Review: Sweet and complete
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2014
This is a steamy short story. Caroline and John had really hit it off when they met ten years ago. He thought he had plenty of time to make her his but he wasn't quite ready to make things permanent. She certainly would have accepted his proposal, if he had made one.Two months later she was married to the one man who had offered for her. Her family thrilled that she had provided for them.Would have been really hard to live in those times, where your wishes and hopes didn't matter...only the bottom line did.Nine years later Caroline is widowed, and a year later, after her year of mourning, she's ready to LIVE. She refuses to be tied down again. She has her widows' pension and she refuses to be beholden to any man.But maybe she can find just a jot of happiness? A bit of passion? Some time to be merry? A fling without any strings?Unfortunately Sutbridge wants it all. He wants to marry and have heirs and be with his love, the woman who he has waited all this time for.There's stubbornness and hurt feelings on both sides of this coin. But there's also an undeniable attraction. Made for some fun reading.For a short story, this one had a pretty complete story line. I was impressed with how much Ms. Darby fit into about 40 pages. Well done! I'd certainly read more by this author.*Thank you, NetGalley and Ms. Darby, for the opportunity to read Caroline and the Duke.