Longing

This book made me feel. It made me feel rather unhappy, and incredibly stressed through most of it, it had a lovely hopeful upward trend towards the end and it was a great story, more about a town and a community than a couple. You become, for better or worse (usually worse) quite absorbed in their......more

This is not a Mary Balogh ballrooms and carriages and corsets kind of book. There is a marquess, but he finds himself completely out of his element in a Welsh coal mine and ironworks valley visiting with his young daughter to check on the inheritance an uncle had left him two years prior. What he fi......more

Reviewed for THC Reviews I usually enjoy stories that break from the norm of historical romance, and Longing is just such a book, exhibiting a number of unique qualities. The typical Victorian romance would probably be set in England amidst the backdrop of ton balls and house parties, but Longing is......more

Longing is the story of Alex, the Marquess of Craille, who finally visits his Welsh estate and whose eyes are opened to the meager existences of the people who work in and around his coalmines. It's the story of Siân, a woman who wants nothing more to be accepted by the people of Cwmbran. He's a wid......more