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Once Upon a Winter's Eve

A Spindle Cove Novella, Book 1.5

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Once Upon a Winter's Eve

By: Tessa Dare
Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
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(Originally published November 2011)

Some wallflowers bloom at night...

Violet is a quiet girl. She speaks six languages, but seldom raises her voice. The gentlemen aren’t beating down her door.

Until the night of the Spindle Cove Christmas ball, when a mysterious stranger crashes into the ballroom and collapses at Violet’s feet. He’s wet, chilled, bleeding, and speaking in an unfamiliar tongue.

Only Violet understands him. And she knows he’s not what he seems.

She has one night to draw forth the secrets of this dangerously handsome rogue. Is he a smuggler? A fugitive? An enemy spy? She needs answers by sunrise, but her captive would rather seduce than confess. To learn his secrets, Violet must reveal hers - and open herself to adventure, passion, and the unthinkable...Love.

©2016 Eve Ortega (P)2020 Eve Ortega Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance
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I loved this story; Tessa Dare creates a wonderful special romantic community at Spindle Cove.
Beautifully narrated by Mary-Jane Wells.

Wonderful sweet story

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Good as a short story can be - characters not fully developed but good anyway. Short ending but HEA
Excellent narration by Mary Jane Wells
I like Tessa Dare and this was an interesting little novel

Good as a short story can be

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I loved the set up and start to this story and settled in for another good Spindle Cove drama, then it fell away. The main female character was pathetic. She's forgiven him for distroy her life and heart within minutes with basically no apology and the main male character has zero real character depth before the reader is supposed to empathize with him.
Narration was good.
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