Review: A Sweet Little Story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2014
The writing was good but some of the storyline was weak.  Still there was a lovely sweetness in the interaction of the characters.  Unfortunately not a lot happens.  I don't mean in terms of sex, although there is none but there really isn't much action of any kind.  Sophie is poor and has given a deathbed promise to her mother as a teenager to care for her gravely depressed father  (despite living in England, a country with a real national healthcare system, he relies on his daughter to provide care for him) and her younger brother who needs music lessons (the kid doesn't need food or clothes, this musical prodigy NEEDS expensive violin lessons).Jean-Luc is a French former race car driver with lots of money and fame.  Apparently he and Sophie had hot one night together on her eighteenth birthday four years ago.  Sophie then told him in the morning she was engaged and promptly disappeared to return to feeding and clothing and paying for music lessons for her family.  Maybe it was because she had been an innocent virgin, maybe it was her stunning violet eyes or just the fact she walked out on him first (you know how guys are) but Jean-Luc has been obsessed with her ever since. When he discovers she is a college student in London, he arranges a work study placement at the silk mill in Lyon he now conveniently runs in order to get close to her and obviously, find out how she could have walked out on his hotness.  Sadly, Sophie is a bit embarrassed when it comes to copping to her working class status and lies to him she is an heiress and unimpressed by wealth which is a total lie or she wouldn't be so freaked about the subject every time it comes up.  My mother told me 'It's as easy to fall in love with a rich man as it is a poor one' but apparently Sophie's mom only harped on Sophie paying for her kid brother's violin lessons.  Needless to say Jean-Luc has a few control issues of his own courtesy of parental baggage.Still the best part of this story is that it's really about two people helping each other to take.a chance on themselves by opening up and sharing their feelings with someone else.  It also doesn't hurt that they're a really stunning looking couple.If you're looking for a really gentle sweet bit of fluffiness as a change of pace from the genre's usual heavy breathing, lusty stares and occasional bits of leather thrown in, give The Silk Romance a read.  It has its moments!I received this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.