Review: Good story but way too long and drawn out.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2014
This story is about two people, Allison Ransome and Cole Slater who are teen sweethearts. Allison worships Cole. Cole thinks he loves Allison and that she is pure of heart, and this is my term not his. Cole was right. Allison is a unique young woman who loves Cole and only Cole.Cole is a do-gooder. He takes a young boy under his wing, in a sort of pay it forward type thing. One day, he sees this same boy coming out of a jewelry store with a nap sack full of gems. Cole hears the police coming. Doing a fast think, he decides to take the blame and let the boy go. The boy is gay and Cole feels he would not take prison life well. Funny how what Allison would want never enters Cole's mind at all. His only decision in reference to her before sentencing, as well as after sentencing, is she must never know he did not do it and is covering for the boy.In the meantime Allison has been raped. She decides to give her baby to her married sister once it is born.Ten years pass, and because the boy, who is now a young man, confesses, Cole is released and goes home. He stops by Allison's and hides to the side of a tree. He sees that Allison is pregnant and is in shock and horror he leaves. Allison sees him as he is leaving.It will be 11 years before Cole comes back. In those 11 years, Allison never stops loving Cole, nor does she date. Cole, on the other hand, has a long lasting affair with an aggressive bimbo. Their only common bond is sex.Now dear readers, after 21 years of going it alone, Allison is still?? in love with Cole??? I am 66 and even I would have drawn and quartered this guy.So, when Cole finally decides to ask Allison what happened, and he finds out the truth, I don't feel he is even near as repentant as he should be. He should have crawled on his belly like a reptile to get her to take him back. Then Allison should have made him sweat!So, I do like the story, but I think it is long past drawn out. I also think Cole is a jerk and does not deserve Allison. But, this is me.I recommend this book to 18 and up.