Review: What a fantastic read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2010
I've been looking forward to Jeannie Lin's stories for months now because she's breaking new ground with romances set in Tang Dynasty China. I crawled into bed last night and opened this one, thinking I'd just start reading a few pages--and instead found myself devouring the entire story. It's simply WONDERFUL. Mei Lin is an indomitable heroine both kind and fierce, and Shen Leung is a sexy, skilled, and honorable hero every bit her match. Their clash of wills is a thing of beauty, as is their love story. The writing is gorgeous and sensual.It isn't easy for an author to develop a believable romance and "Happily Ever After" within ten or twelve thousand words, but based on this, I might auto-buy Jeannie Lin's grocery list.This short story is set before the time of her much-anticipated BUTTERFLY SWORDS, coming in October 2010. My thanks to the author for the courage to write stories in a fresh and fascinating setting and to Harlequin for the foresight to publish them. I'm an eager new fan. HURRY UP, OCTOBER!