Book: Rose in Bloom (Sex and the Season #2)
Author: Helen Hardt
Genre: Erotic Victorian Romance
Synopsis
Sex and the Season Book Two
Wiltshire, England 1853
Lady Rose Jameson knows her place—respect authority and convention and marry a suitable member of the peerage. Lord Evan Xavier, the second son of the Earl of Brighton, possesses the necessary pedigree, but though Rose enjoys his company, the spark she craves is missing…the spark she feels in abundance with handsome commoner Cameron Price.
Cameron has accepted his lot in life—to care for his widowed mother and two younger sisters. Instead of writing the music he loves, he’s destined to work the land his family leases from the Duke of Lybrook…and deal with his overwhelming feelings for the duke’s sister-in-law, Lady Rose. When Cam’s sister becomes ill, his fate is further sealed. He must say goodbye to Rose forever.
But circumstances and the appearance of an elderly stranger may change both their fates...
My Review
This is the second book in the Sex and the Season Series and is about Lily's sister Rose. Rose has always been the good daughter. She does everything that is expected of her. Never doing anything that would be inappropriate. Then she meet Cameron Price. Lily's husband asked Cameron to write a waltz for his and Lily's wedding in the first book. He also asked that Cameron work with Rose so that she could play it at the wedding. Rose fell for Cameron while working with him and him for her. However Cameron doesn't believe they could ever be together. He is just a common boy and she is a Lady. He points it out ever time he sees her. Then at Lady Lily's wedding something changes. He decides to let Rose know how he feels. This wakes something up in Rose. She has never felt this way about anyone before. Rose has been seeing Lord Xavier but after her experience with Cameron she realizes that she doesn't want to be with him anymore. He doesn't make her feel the some way Cameron does. While Xavier would be a great match for her and give her everything she ever wanted, she can no longer settle for just that when she knows what it could be like. Will Rose and Cameron find a way to be together or will they be destined to love someone they can never be with.
I loved this book as much as the first. Rose and Cameron go through so much so that they can be together. They fall in love in a time were it isn't appropriate for them to be together. There are twists and turns that make for a great ending. Rose goes through a lot trying to decide if she wants to do what is expected of her or what her heart wants her to do. She envies Lily and her ability to do what she wants regardless of what others think of her. She wants a great love and to not settle. Another great book by Helen. I look forward to reading other books in this series as they come out.
My Review
This is the second book in the Sex and the Season Series and is about Lily's sister Rose. Rose has always been the good daughter. She does everything that is expected of her. Never doing anything that would be inappropriate. Then she meet Cameron Price. Lily's husband asked Cameron to write a waltz for his and Lily's wedding in the first book. He also asked that Cameron work with Rose so that she could play it at the wedding. Rose fell for Cameron while working with him and him for her. However Cameron doesn't believe they could ever be together. He is just a common boy and she is a Lady. He points it out ever time he sees her. Then at Lady Lily's wedding something changes. He decides to let Rose know how he feels. This wakes something up in Rose. She has never felt this way about anyone before. Rose has been seeing Lord Xavier but after her experience with Cameron she realizes that she doesn't want to be with him anymore. He doesn't make her feel the some way Cameron does. While Xavier would be a great match for her and give her everything she ever wanted, she can no longer settle for just that when she knows what it could be like. Will Rose and Cameron find a way to be together or will they be destined to love someone they can never be with.
I loved this book as much as the first. Rose and Cameron go through so much so that they can be together. They fall in love in a time were it isn't appropriate for them to be together. There are twists and turns that make for a great ending. Rose goes through a lot trying to decide if she wants to do what is expected of her or what her heart wants her to do. She envies Lily and her ability to do what she wants regardless of what others think of her. She wants a great love and to not settle. Another great book by Helen. I look forward to reading other books in this series as they come out.
Author Bio
Helen Hardt is an attorney and stay-at-home mom turned award-winning romance author and freelance fiction editor. She writes contemporary, historical, paranormal, and erotic romance from her home in Colorado. She’s a mother, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an avid fan of opera and football (as long as her older son and younger son are performing/playing, respectively), and a lover of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream.
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Excerpt
Rose turned. His silver eyes penetrated her flesh like daggers. She felt defenseless. All those heart-wrenching hours spent at the pianoforte with him, fighting her attraction to him and telling herself they had no future, flooded into her like a tidal wave. He had treated her with such disdain, never missing an opportunity to make a snide comment about their different stations. Was it possible he felt an attraction too?
“You’re foxed, Mr. Price,” Rose said, forcing herself not to stammer. “This conversation would be better served if we were both in our right minds.”
Cameron tentatively reached toward her arm and touched her lightly with his finger. A spark shot through Rose at the contact.
“I may have imbibed a bit more than usual, my lady,” he said. “But I assure you, I am in my right mind. I asked you a question. Would you have danced with me?”
“I…don’t know. It wouldn’t really be appropriate.”
Cameron snorted again. “Of course. What would the other peers have thought if you, the daughter of the Earl of Ashford, were seen dancing with a commoner? Pardon, not just a commoner, but a tenant on your brother-in-law’s land.” He turned away from her. “Good evening, my lady.”
Rose’s heart hurt. She had wanted to dance with him. She had dreamed of more than that. Of kissing him the way she kissed Evan. Of doing…more than kissing. “Wait, Mr. Price.”
He turned. “What is it?”
“Yes,” she said.
“Yes, what?”
She gulped. “Yes. I would have danced with you.”
He walked back to her and brushed back a stray curl. Her skin burned where he touched her.
“Will you dance with me now?”
“It’s nearly time for the meal.” Rose swallowed. “The orchestra is taking a break. I…we should go in.”
“Please. Dance with me.”
Her heart hammered against her chest. “There’s no music.”
He cupped her cheek. “We don’t need music. You and I together have it in our souls.”
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