Review: Cute Read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 4, 2011
Misinformation leads to a traumatic breakup for Penelope Lawrence and Sir Charles Gordon, but circumstance brings them back together and perhaps a little help from fate when Sir Charles sees Mistletoe Everywhere.In an estate aptly named Mistletoe Manor, Ms. Banche gives us a very sweet romance set in Regency England where the class discriminations are just beginning to soften. That's what gives her novella its twist and reels her audience in and hooks us. Her descriptive dialogue helps her readers to further enjoy the English countryside in winter in a bygone era. Her characters are the usual lot from the time, from stuffy port drinking rakes and over anxious young misses, to over fed and over tolerated old ladies of the gentry.Her hero and heroine participate in a plot that is my favorite: one of second chances, and we her readers will find ourselves urging on the characters to finally get it right this time as they both deserve to be happy. Her love scenes are sensual in their intent and yet very innocent in this era of nothing is too much. The only thing I would have changed is the sometimes overly wordy narrative as I found myself occasionally skimming over parts that seemed to drag. But it did not detract from the enjoyment I found in reading the story.If you enjoy holiday romance, Regency romance, or just a good olde fashioned romance, look no farther than Mistletoe Everywhere. Put on your muffs and your dancing slippers and enjoy this period romance novella that would appeal to all ages of readers.Originally posted at The Long and Short of It Romance Reviews