Review: A Strangers on a Train Short Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2013
Caitlin has been crazy busy at work for the last couple of months, putting in 70 hour weeks that left her exhausted and with very little time or energy to socialise. She is looking forward to taking a break over the holidays and is hoping to reconnect with her boyfriend who she has hardly seen even though they work in the same office. It comes as quite a shock when he dumps her at the Christmas party but if she's honest she can't really find it in herself to be all that upset about losing him, she's more annoyed at the circumstances and that she didn't see it coming. Catching the train home alone she bumps into Mark, a guy that she's only seen from a distance before but someone that she hasn't been able to get out of her mind. When the two of them are stranded together in an empty train station they need to get close to stay warm but is the passion that flares between them going to burn out quickly or could it be the start of something more?Thank You for Riding is one of the five stories in the Strangers on a Train series published by Samhain, each of the stories has been written by a different author (the authors involved in the collaboration are Ruthie Knox, Meg Maguire, Serena Bell, Donna Cummings & Samantha Hunter) and is currently available as an ebook but I believe there will be a print bind up containing the whole series published sometime next year. These stories can be read in any order, they are linked only by the common theme that each couple start out as strangers who meet each other on a train, so there is no cross over of characters or story lines.This was my favourite story in the Strangers on a Train series, Caitlin and Mark are just so cute together and I loved the way they bantered with each other. They had an instant connection but it was done in a believable way, they fancied the pants of each other but they got on well too and although we only see them get a happy for now I could believe that they had a future together. In fact I'd love to revisit them further down the line and see how they're getting on! Thank You for Riding was laugh out loud funny, had great characters and just enough spice to raise my temperature and I can't recommend it highly enough. This is a perfect story for when you're looking for something light hearted and fun that can be read in about an hour.