Review: A Betting Chance by Lynne Connolly
THE TRIPLE COUNTESS, BOOK 4: A BETTING CHANCE
Lynne Connolly
ISBN: 978-1-60504-973-1
Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
April 2010
Historical Romance
eBook
When Sapphira’s father contracts her into a vile marriage to further his business interests, she decides to take matters into her own hands. The only way to gain her freedom is to raise money and run away to a new life. So, she dons a mask and enters into a gaming club to try to win her fortune before her marriage. The only way into the club is to pretend that one of the members sponsored her, but when the man she said sponsored her shows up unexpectedly everything she’s worked for could either be destroyed or go in a direction she couldn’t dear to dream of.
For years, I’ve seen Ms. Connolly around e-mail loops and blogs, but it wasn’t until recently that I’ve started reading her books. Several months ago, I picked up the first couple books in her Richard and Rose series and enjoyed them immensely. When I first began A BETTING CHANCE I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy it as I had her previous work.
I was wrong. It took me a couple chapters to get into A BETTING CHANCE, but once it got going, I found it hard to put down. Sapphira and Lord Elston were engaging characters that I enjoyed getting to know better. Also, Ms. Connolly is a master of the time period (although I’m not one to judge, so if she isn’t she fakes it better than anyone I’ve read before), the tiny details that she inserts into A BETTING CHANCE are a master of subtlety and really enhances the plot.
I enjoyed seeing the characters I loved from the other series I read from Ms. Connolly have a small role in the story. It was very interesting to see what was going on with them.
Also, it is rare that I feel a major emotional reaction to something that is going on in the story. At one point, I thought the story was going down a different path. I was furious with Corin (Lord Elston) for not taking a chance. Seriously, I was really furious with him and annoyed with the heroine for blithely accepting a plan. And I stood up and cheered when I was proven wrong.
I really enjoyed A BETTING CHANCE. Ms. Connolly is an author I would read again. In fact, in the middle of reading A BETTING CHANCE, I went and downloaded the rest of the books of the series of hers that I started and never finished. Since I’ve very picky with how I spend my book money, that should tell you something right there!
