A Rose in Winter
Woodiwiss, Kathleen E. The fairest flower in Mawbry is Erienne Fleming, the enchanting, raven-haired daughter of the village mayor. Charming, spirited and exquisitely lovely, she is beset on all sides by suitors, any one of whom would pay a king's fortune for a place in her heart. But Erienne has eyes for only one: the dashing and witty young Yankee, Christopher Seton.But marriage for love is not to be, for her irresponsible and unscrupulous father, crippled by gamb...