Samhain Publishing
Featuring: Rodolfo Wolfgang Gustav von Steinberg; Kristal Hastings
122 pages ISBN: 1619227797 EAN: 9781619227798 Kindle: B00PDJV30E e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
Kristal Hastings has just arrived in Vienna in search of
Austrian relatives. Having lost her parents at a young
age,
Kristal grew up with her Austrian grandmother, Analiese,
whom
she loved dearly. Although Kristal has a successful career
and
many friends, now that her grandmother has died, she longs
to
find a family connection. Knowing Analiese's tragic love
story, where she was abandoned by the love of her life
Gustav
and fled to England, Kristal has tracked down his family,
and
hopes to find some roots of her own.
Rodolfo Von Steinberg is handling this new discovery for
the
family but is very dismissive of Kristal's claims. He
grudgingly allows her to stay at the house, in order to
find
out the truth. As Kristal becomes part of the family, with
his
distant cousin Gabi adopting her like a sister, there is
an
old enemy that will stop at nothing to rid the family of
Kristal, much the same way Analiese was disposed of, all
those
years ago. But the more time Kristal and Rodolfo spend
together, the more attraction flares to life. She tries to
fight her feelings as he is promised to another. Will
Kristal
get her happily ever after, or is she destined to lose the
man
she loves to another? Or will a bitter family member
succeed
in removing Kristal altogether?
VIENNA MASQUERADE by Lorna McKenzie is a very short
romantic
tale, about trying to find your place in the world, and
unexpectedly falling in love. I enjoyed the story but felt
it
was a little rushed - there is enough detail and
characters to
make this a longer story, and deepen the history of the
family
and events that occur. If you want a quick read for
lunchtime,
that has love and a little action, then VIENNA MASQUERADE
by
Lorna McKenzie, fits the bill.
Upon the death of her beloved grandmother, public
relations
executive Kristal Hastings is alone in the world—or, at
least, in England. When she gets off the plane in Austria,
she doesn’t expect an overly warm welcome from the
relatives
she’s never met. Distant half-cousins, their connection a
youthful affair Kristal’s grandmother had with the von
Steinberg patriarch.
The chauffeur and sleek, black limo that greets her is
quite
a surprise. So is the intense, hazel-eyed stare of the man
waiting for her in the back. If Rodolfo Wolfgang Gustav
von
Steinberg thinks six-feet-four of designer-suited muscle
will intimidate her, he has another think coming.
Despite Rodolfo’s suspicion regarding her motives, instant
attraction flares between them. But the heat of new love
is
tempered by a very old-world custom, for Rodolfo is
promised
to another…
This Retro Romance reprint was originally published in
1994
by My Weekly Story Library.
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