She hates snow… he’s a champion skier. He dumped her by text… She’s taken a job on the ski fields… How is Elaine Swift going to deal with a chance encounter with the glamorous champion skier from her past?
(A contemporary short story of 3000 words from Alison Stuart)
Alison Stuart writes historical romances and short stories set in England and Australia and across different periods of history. She is best known for THE POSTMISTRESS and THE GOLDMINER'S SISTER, stories set in the Victorian goldfields in the 1870s. She also writes historical mysteries as A.M. Stuart and her popular Harriet Gordon mystery series is set in Singapore in 1910. She lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband and a geriatric cat. In a past life Alison worked as a lawyer across a variety of disciplines including the military and emergency services. She has lived in Africa and Singapore and, when circumstances permit, travels extensively - all for research of course!
(This writer is NOT the Alison Stuart who also writes as Kate Tremayne and authored Fateful Shadows, Sin No More, Barefoot Angel, Innocence Betrayed or Loyalty Defiled.)
Short and sweet but nothing quite remarkable. I love the idea of second chance romance and I believe this short story is a huge potential if the author pushed it into a lengthy novel. Actually, the writing reminds me of those sweet and swoony Harlequin romance books. :)
The characters were okay, but I wish there was more depth in their characterization. The plot was also okay but because it's a short story and there was limitation in stretching the entire storyline, I could not bring myself to appreciate it. When it comes to romance, it wasn't really enough. And the ending-- it was unsatisfactory. :( I'm giving it 2 stars though because the writing is good and Harlequin potential. :)