Review: Enchanting story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 22, 2013
Karen Hawkins has written an absolutely charming little short story about a determined princess and a tortured Scottish Lord.  Ms Hawkins fleshes out her character’s personalities in a short amount of pages.Alexandra is princess form a small European country.  She is a widow and has traveled with her entourage to Scotland with the sole purpose of finding another husband.  She does not want the foppish royals who have come calling; instead she wants a brave, manly Scot.  Her coach meets with a snowstorm in Scotland and she waits out the weather in an inn.Also braving the weather is James, the Earl of Kintore.  His castle is but a mile or so away from the Inn but weather conditions force to hunker down at the same Inn as Alexandra.  He is a little drunk, a condition that he finds himself in too often because of a past tragedy.  Guilt is an awful demon in his life.  He stumbles upon a sleeping beauty and becomes enchanted.These leads are dynamite.  They are spunky, flirtatious, sweetly honest and passionate.  Rarely do leads create the lovely aura of destiny these two do within a few pages.  It is impossible not to root for them.  I am giving this story a five star rating.