** spoiler alert ** 
 I only read Victoria Dahl's short story. It was good but it really bugged me that he never told her who he really was. I just had a hard time believing that and it was distracting. It was a good teaser for the series, which I'm looking forward to. I was glad I knew it was more of a prologue than a stand alone (and by that I mean no HEA) because I'd have been really mad it I hadn't known that going in.