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Winter Rose
Winter Rose | Jennifer Donnelly
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It has been twelve years since a dark, murderous figure stalked the alleys and courts of Whitechapel. And yet, in the summer of 1900, East London is still poor, still brutal, still a shadow city to its western twin. Among the reformers is an idealistic young woman named India Selwyn-Jones, recently graduated from medical school. With the help of her influential fiance--Freddie Lytton, an up-and-coming Liberal MP--she works to shut down the area's opium dens that destroy both body and soul. Her selfless activities better her patients' lives and bring her immense gratification, but unfortunately, they also bring her into direct conflict with East London's ruling crime lord--Sid Malone. India is not good for business and at first, Malone wants her out. But against all odds, India and Sid fall in love. Different in nearly every way, they share one thing in common--they're both wounded souls. Their love is impossible and they know it, yet they cling to it desperately. Lytton, India's fiance, will stop at nothing to marry India and gain her family's fortune. Fractious criminal underlings and rivals conspire against Sid. When Sid is finally betrayed by one of his own, he must flee London to save his life. Mistakenly thinking him dead, India, pregnant and desperate, marries Freddie to provide a father for hers and Sid's child. India and Sid must each make a terrible sacrifice--a sacrifice that will change them both forever. One that will lead them to other lives, and other places . . . and perhaps--one distant, bittersweet day--back to each other."
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PaperbackPirate
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This book continues a tale of girl power told through historical fiction. It took me about 3 weeks to read it, but it was never a slog. The adventure and drama were well-paced & kept me entertained to the end. I would have been sad to see it end except that it‘s 2nd in a trilogy!
🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Sharpeipup Loved that trilogy! 4y
PaperbackPirate @Sharpeipup I‘m such a fan girl right now! Is the third one as long as the others? 4y
Sharpeipup Yes, it is about the same length. 4y
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PaperbackPirate
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Hooray! Last night I made it to Part Two! I love the continuation of this story and just wish I had more time to get lost in it. Now I have 375/707 to go!

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PaperbackPirate
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📚 Well this pile is pretty much impossible with all the job/adult responsibilities/social justice/Litsy/reality television filling my life but let‘s see what happens.
🌹This month I hope to finish The Winter Rose
👑 read A Game of Thrones for the #monthlykeywordgxo challenge
🧙‍♀️ read Dark Witch for #BookSpin
🔥 read Little Fires Everywhere for the #whatsinaname2020 challenge
👥 and finally read All the Lives We Never Lived for my book club.
😅

BookishMe BEAUTIFUL ❣️📚💟 4y
PaperbackPirate Thank you @BookishMe ! 💙 4y
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PaperbackPirate
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I‘m happy with my weekend total. This challenge helped me squeeze in some extra pages here and there and it added up! Luckily this book lends itself to being read in bits, although it‘s so good I wish I had more time to read.
📸 Taken at Wupatki National Monument
#24B4Monday

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PaperbackPirate
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I am out-of-town with out-of-town family this weekend. We got to visit the beautiful Wupatki National Monument today but I did not get much time to read. It doesn‘t matter - it still helped me squeeze in a few extra minutes.
P.S. Don‘t worry. I‘m a good citizen. This is one of the Pueblo ruins you‘re allowed to walk through & touch. I think this one had a great built-in bookcase. #24B4Monday

Andrew65 👏👏👏 4y
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PaperbackPirate
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I started today with the tagged book but with family here from out of state I don‘t think I‘ll get much done. It‘s a great motivator anyway!
#24b4monday

Andrew65 Good luck with whatever reading you fit in. 4y
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PaperbackPirate
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I‘m about to start this 707 page book. I loved The Tea Rose but the size has me a little worried. Hopefully I will finish before I need to read my book club‘s selection.
Any fans? 🌹

melissajayne I found it went fairly quick, despite its length. 4y
PaperbackPirate @melissajayne I felt that way about the first one, so it‘s good to hear that doesn‘t change! 4y
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Kimberlone
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And these are the books I got at the book sale. Only $7 and all were like new. Although I did have to spend $20 to join the Friends of the Library.

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DivineDiana
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One of my IRL Book Clubs read the first book in this series. When I saw this at a Library Book Sale, I decided to continue the story! #tbr #winterwonderland #awinterstale

Aleida Those are fun 5y
Cinfhen Nice 5y
wen4blu One of my favorite books... 5y
DivineDiana @wen4blu Did you continue the trilogy? 5y
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DivineDiana
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Here are a few of my #bigbooks. Unfortunately, I have not experienced the joy of reading them ... yet! 😉. #31bookpics

RebelReader I read Shantaram last summer and loved it! ❤️ 6y
DivineDiana @RebelReader A good friend passed it on to me because she loved it too! 6y
wen4blu I haven't read this one, but Jennifer Donnelly wrote one of my favorite books 6y
DivineDiana @wen4blu I read that one with my Book Club. That‘s why I bought this sequel. I just hope that by the time I read it, I remember everything that came before! 😉🤔😀 6y
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DivineDiana
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🌹Two from my TBR piles that incorporate the beautiful rose. #kissfromarose #lyricalapril

Cinfhen All these Rose covers are making me very happy 😊 7y
Reviewsbylola I love the Donnelly series 7y
DivineDiana @Reviewsbylola My Book Club read the first. I bought this to continue. Had planned on reading in the winter. Guess I have to wait for next year now! 😉 7y
bedandabook Read Life After Life soon! An astonishingly good read once you get used to the concept. 7y
DivineDiana @bedandabook Will do! 😀 7y
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SamLBooks
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5/52 Reading challenge. Soooo good the ending had me on the edge of my seat!

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MKbookworm
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I loved this series by Jennifer Donnelly. Such wonderful characters who you instantly fall for and stories so engrossing you stay up all night to see how everything ends. #headlesscovers #photoadaynov16 #jenniferdonnelly

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DivineDiana
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One of my Book Clubs read The Tea Rose which is the first book in a trilogy. I found the second book of the series at a library sale, but it is still on my TBR pile. #headlesscovers

AThousandLives87 This is in my TBR stack. Let me know how it goes! 7y
DivineDiana @Bi-Polar_Reader Will do! 7y
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Candidceillie
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It was happiness, not life, that was too short, and when it visited - in the form of a fine evening spent talking with a friend - he honored it.

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