The Lady Always Wins
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Courtney Milan
Railway financier Simon Davenant has waited seven years for a second chance with Virginia Croswell, his childhood sweetheart and best friend. He's not about to let his impending financial ruin destroy the opportunity. This time, he'll do anything he can to secure her hand in marriage--even if it...
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Railway financier Simon Davenant has waited seven years for a second chance with Virginia Croswell, his childhood sweetheart and best friend. He's not about to let his impending financial ruin destroy the opportunity. This time, he'll do anything he can to secure her hand in marriage--even if it means losing her heart for good. The Lady Always Wins is a short story of 18,500 words (about 60 print pages). It was previously published in the anthology "Three Weddings and a Murder."
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781482617412 (1482617412)
ASIN: 1482617412
Publish date: February 22nd 2013
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 74
Edition language: English
Summary: Railway financier Simon Davenant has waited seven years for a second chance with his childhood sweetheart and best friend. He's not about to let his impending financial ruin destroy the opportunity. This time, he'll do anything he can to secure her hand in marriage--even if it means losing...
Enough background information was given on these two people. I wasn't sure about Ginny at first, but she had excellent reasons for doing what she did. I didn't like Simon for his deception. That all changed with a confession and a nice, wonderful twist on the end.
This is free on Amazon right now ... which was definitely a good thing. So far my least favorite of what I've read by her. I think I just wanted more: as I do with most novellas. There's never enough characterization or development of the plot for me to care about anything. For some reason I don't f...