Jennifer Wilde was one of my favorite writers of historical romance back in the 70s-80s. So when I had an opportunity to read a Jennifer Wilde book I jumped at it. Jennifer Wilde was actually a pseudonym for T.E. Huff, an man who wrote under a number of female pseudonyms and in fact when this books was first published in 1970, it was under another of his pseudonyms, Edwina Marlow.
This often reads like something written in 1970 - the language, the clothes, the overall feel of the book all took me back. For me it was obvious that this was the case, and I enjoyed the nostalgia aspect that it gave the book. For younger readers, that may well translate simply to “dated”, and be offputting. But personally, I enjoyed the mystery and the tension of never being quite sure about the characters who surrounded Emmalynn. It won’t be for everyone, but I quite enjoyed this one.

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