Winter's Heat (The Seasons Series) - Softcover

Domning, Denise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1493631748 ISBN 13: 9781493631742

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

A PROUD WOMAN, AN ARROGANT MAN, A BRUTAL TIME

Her years in a nunnery taught Rowena of Benfield many things, but not how to be a wife to the powerful lord who claims her as his bride. She vows never to submit to this aloof and ruthless man.

Rannulf of Graistan has been a woman's fool once before and has sworn to never be again, but he cannot refuse the rich estate that this marriage brings him.But a tide of treachery is rising around them and their only hope lies in daring to trust and to love unconditionally.

DON'T MISS THE REST OF THE SEASONS SERIES:
    SPRING'S FURY
    AUTUMN'S FLAME
    SUMMER'S STORM
    A LOVE FOR ALL SEASONS

THE NEW CHILDREN OF GRAISTAN SERIES:

    PERFECT POISON, a novella   AWAKEN THE SLEEPING HEART

About this title

From the Author:

This book, and the series that follows it, all started in 1978 when I had a dream about two people, Rannulf and Rowena, in Medieval England, a time in history I didn't know at all. In the dream they conveyed to me some of their complicated relationship. As I woke up I caught myself saying "I have to write this book!" But I also knew I wanted to write an accurate novel because I believe wrapping historical facts up in a good fictional story will teach you more about history and the way people lived than any textbook. Twelve years of research ensued before I felt capable of recreating this amazing time period. In Winter's Heat I intended to explore life in a Medieval Castle, or how a mid-level baron might have lived, someone affected deeply by the actions of those holding the true reins of power.

Then I started writing.  A few years, several marriages and an international move followed before I one day sent the first seven chapters to Denise Marcil of the Denise Marcil Literary Agency. Much to my surprise, she requested more chapters to read. I sent the next five finished chapters to her.  A few weeks later she requested more chapters. Yipes! They weren't done. With that I got serious and plowed my way through the rest of the book and got them off to her.

She responded with, "This is the first book in seven years to knock me off my chair." Wow! She went on to sell Winter to what was then the new Topaz Line of books. We were all astonished at how well it was received and I was honored and thrilled that Winter's Heat won the coveted Romantic Times award for "Best First Historical" of 1994.

And that, as they say, is history.

About the Author:

I was ten before I realized the cosmos played a terrible joke on me. Iwas in the wrong century! While everyone else studied computers andlistened to rock music, I wrote a history assignment in Egyptianhieroglyphics and spent endless hours designing ball gowns for MarieAntoinette. I taught myself what every true lady must know: how to sew a fine seam (by hand), to embroider skillfully, and to play an instrument (piano, and nothing later than Beethoven, thank you). I did my best tofit in with the rest of modern society, running two property management companies and inventing an electric lock, only to realize happiness for me meanthistorical research. Now, writing is my time machine and words recreate thevitality of eras where I feel more at home. Not only do I experience thedrama of their time, but I do so with indoor plumbing. Enjoy!

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1493631748
• ISBN 13: 9781493631742
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388