3.5 stars
I enjoyed 3 out of the 5 stories in this book. Meeting Noble Shaw was my favorite (although it ended on a to be continued) followed by His Muse and Audacious Acts. While there were some editing and grammatical errors in Meeting Noble Shaw, it didn’t take away from the flow of the storytelling. Now, the story, Better Man, Bitter Man is the reason for the subtraction of 1.5 stars. This story was terrible all around. It was poorly written, is in DESPERATE need of editing, had no real character development (I get that this is a novella, but the other stories in the book still managed to provide some character development), and had unrealistic/unbelievable scenarios (what doctor is randomly tongue kissing a woman he just met 2 minutes before at the bar? What woman is going up all D to stay “faithful” to a man that she hasn’t even engaged in conversation yet?). The scenes seemed to abruptly stop and jump to a new scene, which really interrupted the little flow the story did have. Quite frankly, a 12 year old could have written a better story than this. This is the first story I have read from this author and it will definitely be the last. The final story in this book was OK. It was the raunchiest of all the stories and I wasn’t mad at that. I like the nasty sex. It even gave me some ideas to try with my husband, lol. This was another cliffhanger so I will read the next book in the series to see how this story turns out.