Review: Short sweet historical romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2011
This is a very short and sweet historical romance that is the equivalent to less than 50 pages.  It starts at a ball where 37 year old widowed Sophia, Countess of Winterbourne, sees her former impoverished Scottish lover, Ian Broderick, standing in elegant attire searching for someone.  She's terrified he's looking for her and although confused about how he was invited to the premier event of the season, she's more terrified of the scandal that could be brought upon her and her 15 year old son.  After the death and mourning of her husband, Sophia needed a break and went to Scotland pretending to be a titleless Miss, where she could simply escape.  She met there an untitled groundskeeper Ian Broderick, a dozen years her junior, and started up a torrid affair.  Now back in society, she can't imagine how he got there, but she does her best to escape only to be caught by William Ian Broderick Ferguson, Earl of Marlington.  25 year old Marlington's family were killed in an accident and he was miserable until he found Sophia.  Unable to believe she could just leave him, he's been spending his time ever since searching for her and he's not willing to take no for an answer to get her back.Like all of Ms. D'Allesandro's stories, this short story is sexy and engaging.  It's much shorter than any of her other shorts stories I've read, but isn't missing in content to make this a quick enjoyable read.