Asharra De Silve is miffed. No, irritated. Maybe thoroughly pissed off would be the best choice. It’s her wedding day, supposedly the happiest day of her life, and here she is, trapped into marrying some fossil who offered the highest bid for a virgin faery princess, all to get the family out of a sea of their own bad decisions. However, Asharra had many secrets of her own, the biggest being the fact she hadn’t been a virgin since she was sixteen, AND that she had sneaked out last night, found the nearest pub, and spent the night enjoying herself with a young man named Dev.

Surprised when Dev appeared in her room right before the wedding was to start, Ash nevertheless allowed passion to cloud her sensibilities, but when the wedding began, Ash was stunned, and thoroughly pissed off once again, because the groom was not the wrinkled old fossil she had been expecting. Instead, the groom was Dev. Dev, whom she spent last night with. Dev, who left her room moments before the ceremony started. Dev, who was obviously not who he appeared to be.

This erotic short story was fun to read, and I really enjoyed Ash’s confusion and anger at Dev’s true identity. I can understand his feelings, though…logically, what young woman wouldn’t prefer a man closer to her age than a wrinkly old fossil? Dev and Ash are obviously compatible, and that makes me think there will definitely be a happily ever after in their future. This was a fun book with plenty of spice, and I enjoyed it very much.

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