Review: Short Holiday Romance, Gotta Love It!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 15, 2013
Have you ever known someone who was always the perfect daughter, but beneath the calm and bland exterior, all the hidden emotion and desires lay buried? How about the “nice” guy, smart, successful, reliable, predictable to the point of mistaking him with plain vanilla pudding? Meet Penelope and Darius, who have known each other forever, have dismissed each other as too bland for their own hidden “self.”’Twas the Night Before Mischief by Nina Rowan is definitely an historical romance, filled with the confines of the times, a heroine bursting to break the mold she is expected to fill and the most dangerous kind of hero, the one who comes across as quiet, a bit too brainy, until all of that quiet strength is unleashed, with total confidence. Nina Rowan could have made a longer story of this novella, but, hey, it’s a Holiday read, who has the time? This was perfect, short, sweet, with some amazing swoon-worthy heat! It wasn’t the ending that was the big surprise, it was the journey, a little off the beaten path with some great dialogue, both mental and verbal between these two characters. Ms Rowan has done a marvelous job of celebrating the Holidays with love and learning to give!I received a copy from Forever (Grand Central Publishing) in exchange for my honest review.