In Ten Reason’s to Stay Sabrina Jeffries kicks it again. Fan’s of the School for Heiresses series will love this delightful enovella about Colin and Eliza. I would recommend this to my patrons.

It was short but sweet, I do think some of the story was a bit cheesy but in a good way!

What a delightful read this was! I'm a sucker for both a feisty historical heroine and a broody hero - Ten Reasons to Stay delivered both! Even though things moved at lightning speed, I still fell for both Eliza and Colin.

These two meet under conspicuous circumstances. Eliza was intending to borrow a horse when Colin catches her. He was confounded by her appearance - she was dressed as a man - and even more so when she refused to tell him anything regarding who she was or her reasons for needing his horse. Oh but he has his ways of getting information.

Both Eliza and Colin have suffered losses. Colin has come to England from India, where he grew up. He's looking for peace. Eliza's looking for escape. But they might need one another to find what they're looking for.

I would have liked more time with these two. Time for me to get better acquainted with them and for them to become better acquainted with each other. But I did like them both. They're very spirited and fell hard and fast. The reason behind Eliza's escape attempt was solved a bit too easily for my tastes but this is a novella. And despite wanting more, I still had a good time with the story. Jeffries deftly creates engaging characters I adore spending time with as well as watching them get themselves out of situations...and always to find their HEA.

I rarely read novellas for two main reasons: 1.) They're too short and 2.) They rarely satisfy. However, with author Sabrina Jeffries, it isn't a chore to read them.

While Ten Reasons to Stay is a novella, it didn't leave me saying "WTH was that?!" or feeling as if I blinked and it was over. In true Sabrina Jeffries fashion, there's a fiesty heroine, a sullen hero, humor and passionate embraces.

Eliza Crenshawe is desperate to escape but she doesn't come off as overly dramatic or as a nitwit. She's clever enough to quickly deduce that she cannot escape Colin in a physical battle so she engages him on an intellectual level, which has the exact opposite effect on Colin who only thinks he can resist the unintentionally charming Eliza. The romance between the two develops very quickly (it is a novella) but somehow, Jeffries makes sure it doesn't seemed rushed.

Ten Reasons to Stay is technically a part of the School for Heiresses series but since it doesn't spoil any of the previous books, it can be read as a standalone. It's a satisfying, sexy novella for Sabrina Jeffries' fans and it's also a great "starter" book for readers who are new to Jeffries' work and want to try it at a low price.

Don't pass up the opportunity to add this one to your collection.