Review: Did they just "think" they hated each other?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2013
In 1966 Ronnie Dove released a song (on a 45 rpm record!) entitled "When Liking Turns to Loving" and it starts out  "I hold her hand much tighter now, stars are shining brighter now" and it goes on to say, "what a wonderful, wonderful feeling when liking turns to loving".  In "A Hero for Tonight" it's not a question of "liking" turning to loving, it's a question of "hating" or at least intense dislike turning to loving.Shane and Krista do NOT like each other, have NEVER liked each other, but unfortunately Krista is in business with Shane's mother so they are in constant contact, much to the dismay of them both.  To say the least, they tolerate each other, and at most, they really dislike each other.  Each is a constant source of irritation to the other.  Shane wishes his mother did not have a connection with Krista because then he wouldn't have to put up with having her around so much.Gradually he finds himself looking at Krista in a different way and he is not comfortable with the new feelings he is starting to have toward her.  Krista is also uneasy at the way she sees Shane looking at her, and she is horrified at the feelings she is starting to have toward him.  These looks and feelings do not at all mesh with the antagonistic feelings they have always had toward each other.When I read of how their feelings toward each other seemed to be turning to loving, the old Ronnie Dove song was the first thing I thought of but even if they were not quite as hostile toward each other as they had been, snipping and snarling at each other was by now a habit that they might not be able to break.The love story was great and it certainly did not hurt that Shane was a military man. <Sigh> I was very eager to see how they would get past their hostile feelings toward each other and realize they were in love.  I greatly enjoyed this book.