Review: Sweet, Short Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2013
I really liked this story.  I wont summarize the book as others have already done so in their reviews.  It was different from the regency romances that I normally read in that it involved a heroine that was several years older than the hero....8 to be exact.  One of the main problems I frequently encounter when reading romance novellas is that the author tries to overcome too much in too short a time.....namely have people meet and fall in love in a matter of hours.  However, this author was able to overcome that issue in this story.  True, it was short, but the storyline encompassed a number of days and even though the heroine's previous husband had been an abusive, selfish bastard, the author was still able to have me convinced of the happily ever after for the couple by the end of the story.  That is quite an achievement.  Cameron is a wonderful hero.  He saw what he wanted and he went after it....namely Clarisse.  He was very patient and loving towards Clarisse who had been involved in a 14 year abusive marriage.  I loved the way Cameron was finally able to break through Clarisse's reserves and get her to trust him.  This book is part of a trilogy and has characters from some of the author's other books.  But, it is easily read as a stand alone story.