Light, frothy collection of five stories by five different authors. No heavy reading or mysteries, these vignettes are perfect for the beach, each being a fast, easy read.

Wow! It's very rare that an anthology has more than 1 or 2 stories worthwhile for me. And I'm surprised at the low ratings on this. I felt like this one delivered! =)

Now I like Nash, Maxwell, and Warren already as historical romances are my genre! And I was not disappointed! As for the other 2 authors, I had read one or two books by them and while they are also good authors, they just don't push the 'extra' for me that these other authors do.

The stories from Nash, Maxwell, and Warren use one ingredient the others didn't: humor! If you are of the same mind you will love these! And you will probably recognize characters from previous stories!

The other two stories if I had to rate them individually were better than usual with antho's. so, I have rated them overall and individually. I hope this helps! note, Warren Maxwell were a very close tie actually for 2nd; thus the odd #. And one reviewer was turned off by one of the female leads stubborness - I on the other hand found that this trait was a big part of what gave the story so much humor! Just goes to show - different strokes... as another reviewer commented, there is something here for everyone! =) Enjoy!

Cathy Maxwell - 3 (4 3/4*) Yes, I know, only whole and half #'s but...=)
Elaine Fox - 5
Jeaniene Frost - 4 (4 1/2*)
Sophia Nash - 1 (5*)
Tracy Anne Warren - 2 (5*)

Five excellent & enjoyable stories. You're going to love Duke the Dog. BTW, 'Charmed by Her Smile' by Tracy Anne Warren is part of her latest series, The Byrons of Braebourne and was very, very good! Of course, I haven't met a book by Tracy Anne I didn't like!

I bought this for the Sophia Nash story, which is part of her 'Widows Club'. Only a couple of the stories in this book are regency; the others are contemporaries. Had I known that before I bought it, I would have saved my money :( That said, the Nash story was just OK and I didn't find any of the others of much interest. Nothing really wrong with them, just ho hum read that a zillion times already stuff.

Ordered this for the Tracy Anne Warren story and it was just OK. Ended up liking Cathy Maxwell's better. The other 3 stories included a contemporary short-story, vampire short story and another short historical by Sophia Nash. I was not greatly impressed with the latter 3 at all. I think I would save my credit and look for this one in a deal in the book bazaar.

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