Review: Two short stories - sweet romance.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2013
3  stars for JUST A LITTLE KILTED AFFAIR  by Alexandra Andersen.This was kind of cute.  The setting is a Scottish festival in Connecticut.  Jane has been burned in the past and doesn't think much of men.  Along comes hunky sexy Scottish speaking Angus.  He sees her, wants her, woos her.  They have hot sex.  She's the only one for him, and she melts.Weak 3 stars for QUIET & KILTED by Shayne McClendon.It was kind of nice the way hunky guy pursues shy quiet librarian Zoe who is deaf.  The best part was his daughter's actions - a force helping the relationship.  The sex was ok, didn't do much for me.  There are several sex scenes.  This is the first in a trilogy.  The bad guy is at large to be continued, but the romance part has a happy ending.I had two problems.  The ex-wife shows up and tells lies to Zoe.  Zoe stupidly believes the lies without checking.  That was too artificial for me.My other problem was writing mechanics.  The author did this a lot.  Usually I could tell who was talking, but a few times I could not.  Here's an example.  A said "I'm going downtown." B nodded. "Lets go to the movies."  I didn't know who was saying the second phrase, was it A or B?  All of this was in the same paragraph.  B nodded should be on it's own line.  The movie phrase should be on the same line as B nodded or on it's own line if A was saying it.DATA FOR BOTH:Narrative mode: 3rd person.  Kindle count length: 2,737 (356 KB) 216 pages.  Swearing language: strong including religious swear words.  Sexual language: strong.  Number of sex scenes: 6.  Setting: current day Connecticut and Colorado.  Copyright: 2013.  Genre: contemporary romance.