Review: Love doesn't just go away.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2014
I really liked this story, the beginning of several about the Johnson family. Ivy Johnson and Lucas Baylor have history that will not go away easily and when they connect again there is nothing more obvious than that fact. The attraction between them was superbly written as I've come to expect in any book by Ms. Diamond.Inexplicably I had the nagging sensation while reading it that this book was a sequel.  Perhaps that's because the backstory on both protagonists as well as secondary characters was rich and complicated. For me reading about it was some of the best parts of the story esp. when it came to Johnson family history or stories about Lucas' foster Mom.It was easy to see and identify with what trials brought Lucas and Ivy to their more immediate struggles in the book particularly in Ivy's case. I also liked the unapologetic nature of Lucas' feelings about love and relationships. I wish that the whys of that had been delved into more because I really liked the character.  Because I liked him so much I wanted Lucas to break himself down a little more for me and for his women.I'm ready and eager to read more about the Johnsons although Cyrus seemed a little one-dimensional to me. I feel a little like Lizzy Bennett judging Mr. Darcy when I say that and hope I'm right that still waters run deep. Looking forward to finding out in book 2.