A Kiss for Midwinter - Courtney Milan

A Kiss for Midwinter

By Courtney Milan

  • Release Date: 2012-12-20
  • Genre: Historical Romance
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 245 Ratings

Description

Miss Lydia Charingford is always cheerful, and never more so than at Christmas time. But no matter how hard she smiles, she can't forget the youthful mistake that nearly ruined her life. But even though the worst was kept secret, someone else knows the truth of those dark days: the sarcastic Doctor Jonas Grantham. She wants nothing to do with him...or the butterflies that take flight in her stomach every time he looks her way.

Jonas Grantham has a secret, too: He's been in love with Lydia for more than a year. And this winter, he's determined to conquer her dislike and win her for his own. All he needs to start is a single kiss...

A Kiss for Midwinter is a novella (38,000 words) in the Brothers Sinister series. It follows The Duchess War. Each book stands on its own, but those who prefer to read in order might want to read that book first.

Reviews

  • The fellow is a bit of a jerk.

    4
    By Archangel Beth
    There are a couple places, early on, where genre constraints are leaned on a little: the male protagonist makes some comments that are excessively rude & exactly the sort of "just not good with people & too bluntly-spoken" that some dudes claim to be in a bad-faith excuse to harass. But this is a romance novella and the fellow really is blunt-spoken & it becomes part of his "basically cannot be deceptive, unlike the cad who broke the girl's heart" charm. He did get slapped for being too rude, and took a few punches from the girl later when she needed to vent, so actions do redeem him. He is not quite to my tastes, but I'm willing to accept he's to the female protagonist's tastes.

  • Great series

    5
    By Yvette Br.
    December 2018 - 5 stars This book was amazing! So much emotion. I loved every part of it. I just had to bump it up to 5 stars. This is turning out to be one of my favorite historical romance series. ———————————— March 2015 - 4 stars Courtney Milan is a very talented author. I loved everything about this book. So much emotion was packed into this novella. I loved their relationship and how it progressed. Nothing felt rushed. Can't wait to start the next book.

  • The truth shall set you free

    5
    By Bornromantic
    This is a wonderful, emotional story about growing up and learning to trust again.

  • Simply romantic.

    5
    By Joshika82
    This is the second book I read from this author. I admire her thorough research and author's note. This is why I originally like historical romance. You learn something, not just mere entertainment. I found it very rare for historical romance author these days who paid attention to historical details. Kudos to her for that! I started the series with Duchess War, which leads me to this book, A Kiss for Midwinter. It is sweet, romantic, simple, and warm without being sexually explicit. It's a good read. I love the dialogs between the hero and the heroine. Both characters have dimensions and personality. I read it 3 hours straight!

  • A kiss for midwinter

    4
    By Dottieguionnaud
    I wisps this story was longer. I liked the characters

  • Midwinter Kiss

    3
    By Armik B
    Not as good a story as the first book although I liked the Dr character the book lacked steamy romance, and adventure. I will buy the next book hoping for more to it.

  • Great writing

    5
    By yesthattoo
    Sweet story, good character development, witty. It's the second book I've read in this series and the two stories were only alike in that there were some shared characters and both were well done. Nothing formulaic in the plot, that so often happens in series where all the books are too similar. I look forward to reading the others.

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