Rosewood

By Candace Camp

Book Overview

Bound by her duty to her crippled brother, well-bred Millicent Hayes has little knowledge of the world and its passions and desires, but the handsome stranger who moves in next door could teach her a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061082430
• ISBN13: 9780061082436
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 4.2" x 1.1"

Customer Reviews

Two great stories

The best thing about ROSEWOOD is the great way Candace Camp builds up the latent sensuality of her heroine, Millicent. The author basically recreates Millicent, taking her from a repressed and duty-driven spinster to a fulfilled woman who's ready to have a life of her own. I admired the author's way of building up the sensual tension between the heroine and the hero. The only thing that really took away from my enjoyment of this story is that almost the whole love story between Millicent and Jonathan is told from Millicent's POV. I would have enjoyed knowing more about Jonathan's emotions. (We do get some insights about Jonathan's feelings, and about his past, but it was not quite enough to be even-handed, IMO.) Even though I was enjoying their story, I personally thought the book should have ended a little sooner. Although I sympathized with Millicent's conflicts, it was getting frustrating to read about her consistent refusal of Jonathan's marriage proposal and her refusal to give into her love for him, when she had every reason to accept him. It began to feel like the author was manufacturing reasons to keep these characters apart. In particular, there is a scene with an old aunt who tries to convince Millicent to keep to her "duty" to her brother, which to me, just didn't ring true. I think Ms. Camp might have done better to have Jonathan express some doubts about having Millicent's invalid brother living with them, or express the true 19th century reluctance to confront illness, instead of being instantly welcoming and helpful with Alan. It would have given sense to Millicent's doubts and hesitation to commit to Jonathan and given Jonathan some shades of gray, instead of his being such a fantastic & loving person, you start to wonder if Millicent's a bit cuckoo for not accepting him immediately. Almost as good as the main love story, and a very intriguing and different storyline for a romance novel, was the relationship between Millicent's crippled brother, Alan, and the young servant, Opal. It was as developed as Millicent and Jonathan's tale, so you get two good, sensual romances for the price of one... a bonus!

Rosewood more than what it seems.....

This book actually got me into the love novels. I used to call them the fabio books. I used to make fun of my aunt for reading these types of books. If you want to start with the love novel books this is a really good book. Rosewood has a good story line. Its filled with love, ..., jealousy. I really liked this book. They used details to describe the man and women. And this book shows that love making is not just ...intercourse but something secret and intimate. Even though I am very young to read these types of love books, I dont take the love making as very bad thing to read. I apreciate all the writers whether love story or other types of story's. Rosewood it is funny, lovable and very enjoyable. I really recomend this book. I give it 5 thumbs up if i had 5 thumbs.

What a beautiful story!

This story is truly lovely. The heroine, Millicent Hayes, is 29 and has been caring for her brother Alan ever since he was crippled ten years ago. She lives an isolated life, interacting with few outside her close-knit family.Then Jonathan Lawrence and his daughter Betsy move in next door. While relations between the neighbors are strained at first, Millicent and her brother Alan become close to the widower and his daughter.This story really shines because of the characterizations. Millicent and Jonathan are likable and the secondary characters (Betsy, Alan, Opal, Oradelle and the various family memebrs) are well-drawn and are people that any reader would want to interact with within the bounds of this story. This book and Heirloom are two of my favorites by this author. I just wish Candace Camp still wrote like this!

beautiful story - you will love the characters

This was one of the best books I have ever read - I wish it were not out of print - I have an old tattered copy I'm afraid of loaning out! I wish Candace Camp would write another book like this - it sure beats the drivel she has been writing since. This is a beautiful story.

Great romance between secondary characters

The story is nice, but I thought the romance between the secondary characters, Alan and Opal, overshadowed it. The fact that this secondary romance was so good is why I give this book 4 stars!