He is from New Orleans, where his mother was a healer. His background is equally as fascinating. For a relatively short book, their relationship goes through a lot of development. It is with time that he grows on Emma and she can recognize him for the loyal, smart, and heroic man that he is. Instead, he is downright irritating with his constant requests for kisses and his incessant mockery of Emma’s inherited wealth.
He does not waltz in and steal Emma’s (or the reader’s) heart. Add a bold heroine who takes on the Germans and seeks a way to outwit them and return to her home and it becomes awesome! A fairytale in Europe during WWI is interesting enough. It is utterly unique, beginning with its historical setting. Review: Water Song is one of my favorite contributions to Simon Pulse’s Once Upon a Time series of retold fairytales. She may find, however, that love and magic can both lurk in the midst of war. Surrounded by bombs, troops, and poison gas and haunted by the death of her mother, the last thing she wants is for the Germans to take over her home-and then make her prisoner with an annoying American. Suzanne lives in Putnam Valley, NY.Summary: Emma Pennington, a wealthy British socialite, is stuck alone on her family estate in Belgium during WWI. Another contribution to the Pulse line is her Romantic Comedy, South Beach Sizzle. Her books in the Once upon a Time series include The Crimson Thread and The Night Dance among others. About the Author Suzanne Weyn has written more than 100 novels for children and young adults and has had her work featured on the New York Times bestseller list. But the war will teach her that life is unpredictable, people arent always what they seem, and magic is lurking everywhere.
With all of her attention focused on survival and escape, Emma hardly expects to find love. Enemy troops fight to take over her estate, leaving her with no way to reach her family, and no way out. Soon Emma finds herself stranded in a war-torn country, utterly alone. She and her mother travel from their home in Britain to the family estate in Belgium, never imagining that the war could reach them there. Although war rages abroad, she hardly feels its effect. Book Synopsis ONCE UPON A TIME IS TIMELESS Young, beautiful, and wealthy, Emma Pennington is accustomed to a very comfortable life. About the Book Stranded in war-torn Belgium, Emma Pennington finds a wounded American soldier carrying vital information for the Allies and protects him from the Germans occupying her family estate.
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