by Harddaysknight
Well done! I’m a huge fan of your stories. Please keep writing.
HDK, you’ve been one of my favorite authors on Lit for a long time now. This story, though - just might be your best so far. Not what I was expecting, for sure. Thank you for continuing to write! Five stars
Wow, that was charming, sweet, entertaining, very good and still quite HDK-ish. Great read.
Wonderful story. There's always a twist in your stories, and I love it. Five stars, obviously. ~~JB
Totally improbable but original and cute story; 5* from me. I have several questions, though; Why have you deserted the Loving Wives Category? Why is there no Beatles song title? Why are you so impressed with big knockers? Isn't a nice shapely ass better than big knockers? JBOL
BTW Amy the title is a Beatle song (and a good one). Plot fits the title nicely as well. Great to have a new HDK story today!
I'm on page 4 and I just KNOW you are going to do it again. Your going to end right at the moment the conflict is resolved. There will be no falling action and resolution. I'm commenting now because you made me like you and I don't want to bitch you out anymore.
Still doesn't mean I won't be pissy about it. (Wink)
It is so good to see new story from you. Excellent in all ways, as usual. 10 out of 5.
Reading a new HDK story — what a great way to kick off my Sunday morning. Loved the two MCs. However, you have made them so likable and interesting that your story is practically a promissory note to write a sequel about them. Please tell us what happens next! :) Cinque Étoiles from me.
Great story, HDK, and a very nice twist to bring things back the needed question (and her answer) at the end. Thanks for such an enjoyable story and for participating in Randi’s event. 5*
I for one love the quirky ending, it so fits with this genre of HDK stories. The beauty of them is even when you know how they are going to end, you still wait for the punchline. Kind of like watching Rodney Dangerfield perform comedy. By the way, for Amyyum, this is the title of a Beatles song........
story was good until the last page, not a fan of public "oops" to restore a romance
Took you long enough to tell the most predictable story possible. You should be embarassed considering how long you've been writing.
Good Story. Pity about the classic car error. (Alfa Romeo not Alpha Romeo - the Alfa stands for "Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili")
5 stars!! Thank you.
The ending seemed a bit rushed and a bit off, especially with his response to her ghosting him for so long. But overall great story.
What a terrific way to close the story: "That should be as clear to you as those big knockers on your future sister-in-law's chest". Simply hilarious. Sure would be nice if all award ceremonies were as uproarious! 5 stars.
This felt like a platform game, with the author skillfully jumping from cliché to cliché.
Good till the end. Marry me? They haven't hardly dated and seemed to have not even slept together? Way to rushed at the end..
Sandy got off a bit easily for mine. If she jumped at shadows before marriage, what was she going to be like afterwards? Otherwise nice story.
Wie immer eine sehr lesenswerte Geschichte. Die Art des Heiratsantrags ist schon sehr spektakulär und sicher nicht jedermanns Geschmack.
So very much misery in the news these days. It’s best to avoid the media and stick your head in The sand for a while to escape this madness. OR you could read any of Harddaysnights stories. Thank you for the escape hatch on our daily grind.
Thats one way to do it!!! Such a treat to read a story of one of the people who I believe is one of the legends on this site, thanks again for the entertaining story. Hope to see some other works from you this year.
I was going to comment in another language, but then I realized I don't speak another language. Your loss. In English then, I'll just say that it was an enjoyable tale well told.
Hooked
I don’t know how you do it but once again your corny tales brought tears to my eyes at the end. Thank you for a great story.
This was so well thought out and plotted, it wouldn't have needed HDK's excellent writing skills to be good but added to such a fine plot made it an exemplary story. 5 big stars.
Wonderful story. Even though the likely ending was telegraphed, I enjoyed every twist and turn of this love tale as I rode along on their romantic journey.
A good attempt from a LW legend. Where it goes south for me is the "act first, think later (if at all)" approach of Sandy to Mark (and, apparently, others) shows no change throughout the tale. Indeed, her intended purpose in the final scene is to heap public humiliation upon him for crimes only her over-wrought imagination can contrive. Meanwhile, Mark shows the patience of Job while repeatedly coming to the rescue, figuratively and literally, of this basket case.
Yep, why settle for crazy when you can go for full-bore, bat-shit crazy? Who wouldn't want to wife that up?
A well written tale for our enjoyment. Obviously our lady MC is jumping to conclusions without checking things out. After all you was informed by he would be getting together with is brother in Hawaii so why would she jump to conclusion when he was cheating when she heard his surname from the young lady?
You would have thought she knew Mark better than that after working with him over a month. But that's the way our author wrote and he sure wrote it well describing the business attitudes and all. Well done and good read. 5 stars
Another great HDK story, though it's disappointingly lacking in fag cuck shit. Perhaps that's because it's in Romance, rather than Loving Wives. In any event, it's not hard to see why HDK is such a cheerful fellow: everyone he know, and everyone in his imagination, is unbelievably attractive, charming, witty, competent and decisive! (They do tend to jump to the wrong conclusions at times, though.)
Thank Goodness there are still some Beatles song titles left--all of us HDK fans can hardly wait for the next story!
Thanks, ohio
It was interesting until the trash ending. Over the top and oversimplified. How can you have a relationship with a woman that refuses to communicate? Like that wouldn't create resentment. Also, it was almost painfully obvious who Brittany was. Overall, it had potential but ended disappointing. At least for me.
I’ve read most of your stories here and enjoyed every one. This one is no exception. Well done and thanks.
Five stars, but gotta hit you with a big continuity error. The driver's door was wedged against a tree, so he ran around to the DRIVER'S side? And why is the shifter being in Park a problem? In our car, shifting into Park releases the door locks.
The elements are there but it never quite outruns the cliches. Most of the adult characters act and speak like fifteen-year-old edgelords trying hard to be funny, and the main players are pretty hard to like. Coherent plot but that's about it.
Been a while since you wrote this long of a story. As a regular troll of the romance genre, this tale hit all the major high points for a romantic story. True, there were uncharacteristically a couple editing misses but not enough to slow the momentum toward excellence. 4.9*
A well written yarn ( I can confess I didn't pick up on who Brittany was dating) . Well written but the ending had its problems. If the family knew the truth about why Sandy was upset , it would be cruel to set up public humiliation like this for her. Also why would Mark bring Brittany to this event, she is his brother's girlfriend, not wife.
While Sandy behaved poorly, especially since she and Mark were not even beyond first dates, it wouldn't end like this. She would feel humiliated and would run out and leave, having been embarrassed in public and I don't think Mark would be happy either, especially given he had saved Sarah's life and Sandy continued to ghost him;.
Great writing overall but the ending left me flat.
Good start, dumb ending. Miscommunication or lack of communication is a lazy plot device. Oh, Gee, if I had just said this, asked that, didn't delete that message, let him/her explain, etc. What a weak minded way to Try to create drama and suspense. The drama and suspense is: How stupid does the author think we are? You can write better, and your readers deserve better.
Good beginning but the story got away from you from middle to the end. You really dropped the ball, just a bunch of nonsense and gibberish
Great start but ending a little disjointed and not convinced the final sentence was called for. Still a solid 5 ⛤
I enjoyed it and mistakes can happen but to confuse a character as a neice and granddaughter in the same paragraph is shameful.
Very entertaining, odd error but the best story you have written for a while. Thank you
Entertaining but a bit flat. It's hard to imagine how a woman of obvious intelligence and two college degrees can make a conclusion on the basis of a combination of a state (Hawaii), which is not the biggest, but which attracts more approx. 6 million visitors a year, and a name (Reynolds), which is not very rare, without even checking if she got her assumptions right. But even a stupid mistake can lead to a nice story ...
I don’t really have anything to add that others haven’t already said. I enjoyed the story, but the ending was too abrupt. Personally, I enjoyed the mix-up with Brittany. The last few paragraphs didn’t do your story justice.
Think it was a good story. I'm not an English teacher so I'm here to read and see if it works and it does for me. Good job. Thank you
I always like your work (well almost always), and this one reads like a forties rom com
I agree with Anonymous. Sarah should have been the one Mark fell in love with. Sandy's lack of being able to think rationaly, make poor, spur of the moment decisions,; and be just plain stupid makes her a prime candidate for being a cheater in a future marital relationship. Does Sandy really have the maturity and common sense to take over her grandmothers' company?? Look out Mark!!!
Liked the story, but I honestly think you rushed the ending, keeping it at 4 rather than your usual 5 stars from here.
It wasn't easy to make the decision, but I thought you had a GREAT tale going until the last couple of paragraphs, and for me, it just kind of tailed off weakly, in comparison to the great writing up to that point.
That being said, I still look forward to new stories from you !
Picked the wrong sister and that ending was just abrupt, it was an alright read despite those 2 (in my opinion) failings
Yes, loved it, worth a Five and Fave. Excellent characters, well written, so I suppose I could reluctantly accept another few chapters of these two and their families.
Great story
Sandy has shown she can change with help from Grandma and I see grandma doing it again
She always felt like an ugly duckling That's a hard self concept to shake. Mark has shown he is a good man he will help her improve her self image. Mark will never be interested in Sarah
Think about a continuation of the Mark and Sandy story
I give it 5 stars
Dude, you have written over 200 stories, you have no excuse to write an ending that bad.
Loved it, until that set up on the last page. The idea that Sandy would torpedo Grandma's event rather than just refusing to take part was one step too far for me. While I'm commenting anyway, there seems to be some confusion in the early chapters regarding Sandy's relationship with the boss. Did I mis-remember or is she apparently her grandma's neice?
Well written, humorous, and great read. Thank you for again sharing a wonderful story.
A little over the top but it was well written with enjoyable characters and storyline and humor. Most importantly I was entertained throughout the reading! Well done!
Please do keep writing and I will keep reading.
Good thing for you that your reputation precedes your story because it really is mundane at best. Your sentence structure is poor. Even on the last page you write: the woman who left in an upset condition. Did you mean the woman who left upset? Because 'upset' is a condition. I would have thought that by now you would have found yourself better editors.
Clichéd and badly edited with poor grammar throughout but the isual suspects came charging out to kiss your senile ass. You need to stop. Please. You're no longer relevant. I've commented anonymously because we all know what a vindictive little shit you are
Holy shit, Batman! Someone pissed Iin anonymous' cornflakes. He is a good writer begging me to just stop this shit so that he may flourish without being forced to read my stories. He remains anonymous because he fears my vindictivenes, even though I'm a little shit. I am not vindictive. The last prick who stated that has been banned from Lit as well as my fan club. No one will believe this, but I didn't have this story edited. It was totally created by my rather brilliant mind. That same gifted mind is working on an incredible LW story even as we speak and hurl insults. I welcome comments by anonymous readers, but when they say that they fear me, I worry for their sanity. Paranoia is a serious condition unless someone really is out to get you. Thanks for reading and commenting. I enjoy this shit... a lot.
Wow, could this have been any worse? Tired, trite, telegraphed from page 1 despite a poor attempt to create some doubt and tension. It seems that you've run out of ideas and that's ok. Everyone gets to an age where it's easier to rehash than to innovate.
Anon, Thanks for making four comments in such a short time. One of my pleasures of writing is receiving comments. Thanks also for making allowances for my advanced age and reduced cognitive abilities. You'll miss me when I'm gone!
Despite what "Anonymous" keeps typing (I'm surprised he/she has the ability to type), the story is just that. A story, nothing more nothing less. A piece of fiction, a tale, something from the mind of one who gifts things for lesser mortals to enjoy (or not, in the case of "anonymous"). To those people who don't matter, I enjoyed it, so there. Suck it up if you didn't like my response
Thanks for the stories boss! To the toxic cowards who flame you under the Anonymous name, get a life!
Definitely one of the better stories, popped in all the right places except at the end. Just didn't feel that the characters would have done that OK public.
I'll lay out my criticism up-front. The ending was a little rushed and forced, and it felt slightly anticlimactic. With that said, the rest of this story was lovely, romantic and enticing. The end lead right to where I expected it to. Harddaysknight is a consistently solid writer in this community and among my favorite authors. I'm glad to see him make an appearance again.
Brilliant story thankyou for the read will you be making a book 4 of the lady in red in the near future it had me hooked from the start and loved every second of it