Review: If you like angst, vicious exes and clueless heroes, this is the story for you!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2014
I am kind of sorry to give this story such a low rating.  First, because it's mostly due to my personal desire to actually ENJOY reading a romance, and second, because I got it for free.  Which I appreciate. I read this in one sitting, but only because about a quarter of the way in I was desperate to find something to feel good about.  I also need to mention there were a lot of errors, even sometimes it didn't make sense (especially timelines), but it didn't detract too much and that's not why I gave it such a low rating.I didn't like this story because the supposed hero was totally clueless, even cruel in his total lack of respect and/or faith in his wife. Even though the heroine proved herself to be a sweet, innocent, sincere woman, the hero ALWAYS believed his vicious ex-wife over her, regardless of how obvious she was portrayed. I feel the author just got a LOT carried away with the angst factor in trying to build conflict in the story. DID SHE EVER!Of course there's a happy ending, because who doesn't want to get back together with such a strong, trustworthy, likeable hero, huh?  And I can even see a set-up for the next book... but there's no WAY I'll ever willingly subject myself to this style of writing again. But, to each his own. Maybe some of you like this mega angst-ey stuff.  Here's some of what actually goes on in this 'romance'. . .** SPOILER ALERT **** SPOILER ALERT **Don't read any further if you don't want to know story details...** SPOILER ALERT **The hero actually lets the ex-wife move in with them (they're newlyweds).  Then the ex proceeds to 1. trick the current wife into stepping in an iron animal trap, 2. causes her to fall down the stairs and break her leg (AND she waited for two hours to be discovered), 3. hides her pain pills and goes shopping, 4. locks her in the barn during a heavy storm and when she escapes, finds hubby and ex are cozy together in front of the fire, 5. kills her kitten, 6. drugs the hubby and has sex with him so the wife can see (of course our heroine is in a cast and had to trudge up the stairs for that one), 7. convinces the hubby to let her stay longer (remember they're still just newly married), 8. tells the wife the hubby said the baby is not his, 9. actually said she was hoping the fall that broke the wife's leg would've killed her... I could go on.And let's not forget that hubby's believing EVERYTHING the ex says while NOT believing his wife and acting accordingly. And thru their separation, the ex is STILL staying there! He even refuses to say he loves his wife when asked. Of course wife overheard that conversation. He yells at and ridicules her in public, but, you know, it's all a misunderstanding ... I could go on here, too. But I've said enough!