Review: Unique Setting
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2014
One Choice, Ginger Solomon's debut novel, is one of a kind. An engaging tale with a unique setting. I don't believe I've read another like it.Chari Michaels lives alone in Belikara with Stormy, her cat, for family. Her parents are dead and her brother Paul resides in France.When Chari collides with a tall, good-looking stranger in the market and remarks about his clumsiness in her native English, she never dreams the handsome guy will understand her. She works her way out of the ill-spoken word by saying she was talking about herself.Later when she's summoned by the King to join in the Bridal March to find the Prince a wife, she's startled to discover the Prince is the handsome stranger from the market.The story is set at the King's Palace in Belikara. The date is March 2011 but every other aspect of the story speaks of another era—perhaps the days of the Knights of the Round table.Part of the story seemed to transport me to the Biblical books of Esther or Song of Solomon. Another felt like the fairy tale Cinderella.For those who love romance, Once Choice gets steamy, though the characters are married. Anyone who likes contemporary romance with a flavor of old world Europe will love this story.