At Long Last Love Review

AT LONG LAST LOVE
Judy Bagshaw
ISBN: 1-59611-003-1
May 2004
New Age Dimensions
E-book
Short Story Anthology

Canadian author Judy Bagshaw has created seven tales about real life women who are plus sized beauties. Each story projects realism in today’s world, in order to focus on what normal women feel and about their fantasies. Ms. Bagshaw has written a number of longer titles that give the plus sized reader something to ponder, but this anthology packs seven tales of true romance. Big and Beautiful women take note; this is the book about what your life can be like!

DUET

Tricia and her sister Mary are traveling on a bus trip to celebrate Tricia’s retirement from teaching. A widow, Tricia feels content with her single life until she meets Harry, the bus driver taking them on their trip.

COMING HOME

Bev Randall returns home to the small town she grew up in to attend her high school reunion. Having left home twenty years ago with a man who had gotten her pregnant, she has had no contact with her sister and the friends she left behind. What surprises does the future hold for Bev?

ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID

Jenna feels her height and weight stop her from being the person she wants to be, she has let fear run her life to long. When she hurts her best friend by refusing to be her maid of honor for fear of what others think of her, Jenna finds herself running toward a man she just met. Can she get over anxiety to find out what could be?

BLUE COLLAR KNIGHT

Marcie and Tess, both plus sized woman, just want to be accepted for who they are. Marcie is looking for a man who loves her and hopes to find her knight in shining armor. When their car breaks down, Marcie meets what may just be her BLUE COLLAR KNIGHT.

THE JACKPOT

When Cathy discovers she is the winner of the lottery and sharing her jackpot with Ray, she also finds herself more attracted to the man than she wants to admit. When he seeks her out, she becomes intrigued and wants to get to know him more.

WRONG NUMBER

Lori has been talking to Dan for the past two years, when he calls the answering service she works for to retrieve his messages. She has never told him she was a “big girl” and fears rejection, but when he asks her out, she takes a leap and agrees to meet him.

VIVIAN’S MUSE

Vivian McLeish has not been back to her family’s cabin in years, and her return is not graceful when she loses her breakfast in the bushes after the hilly drive. Rolly Stevenson is an esteemed fan of McLeish’s medical thrillers, but finds himself feeling her wrath and wondering just what kind of person Ms. McLeish really is.

Each short story is just a few pages long and while wonderfully written, the stories seem to be open-ended. One feels as though it was abrupt in the beginning, but as this reviewer kept reading on, each stand-alone story left me wondering and coming up with my own endings for the tales. These stories give room for the imagination, while leading the reader into a tale of romance and love.

Light hearted stories without pressure gives a feeling of romance, yet there are no scenes filled with lust or sex involved. These plots are for the romantic reader who is searching for quick lighthearted romance. This reviewer highly recommends AT LONG LAST LOVE to any reader looking for true love in short bursts. Each of the seven titles are able to stand alone, and could be read one at a time, or as a true novel. This Reviewer's favorite of the stories has to be VIVIAN’S MUSE. We all want to find our soul mate, and the meeting of the hearts was touching.

This reviewer is a true fan of Judy Bagshaw! One cannot speak highly enough of, AT LONG LAST LOVE, or of any of Ms Bagshaw's other novels this reviewer has read. This reviewer cannot wait to read LOVE BY THE POUND, which was released this summer.

Reviewed by Angie
August 2004