Review: Not a terrible collection
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 31, 2013
I've found these anthologies a little inconsistent and this one wasn't one of my favourites. The stories weren't bad exactly but not terribly inspiring or memorable.The Unintended JourneyThe H and h are star-crossed lovers, kept apart because of class distinction and the H's awful family. It was probably the best story in the book.A Caribbean Jewel for ChristmasA really mismatched story since the setting was outside of England. The Duke's wayward grandson is persuaded to go home to see his family for the first time in years. He meets the h when she betrays him in order to save her father. It's a pretty predictable 'pirate' kind of book.Winning a ladies heartThe H and h were very much in love but then the H betrays the h badly and publicly too. I just didn't buy the premise of the story and don't believe that the H would have so deliberately hurt the h in such a humiliating way if he'd loved her the way he said he did.I probably wouldn't have bought this collection, if I'd known how mediocre it was going to be.