num_pages: 736
description: An epic tale of secret love and hidden passions. It is 1900 and the dangerous streets of East London are no place for a well-bred woman. But India Selwyn Jones is headstrong: she has trained as one of a new breed, a woman doctor, and is determined to practice where the need is greatest. It is in these grim streets where India meets - and saves the life of - London's most notorious gangster, Sid Malone. Hard, violent, devastatingly attractive, Malone is the opposite of India's cool, aristocratic fiance. Though Malone represents all she despises, India finds herself unwillingly drawn ever closer to him - enticed by his charm, intrigued by his hidden, mysterious past. THE WINTER ROSE brings the beginning of the turbulent twentieth century vividly to life, drawing the reader into its wretched underworld, its privileged society, and the shadowland between the two, where the strict rules of the time blur into secret passions.
language: English
title: The Winter Rose
titlecomplete: The Winter Rose (The Tea Rose, #2)
characters: Sid Malone, Charlie Finnegan, Joe Bristow, India Selwyn-Jones, Gemma Dean, Frankie Betts, Roddy O'Meara, Willa Alden, Seamie Finnegan, Fiona Finnegan, Frederick Lytton
genres: Historical, British Literature, Adult, Victorian, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Chick Lit, Adult Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 22821
places: London, England, Africa
series: The Tea Rose
publisher: Harper Collins