| This book consisted of two short stories. The first was Fogarty’s Farewell and was actually funny. Widow Fogarty and her family and friends in a small town had met the train to retrieve the “box” with the remains of her errant husband. When the body arrived from the nearby town in a fancy box, she demanded that the box be opened.
In the meantime, the two engineers of the train alternated the trip everyday. They each stayed in the bed of one of the men’s wife, Bridget Mulligan. O’Shaughnessy and Mulligan were each favored by the entertaining aspects of Bridget. O’Shaughnessy got more than bargained for when the body wasn’t Fogarty. Fogarty’s Niece told the story of Mary Fogarty who was in love with Hugo Hartley-Hugget. She intended to become his mistress. He was so shy that, even though he was about to inherit the fortune of his father, he felt inferior to the townspeople. Hugh had been in love before with a woman named Cynthia. She had left him unable to satisfy a woman by the horrible things she told him. This book was a little strange for my taste. I felt that the tongue-in-cheek storyline was highly sexy with much action between the sheets. Chuck Stevens did, I’ll admit, manage to get a fairly detailed story told between the sexual activities. I definitely did not hate the book. It was a quick read, but not something I would advise reading while waiting in public. It’s hot!
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Reviewer: Brenda Talley |