Review: Too much story for too few pages
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
I expected a short story and its premise interested me.  I think, though, it would have been better served in a longer story, at least a novella.We're not really shown the romance and love of the relationship, we're just told it's there.  Well, why?  How has a brief flirtation 10 years ago somehow morphed into a Great Love?  Did the duke suffer torment during those 10 years?  We're told he did, but I didn't see evidence of his anguish.  Caroline was forced into marriage to a philanderer 10 years ago.  Now, she's bitter.  The extent of her cynicism, though, just doesn't ring true to me.This little story seemed to just touch the barest surface of its characters.  It wasn't an unpleasant way to spend an hour, but the story had the potential of being so much more.The story was very short, so there were only two Misuse Of Titles incidents.  A duke is not "My Lord."  Correct forms of address are not complicated.  Why can't a published author get it right?  This may seem trifling to some, but it's like hearing fingernails screeching along a blackboard to me.  Google it, author!  It ain't hard!