Review: An OK read but it's too short to have much depth.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2012
I guess it's time for me to give up on novella-length romances.  If even Madeline Hunter's story can't please me (and she's one of my favorite HR authors), it's probably the unsatisfactory length of novellas that really bothers me.  Not enough time to develop the characters and their romance/story.This was originally published in 2002 in a 4-novella collection calledTapestry, with contributions from Hunter, Lynn Kurland, Karen Marie Moning and Sherrilyn Kenyon.  Hunter's is a straightforward short historical romance set in the Middle Ages.  Heroine Giselle and her wastrel brother Reginald are of noble English blood.  Andreas, the hero, is a German merchant/trader and member of the Hanseatic League.10 years prior to the story, Andreas was poor and struggling.  His friend Reginald brought him to live in their home.  Both Giselle and Andreas felt an attraction to each other, but both kept it well hidden. Andreas went on to make something of himself as a merchant and even married into a wealthy merchant family to further his career.Reginald, on the other hand, has been speculating unsuccessfully all these years and now has lost everything and, in addition, has mysteriously disappeared.  Giselle, in desperation, reaches out to Andreas for help.  And the story begins.Trouble is, you just get started reading and it's over.  It's too short and too little use of the Medieval time period is made.  Everything wraps up in record time and I was left wondering why I had paid $2.99 for it.