Review: 3 stories to read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2014
This was an entertaining collection.  They were alike as in a damsel in distress, a hero, regency period time frame and HEA.Marry in Haste- he needs a wife and she needs a husband.  In order to inherit he needs a wife and a heir ASAP.  She is living in a bad very situation and the only way out is a job, she has no references, or a husband, but who?  She overhears him at a party talking about needing a wife but he has no prospects as he has a bit of scandal attached to his name.  She meets him and volunteers for the position.  Of course there is a HEA but a bit of intrigue before they reach it.Once Bitten, Twice Shy - The hero is the titled rich guy with a very dysfunctional family and a bit of scandal attached to his name.  He is rumored to have murdered his wife so society has sort of blacklisted him.  She is a twin, not the pretty outgoing one, the other one.  however, he takes a shine to her and going against all he thinks he wants to do he asks her to marry him.  She is attracted to him and really wants out of life with her mother, sister, and almost broke father. So she agrees.  Of course there is no smooth sailing in any of these stories.  Trouble is brewing with the wicked ex-stepmother and cousin.  But, of course there is a HEA.Desperate Remedies-The hero marries a woman his mother's age and thus  kills himself in the eyes of society. The heroine is in love with him and is heartbroken when she sees him wed. She leaves the country for 3 years as the companion of an older woman who dies and so she is back in England.  They meet again.  This heroine is a little different in that she has a brain and a spine and she has no problems standing up for herself and speaking her mind. She had no idea his wife had died after the first year and he now lives a secluded life at his estate.  They meet again.  Sparks fly.  Of course, there is a bad guy.  So there is some mystery and plotting to kill the good guy but there is of course a HEA.All three books were entertaining and a light read.  I would recommend them.  They were alike in ways but different in storylines.