Review: At the Duke's Wedding
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2014
A collection of four novellas, each bearing a connection to those guests attending the Duke of Wessex's wedding to Miss Helen Gray. The first novella involves Jack Willoughby and Henrietta Black. Jack is a rogue, a man whom trouble followed closely behind, most due to his own making. Henrietta is companion to Lady Sophronia, elder relative to the Duke. When Jack loses the wedding ring( a family heirloom that he has been entrusted to get safely to the wedding), Henrietta winds up trying to help him locate said ring, while trying to ignore her attraction to Jack and his to her. Novella two regards Lord Christian Bruton who attempts to come to the aid of his tongue tied cousin, Lieutenant Frank Newnham, in winning the affection of Miss Rosanne Lacy. Christian gives Frank the words to write in his letters to Rosanne. Christian does such a good job that he falls for Rosanne and she falls for the man who she believes is writing her the wonderful letters(Frank). Later she begins to question the authenticity of the author of the letters as Frank seems unable to carry on much of a conversation in her presence. Novella three is about the Duke questioning his marriage to Helen Gray when he meets her sister, Cleo.He is not in love with Helen nor she with him and the unconventional Cleo knocks him off his feet. I did not enjoy novella four, it involves time travel, an American named Angela Cowdrey and Trenton Ascot. I tried to work up an interest for the story but the time travel aspect just doesn't appeal to me. All in all, this was a good buy however for 99 cents.