Review: Reading this is like sitting next to a garrulous, doting grandmother on an airplane flight.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 24, 2011
This is a must-read only for die-hard Balogh fans and epilogue lovers.  Those who have a low threshold for boredom and honest-to-gosh wholesomeness, stay away.  We're supplied with a few chapters cut from the first two MISTRESS books, about Jocelyn and Ferdinand, and by reading them, we see why the editors suggested cutting them in the first place, but for a true Balogh fan they could be an interesting read.  Then we get an epilogue to all 3 MISTRESS books, including the most recent THE SECRET MISTRESS.  It takes place maybe 5 years after Ferdinand and Viola's wedding. (They're the last couple to marry.)  Here you get yourself up to date on how many children everyone has, how happy they all are and how wholesome their lives are.  It's like a Hallmark card and many fans will like it.But for me, this should not have cost even 99 cents.  This is all stuff that, as one reviewer here said, should have been supplied for free on Balogh's website.  Maybe she's needing to accumulate money for her old age.  Case in point, her more recent novels are now first appearing in pricey hardcover versions.  I won't pay that for a Balogh book, however long I have been a fan of hers.