As many of you know I'm a closet writer, which means I'm an even bigger reader than I think anyone suspects. I've had a great opportunity to become a reviewer for a bunch of authors. This markedly saves my pocketbook and helps feed my insatiable urge to read. The other great thing is that I am exploring genre's that I might otherwise ignore. I'm really becoming a fan of the novella. They're short, brief escapes and adventures into another place and time that you can finish in an afternoon in between other projects. And when you find several authors packaged together you can sip lightly before deciding if you want the date to go beyond drinks to dinner.
This is a collection of 6 novellas that share 3
things…European locations, romance and period of time.
War of Hearts
by Annette Lyon involves train rides and frozen landscapes. A young reporter,
Anna, seeks the relative comfort of a War zone in Finland to distract her from
her broken heart.
The Earl of Oaksey Takes a wife by
G.G. Vandagriff Through a series of
misunderstandings newlyweds Lady Melissa
Burroughs and Lord Thomas Burroughs set up housekeeping at 2 separate
addresses. Each pines miserably for the other but neither has the skills to
cross the chasm in their new relationship.
Gift of Love by
Michele Paige Holmes. In Northern England in 1760 Ethan Moorleigh is beset with
bad luck having lost 2 wives to untimely deaths. When Mary does not survive
childbirth the total expands to 3.
Having a young daughter to care for is overwhelming until Amelia leaves her
life at the Abbey. The mystery that surrounds the deaths of his first three
wives is solved when Ethan saves Amelia.
A Lesson in Love by
Sarah M. Eden pits Reed’s expectation for the social season against the hopes
of his wife, Lucy. A matter of courting becomes a matter of war when all the
wives in the family side with Lucy and the men with Reed. As pawns they are
both miserable.
An Ocean Away
by Heather B. Moore. Mr. Edmund H. Donaldson can not believe his eyes when he
witnesses Gina Graydon scaling down the wall from her balcony at dawn.
Embarrassed to be caught reading novels in the garden, Gina begins to have
“kissing fantasies” about the handsome Edmund, only to learn that her father is
suing him.
When in Venice
by Nancy Campbell Allen finds spinster Evangeline Stuart, age 21, languishing
at the horrible treatment of her evil Step father and obnoxious twin
step-sisters. Enter Europe’s most eligible bachelor, his brothers, and an art
exhibit to add diversity. In a single day Evangeline tours Venice by foot and
gondola and finds herself bruised, gagged and locked in a closet.
Each story is complete on it’s own and provides just
the right length of escape. I’m not normally drawn to period romances but found
it difficult to pick my favorite in this bunch. The best part is you are coming
to know a variety of authors and will be able to check out all of their other
books. I would definitely recommend this
collection as a gift or for you own reading pleasure.
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