Review: Realistic Characters
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2012
I have always liked Barbara Bretton and that opinion was as firm as ever with this book. But, before anything else, I will have to say that this is a reissue. Originally written in 1993, this book does not feel dated at all. In fact, because of the setting, I did not even realize that there were no cellphones and iPods mentioned until I was halfway through and had to check when it was originally published.Now, for the review proper... Married when they were very young, Megan McLean and Jake Lockwood divorced within a year. Six years later, they met again; though both have "matured" and had "grown up", both held secrets from each other that could change their relationship irrevocably.***SPOILERS***I like this story a lot because the characters are real. Megan acted exactly how a spoiled rich brat would while Jake acted exactly how an ambitious young man from humble beginnings would. Six years later, when both of them thought that they have grown up, they still carried the same emotional baggage they did while they were married.I like it that Jake was not the "super dad" within minutes of finding out that he was a father. He "earned" his super dad status at the ending and I love it that he found his ephipany before the climax.Megan can be irritating at times; but then again, aren't spoiled rich brats supposed to act that way? Hiding from Jake that they have a daughter is another one of those brattiness from Megan.I like the book overall, though I would like to say that author Barbara Bretton should have kept the original title of "Renegade Lover". I'm not a big fan of the current trend of using "billionaire" in the title.This book is rated PG 15 due to some sex scenes