Review: Truly Sweet - Previously Published Though
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 10, 2012
For those of us who read a  lot of Ms Sand's books but may shy away from anthologies for fear that we will not like all the authors in them, this is the perfect alternate. "Three French Hens" was previously publish in the anthologies "Five Gold Rings" and "A Historical Christmas Present", so you can make sure you don't have those before you purchase this novella.This was an entirely very sweet story of two young women one a scullery maid and the other a high born lady who switch identities during the Christmas season.  The reason for this is that Lady Joan wants to get out of a pre-arranged marriage, and Brinna the scullery maid needs some coin to help her elderly friend Aggie retire.Unfortunately or fortunately it depends on how you look at it, the ruse worked all too well and Brinna ends up falling for  Lady  Joan's betrothed Royce of Thurleah.I had wondered how Ms Sands was going to dig her way out of this plot predicament, but I shouldn't have feared.  Ms Sands did it and fairly well too.  It may seem that the ploy is a little trite, but this is a Christmas novella and at this time of the year predictable, sweet and romantic is just what we all need to get through the holiday's.