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Sweet Sorrow

Denise Robins (1940)

SubgenreContemporary Romance
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SettingHistorical Earth
CSM age16
Goodreads4/5 (1)

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentMild
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

cheating/infidelity

Positive tags

slow burnhealing archopeful ending

Tropes

Strangers to LoversForced ProximityForbidden LoveDoctorSlow BurnInstant AttractionProtector

Themes

love vs dutysacrificeclass struggleidentity

Synopsis

Fate throws them together - a disastrous flood, an isolated stone house, a handsome and successful surgeon, and a lovely young girl. When doctor Guy Denver sees a car plunging into floodwater, he manages to rescue the unconscious occupant and take her to the only shelter available to them - a cottage that has obviously been newly abandoned. As Celia Hammond recovers, and the couple find themselves marooned for five days, there are bound to be difficult - as the floodwaters advance on their little refuge. He saved her life - and stole her heart. Then the waters finally recede, Celia knows that dashing Guy is her life's only love and he returns her passion - but his sense of honour will not let him speak. The doctor has a wife at home, a woman who will never set him free Will the sweets of sorrow soon turn to bitterness? Or love fulfilled?

Tags

Romantic DramaVintage RomanceSurvival RomanceMid-Century Fiction