Review: If The Hero Had Been As Strong As The Heroine, This Would Have Been A Stronger Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2013
There are a lot of reasons to both like and dislike this book.  A lot of angst is piled on the heroine and while she staggers under the burden for a while, she eventually triumphs.  Not so with the hero who fails to live up to the standard he insisted the heroine accept when he thought she was guilty of a crime against his family.  So, when he discovers her innocence and now the shoe is on the other foot with her being the victim of a crime he has committed against her, does he man up?  Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.  Even worse, in my opinion, he whines about the position it put him in, and the heroine has to help him save face with his family for his bad actions.  Not exactly the hero we all dream of.Initially this book was almost a wall banger for me (it was saved from that fate by being located on my kindle).  I had to go back and read it again before changing its status to that of guilty pleasure.  It is very well written which is why I was so involved in the characters and cared so much.  I have read books that piled even more on the heroine that left me unmoved, so this writer knows how to move you into the lives of her characters so that you really WANT them to do well.This is not quite a clean romance, and people that are sensitive to forced seduction might want to skip it. The early sexual situations are discussed rather than witnessed, however, there are some sexual scenes at the end.It would have been a better book if the hero carried more of the angst load instead of making the heroine do all the heavy lifting.  That said, it was a good read and I have to say I'm glad I read it, warts and all.