Review: Tender Midwestern Novel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
A battered and abused detective recovering from wounds both physical and emotional, a rough and tumble lawyer from the wrong side of the tracks, and a farmland heritage sold to the highest bidder . . .From the first scene where Cress Dietrich stumbles around the kitchen on her injured leg in front of the oh-so-perfect and entirely-too-rich Alex Westmore until the final moment of the story, Cress and Alex explode the pages of Safely Home. They argue, they fight, they kiss, they make up, they share school-hood memories over ice cream and compassion for an injured horse. In short, the couple leaves you both delighted with the twists and turns of their romance and insanely curious as to what will happen next.Personally, Alex Westmore stole this novel for me. Sure Cress is a great character, with attributes of both toughness and vulnerability, but Alex? Alex is absolutely wonderfully perfect! I wanted to wrap him up and take him home with me (and I already have a very wonderful man at home). Alex’s patience and understanding in dealing with Cress made me all warm and tingly as I read the story, and though Alex has some flaws to work through, his sweetness and determination to act honorably stole this novel for me.Safely Home is the first of the new Watkins Ridge Series by Ruth Logan Herne. My only complaint is the other two books aren’t out yet. Write faster, Ms. Herne! Write faster!