Review: Wishy washy hero, doormat heroine
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2012
I want to start by saying that Tara Janzen is a good story teller.  I've enjoyed several of her other books and noticed that she's been publishing some of her older works on ebook and I thought I'd try it out.  This particular short story had all the ingredients, lies, villains, sexual chemistry, etc... to be really great, but the thing that simply didn't work for me was the lack of balance between the H/h.  The hero is a confused basket case and unfortunately the one who has to suffer for it is the heroine.Colton and Sarah were crazy in love as kids, but Sarah's father, the disgusting town bully, managed to drive Colton away.  Ten years later, Colton comes back home for the first time for his mother's funeral and he can't seem to deal with his emotions for Sarah.There's a lot of other soap opera history with abusive relationships, mistresses, etc... going on, but in my opinion, it's not enough to drive the actions of our main characters.  This is not a book where the guy realizes what he's lost and comes back to claim his lost love.  He's confused and makes no promises, but the here and now with sex. The fact that he is a Navy SEAL has no bearing on the story whatsoever, so don't think you're getting a dashing suspense out of this.  Sarah is an honorable and steady person, but she comes off as a doormat when it comes to Colton.  He sleeps with her and leaves and she deals with it because she loves him.  The end tries to balance things out a little, but it's definitely too little, too late.  I would have been happier if Sarah had moved on and ended up with someone more deserving.