She is left behind when her husband returns to England for his sick father. Now this is in the early times, not common for that time. She stays to take care of her ill mom. The Latvian government lies to keep her prisoner and tells her husband she is dead. No communication reaches either. Eventually, she escapes with her house serf, her serf’s free brother, her son (yes, she was pregnant) and gets to England. She meets up with her husband and it’s not what she expected. So many changes and surprise, including the criminal Gorgi from Latvia following, and these two somehow will fight, challenge and overcome everything thrown at them. This is a book full of welll-written
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Shelly Kittellhttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngShelly Kittell2021-08-07 12:14:252021-08-08 00:52:03An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Shelly Kittell
An Enduring Love is a romance novel, but there is so much more to it. If you like time period romances that have twists that make you feel for the characters, this is the book for you. Rebecca is a citizen of Latvia while Rhys Sudduth is the son of a politician in London. Rhys and Rebecca fall in love and get married. Not long after, a parent of each lies on their deathbed, so they must separate for family. However, due to unnatural circumstances, they are forced to live their lives separate for four years. Now, they suddenly reconnect, however, moving on was inevitable. Can they rekindle their love? Can they keep their family safe? There is so much more to this book than romance.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Kayla Octavianohttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngKayla Octaviano2021-08-07 12:07:192021-08-08 00:50:21An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Kayla Octaviano
I found this historical romance both enjoyable and engaging and was hooked from start to finish. Rebecca Balodis has been born and raised in Latvia and marries an English diplomat Rhys Sudduth. Soon after they are married Rhys has to return to England as his father is dying, meanwhile Rebecca stays in Latvia but becomes trapped in the turmoil of the country. Rhys is informed of his wife’s death and four years later believing he is a widow is courting Susan, a young debutante. Planning to announce his betrothal at his sister’s ball, Rhys is shocked when Rebecca arrives along with his son, having escaped and travelled to London to find her husband. The storyline flowed well and had an intriguing plot with plenty of action that kept me happily turning the pages. I liked Rebecca and felt a connection with her but unfortunately I just could not warm to Rhys which made it difficult for me to feel totally immersed in their romance . The chemistry between Rebecca and Rhys didn’t really come across in the story for me, making their relationship a bit unrealistic. However, as always I enjoyed the period details that the author puts in her novels and her descriptive narrative really bought both the Latvia and England settings alive for me.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Jennifer Gordonhttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngJennifer Gordon2021-08-06 16:11:272021-08-08 00:23:40An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Jennifer Gordon
I enjoy historical romances and really loved the setting of this book. It just felt grand. I’m coming to enjoy the way the author puts together her tales and appreciate the way the stories come together. An easy read, this book was quick for me and one that romance lovers should enjoy.
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An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson is a historical romance of how time away from the one you love can change how you feel. Rebecca and Rhys met and married in Latvia when Rhys was there as a British diplomat. Soon after the wedding, Rhys travelled back to London because his father was very ill. Rebecca’s mother happened to be sick and Rebecca stayed in Latvia with the plan to join Rhys in a month. Unfortunately, Rebecca was being held in Latvia and did not make it to England. About this time Rhys was notified that Rebecca and her mother had passed away. What a horrible situation for both of them. Four years later, Rebecca gets a chance to leave Latvia with the help of her maid’s brother. When she finally reaches England and shows up at the door, Rhys is shocked and acts as though he is unhappy Rebecca is alive. This becomes very apparent to Rebecca and she feels like all the pain and trouble she had to go through to get to England was a complete waste.
Although this historical romance wasn’t exactly what I usually expect from Ms. Woodson, I did get sucked into Rebecca’s experience in Latvia and her troubled travels to get away. I was sad about Rhys’ reaction but can also understand that he thought Rebecca was dead and had grieved for her already. I’m not sure How I would feel in his place.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Betsy Melanohttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngBetsy Melano2021-08-04 20:51:342021-08-05 07:53:46An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Betsy Melano
An Enduring Love is another wonderful book by Wareeze Woodson. Rebecca is so strong, courageous, and loves fiercely. Rhys is so broken when he believes Rebecca has died that he must lock all that love he felt for her away in order to survive. Will their love endure all they must go through to be together? This is definitely an author I will continue to read.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Michelle Collierhttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngMichelle Collier2021-08-04 19:20:452021-08-05 07:53:21An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Michelle Collier
An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson is an historical romance packed full of so much drama and angst it gave me a headache reading it. I have to be honest here, this book frustrated me to death. It had so much potential. But Rhys ruined it lol…. I hated Rhys with a passion and just wanted to throttle home the whole way through the book. He was just such a jerk, so cruel to Rebecca- and quite unnecessarily so!! The push-pull gave me whiplash, and there was so much manufactured drama and contradictions that I really did have to force myself to keep reading. I have enjoyed the other books of Ms. Woodson’s that I have read previously, so I was hoping the whole way through the story that Rhys would redeem himself- but in the end he didn’t, and the little he did do was too little too late. I found the story hard to get into and couldn’t connect with the characters at all. I did feel sorry for Rebecca and all she went through- but I thought she could have done so much better than Rhys! On to Wareeze Woodson’s next book. Stay tuned.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Angela Hayeshttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngAngela Hayes2021-08-04 09:57:292021-08-05 07:17:37An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Angela Hayes
An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson is another fantastic book by an author I am really taking to. With each book I read I think I have found the one that will be my favourite. And then I read another book of hers. I loved the story in this book. I thought it was such a well written book and I really felt like I connected with it. I was hooked on the story from page one and it lasted the whole way through. This is still a relatively new author to me and I am really enjoyed her writing style. I get a thrill every time I start a new book of hers and I always look forward to more. I would highly recommend not only this book but also the author to any fan of this genre.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Kerry Bakerhttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngKerry Baker2021-08-02 15:02:542021-08-03 11:55:03An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Kerry Baker
Rebecca Baldois marries Rhys Sudduth while he is in Latvia. Rhys needs to go home to London as his father is very ill. Rebecca stays behind to nurse her own mother then is to follow Rhys. Rebecca’s mother passes but she is not allowed to leave Latvia. A guard is watching her house at all times. Rhys gets news that Rebecca’s mother passes but that Rebecca did also. Rhys is engulfed in grief, losing his father, losing his wife, and trying to be what his family needs. Four years later, the night he is to announce his betrothal to another woman, Rebecca walks back into his life, with his son. The emotions from Rebecca and Rhys, trying to find their way back to each other. A tragedy occurs and will it make them or break them? This was a great story. I think sometimes I get lost in our technology. Reading a book like this reminds me of how it used to be. Looking for someone or trying to solve a crime? There is no computer, you must ride your horse and talk to many people. Hopefully you find a clue that leads you to where you need to be.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Angela Packardhttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngAngela Packard2021-08-01 18:40:372021-08-03 11:36:45An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Angela Packard
In An Enduring Love, Rhys is told that his love and wife has died and that he is not allowed to go back to Latvia to find proof so regretfully goes on with his life. As soon as he is about to move on, he is confronted by Rebecca showing up at his door with their child. Unfortunately, the pacing felt very strange to me as there was a moment that suddenly a few years went by and there was barely any separation. The verbiage was trying to be appropriate for the time period of the story ended up feeling heavy and confusing which led me to be taken out of the book instead of immersed in it. I also expected the story to be an arduous adventurous love story overcoming the separation and the upheaval in Latvia, but that ended up only being relevant to like the first couple of chapters.
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I love historical romances, and I love Wareeze Woodson’s writing. I spent much of the book angry with Rhys! How can this man be so obtuse?! Rebecca and Rhys had only been married a few months when they were separated through no fault of their own. Rhys believes Rebecca to be dead and is stunned to find out this isn’t true. It was a horrifying situation for them to be in. Overall, I loved the mystery and how it all came together in the end. But that Rhys!
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Rebecca Hillhttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngRebecca Hill2021-07-29 12:34:192021-07-30 20:30:32An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Rebecca Hill
Another enjoyable read from this author. It’s nice to find a historical author who writes in nice detail such as this one. The characters were really interesting to read about and I really liked following their journey. After everything that happened between the two main characters, I felt like I was so invested in their story, I felt for them and also the others that were intertwined in their lives. I won’t say that I loved all of the characters all of the times but they definitely made for good reading in my opinion. I really did feel for Rebecca, after everything she went through, I felt she deserved a little more from Rhys. Overall, this was a really enjoyable story, some nice little twists that made it less predictable than I anticipated and I would definitely recommend it. I look forward to reading more from this author again in the future.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Katie Matthewshttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngKatie Matthews2021-07-29 08:13:302021-07-29 09:03:38An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Katie Matthews
An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson. This is a great historical romance. I love Wareeze Woodson and she has turned me into a historical romance lover! This is the story of Rebecca and Rhys who are married and the story follows their relationship. Rebecca is very supportive and loves her husband but Rhys is not so kind to her. Rhys leaves town to go be with his father on his death bed. Rebecca fully supports her husband going to his father but while he is away he believes Rebecca is dead. Rebecca and their son leave to go to London and find Rhys and when they do find him they are shocked he’s about to be married to someone else! Will the war win and will Rhys go ahead and marry his new love? Will Rebecca be broken hearted forever? Read An Enduring Love to find out!
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Tausha Treadwayhttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngTausha Treadway2021-07-27 12:21:472021-07-28 07:47:55An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Tausha Treadway
I found this book to be another beautiful work of this amazing author I have come to adore so very much. The story alone was captivating and kept me interested in the sense I wanted to know what would happen next for the characters. I will admit freely, there was some down falls to the one character Rhys for me, but that alone is a personal opinion and does not reflect on my love and enjoyment for this book!
The story follows the love story of Rhys and Rebecca. A married couple. But to me they seemed at times on different levels of one another. Rebecca seemed to me anyway very supportive of her love and anything he was to under go. Rhys on the other hand (again personal opinion) was someone who needed more compassion for his wife and let alone make her feel more than just an object in the room. He at the beginning of the book before events happened and a departure for family events happened…he could have easily been more of a caring husband, and perhaps a more genuine human being,
Life happens and Rhys is called away on duty to see his father. Of course, as I knew right away, Rebecca, would easily agree to his dutiful need to go. From then on though, a lot of things happen and not in a good way. They are separated. In Rebecca’s mind I truly believe she never expected things to go the way they did! But, this made her a more determined character and someone quite strong willed. Truly a character you want to root for and see them succeed. Chaos and and war truly go hand in hand. And the years count on and Rhys has come to a conclusion that Rebecca is no longer with him. While Rebecca is unknown to these assumptions
Over the time Rebecca is working her hardest to get to her husband. She loved him truly and she truly was defining all odds, and she had the heart full of wants and love for Rhys. No matter my personal opinion, he held her heart dear. As I read, I truly felt all the pain and the emotions she felt. Everything she was going through, would it all be for naught? Their future was truly unknown? But, she truly believed he would be waiting there for her with open arms.
At long last, Rebecca has found her love Rhys….but sadly the timing she does I felt was the most heartbreaking moment of her entire life. He was announcing his marriage to be with another woman he had fallen in love with over the course of believing she had been dead. I felt her pain and shock. I felt so much for Rebecca. She had gone thorough so much an to come back to this? I can not even imagine what was going through her heart, it was as if she was holding a vase, in slow motion it began to fall at the news and truly felt like all the love and hope she held dear was shattering between her finger tips.
But as I read on…its a true fact you endure for what and who you love. You put your best forward to overcome any obstacles because in the end, love is and always be worth it. In truth even though it was not a instant moment of realization, Rhys comes to see this. He fell in love with another woman yes and was preparing a marriage to her. But in all that one person, you love with all your heart, that makes you feel whole, and gives you the reason to get up every day, to strive to be the best you can be, for him…it most certainly was Rebecca.
Love truly can define all odds you just have to test the grounds of what you are willing to do to achieve it. And never give up, not even for a second.
Wareeze Woodson is an amazing dedicated author to work. Every book she writes, I entail a adventure of emotion and heart felt feelings. And one thing is for certain I always have hope for the main characters I am reading about. Her writing is classic, the detail and scenery is perfect and spot on and she knows how to swoop her reader in and hold onto them as they turn the pages yearning for more and what is to come.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Lorrene Huismanhttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngLorrene Huisman2021-07-26 13:25:502021-07-28 06:55:07An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Lorrene Huisman
A classic historical western romance. When Elizabeth arrives back in Bittersweep under an assumed identity, she doesn’t expect to do anything more than find her Mother’s treasured box and live a normal life as the new school teacher. JP, the local wealthy rancher and school board chair is the first to meet her at the station and take an interest in her. Enter the murder, robbery and intrigue!
I found all of Wareeze’s characters very easy to identify with. Her easy style of writing has me coming back time and time again, no matter the period she is writing in. I look forward to reading many more.
Rhys and Rebecca are the mains in this sorry. I enjoyed this historcal romance but alas it an extremely slow start. I didn’t feel a connect to the characters so I knew I was reading. Upon some even some years later Rebecca finds her husband with another woman about to be married. The MC annoyed the living hell out of me.
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The year is 1897 and Elizabeth is a young woman with a haunted past, one night, when she was five years old, she and her sister and brother were packed into a wooden buggy and sent away with their father, leaving their mother behind, while their house burned down to ashes. It is a sight and smell which has haunted her memories for fifteen years, but now, she is returning to her one time home in Bittersweep, Texas to take up a teaching position and hopefully find some answers to her questions about what happened that day and why. As she arrives into the town on the steam locomotive she has travelled on, she tucks her newspaper under her arm and prepares to disembark from the train and collect her luggage, she briefly questions her sanity of returning to this place and almost turns right back around before she admits that she needs the position and everything else that goes with it. She is looking around at the small town and thinking how much has not really changed overly much, but there is more of everything now, people, horses, homes and stores and because of this she is assaulted by memories she would much rather forget.
It is while she is lost in these memories that she is bowing her head down and hoping that nobody recognises her, but this also leads to her walking into the path of a carriage and horses veering out of control and heading straight towards her, when she does, she is paralysed by fear and cannot move even if she wanted to, that is until she is grasped round the waist and pulled out of the way by an unknown pair of hands and into a very masculine body just before she is run over. When she manages to regain some of her breath and senses, she looks behind her to see the mysterious owner of the hands and body and finds a look of anger in their face and an equally angry outburst along the lines of does she have a death wish and to have some consideration of those around her, even if she has no regard for herself. This encounter brings Elizabeth back to herself and she acknowledges what happened, apologises and states that she wasn’t concentrating as she was looking for the school chairman whom she was meant to be meeting at the station, it is at this point that she finds out that the stranger who saved her is indeed the chairman of the school board and she is more than mortified at this information.
As she takes a moment to regain her composure, she is told that she hasn’t necessarily made the best first impression, however, the town is very easy going and that hopefully that shouldn’t stop her from being accepted anyway, he then offers to take her to the boarding house where she will be staying, Elizabeth is grateful and accepts the kind offer, when she is settled, they agree on a time to meet so that she can see where she will be working and make her preparations for the start of the school year, Elizabeth is now hoping that she will make a better impression the next time, but she also cannot believe that despite her best efforts to enter the town unnoticed, she hasn’t made that happen either. Will Elizabeth settle back into life in Bittersweep and find the answers she needs, or will she find that she is even less welcome now than she was then? This is a historical romance with a thrilling edge to it which will keep you guessing as to what will happen next throughout and keep you hooked until it’s conclusion.
I really enjoyed this historical romance with added mystery and murder which had me hooked from page one. Set in Texas it has an old fashioned Western feel to it and I found myself being transported back in time. The main character, Elizabeth has returned to her childhood town of Bittersweep which she left in mysterious circumstances fifteen years earlier as a young child. Although her memories of that time our those of a five year old she remembers leaving on a wagon in a rush and there being a fire. Her main reason for wanting to discover why her family left is because they were forced to leave without her mother. In order to find the answers she wants she accepts a teaching position under an assumed name, Campbell. However, her first encounter with the school board’s chairman was a disaster as JP had to save her from a team of runaway horses. Elizabeth tries to keep her distance from JP, who is intrigued by the new teacher, but when she finds herself in trouble it is him that helps her.
The author really bought both the characters and the Western setting to life with her descriptive narrative and I felt fully immersed in the story. I enjoyed the small historical details that really make you feel that your back in that era as a reader and which the author is great at adding. The main characters, Elizabeth and JP have instant chemistry and I liked seeing their relationship develop along with the secondary characters who all bought an added element to the overall story. The mystery element to the storyline had me happily turning the pages and the exciting plot kept me guessing until the very end. This is an enjoyable and engaging historical romance which I definitely recommend.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Jennifer Gordonhttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngJennifer Gordon2021-07-24 16:24:132021-07-26 10:22:26Bittersweep by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Jennifer Gordon
Bittersweep by Wareeze Woodson was an absolutely delightful book in every way. It was a very easy read, I loved the story, the mystery and intrigue, and the love story was perfect. The characters were marvelous, I think I would love to see Elizabeth, J.P. and Amy in other little mysteries. I would give this story more stars if I could for the simplest of reasons. Although the romantic tension between J.P. and Elizabeth is quite palpable the reader is not subjected to scenes of graphic lovemaking. You can feel the heat without having a picture drawn for you. Best romantic novel I have read in a good while.
I loved this book so much! The town of Bittersweep, Texas is a place I grew to love while reading this book. Elizabeth is strong and stubborn schoolteacher determined to discover the past. JP is the man that takes care of everyone in the area. There is more than just chemistry with these two. This story has twists and turns galore! I hope someday to go back to Bittersweep and uncover the twins’ stories.
I love these books. I love how the author is able to transport you back in time to a era long gone. Because it is a historical romance the language reflects that which sometimes could get a little confusing but it didn’t take away any enjoyment I had for this book. As well as a sweet romance there is also danger, secrets, Mysteries and murder which makes this book a def page turner.
Elizabeth has returned home to the Town of Bittersweep where she grew up. After leaving the town in a hurry when her family home burnt down Elizabeth left behind her mother who had passed. Why had her house been on fire? Why did her mum pass was it an accident or something sinister? And what secrets did her mum keep in a box. Did things happen the way Elizabeth thinks or are your memories mixed up by a child’s imagination? That’s what Elizabeth sets out to find answers too.
Taking a job as the school teacher she meets JP Honeycutt. Immediately feeling an attraction she tries to distance herself from this man and his charms. However when she becomes a suspect in a murder the only person riding to her rescue is him.
Can she let herself learn to love again? And what secrets does JP hold which could hold the answers that Elizabeth is trying to find.
Bittersweep is a very well written story for the time period in which it is wrote in. Second book read by this author and I am sold on her writing style! I absolutely adored this book. I really enjoyed the storyline and oh the characters bring the story to life, so surreal. Loved every minute reading this story it was most definitely worth the read! Just an entertaining, easy and fun read! If you love historical romances then this is the story for you!!
Miss Elizabeth Campbell (nee Clarke), the new schoolteacher, returns to Bittersweep to find out why her home was the only one burned down so many years ago during a yellow fever outbreak. She meets handsome chairman of the school JP Honeycutt. Though not looking for a romance, she is pulled to him by something…JP remembers a five year old little girl that he lifted onto a wagon when he was 12. Why does Elizabeth look so familiar? Elizabeth finds herself being warned off JP by Mrs. Ledbetter at the boarding house. She’s told that he isn’t interested in her type. Well, she doesn’t have time for that. Along with trying to find out answers to her questions, she is helping to rescue an orphan girl. She finds herself right in the middle of a murder mystery. A very entertaining book. The owl-hoot robbers (I love this) are such a hoot. The characters just pop right up in your mind. Aunt Maude’s scowling face is easy to picture. The town sounds like every small town, full of gossip and drama. Nice, clean, and easy to read. I highly recommend this book and this author.
One of those intriguing old-fashioned mysteries, Bittersweep is centered around a woman, who comes back to the town fifteen years after her family had to disown it. She takes up a job of a school teacher, and is determined to find the answers to the questions about her childhood. But, fate has other plans and she finds herself embroiled in a murder mystery. She becomes the talk of the town and is in the limelight for all wrong reasons. With a murder and a bank robbery, this story is much more than romance, it is an adventure ride. The plot is gripping and keeps you guessing till the end. I really enjoyed this historic fiction. A good read !
Bittersweep by Wareeze Woodson is an American historical romance, set in Texas in 1897- this is a story full of mystery, suspense, secrets, danger, drama, hidden agendas, adventure, intrigue, romance, and more. This is my favourite of Ms. Woodson’s books, so far. I liked the storyline and the characters- I was swept away to 1897, ‘seeing’ the story unfold before my eyes. Even the issues that caused me some frustrating moments, didn’t detract from my overall enjoyment of the story. Elizabeth has arrived in Bittersweep to take up the teaching position that she accepted. She has a painful history with the town, secrets she must keep if she has any chance of uncovering the truth. That is until she has a chance encounter with the Chairman of the School Board. Things are off to an awkward, yet intriguing start. But with secrets to keep, sinister happenings, and hidden agendas- it’s not long before Elizabeth and JP are up to their ears in an investigation to track down a murderer, thieves, and a stolen horde of gold. Things are not as they seem. Will Elizabeth get the answers she needs to make peace with the past? Will JP have his way, and convince Elizabeth to take a chance on love? Has the horde of gold disappeared without a trace? And will they track down the thieves, and the murderer, before it’s too late? Get set for an action-packed romantic western adventure!
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Angela Hayeshttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngAngela Hayes2021-07-22 10:34:552021-07-23 09:16:03Bittersweep by Wareeze Woodson – Review by Angela Hayes
Bittersweep was another wonderful historical romance read from this author. I am really enjoying these books at the moment and I loved that this one was set somewhere different to that I am used to. I love this author attention to detail and I am always completely swept up in the stories and the characters. I feel like I am right there with them and can easily imagine everything that I am reading. I loved Elizabeth and JP, they were such great characters with an undeniable chemistry. I really enjoyed the mystery that was interwoven into the story and I found I just wanted to keep on turning the pages to find out just what was going to happen. There were also some really good secondary characters that I enjoyed reading about and they definitely added that additional layer to a very enjoyable story. I already have my next book by this author lined up to read and I cannot wait!
This is an intriguing old time, western romance and mystery. You are instantly drawn back to a time with horses and carriages, and gentlemen that treat a lady respectfully. There are secrets and prejudices that come to light in the small town of Bittersweep. All the while, Elizabeth, the school teacher is falling in love with the chairman of the school board- against her better judgement. When there is a murder and she is blamed who will come to her rescue?
You can’t help but love the characters and their need to find answers and to protect the innocent. This the second time I have read this author and I wasn’t disappointed!
This is a very interesting book. It’s very fasted paced. I like how each invidial women is portrayed. I like how each of these women become strong I hope their is more enegament in the next book to deepen the characters. Gigi, Ellen and Lilly each have a problem which they want to fix so they visit Dr. Kite.
https://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.png00Piperhttps://itsybitsybookbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IBBB_2020_logo_sq.pngPiper2021-07-21 13:07:012021-07-22 19:43:19Alterations (Alterations Trilogy, Book 1) by Jane Suen – Review by Piper Foster
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