Last Chance, My Love would have been a decent enough read, if some editor cut it in half.
Or, if I’m in a more generous mood, by a third.
The concept of the trilogy that Last Chance, My Love is the first book of has been done before. Not quite done to death, but done before, because I recall having read at least 2 versions of this one – better versions, at that. Also, as for Triple Countess, I’m sure there are who are earls thrice over, so that their wives are countesses thrice over too, right?
Having our noble couple trek down to a little inn that used to be brothel to make it over? As a hook, it’s not bad though it doesn’t feel very realistic to me – I wouldn’t have paid good money for LCML, and got it free from the Samhain website here.
The thing that bugs me most is that they seem to have spent more than a hundred pounds, though I know that it went a lot further then – inflation blah blah blah. Seriously skeptical, especially given that Miranda seemed…well, not stoopid but the type who just waits for the husband to hand over the cash.
That said, I like the idea of a marriage in trouble, and the handling of that seemed decent enough to me – bearing in mind that I’ve not been in a serious relationship or even seen a divorce up close.
I didn’t like enough in this book to get another book by the same author, and frankly, if I had paid for it, I would have been quite annoyed with myself.
You can get this book here in various formats, though I’m not sure how long it will be up.
