Once Upon a Winter’s Eve by Tessa Dare

Once Upon a Winter's Eve by Tessa Dare
Series: Spindle Cove Series Book 1.5
on December 10, 2016
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Historical / General, Fiction / Romance / Historical / Regency
Pages: 180
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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.

Once Upon a Winter’s Eve is book 1.5 in the Spindle Cove series by Tessa Dare. I thoroughly enjoyed this novella.  I’m not a huge fan of the cover of the book. I just don’t think that the model on the cover is very pretty. But the characters are well developed and the pace is perfect making it difficult to put down. I liked the heroine Violet Winterbottom and the way she transforms from wallflower to vibrant young woman. The unknown stranger who stumbles into the ballroom and faints adds intrigue to the story. There are several steamy scenes. Overall, another great story by Dare.