Review: Kind of a ripoff
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2013
I've read and enjoyed many of Debbie Macomber's previous books, and I was pleased when I received a hardcover copy of The Inn at Rose Harbor as a Christmas gift.  When I saw the short story prequel "advertised" within the bound book, I ordered it so that I wouldn't miss anything.  None of the storyline, and very few of the details, in this short story aren't in the full-length book either as flashbacks or Jo Marie's memories of her time with husband.  Unless readers want to be in on Jo Marie and Paul's courtship and brief marriage in "real time" I wouldn't bother with this short story.  The best part of the book was the recipe for Sweet & Crunchy Biscotti at the end of the story.