Review: Short and sweet but plenty of passion
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2013
Caroline and the Duke is a short story by Sabrina Darby. I am not usually a fan of short stories, they are just too darn short. But I liked the premise of this one.What happens when you meet the love of your life at the ages of 18 and 20? It's a harder question than you think. In recency England a girl needed to be married as soon as possible. If she waited too long there would be someone to take her place. There will always be younger and prettier. For a man, there is a little mire leeway. Especially a Duke, top of the food chain and all that.Caroline, Lady Balliste was married off at the ripe old age of 18. Wanted for her breeding purposes only, she provided the hero and the spare but was neglected and left alone while hubby spent all his time and money on mistresses. Now ten years later she is widowed and considering taking a lover. A lover not a husband, because love after all is a myth.At 20, John, Duke of Sutbridge blew it. Not realizing that time was short he let the woman he loved slip through his fingers. He watched her marry another man, give birth to his  children but still he hoped. When her husband died, leaving her a widow, John knew now was his chance. Only his lady faire wanted a lover not a husband.So we are back to what do you do when you meet the love if your life at 18 & 20? Do you even recognize it? Do you cave to societal pressures? Or do you grasp what you have with both hands and run with it? John and Caroline made the wrong choice fortunately for them, they got another chance. Now they have to decide what's the right choice thus time?ShauniThis review is based on the ARC of Caroline and the Duke, provided by netgalley