** spoiler alert ** 
 Reread Some books alter the very fabric of one's soul. Devil in winter is that one for me. 3 years back I had savoured every single word in this book. So I was curious if I would feel just as entgralled now as I did then. I don't know how it is possible, but the book seemed even lovelier this time. I know sex in romance books is just a plot element and not the only thing you go for. And I agree. But DiW just... The first time Sebastian and Eve ever sleep together, it is as much a starry revelation for them as it is for us readers. Lisa describes each movement and each feeling differently. From a technical standpoint, she uses bucket loads of different and apt words for descriptions so no moment reads like a repetition of what happened before. 
 To be honest, the whole book is a sensuous feast. 
 I love how Evie is fleshed out as a character. A strong woman doesn't necessarily mean an active, physically strong, quick witted, bold woman. Strong women come in all shapes and sizes and temperaments. Evie stammers, looks mousy at first glance and is the most painfully shy person that exists. But underneath it all, she has a spine of steel, fierce loyalty and incredible capacity to love. 
 Sebastian is most definitely a gorgeous man. His fallen angel character provides a perfect balance to Evie's perfection. There's really nobody else who would have suited this book better. And whether we like it or not, the bad-boy act did wonders for the story. 
 It is beyond doubt I will read this book again and again. Even now, I am barely resisting the urge to Reread this story. 
 Review circa 2014 
 I started out with this book just to see how a fallen man like a pathetic kidnapper (who might or might not have had intentions to take the virtue of a lady at one point of time who also happens to be the heroine's close friend) could be redeemed. 
 By the end of the third chapter, I was simply.......Oh MY GOSH! How utterly sexy can these two be!!!!! 
 The hero is so swoon worthy. And thankfully Lisa Kleypas doesn't try to change him overnight. He shows a gradual change in character, if you can even call it change. I believe he simply found his purpose and his liking. And the way he is shaken to the core by his relationship with the heroine at the beginning just makes....just ..no..words. 
 Can somebody please find me a guy like that?! :P 
 As for the heroine? Oh she's marvelous. Her physique is never described as something skinny and this fact soothes me to no extent. her actions sometimes make you relate to her so much that you'll get a feeling sometimes that the whole story revolves around you (and with such a sexy as sin hero, I don't even mind!). She's determined and hardworking and not at all fickle. A really admirable lady. 
 This book made Lisa Kleypas one of my favourite romance writers.Hardly any romance story is original anymore nowadays but despite that, Lisa Kleypas weaves a beautifully coherent and inspired story. 
 You MUST read it!