Review: Excellent Short Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2014
This story is very short, at less than 40 pages...the website actually lists the page count at 37 pages, but be aware that the story ends at about 62%.  The rest of the book consists of excerpts from some of Ms. Barbosa's other works )("The Lesson Plan" being one that I read and loved.)  Despite it's short length, this story is extremely entertaining.  It is well written, and although the characters are not fully developed, as you might expect with such a short story, I still felt I had a true understanding of them.  The heroine, Jamie, is a member of a rival clan of the hero's.  She is caught when she participates, with her brothers, in a raid on the hero's lands.  Once the hero discovers she is a woman, Jamie is kept as a prisoner, rather than being executed.The story covers a period of several months, thus there is some skipping ahead in the book.  For instance, once Duncan discovers Jamie is a woman, the story then skips over her first six weeks as a prisoner, it then picks up at a point where the two have already established a rapport, although not a relationship.  The skipping ahead was in no way confusing and did not, IMO, detract from the enjoyment of the story.  I would have, of course, preferred a longer length story which provided a more in depth view of the relationship between Duncan and Jamie, but that does not mean that the story as is, was not enjoyable, because it was.  If you don't like any sex in your stories, then you should know that there is a love scene in this book, although it is brief and not described in any detail.Bottom line, I really enjoyed this short story.  If you're looking for a fully developed plot, this is not the book for you.  But, if all you want is a nice, quick read, then I'd say give this one a try.  Happy reading.