A Fool Again is the story of Genevieve, who once made a dash to Gretna Greene to marry, but was caught by her father. Now, a few years later, she attends the funeral of her elderly husband (not the man she ran away to marry) and who does she see but The One Who Got Away! Can they make their love work this time around or will Genevieve be A Fool Again?
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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
By Caroljane
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a short, sweet, funny, romantic story.
Short description... young girl runs away to Gretna Green to get married after meeting young man three hours earlier.
Her father catches up to them and stops the wedding but she has been "ruined" on the way to Gretna Green.
Her father marries her to an old man who begrudges every penny spent... and the story begins at his funeral.
There's a reading of the will. She must marry one of the two partners in 2 years to inherit the estate.
Meanwhile... she stands up for herself and gets established in town with a nice house and a good allowance to enjoy life.
She learns a little more about life and being respectable, makes friends and waits out the one year of mourning wear... and then enjoys having pretty dresses and colors to wear.
One of the partners bows out of marrying her due to health reasons... leaving the other partner as someone to marry to inherit her fortune.
She is attracted to the handsome partner who is left and hopes for romance and marriage... she dreams.
Then, a major complication... the boy who she never saw again after her father rescued her from the trip to Gretna Green... returns to England as a grown man and a rich man and tries to start right up where they left off!
Who will win her heart and hand in marriage? The handsome partner? Or the instant attraction when she was young?
Will she be a fool again? Maybe, maybe not. The title should have had a question mark on it, for sure!
You'll have to read it to find out! Enjoy!
Short description... young girl runs away to Gretna Green to get married after meeting young man three hours earlier.
Her father catches up to them and stops the wedding but she has been "ruined" on the way to Gretna Green.
Her father marries her to an old man who begrudges every penny spent... and the story begins at his funeral.
There's a reading of the will. She must marry one of the two partners in 2 years to inherit the estate.
Meanwhile... she stands up for herself and gets established in town with a nice house and a good allowance to enjoy life.
She learns a little more about life and being respectable, makes friends and waits out the one year of mourning wear... and then enjoys having pretty dresses and colors to wear.
One of the partners bows out of marrying her due to health reasons... leaving the other partner as someone to marry to inherit her fortune.
She is attracted to the handsome partner who is left and hopes for romance and marriage... she dreams.
Then, a major complication... the boy who she never saw again after her father rescued her from the trip to Gretna Green... returns to England as a grown man and a rich man and tries to start right up where they left off!
Who will win her heart and hand in marriage? The handsome partner? Or the instant attraction when she was young?
Will she be a fool again? Maybe, maybe not. The title should have had a question mark on it, for sure!
You'll have to read it to find out! Enjoy!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Thank goodness this was a free download and I didn't actually pay for it. I typically enjoy Eloisa James' books, but this one did not do it for me at all. At first I thought it might be due to the fact that it's a short story, but honestly, it was the character of Genevieve. I just didn't like her. The story started out okay, we meet Genevieve who is a young widower. Her one true love got away when her father interrupted their elopement to Gretna Green and then forced her to marry a much older gentleman. Due to her deceased husband's unorthodox provisions in his Will, Genevieve must marry one of his business partners or be left penniless. The story then jumps to a year later and she is still courting one of the business partners (who has still not shown much adoration or caring for her). He obviously has a shady past, but I never saw where it was revealed (which by this point I was skimming, so maybe I missed it). Then her one true love from her past comes back into the picture, but she refuses to give him the time of day even though he is now filthy rich.
Genevieve got on my last nerves. She acted like such a pompous who know what most of the time and reading about her was like listening to nails going down a chalkboard to me. Could not connect with her for anything , so unfortunately I found myself skimming to the end so I could say I finished it. Oh well, at least it was a short story and free!
Genevieve got on my last nerves. She acted like such a pompous who know what most of the time and reading about her was like listening to nails going down a chalkboard to me. Could not connect with her for anything , so unfortunately I found myself skimming to the end so I could say I finished it. Oh well, at least it was a short story and free!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By A. Ruby
Format:Kindle Edition
To be honest, I could not connect with Tobias. He was way too aggressive. I felt there was nothing between the Tobias and the heroine but lust. It seemed to me that he did not care about Genevieve only saw her as a person to have sex with. Rather I was leaning towards her and Felton. I felt this novella starts out great and intriguing but then goes downhill. It was such a disappointment and the ending was by far the worst.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good novella
Well written characters and satisfying story. Shortened but not short on substance. This book is traditional Eloisa James. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Melissa Feehan
4.0 out of 5 stars
Short and sweet
I found this book to be short and sweet. My heart goes out to Genevieve and her desire to be a respectable woman according to the times, but the passion of her young heart leads... Read more
Published 24 days ago by K. Chin
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Fool Again: A Novella (Promo e-Books)
A cute short story very fast paced, the woman character was a little off center but the male characters were a stronger part in the book.
Published 1 month ago by Constance J. Knauff
3.0 out of 5 stars
A NOVELLA OF LOVE AND DISAPPOINTMENT AND LOVE AGAIN
A young girl and a young boy run away to Gretna Green after knowing one another for 3 hours. They are caught by the girl's father and thus ends the elopement. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Texanne
3.0 out of 5 stars
It's ok, a fast read
It starts interesting, I finished reading it to see how they'd manage to get back together, glad it was just a short novella.
Published 1 month ago by Queenie
2.0 out of 5 stars
silly and inconsistent
I thought this one was just silly. I didn't dislike the story because it was short or underdeveloped. That isn't the problem here. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Alexis
5.0 out of 5 stars
An interesting book
The writer created a great combination of real life situations and interesting characters. Although short, there are quite a lot of twists and turns in this story, enough to make... Read more
Published 1 month ago by blake summers
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cute second-chance-at-love historical romance novella
A Fool Again is about widow Genevieve who gets a condition in The Will that she's got to marry one of her dead husband business partners or she will be left without any income. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Bookworm Dreams
3.0 out of 5 stars
Meh
Fairly entertaining, but not her best work. But good for a short mindless read on a rainy afternoon. Enjoy it!
Published 4 months ago by Jeanna Wing
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it
So great to read the story's of the secondary players..I always fall in love with them as much as the main characters
Published 4 months ago by Amanda J. O'Laughlin
More About the Author
A reviewer from USA Today wrote of Eloisa's very first book that she "found herself devouring the book like a dieter with a Hershey bar"; later People Magazine raved that "romance writing does not get much better than this." Eloisa wrote her first novel after graduating from Harvard, but alas, it was rejected by every possible publisher. After she got an M.Phil. from Oxford, a Ph.D. from Yale, and a job as a Shakespeare professor, she tried again, with much greater success. Currently she teaches Shakespeare in the English Department at Fordham University in New York City. She's also the mother of two children and, in a particularly delicious irony for a romance writer, is married to a genuine Italian knight.
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