Only For Love
1998
- fiction
- romance
- historical
- western romance
- bodice ripper
- alpha male
The story
Felicity Dryson is loyal to George Washington's cause, acting as both his courier and, without his knowledge, nurse to his injured soldiers. But she cannot deny her passion for rakishly handsome British physician Jared Walker, who is also her sworn enemy.
What it’s like
Warm candlelit interiors and the rough damp of a wartime landscape set the mood: lamplit kitchens, muddy roads, and linen bandages drying by the hearth, rendered in brisk, sensual prose that keeps the period texture close without turning ornate. The voice is breezy and confiding, with quick banter that shifts into heated, lingering looks and drawn-out tension between two people on opposite sides of the Revolution. Pacing is steady and romance-driven, with long stretches of flirtation, bristling rivalry and private confessions punctuated by danger on the road. The emotional arc is a stubborn, proud woman and a rakish, guarded man slowly unable to hold their defenses against each other. Sexual content is explicit and frequent, written in the bodice-ripper mode, and the wartime backdrop brings occasional violence, injury and battlefield aftermath, handled with more matter-of-fact grit than gore. It suits a rainy weekend with a cup of tea, or a comfort read for anyone who loves historical romance with a dominant hero and a heroine who matches him. Readers who want gentle, low-heat romance should look elsewhere.
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