Review: Not a favorite
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2014
Intriguing story told skillfully. Interesting characters. Written with good editing. My complaint is in the romance department. It fell flat and came up short. There was lust and physical attraction but not love. Ciara did say she loved him but Jean Marc never did say it or act like he loved her. Ciara said the words but was unconvincing too. ***SPOILERS AHEAD!!! He had sex with others while she was in prison for 18 months. If he cared he would have and could have and definitely should have waited for her. He was at first unwilling and then unable to stop the corrupt cop and keep her and Sophie safe. He had major trust issues and everything had to be his way. He never put her first or considered her feelings. Ugh, so frustrating! He was a selfish and self righteous lover. He arrested her and even after he figured out she didn't steal the jewels and the bad cop did, even when he met her outside the prison he didn't apologize. The back story on why he didn't trust wasn't effective as to how long he held onto his feelings especially after she proved she wouldn't throw him under the bus. This storyline didn't make me like him at all or want them to be happy. He had sex with the 'princess', not knowing it was really Ciara because she reminded him of Ciara, and felt badly that for the princess because she deserved to be wanted for herself, not because she reminded him of Ciara! What about Ciara! He admittedly paid for sex all the time. He basically spent the whole book being wrong even though he was a law upholding policeman.Ciara often made stupid, unwise choices and didn't learn from her mistakes but she was more likable. Glaringly obvious was that you couldn't trust a blackmailer to not keep coming back for more money. That made no sense. And after the rape, knowing she and Sophie were in very real physical danger their reactions didn't match the seriousness of their situation. It made me grit my teeth.***END OF SPOILERS!!!  Ms. Bruhns writes the suspense parts very well. However the way she handles the love and romance is very bad.