We seem to beĮavesdropping on a lot of reminiscing as former lovers Captain Sam Pellow and Wilhelmina, Duchess of Hertford, find themselves together at an inn. When Cassandra stops at Ethan's inn, they rekindle their friendship and discuss the ten years that have passed since they last saw each other - but can the countess and the innkeeper have a future together? The emotion and personalities of the hero and heroine in this storyĪre well described, and it's an enjoyable read.Ĭandice Hern's 'From This Moment On' is a bit of an odd read. Her childhood playmate Ethan Baxter, a stable hand, has made a life for himself as an inn owner. Cassandra Heywood married an Earl, and her life was a misery. Jacquie D'Allesandro's 'Only You' is very enjoyable, a story of youthful friends whose completely different stations Is missing that certain extra quality of emotional depth that she usually offers. The story contains Balogh's usual excellent writing style but The story feels familiar: an estranged husband-and-wife couple meet randomly at an inn and rekindle their relationship, discovering the web of lies and misunderstandings that has kept them apart. Mary Balogh's 'Spellbound' isn't quite up to her usual standard, for this reader at least. Is a good story if at times improbable, with the relationship between the central characters He finds that spending time with her might bring him more than he bargained for. Of course, Ro considers it his duty to help Lydia, but Lydia Makepeace is known as a sensible woman, rather on the shelf, and so it's a real surprise to Ro Gerarrd to discover she's planning to break into a country house to steal back some indiscrete letters that her sister wrote. Stephanie Laurens' story, 'The Fall of Rogue Gerrard,' has a reformed rake meeting up with an important woman from his youth. Each story approaches the subject differently and with variable success. It Happened One Night contains four romantic stories based on a similar theme - that of two people meeting randomly at an inn ten years after they last saw each other. Stephanie Laurens, Mary Balogh, Jacquie D'Alessandro and Candice HernĬlick here to read reviewer Megan Duncan's take on It Happened One Night.
Book review: Stephanie Laurens, Mary Balogh, Jacquie D'Alessandro and Candice Hern's *It Happened One Night*
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