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Title:
Love
Remembered

Author:
Ellen Fisher

Published By:
New Concepts
Publishing

ISBN:
1-58608-419-4

Copyright:
October 2003

Format:
Electronic

Gwaltney Harris was saved by his older sister from a house fire that almost killed him. Since then, being indoors only made him frightened, as if the walls were closing in on him. Years later, he left the Williamsburg area to become a long hunter out west making his fortune. He returned to Virginia after news of his sister’s death and took in her daughter, Mary. He blamed himself for not being there to protect her from an abusive husband. It only added to the ghosts that plagued him all his life. Being back at the lowly origins of his birth, even though his fortune was vast, he had no respect among the Williamsburg society he was an outcast.

Cordelia was in her twenty third year and was determined to never marry. She hid her beauty behind spectacles, dowdy gowns and a shrewish tongue. When Gwaltney announced his intentions to court her, she lashed out at him like a viper. Obviously, he was only interested in advancing his social standing through a marriage to her, and she did everything in her power to have him hate her. Instead, they are caught in an unexpected heated embrace by her father and forced to wed.

They agree to make this a marriage in name only however she became lonelier in her new life. When she overheard Jonathan, the fiancé to her sister, Elizabeth, talk to Gwaltney about making a go of the marriage, she is appalled at his responses. Her husband talked of her as if she was a mere possession and promises to bed her soon like a common whore. From then on, she is set to become the greatest of shrews. However, when repeated attempts on Gwaltney’s life make him injured and vulnerable, she finds her feelings are not so hard towards her handsome husband. Who is trying to hurt Gwaltney? Will he let Cordelia ever show her true feelings? Can Gwaltney come to the realization that love can exist?

Love Remembered is an entertaining historical romp in pre-Revolutionary America. Intriguing characters and electric chemistry make this one book hard to put down. In fact, this reviewer stayed up most of the night to just read it. Well worth losing some sleep over. Gwaltney and Cordelia are perfectly matched, but are too stubborn to admit to any tender feelings. This twist to the Shakespeare play Taming of the Shrew is highly entertaining. Then, when mysterious attempts are made against Gwaltney and his family, the list of suspects grows with each page turn. As a fellow reader, you cannot help being swept into the mystery and romance of this wonderful book. Ellen Fisher has written a real winner and this reviewer will keep a close watch on her career especially since Love Remembered is the start to a bright future in romance.

Reviewed by: Miriam