Name: Ten Reasons to Stay
ISBN: 9781476731612

Sabrina Jeffries

A delightful eNovella from New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries about a young woman who learns that you can’t learn about love from a textbook. In “Ten Reasons to Stay,” previously published in the anthology The School for Heiresses, lessons go far beyond etiquette and needlepoint. Eliza Crenshawe’s lesson is to look before she leaps. But when she discovers that her new guardian plans to marry her off without so much as a Season, she forgets all that. She flees—on a horse she unwittingly steals (oops!)—from Colin Hunt, a newly minted earl who wants nothing more than for her to go home…or stay forever.

Ten Reasons to Stay

Lover of Romance 

I was thrilled when I was given this ARC, even though I am not a huge fan of novella's, I found this was to be thoroughly entertaining. It definitely didn't have no slow start, very quick paced and easy to get into the flow of the story. I really enjoyed the charming characters that had me from the first page of the story.

It starts out with a young woman trying to steal (borrow) a horse, to escape a forced marriage and ends up a prisoner in a Gothic castle of a house with Colin Hunt who has recently returned from India. Instantly we see sparks fly between these two like fireworks, and I found their romance a adventure. It was a quick and fast read and I probably read in within a hour, only 150 in my nook, so it didn't take very long to read----which is sometimes nice. I felt instantly drawn into this endearing love story that captivated me from the first line. Sabrina Jeffries always delivers in a outstanding way where she writes such stories with charm and flair. LOVED IT!!!
Favorite Quote 
"Have you no sense of danger, you little fool?" he exploded as he bent close. "No idea of how you tempt fate every time you open that reckless mouth of yours?"
"Not where you're concerned,"she shot back. "Perhaps you alarm others with that black scowl, but I can tell a gentleman when I see one, and you--"
He cut off her words with a hard kiss. 
He'd meant it to shut her up, to shock her. Unfortunately, he did far more than that. It mad him conscious of her as a woman. A desirable Woman.

Totally Addicted to Reading

I generally don't make it a habit to read novellas because they are short and I always feel that the stories are a bit rushed. This was an exception. I really enjoyed this book. It was funny and totally entertaining. This book has peaked my interest in The School of Heiress Series. 
I loved the characters and how they were developed, absolutely interesting. Eliza Crenshawe is a strong female who was not about to let her guardian force her into an unwanted marriage as such she took matters in her own hand. In doing this she encountered Colin Hunt, the Earl of Monteith. Colin has been residing in India for sometime and had return to England to take up his rightful place as the Earl. He is a widower and grieving for his wife. He was not interested in getting involved in a relationship, but all this changed when he met Eliza. Their meeting was a bit unconventional but it made for a few laughs. 
This was a fun and easy read, I actually completed it in a few hours. The story flowed beautifully and was not disjointed. This is my first time reading this author's work and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Because it was a novella the romance between Eliza and Colin was sudden. It was quite hot and steamy not what you would usually find in historical romances. I loved how Colin stood up to Eliza's guardian in fighting for her. My only compliant is that it was too short.

I received a copy of this book compliments of Netgalley

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