This piece by Candice Hern was a freebie find on my Kindle App and definitely a one sitting read for me. The main character is a young lady named Lydia who pines after her brother’s bestfriend – Geoffrey. The entirety of this story is focused at a ball. I don’t want to give away too much of the plot as it is really a short story, but I can give some basics… there is one sexual encounter that is very minor (the word nipple is included), the story is told from Lydia’s point of view and the characters that actually interact with the pairing are limited. 

The beginning of the story is rather cute with Lydia thoroughly unimpressed with her absent brother and one of his friends and works itself along on a misunderstanding that is neither angsty or long held. It is, as a fellow reviewer calls it “my-big-brother’s-friend-doesn’t-know-I’m-alive-but-I-have-a-plan-to-make-him-notice-me story”.  There is some fun dialogue and the price right now on Kindle is great – FREE! So check out Desperate Measuresfor yourself! 

Desperate Measures