{"id":24337,"date":"2025-03-26T17:12:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T21:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24337"},"modified":"2025-10-01T17:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T21:39:37","slug":"a-kiss-for-midwinter-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24337","title":{"rendered":"A Kiss for Midwinter"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Kiss for Midwinter<\/em><\/a> (2012) Courtney Milan<\/a> (Brothers Sinister #1.5)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Leicester, England 1864<\/p>\n

This is one my my favorite historical novellas.<\/p>\n

He hadn\u2019t chosen to become a doctor so that he could foretell the death of children. He\u2019d been seduced by the stories\u2014the stories of John Snow saving hundreds of lives by careful observation, of men who noticed the world around them and cared and thought, men who set aside irrationality in favor of cures supported by statistical research.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of Lydia\u2019s first memories was playing on the floor of her father\u2019s study. Her nurse had darted in, grabbing her up with a flood of apologies and a scold for Lydia. \u201cCan\u2019t you see your father\u2019s busy?\u201d she\u2019d remonstrated. <\/p>\n

But her father had simply shrugged. \u201cIf you take her away every time I\u2019m busy,\u201d he\u2019d said placidly, \u201cI\u2019ll never see her. She can stay.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lydia looked up at the ceiling. \u201cHe\u2019s an interesting man. I only want to figure him out.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cHmm,\u201d her father said. He glanced over at her mother, who gave him a repressive shake of her head.<\/p>\n

Lydia knew she had a few faults of her own, and one of the things she knew she was shockingly good at was telling lies to herself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Miss Lydia Charingford, Doctor Jonas Grantham, Lucas Grantham, Mr. Charingford, Mrs. Charingford, Henry Westing, Peter Westing, Mrs. Hall, Tom Paggett, Doctor Parwine, Corporal Dalling<\/p>\n

Rating: 10\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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