Review: Great Start to Sweet Editions Line
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2014
3.5 starsThis is the first review of three I am participating in for this author.  The main reason I signed on to do this was because this author has taken her romance books and done a little overhaul for those of us who love romance but love them without descriptive sex scenes.  I love that Helen Conrad has heard the pleading cries of the “clean readers” and taken the time to change these books up a bit to fit another group of people.  They are titled “Sweet Editions”.  I think it’s cool and I wanted to promote that.Run, Run, Runaway features Jennifer and Reid who go way, way back to when Jennifer was just a girl following Reid around like a puppy.  They are both all grown up now but time has distanced them from each other.  Jennifer is the runaway who is adamant that she will not return home to her parents.  She has a secret that she is protecting and she is convinced that staying away is the best option.  Jennifer has created a stable and good life for herself.  She loves her job and she also loves “extreme” activities where she can lose herself on the edge.Reid stumbles across Jennifer after she jumps out of an airplane.  When he sees her, he just knows he has to find a way to get her to return home to her parents.  Jennifer is a tough nut to crack.  She has spent years running from the truth and pretending she doesn’t care that she is separated from her parents.  Reid was her first crush and her first love.  Seeing him again brings back all kinds of memories and feelings.Jennifer proves to be a bit impulsive throughout the book.  Her actions don’t always speak the best of her but her heart is good.  She is trying fiercely to protect her family from the things she thinks will hurt them.  She is willing to sacrifice what she loves for that protection.Reid seems to have lost himself over the course of the years due to circumstances out of his control.  He’s become what he said he didn’t want to be.  He is a fixer by nature though and thus his desire to fix Jennifer too.  He is well meaning but sort of goes about it the wrong way.I liked the interactions between Jennifer and Reid.  You feel the history and connection between them.  There were times the story seemed a bit rough around the edges and the flow felt interrupted, I would imagine due to the “clean up” process.  But, in the end, the story was sweet and this girl got the happily ever after than she loves.