"A magical anthology"

"Winter Rose" by Nora Roberts. Prince Kylar of Mrydon arrives nearly dead when Lady Deirdre finds him and takes him into her keep. She heals his body and he heals her soul and heart freeing her ever-wintry land from its hidden enchantment.

"The Rose and the Sword" by Jill Gregory. Forced to leave her loving home, Princess Brittany must find her betrothed to save her life and regain her lost kingdom. Brittany seeks Prince Lucius even as Darius the Wizard wants her dead. However, Lucius seems incapable of heroism until love enters the equation.

"The Roses of Glenross" by Ruth Ryan Langan. The barbarians are winning the battle in spite of valor from their opponents. Jamie Morgan rescues an intrepid Alexa MacCallum from their mutual enemy and takes her to an abbey. She tends a haunted rose garden until he returns to offer love as a healer for both of them.

"The Fairest Rose" by Marianne Willman. Evil sorceress Lady Bryn has captured the "heart" of King Gilmore through a spell. Tor arrives and begins to rescue the people and the King from the evil Bryn and her associates, but it is Gilmore's daughter Mouse who casts a spell of love between them.

All four tales are exciting romantic fantasies that are so well written readers will feel they received a dozen long stem roses.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Courtesy ParaNormal Romance
Posted September 17, 2001