Unexpected Encounter by Samantha Gentry
The Wilder Rose Press, Scarlet Rose
Contemporary
Short Story, M/F
Review by Bittersweet

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 “Unexpected Encounter” caused a smile to spread across my face from page one. The smile became a wide grin when the two main characters casually meet again, and a grin became a sigh of pleasure as I got into their delicately detailed love making.

However, as I delved deeper into the feelings of each character, nervousness surged through me. What does Dane hide? What is this dark secret which incapacitates him, making him unable to share an emotional relationship? How about Shasta, will her wish come true? I devoured every page, indulging in the sexual encounters, so well described that I couldn't help but imagine myself in Shasta’s skin.  I lusted... not only for that, but for the truth to come out between the pair of lovers. Finally, disaster which I hoped so fervently would be avoided, strikes.

In barely a few pages Samantha Gentry, gets you traveling through a rainbow of assorted feelings. Her well thought out characters make it all the more realistic; something that could happen to any one. The neat point of view exchanges and the well described scenes make it an easy and fast read.

The only negative point was the rushed ending, which -- after so much tension -- left me wishing that it wasn’t all over so suddenly. However, even if a bit quick, the coup de grâce is well mastered and left me once more staring at the screen with a satisfied grin.