Perfect Secrets: When Dreams Won't Die / Across a Crowded Room / The Return of Travis Dean / Redemption
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Genre: Romance
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Genre: Romance
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
This wasn't a great group of short stories. Below is a synopsis of each tale. I found the most to like in the last story.
WHEN DREAMS WON'T DIE (Brenda Joyce) Contemporary story or not, I have certain expectations about a heroine. I expect a heroine to have a moral compass that isn't affected by hormones. Blair slept with her to-be brother-in-law days before his marriage to her sister.
Then she left town, had the baby, didn't tell the father, raised said child on her own, comes back to her hometown and doesn't think the citizens will figure out she had the baby with the man she had obviously had a crush on during her growing-up years. I wondered what (love interest) Matt saw in Blair.
ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM (Judith O'Brien) This is another contemporary story that seemed rather hollow. Aunt Adele was an interesting character, as were Christopher Quinn and Nicole Lovett. However, there was too much plot and not enough time for development to suit me.
THE RETURN OF TRAVIS DEAN (Kathleen Kane) This story seemed to have lots of potential until the ghosts interfered. I just don't care for ethereal beings in my historical romances.
Travis has been gone four years instead of four days. Katie, obviously anticipating their nuptials, had Travis' baby while he was gone. To save herself embarrassment, she tells the local citizens that she and Travis married secretly before he left. When Travis comes back, Katie won't let him tell her why he was delayed for such a long time. That just didn't seem logical or likely.
REDEMPTION (Delia Parr) Of the four stories, I enjoyed this one most. Sarah has a tarnished reputation, through no fault of her own. She lives outside of a small town, waiting for the community to change their opinion of her.
During a blizzard, someone approaches Sarah's cabin and bangs to get in. After Sarah realizes that it is not her former fiancee' (coming to taunt her some more), she helps the stranger survive. However, her former fiancee' seeing the back of the stranger leaving, tells the town that Sarah has had a man with her during the storm.
The author does a nice job of showing the hero and heroine growing, through their interaction with each other, so that they brought out the best in each other.
This was a nice story, but it could not save the others.
WHEN DREAMS WON'T DIE (Brenda Joyce) Contemporary story or not, I have certain expectations about a heroine. I expect a heroine to have a moral compass that isn't affected by hormones. Blair slept with her to-be brother-in-law days before his marriage to her sister.
Then she left town, had the baby, didn't tell the father, raised said child on her own, comes back to her hometown and doesn't think the citizens will figure out she had the baby with the man she had obviously had a crush on during her growing-up years. I wondered what (love interest) Matt saw in Blair.
ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM (Judith O'Brien) This is another contemporary story that seemed rather hollow. Aunt Adele was an interesting character, as were Christopher Quinn and Nicole Lovett. However, there was too much plot and not enough time for development to suit me.
THE RETURN OF TRAVIS DEAN (Kathleen Kane) This story seemed to have lots of potential until the ghosts interfered. I just don't care for ethereal beings in my historical romances.
Travis has been gone four years instead of four days. Katie, obviously anticipating their nuptials, had Travis' baby while he was gone. To save herself embarrassment, she tells the local citizens that she and Travis married secretly before he left. When Travis comes back, Katie won't let him tell her why he was delayed for such a long time. That just didn't seem logical or likely.
REDEMPTION (Delia Parr) Of the four stories, I enjoyed this one most. Sarah has a tarnished reputation, through no fault of her own. She lives outside of a small town, waiting for the community to change their opinion of her.
During a blizzard, someone approaches Sarah's cabin and bangs to get in. After Sarah realizes that it is not her former fiancee' (coming to taunt her some more), she helps the stranger survive. However, her former fiancee' seeing the back of the stranger leaving, tells the town that Sarah has had a man with her during the storm.
The author does a nice job of showing the hero and heroine growing, through their interaction with each other, so that they brought out the best in each other.
This was a nice story, but it could not save the others.
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