The Duke's Deception is a 8000 words free short story --- and unfortunately, this is the type of short story in which I thought suffered due to its length. I enjoy short stories, sometimes they can make great impact in such limitation (*cough Josh Lanyon's Perfect Day cough*). But this felt more lik...
Okay, I *know* it's a short story, but there were so many loose ends in this I got annoyed.Liked the chars, it was cute, but while the romance had chemistry it also had no damn build. Wanted a whole novel and felt cheated, which isn't the point of short stories.
No. Just no.I was looking for a small distraction, and found this freebie on Smashwords. But instead of taking my mind off the heavy thoughts as I hoped, it just irritated me. Such a waste of time.