Carla Susan Smith's MISCHANCE is part one in the Corsets and Carriages Trilogy, which is about the love story between Catherine Davenport and Rian Connor.

I kept waiting in the first two-three chapters for the main characters to meet, but it took a little longer to happen. She sets up the story by showing you into the separate lives of the Catherine and Rian that leads up to their eventual meeting. As the story progresses, Rian and Catherine are brought together under unique circumstances and are immediately attracted to each other, but there are some obstacles in their way. After Rian saves Catherine's life and she awakes from being ill, she has no memory of where she came from and about all she can remember is her first name. As she heals physically her mind is still not cooperating, but through a shared experience a name from her memory emerges. In order to be closer to Catherine, Rian tries to break it off with his mistress, Lady Isabel Howard.

Thinking that Catherine is more of a country person than living in London type of person they make arrangements to head to Oakhaven where Rian and his brother grew up. Leaving for Oakhaven is where the first part of the trilogy leaves off and keeps you wondering if Rian's patience will pay off where Catherine is concerned. Can Rian and Catherine's feelings for each other survive Catherine's memory coming back? Will Lady Isabel get what she wants and how does she play a part into what happens to Rian and Catherine? What is it that Catherine can't remember? Will it come back to her and destroy her life and Rian's or will love conquer all? The next book in the trilogy, RESOLVE, will answer some of these questions and SALVATION, the third installment, will give the answers to the rest. I look forward to reading the next two books in the Corsets and Carriages Trilogy.