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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Collaboration!!!, October 29, 2003
I loved this book. These three ladies are some of my all time favorite historical romance authors and it was fun to have them all together under one cover! The stories are short and fast but sweet just the same, and it was fun to see old friends return if for only just a short time. Lisa Kleypas' story is about Derek and Sara Craven's daughter Lydia. Lydia is going to be marrying soon and it's not going to be a love match but that's okay with Lydia. She is somewhat of a bluestocking and her mathmatical calculations show that the chances of her marrying for love are astronomically not in her favor. Besides just because her parents married for love does not mean that she is going to have the same joy. That is until she is locked in a wine celler with Dr. Jake Linley. She once had a big crush on the handsome doctor but that has changed or has it? There is no question that the good doctor brings out the worst in her, that is until they are together and have a chance to talk. Maybe she won't have a loveless marriage after all. Kinley MacGregor's story is a new series beginning which is the "Brotherhood of the Sword". Simon is a landless knight and has fallen in love with a scottish lass but there is a problem here. Kenna is the cousin of the King of Scotland, and Simon is without title, land, or prosepects. Oh...and there is the small problem that Kenna thinks that she is writing to a different man. How can they both get what they want...a chance to love each other (that is after the mix-up is corrected)and live happily ever after? You'll just have to read the story. Julia Quinn's story is my favorite out of the three and it's Ned Blydon's (From Splendid)turn to fall in love. Problem is he is engaged to one sister, and he is feeling things for the other. Of course he is upset about nothing because it turns out his fiancee has other plans that do not include Ned. Maybe Ned can have that love match that his sister Belle keeps prattleing on about. Ms. Quinns trademark humor, romance, and characterization is plenty evident in this short story. As I stated before these were three great stories. I only wish that these were full length stories but beggers can't be choosers. In any case they were fun stories and they were a pleasure to read.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Smartly Packaged w/o Bookshelf Stamina, September 24, 2003
"Where's my Hero?" is a smartly packaged gimmick that indeed enticed me to buy it. I'm forever complaining about how my favorite characters are secondary characters... and darn it all, I want to read their stories. In this compilation I get my wish. Too bad, the stories don't live up to the characters who inhabit them. "Against the Odds" is Lisa Kleypas offering of Jake Linley. He's a favorite from "Someone to Watch Over Me." Unfortunately for me, while I know I read "Someone to Watch Over Me," I cannot remember his character. Yet this offering while a bit sappy, and contrived still entertained me despite my faulty memory. You see Lydia and Jake share a kiss at her engagement party which only enhances the ambivilience the two harbor for each other. But after an enlightening trip in the wine cellar, the two fall in love with each other quite spectacularly. "Midsummer Knight" is Kinley MacGregor offering of Simon the Wraith. A familiar character from her book, "Master of Desire." Again I have to admit that I haven't read the previous novel so I was in no way attached to the characters of this story. Decent enough, I thought it extremely prosaic and way too stuffy to keep my attention completely glued to the story. Of course, Kinley MacGregor is well known for her gothic fare as Sherrilyn Kenyon and I think she may be having difficulty keeping her personas from influencing each other. In this "medieval" fare, Simon impersonating his friend Lord Stryder, has been writing Lady Kenna. An engagement is announced, and Lord Stryder has no idea how suddenly he has gained a fiancee. "A Tale of Two Sisters" is Julia Quinn offering Ned Blython. Here I am very familiar with the little punk who helped his cousin get into all kinds of trouble because of his own immature gambling style in "Splendid." He's grown wonderfully and Julia develops him deliciously into a consumate rake in need of a bride. This offering much more light-hearted and fun revels in its romance fare and succeeds where the above two do not. Ned picking a wife out of duty and not love finds himself falling for his fiancee's sister, Charlotte. When things heat up with a bad poet and late night romp, Ned finds he can still capture the happiness of true love without hurting anyone in the process. This book worth reading, might best be borrowed from the library. I bought it from the store but after one read, quickly sold it on e-bay. I enjoy Lisa Kleypas and Julia Quiin as wonderful historical writers. Sherrilyn Kenyon aka Kinley MacGregor has never been a favorite of mine. However, the three here in no way display the writing skills each of them are famed for. You would have better luck tracking down the originals and read them.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Just a taste, October 6, 2003
All three of these Authors are some of my favorites. When I heard they were doing an anthology together I thought what could be better. Well the answer is that all these Novellas should have been full length books. I really was left wanting more. That I beleive is a good thing. If you have never read anything by these three authors this may not be the place to start. All three book pick up hero's from previous books. Lisa Kleypas Charachters come from "Dreaming of you" and "Then came you" Jake is also found in few others, Kinley McGregor's Simon can be found In "Master of Desire" and "Born in SIn" and Julia Quinn's Hero can be found previously in Spendid and Dancing at Midnight. SO you might feel as if you have missed something if you pick up there stories here and quite frankly you have missed something. For those of you who have read the other books its always nice to see favorite characters again and find out what happened to those supporting characters you always liked. A good read leaving you wanting a little bit more.
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