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Wish List (Capital Theatre #2.5)

by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author), Lisa Cach, Claudia Dain, Lynsay Sands

3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 · rating details · 1,065 ratings · 71 reviews

Four of Romance's hottest authors present holiday tales filled with love and laughter.

Hardcover, 400 pages

Published November 15th 2001 by Leisure Books

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Dec 19, 2012 Cindy rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. 4 Regency type Christmas stories.

Lisa Kleypas - 1 star. LK has a brilliant talent for turning a villanous scoundral into a hero. She does this with Andrew, who is a secondary character in another of her books. Andrew is the lowest of the low, but he needs to turn over a new leaf if he's to get back into the will his father cut him out of. He decides to fake court the bluestocking sister of one of his friends. She agrees, since he will pay off her brother's considerable debts if she does. They...more

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Dec 26, 2010 Gemma rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. With all of the "big names" in this anthology, I expected to find at least one story that was worth reading and keeping. But to my dissapointment, none of them were.

I had high hopes for Lisa Klepas' story I WILL, given that it had won a RITA award. Reading this made me wonder what other awful stories this must have been up against, because I was so disgusted. Granted, Kleypas is talented, but she never seems able to refrain from doing something truly revolting with her characters. When the hero...more With all of the "big names" in this anthology, I expected to find at least one story that was worth reading and keeping. But to my dissapointment, none of them were.

I had high hopes for Lisa Klepas' story I WILL, given that it had won a RITA award. Reading this made me wonder what other awful stories this must have been up against, because I was so disgusted. Granted, Kleypas is talented, but she never seems able to refrain from doing something truly revolting with her characters. When the heroine basically rapes the hero while he's handcuffed to a bed, I was so sickened that this book almost flew across the room. Just because a man is physically aroused doesn't mean he should be ignored when he repeatedly says no. Forcing someone to have sex with you is rape, no matter who does it or under what circumstances. Now I remember why I no longer buy books by Kleypas; this isn't the first time she'd used the disgusting lie of romantic rape in her stories. One star for this story, only because no stars isn't an option on Amazon.

Lisa Cach's PUDDINGS, PASTRIES, AND THOU was more a story about the heroine constantly stuffing her face than it was about romance. Seriously, every time we encounter the heroine, she's pigging out on something. It was just ridiculous. Not only was she always eating (and I mean ALWAYS), but she was constantly using food as a comfort whenever something stressed or upset her. Can you say eating disorder? This is not romantic. And I read romance for a developing relationship, not to read about food. It could have been an interesting story about an poor gentlewoman hoping to marry so that she no longer has to rely on the grudgingly given charity of her relatives, but instead, it was just a story about a gluttonous woman chowing down on everything in sight. Two stars.

The next story was Claudia Dain's UNION. It was so boring. I couldn't get more than twenty pages into it. There are a ton of characters to keep track off, and none of them are at all interesting. Okay, so the basic story is that the heroine is coming out in society and needs to marry. Only, she has no wish to marry an English gentlemen. She considers herself Irish, and wants to marry an Irish man. Unfortunately, the heroine came across as more of a spoiled child than a woman I could cheer for. And the hero wasn't anything special. He was just taking up space. I never got to the "pitchcapping" torture scene (mentioned by another reviewer), but I'm glad I didn't, as I don't like to read disturbing, graphic violence that keeps me awake at night. Two stars.

Lynsay Sands' ALL I WANT had the most promise. In this story, the heroine is attempting to save her family from debtor's prison. Her father is gambling and drinking all of their money away and won't stop. Since women are not allowed in the gambling establishment, she dresses in her father's clothes and sneaks inside, determined to make her father listen to reason. But of course, her ruse is discovered and pandemonium ensues.

Seems interesting, but the author wasted her talent by falling back on the old romance cliche of "big brawny hero kisses the heroine to shut her up while they're having an argument" scene. And this is basically right after they meet. Arrrgh! I am sooo sick of this contrived scene. It's overdone, and stupid in the first place. As if any woman alive wouldn't smack a guy's face if he tried to do that to her. I will probably try one of this author's full-length novels, as it's obvious she has talent and could write an enjoyable book, if only that talent was properly used. But this novella was very dissapointing. Two stars.

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Jun 06, 2010 Jessi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

"I Will" by Lisa Kleypas - I really liked this story. Andrew, Lord Drake, needs the help of his disapproving friend's sister, Caroline Hargreaves. She is a slight spinster, someone who he has never been attracted to in the past but his recent sobriety helps him to acknowledge her charms. He needs her to help him convince his father that he's changed his rakehell ways. Andrew is afraid that his father will leave all the unentailed fortune elsewhere and he is roping Caroline into his scheme. Of co...more "I Will" by Lisa Kleypas - I really liked this story. Andrew, Lord Drake, needs the help of his disapproving friend's sister, Caroline Hargreaves. She is a slight spinster, someone who he has never been attracted to in the past but his recent sobriety helps him to acknowledge her charms. He needs her to help him convince his father that he's changed his rakehell ways. Andrew is afraid that his father will leave all the unentailed fortune elsewhere and he is roping Caroline into his scheme. Of course, the two fall in love. This story was the only reason I rated this as high as I did.
"Puddings, pastries and Thou" by Lisa Cach - In the second story, Vivian is an orphan who has been passed around to various family members and used as a maid-of-all-work. She has just come to the Twitchen house and their daughter, Penelope, is not pleased. She wants Vivian to get married as soon as possible and get out of the house. Vivian agrees. She agrees to consider a man who is coming to dinner that evening, Richard Brent. immediately, the two are entranced with each other, but Brent is not considered a suitable match because of his past (two illegitimate children who he is raising). She marries him anyway.
"Union" by Claudia Dain - I was really looking forward to this one but was badly disappointed. Claudia is the "heroine" of this story but she was mostly just a spoiled brat. We learn that she witnessed a killing when she was younger that made her want to be Irish rather than English but that isn't explained until the end by which time I thoroughly despised her. The male counterpart, Beau, isn't much better. He's a womanizer that falls in love with her at first sight and likes her because she is a bitch. Whatever.
"All I Want" by Lynsay Sands - Prudence's father is gambling away the family's fortune and she's afraid they're going to be in the poorhouse by Christmas. Her attempts to get her father to shape up have her running into Lord Stockton, the owner of one of the gambling establishments more than once. As their paths cross over and over again, the two fall in love.(less)

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Dec 24, 2012 Anna D. rated it 3 of 5 stars

I only read Lisa Kleypas' story ”wish List.” - it's more 3.5 stars, really.

As always, I enjoy Kleypas' writing. I enjoyed this one, though it won't top as one of my favorites. I was glad to see that Andrew, Lord Drake/Rochester finally turned his life around and became a good hero in his own story. This story really showed that he just needed to get the love, encouragement, and faith (he never got from his father) to become the wonderful man that was inside him all along. He got that from Caroli...more

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Jul 26, 2012 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-romance

I loved all of the books, except for the second last one I think. The best story was the last one because I thought it was going to be a typical formula plotted story about a girl whose father drinks and gambles and the owner of the gambling hall is the Hero, but it's so much more than that. At first, when I started reading the final story (there are 4 in this anthology), I was like "oh my god, *long drawn out sigh* another depressing story about a strong-willed woman?" -- But I was totally prov...more I loved all of the books, except for the second last one I think. The best story was the last one because I thought it was going to be a typical formula plotted story about a girl whose father drinks and gambles and the owner of the gambling hall is the Hero, but it's so much more than that. At first, when I started reading the final story (there are 4 in this anthology), I was like "oh my god, *long drawn out sigh* another depressing story about a strong-willed woman?" -- But I was totally proven wrong because when she tries to stop her father from drinking and gambling, so many hilarious mishaps and I was laughing all the way to the end, which by the way, SO sweet :D I loved it!

The first story by Lisa Kleypas was also really good, but I can't remember it anymore. The second story... I don't remember what that was all about either. The third story at first made me uncomfortable in the omg-this-heroine-is-way-too-rude-and-proud, but she grew on me. I was actually kinda surprised because when I encounter heroines with sharp tongues, it puts me off since I imagine if I met them in real life, I would never know they'd given me the "cut direct" and that I would be one of those 'fools' the main characters laugh about in the story. But the good thing was that the Hero totally did not mind that the Heroine was rude and sharp tongued and parried right alongside her with some witty dialogue. One of the things that totally made that story was the clever dialogue and excellent writing. Actually, ALL of the stories had excellent characterization and great writing. Anyways, the third story ended pretty abruptly for me. After the heroine's sort of conflict was resolved, I was like, "Oh! That's it? Surely there's more?!" But there wasn't any more. I felt like she'd reached her words quota so she couldn't write more. So, the ending of the third story was barely satisfactory, but as I said, the excellent writing and dialogue completely made up for that. Also, for a short story, that author had a LOT of characters, but she fleshed them all out and let them be a real part of the story.

All in all, the stories made for some fantastic reading and really warm your heart up for Christmas time... except for the fact that I read it in the middle of summer, but it's all good! I still loved each story, and highly recommend it anyone else, be they fans of romance or not.(less)

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Dec 28, 2009 Rochelle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit, christmas, 2009-read

Lisa Kleypas' "I Wish" is of her typical style, yet it was rushed as it was part of a short-story anthology. ☆☆☆
"Puddings, Pastries, and Thou" by Lisa Cach was a similar historical romance, not as rushed, but still not long enough to develop the characters. The main character's obsession with food was a little strange. ☆☆☆
"Union" by Claudia Dain just didn't work for me. It wasn't quite believable.☆☆
Lyndsay Sands' "All I Want" was pretty good, although the main character was a disaster waitin...more

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Sep 01, 2011 Kathie (katmom) rated it 4 of 5 stars

I enjoyed the Kleypas story...I Will...Drake changed for the better...and that was a lovely journey for him...Caroline was a good girl and made him toe the line...I like that!

"Puddings, Pastries, and Thou" was cute...She just kept eating! BUT, she had never been full for so many years and I could understand it. I loved the way they didn't know each other long but they KNEW each other...well done!

The other two were okay...but didn't really draw me in. They seemed rushed...and even though the firs...more

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Mar 20, 2012 Julia rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: british-historical-romance, reviewed, romance-anthology

I Will, Lisa Kleypas
Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for this? I didn't like either of the characters at the beginning. Andrew comes across as really selfish and manipulative and Caroline seems shrewish and judgmental. I was really annoyed with how quickly Caroline's opinion of Andrew changed. One second he's "repulsive" (no really, she tells him she finds him repulsive twice) and then he magically gets a haircut and a tan and she wants to "throw herself against his tall, hard body and kiss...more I Will, Lisa Kleypas
Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for this? I didn't like either of the characters at the beginning. Andrew comes across as really selfish and manipulative and Caroline seems shrewish and judgmental. I was really annoyed with how quickly Caroline's opinion of Andrew changed. One second he's "repulsive" (no really, she tells him she finds him repulsive twice) and then he magically gets a haircut and a tan and she wants to "throw herself against his tall, hard body and kiss him." By the end of the story I did actually like Andrew somewhat, but I never liked Caroline - her character had no development whatsoever and I was annoyed by the majority of her actions.

Puddings, Pastries, and Thou, Lisa Cach
Well I liked Richard, the hero, but I spent most of the book worrying about the heroine, Vivian, and her apparent eating disorder. It was very distracting. I really don't need to read about people eating so much that they are ill in my romances. It was really kind of gross. Especially since I think it was supposed to be cute?

Union, Claudia Dain
Not really liking the characters in this either. Clarissa's obsession with marrying an Irishman wasn't explained until the very end, except for the fact that her heart is Irish, or some such nonsense, except... she's English. So, you lost me there. The reason that was given at the end was tacked on and overly dramatic. Also Clarissa has way too many siblings none of who are remotely memorable. When Clarissa and Montwyn first meet their repartee was supposed to be witty (the other characters told me they were witty and entertaining) but they both just seemed mean to me. Clarissa goes out of her way to insult pretty much everyone she sees. None of the dialog made any of the characters seem real. In fact, I found most of the text stilted and awkward. Despite how short this was I spent most of it just wanting it to be over so I wouldn't have to be reading it anymore.

All I Want, Lynsay Sands
I was actually really liking this story... until they mentioned a horse emetic. Uhm... there's no such thing. Horses can't vomit. You can't induce them to vomit. This is why horses die of colic. Research fail. Ahhhh! Anyways, aside from my personal dislike of people getting horse knowledge wrong, I genuinely enjoyed this story. Pru was sort of a silly disaster but I found it funny. Both her and Stephen were good characters, the kind of people you could easily imagine being friends with. I had a smile on my face for almost the whole story. (less)

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Dec 09, 2012 ☂ ℬrandi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: christmas, french-novels, read-in-2012, short-story-novellas-anthologies, historical-regency

I Will by Lisa Kleypas

Andrew, Lord Drake, has been disinherited for his debaucherous ways by his father who is on his deathbed. Andrew concocts a ruse in which he will court a decent young women and pretend he's reformed until his father's death. He decides there is only one choice, his friend Cade's spinster sister, Caroline Hargreaves. You can't find a more decent young women or a more perfect ally for his ruse since he can offer Caroline something she desires: for Andrew to end his friendshi...more I Will by Lisa Kleypas

Andrew, Lord Drake, has been disinherited for his debaucherous ways by his father who is on his deathbed. Andrew concocts a ruse in which he will court a decent young women and pretend he's reformed until his father's death. He decides there is only one choice, his friend Cade's spinster sister, Caroline Hargreaves. You can't find a more decent young women or a more perfect ally for his ruse since he can offer Caroline something she desires: for Andrew to end his friendship with the impressionable Cade. The only real problem is that Caroline is openly hostile toward and despises everything about him. Well, that is the only issue until he realizes that he's overlooked all of Caroline's considerable charms.

This story was excellent as far as short stories go. Quite emotional and takes an unexpected turn near the end. Very good. Kleypas has never disappointed me.

Puddings, Pastries and Thou by Lisa Cach

Orphaned Vivian Ambrose has lived the last nine years in isolation, caring for an elderly great aunt, while her cousins lived life with every advantage. She's missed out on balls, her season, friends, family and even adequate sustenance. Now that her great aunt has died she's being passed to the next set of distant relatives, The Twitchens, in hopes that they'll help her find a quick and suitable match. When Richard Brent in invited for dinner The Twitchen's daughter Penelope, eager to see Vivian wed and gone, encourages Vivian to seek out Mr. Brent. Richard is tired of being introduced around to young, marriageable girls. His sister insist that this one might be different but Richards meet them all and it's always the same in the end. Rumors, reputation and his own bluntness scare every young miss away. Richard is not marriageable. He's intrigued by Vivian though and after getting to know her, and like her even more he thinks maybe he's finally found a women who will overlook the rumors of his past.

Union by Claudia Dain

Clarissa Walingford is determined that if she must marry for familial duty then she'll only marry a man with Irish land holdings. She has no intention of loving her husband and wishes to inhabit the home in Ireland and he can do whatever he pleases. So who she marries really doesn't matter to her. She's very candid about her goals regarding a husband, among other things. Beau Montwyn is in search of a wife and when he meets Clarissa he's instantly interested. When he learns of her silly goal to marry only a man with Irish land he's angry that Clarissa's choice is based on something so ridiculous. He's also proud because he happens to have Irish holdings but he wants more from Clarissa than to be a means to an end. When Clarissa's brothers get involved they each approach Beau with a different tactic from warning him away from Clarissa, to urging him toward Clarissa, to telling him that Clarissa only wishes for an Irish estate and isn't interested in the man who owns it at all. In the end both Beau and Clarissa are determined to have one another but by no means do they wish to let the other know how easily won there are. All of this made these story at times slightly confusing but mostly just fun.

All I Want by Lynsay Sands
When attempts to address him at home fail and with debtors prisons are real possibility, Prudence plans to confront her gambling and drinking father at his gambling hell. She knows ladies aren't allowed inside, ever, but after some dramatics and tears she's convinced the doorman to let her pass. Just when he's about to agree the gambling hell's owner, Lord Stockton arrives and after a rehashing of the events he tells Prudence that women cannot enter and he sends her on her way. Undeterred Prudence tries again, this time in men's clothing. This sets in motion madcap sequence of events and an unexpected love story. Very cute and fun to read.(less)

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Feb 17, 2009 Daneesha rated it 2 of 5 stars

The thing about these anthologies is that they are short stories. So, the story reaches a climax and solution within 100 pages or fewer. Sometimes, this makes for a less than believable story. Often, there is an acceleration of time to make the story more realistic. Nevertheless, I enjoy anthologies as long as the stories are cute and steamy! I have to say that the first story by Lisa Kleypas (one of my fave authors) was the most exciting. The other ones kind of lost me. They weren't as interest...more

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Oct 11, 2011 .þµŋψà. [Punya Reviews...] rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, lisa-kleypas, i-wanna-have-your-babies, oh-honey-shag-me-silly, sexiest-dirty-talker

My rating is for Lisa Kleypas's "I Will", oh Andrew the sexy honey! :p Now I'll have to add a review soon. hahahaha

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Jun 14, 2012 Limau Nipis rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-reads, on-nook, e-books-save-trees, historical-romance, wasting-my-time

I pick this novella since I was trying to read new authors (other than Lisa Kleypas).

It seemed that this book just went downhill, from one story to another. Even Lisa Kleypas''I Will' was not good.

As for Lisa Cach and Claudia Dain, I would never try their books.

The only redeeming story, that has a good storyline was the last novella by Lynsay Sands, hence the additional 1 star is attributable to her 'All I Want' novella

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Oct 07, 2011 Melowin rated it 3 of 5 stars

"I Will" was a great wrap up to the Capital Theatre series, a story of a faked relationship between a spinster and a rake trying to pull one over on his dying father to get back into the will. And then it starts to turn real. An awesome scene at the end where she gets her vengeance.

"Puddings, Pastries, and Thou" is the story of a poor relation desperate for marriage to have for once her own home and family, rather than living off the charity of others. The daughter of the cousins she's staying w...more

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Aug 24, 2011 Luvmyfamily rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: wishlist

"I Will" - SOOOO GOOD!! For a short story (of ONLY 100 pages) it has a surprising amount of depth to the story. I couldn't put it down even though it was SO late! WAY TO GO Lisa!!! 5 stars!

"Puddings, Pastries, and Thou" - I really enjoyed watching the quick development between these two characters. I liked how, even though it was FAST, their relationship development was substantial. Not all short stories can pull it off in such a short time span. Most jump ahead a few weeks or months to give the...more

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Aug 31, 2011 Judy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Lisa Kleypas I Will

Lisa Cach- Puddings Pastries & Thou. Richard and Vivian's story is unique.

Claudia Dain- Union. Well written story of a man looking for a wife as he needed an heir and a young woman not wanting to marry but having to fulfill her family duty and marry the right man. Which to her meant he had property in Ireland. 9/8/2010

All I Want by Lynsay Sands
Prudent Prescott's little sister, Charlotte, wanted a doll for Christmas. They did not have money to buy one but could make one. No...more

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May 12, 2011 Bekah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-reads

This short story is my favorite of all LK's short stories. The magic is in this one!

This is the story of Andrew, Lord Drake who is Logan Scott's childhood friend from Because You're Mine. In that book he is a good for nothing gambling, whoring, drunkard. You can tell he is starting to change his life around but had a long way to go. I was sort of surprised to see him as the hero of this book. I didn't think he could be redeemed, but of course LK can do anything. It starts out rocky as he is tryi...more

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Nov 13, 2009 Joy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: lisa-kleypas, historical-romance, ebooks

I agree with the other reviews that Lisa Kleypas's "I Will" is the best story in this anthology, I enjoyed reading it and I loved the Christmas theme. It's a good book that you might snuggle up with hot cocoa in someplace warm. All four stories are about Christmas wishes coming true, thus, the title. As with other anthologies, I always review the individual stories, so here goes:

I Will - I loved the story, another unlikely pair comparable to her other books but way different characters. LK wrote...more I agree with the other reviews that Lisa Kleypas's "I Will" is the best story in this anthology, I enjoyed reading it and I loved the Christmas theme. It's a good book that you might snuggle up with hot cocoa in someplace warm. All four stories are about Christmas wishes coming true, thus, the title. As with other anthologies, I always review the individual stories, so here goes:

I Will - I loved the story, another unlikely pair comparable to her other books but way different characters. LK wrote the story and made the pairing work. There were a lot of unexpected twists, and this is a classic reformed rake story that went very well. Conflicts were resolved and I liked how Caroline's brother took her wish literally. The love story developed in a plausible time, it took months for them to finally be together due to some circumstances but all went well. Andrew's character really developed not just in the skirt-chasing part but as a whole. He became more responsible, and this is attributable to Caroline's love and faith in him. There were a lot of touching moments, and it's amazing how everything was wrapped up in this short story from the initial attraction, how the plan worked, character development, the love scene, and of course the happy ending. 5 stars

Puddings, Pastries, and Thou - It was an OK read, I'm not really thrilled with the time frame, which was less than two weeks but in fiction, anything can happen. It's ironic that the time frame was quite short and it took nine chapters for a simple story. 2 stars

Union - The first story I read from this author and I liked it. (I have her 3 of her courtesan books I haven't read yet) This is more of a conversation-based story and it's through these dialogues the characters introduced themselves to the reader, "bluntness" is the keyword and they wasted no time taunting each other. Clarissa and Beau really matched well and there was an unexpected history here. I liked how it was written, her brothers were amusing. 4 stars

All I Want - Another short time frame, the humor of it all was the saving grace. I like reading about hellions. I appreciated the family values, the social responsibility, the quick background description and the story. 3 stars(less)

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Mar 07, 2012 Huma Rashid rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: 19th-century, england, fiction, romance

The only decent story in this book was Lisa Kleypas's. Lisa Cach's, in particular, was an absolute chore to get through, and the other two weren't much better. The only one worth reading is Lisa Kleypas's. It's about Andrew, Lord Drake, Logan Scott's half-brother, and it's delightful. I wish it could have been its own full length novel. Ah, well.

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Dec 04, 2012 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Very interesting book. I've not read period pieces until I read this book. Each story dealt with a couple in London in the 1800s. These weren't just bodice-rippers, these stories had some interesting plots to go with them. A great read for those who like period stories or romance stories.

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Jan 20, 2013 Cherry-Ann Smart rated it 3 of 5 stars

The best story in this book was "Wish List". The heroine was funny, gutsy, and the hero was an equal match. A bit disappointed in Kleypas's entry which was almost boring. Strange since I normally enjoy her books. The other stories were a bit rushed (but then the book was a four in one) and the heroine in the third story was soooo annoying.

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Oct 15, 2012 Electric Landlady rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: library, victorian, romance

This was fine but not fabulous. I don't think novella is Kleypas's natural writing length. My fave story was the second. The third utterly failed to grip. The fourth contained an egregious though incidental factual error (horses can't vomit!) that had me rolling my eyes.

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Aug 28, 2012 Isamar rated it 3 of 5 stars

Just finished this I liked it for the most part.

First story: "I will" by Lisa Kleypas
Second story: "Puddings, Pastries, and Thou" by Lisa Cach
Third story: "Union" by Claudia Dain
Fourth story: "All I Want" by Lynsay Sands

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Sep 05, 2010 Kris (KindleRomance) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Kleypas - "I Will" - Short, interesting romance between a rake and a spinster. My first story by Kleypas. I really love the way she writes. The words just fly off the page and even for a short story, I felt the emotion of the story.

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Dec 10, 2009 Maggie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I loved the Losa Kleypas novella "I Will", I can totally see why it won the RITA award. Puddings, Pastries and Thou by Lisa Catch was also very good, I liked it more than Union and All I Want although the last two stories did very well with plot development.

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Feb 12, 2012 Linds rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas

Shelves: 1800-s, 5-star-2012-read, brothers, rake-plain-heroine-pairing, read-in-2012, regency, romance, england, victorian

RATING FOR LISA KLEYPAS - I WISH ONLY (I didn't read the other ones)

I absolutely loved this story. The only bad thing about it is that it's only 100 pages, I would have loved a whole book dedicated to this couple. It's a sweet story.

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Aug 13, 2011 Emily rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, short-stories

This was ok. I enjoyed two stories, skimmed one of them (it's hard to enjoy a story when you really, really don't like the heroine), and quite liked the last. So, pretty much a standard collection of romance short stories.

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Mar 02, 2011 Annie rated it 3 of 5 stars

I know it's a bit irregular to be reading christmas stories this time of year, but i really couldn't work up any enthusiam for christmas at the proper time, and this was an enjoyable little compilation.

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Dec 14, 2010 Cris rated it 3 of 5 stars

A fun read for this time of year. The stories are short and "feel-good." loved the story by Lisa Kleypas, thoroughly disliked the one by Dain. The other two were Ok; likable characters and fun.

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Jan 09, 2012 Manuela rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: scambiato, storico

Letto solo il racconto I Will di Lisa Kleypas.

Carino, ma come sempre in questi racconti tutto avviene in maniera troppo frettolosa. Però la Kleypas si vede anche in poche pagine.

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May 22, 2010 Janine rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, anthology

I would give Lisa Kleypas's "I Will" an 8/10. I know I read the others, but I don't even remember them now . . . so, I guess they weren't that remarkable.

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