Born and raised in Latvia, Rebecca Balodis marries Rhys Sudduth, an English diplomat. Shortly thereafter, he is summoned home to attend his father’s deathbed. Rebecca cannot accompany him at the time and becomes trapped in the turmoil plaguing her country. He is informed she died in the upheaval. Nearly four years later, Rebecca escapes and arrives in London with their son in tow. Arriving in the … Arriving in the middle of his sister’s ball proves awkward, especially since Rhys plans to announce his betrothal to a young debutante later in the evening.
Can this pair ever find or even recognize an enduring love?
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I couldn’t get enough of this book from the very first page. The variety of characters and learning about their lives, I was transported into the early 1800s. The plot kept me on my toes with the twists and turns. But just as I thought I had it all figured out, I flipped out when the about-face came again. Great read!!
An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson. This is a great historical romance. I love Wareeze Woodson and she has turned me into a historical romance lover! This is the story of Rebecca and Rhys who are married and the story follows their relationship. Rebecca is very supportive and loves her husband but Rhys is not so kind to her. Rhys leaves town to go be with his father on his death bed. Rebecca fully supports her husband going to his father but while he is away he believes Rebecca is dead. Rebecca and their son leave to go to London and find Rhys and when they do find him they are shocked he’s about to be married to someone else! Will the war win and will Rhys go ahead and marry his new love? Will Rebecca be broken hearted forever? Read An Enduring Love to find out!
I found this book to be another beautiful work of this amazing author I have come to adore so very much. The story alone was captivating and kept me interested in the sense I wanted to know what would happen next for the characters. I will admit freely, there was some down falls to the one character Rhys for me, but that alone is a personal opinion and does not reflect on my love and enjoyment for this book!
The story follows the love story of Rhys and Rebecca. A married couple. But to me they seemed at times on different levels of one another. Rebecca seemed to me anyway very supportive of her love and anything he was to under go. Rhys on the other hand (again personal opinion) was someone who needed more compassion for his wife and let alone make her feel more than just an object in the room. He at the beginning of the book before events happened and a departure for family events happened…he could have easily been more of a caring husband, and perhaps a more genuine human being,
Life happens and Rhys is called away on duty to see his father. Of course, as I knew right away, Rebecca, would easily agree to his dutiful need to go. From then on though, a lot of things happen and not in a good way. They are separated. In Rebecca’s mind I truly believe she never expected things to go the way they did! But, this made her a more determined character and someone quite strong willed. Truly a character you want to root for and see them succeed. Chaos and and war truly go hand in hand. And the years count on and Rhys has come to a conclusion that Rebecca is no longer with him. While Rebecca is unknown to these assumptions
Over the time Rebecca is working her hardest to get to her husband. She loved him truly and she truly was defining all odds, and she had the heart full of wants and love for Rhys. No matter my personal opinion, he held her heart dear. As I read, I truly felt all the pain and the emotions she felt. Everything she was going through, would it all be for naught? Their future was truly unknown? But, she truly believed he would be waiting there for her with open arms.
At long last, Rebecca has found her love Rhys….but sadly the timing she does I felt was the most heartbreaking moment of her entire life. He was announcing his marriage to be with another woman he had fallen in love with over the course of believing she had been dead. I felt her pain and shock. I felt so much for Rebecca. She had gone thorough so much an to come back to this? I can not even imagine what was going through her heart, it was as if she was holding a vase, in slow motion it began to fall at the news and truly felt like all the love and hope she held dear was shattering between her finger tips.
But as I read on…its a true fact you endure for what and who you love. You put your best forward to overcome any obstacles because in the end, love is and always be worth it. In truth even though it was not a instant moment of realization, Rhys comes to see this. He fell in love with another woman yes and was preparing a marriage to her. But in all that one person, you love with all your heart, that makes you feel whole, and gives you the reason to get up every day, to strive to be the best you can be, for him…it most certainly was Rebecca.
Love truly can define all odds you just have to test the grounds of what you are willing to do to achieve it. And never give up, not even for a second.
Wareeze Woodson is an amazing dedicated author to work. Every book she writes, I entail a adventure of emotion and heart felt feelings. And one thing is for certain I always have hope for the main characters I am reading about. Her writing is classic, the detail and scenery is perfect and spot on and she knows how to swoop her reader in and hold onto them as they turn the pages yearning for more and what is to come.
Well done and amazing book. Highly recommend!
Rhys and Rebecca are the mains in this sorry.
I enjoyed this historcal romance but alas it an extremely slow start. I didn’t feel a connect to the characters so I knew I was reading. Upon some even some years later Rebecca finds her husband with another woman about to be married. The MC annoyed the living hell out of me.
An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson is an historical romance story. I have mixed feelings about this book. The premise was good, but boy did I not like the male MC. I have never wanted to do bodily harm so much as I wanted to inflict on him. He was an arrogant SOB with only a care in the world for himself. The angst and fear and horror that his wife went through did not even faze him. I almost gave up but kept going as I have enjoyed other works by Wareeze. My heart broke for and all she had to endure. This was not my idea of an enduring love for me. BUT that does not mean that you will not enjoy it so give it a go.
This is an author that I have enjoyed from the first book I have picked up of hers. This is a historical romance story that pulled me in from the beginning. One of the things I enjoy the most with this author is her writing skills and her attention to details. This book is no different and it is one of my favorites yet. This is a story about Rebecca and Rhys. They marry and he has gone home to his father’s death bed. Fast forward four years later, Rebecca and her son go to London only to find out that her husband is about to be betrothed to another woman. What will fate have in store for them? I enjoyed their chemistry and their growth throughout the story. All of the characters are connectable and truly made the story for me. I really enjoyed this book and I highly recommend it