Review: TOO SHORT
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2013
Catherine Raybourne the Marchioness of Foster has been alone for the past five years. After just a few short weeks of being married, she had created a situation which had severely embarrassed her husband Jamie. He had left her at his country estate, while he went off to travel the world. In all that time he had never contacted Catherine.Now he has returned, a male relative his heir has died. Jamie has come home to his wife. He needs an heir.First read for me buy this author, and it's obvious she is a talented writer. But my three star rating is about the story. I realise that in 1821 when this story is set that women did not have the same freedom of choice that today's women have. But the author did not portray Jamie as some tyrannical monster who expected obedience from his wife. Both Catherine and Jamie were written as equals.What really bugged me about this novella was that considering the subject matter, this was just too short to do it justice. The whole time period of this covers about a week after Jamie's return.I fully expected the "big talk" but that didn't happen, instead Jamie entertained Catherine with amusing tales of his experiences. I was waiting for her to ask him some very pertinent questions as to his five year absence, while she had been left in the country all alone! But no that never happened. His excuse for leaving was because of the gossip and scandel. I would have thought his sudden reappearance after five years would cause double the scandel.Jamie and Catherine together were a little unconvincing for me. It was more about lust and his need for an heir than love.ARC courtesy of NetGalley