Review: Another good novella from Tessa Dare
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 15, 2014
Tessa Dare has written another enjoyable novella about the ladies of Spindle Cove.  This short story manages to convey a lot of story in a short amount of space.Violet is a wallflower and has escaped to Spindle Cove to escape what she has named her “Disappointment”.  She will return to London the next day at the behest of her parents and begin a London Season.  One she is not looking forward to in any manner.Her plans are interrupted when a man comes crashing into the Spindle Cove dance dirty and disheveled speaking a language she does not immediately understand.  Violet is a whiz with languages.  She can decipher that the man appears to be speaking a dialect of Northern France and since England is at War with Napoleon, the man is instantly suspicious.The man attaches himself to Violet.  He is injured and Violet has a compassionate nature.  Yet she also feels a glimmer of recognition when she looks upon his visage. From the moment he awakens Violet is forced to make some very tough decisions, should she trust him, should she trust herself?  The leads have an instant connection and even though this is a short story, for the most part, the reader will feel that the main characters have sufficient backgrounds  to understand their actions.