Valentine Love

Rating:
Summary: Don't waste your money, or your time!
Review: I bought this book because I like holiday-themed romances, and because I generally like Sara Blayne novels(she is the author of one of the three novellas). This book was a big disappointment! Blayne's story was about a woman who was unwilling to give up her freedom to any man, so she offers to be the hero's mistress(he is engaged to someone else). I didn't find that plot to be very romantic, and I thought the intrigue/danger added in was unnecessary and melodramatic. The second story,by Jo Ann Ferguson, was a ridiculous one about a hero who is in on a plot to provide fake drama to the heroine's life(he "rescues" her from pretend dangers, etc.) Another not very romantic plot, in my mind, and not very well-written anyway. I have read other Ferguson stories that were better, so I expected more. The third story,the worst of all, by Lois Stewart, was about a woman who dumps her husband on the wedding day after the wedding when his mistress(former mistress, but she thinks the mistress is current) tell her the husband married her for her money and is still going to continue the affair with the mistress. The mistress and the new husband have been having an affair for years, despite the fact that the mistress is married. Yuck! What a slimy plot! I didn't care about any of the characters, except for the relative of the main charater who unfortunately has a miscarriage. And what does our wonderful "heroine" do but try to snap her out of her sorrow by telling her not to feel sorry for herself and that she is certain she will be able to get pregnant again! With friends like that, who needs enemies? This woman deserves her cad of a husband, whom she ends up with at the close of the novella. The novella was one of the worst I have ever read, and I certainly wouldn't read anything else by the author again. I couldn't believe that all three of the novellas in this book were so un-romantic, in my mind, and not the least bit enjoyable. For good Sara Blayne, try her "Noble" series(Noble Heart, Noble Resolve, etc.)

Rating:
Summary: Don't waste your money, or your time!
Review: I bought this book because I like holiday-themed romances, and because I generally like Sara Blayne novels(she is the author of one of the three novellas). This book was a big disappointment! Blayne's story was about a woman who was unwilling to give up her freedom to any man, so she offers to be the hero's mistress(he is engaged to someone else). I didn't find that plot to be very romantic, and I thought the intrigue/danger added in was unnecessary and melodramatic. The second story,by Jo Ann Ferguson, was a ridiculous one about a hero who is in on a plot to provide fake drama to the heroine's life(he "rescues" her from pretend dangers, etc.) Another not very romantic plot, in my mind, and not very well-written anyway. I have read other Ferguson stories that were better, so I expected more. The third story,the worst of all, by Lois Stewart, was about a woman who dumps her husband on the wedding day after the wedding when his mistress(former mistress, but she thinks the mistress is current) tell her the husband married her for her money and is still going to continue the affair with the mistress. The mistress and the new husband have been having an affair for years, despite the fact that the mistress is married. Yuck! What a slimy plot! I didn't care about any of the characters, except for the relative of the main charater who unfortunately has a miscarriage. And what does our wonderful "heroine" do but try to snap her out of her sorrow by telling her not to feel sorry for herself and that she is certain she will be able to get pregnant again! With friends like that, who needs enemies? This woman deserves her cad of a husband, whom she ends up with at the close of the novella. The novella was one of the worst I have ever read, and I certainly wouldn't read anything else by the author again. I couldn't believe that all three of the novellas in this book were so un-romantic, in my mind, and not the least bit enjoyable. For good Sara Blayne, try her "Noble" series(Noble Heart, Noble Resolve, etc.)