Review: Gardening and Dancing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2013
This ebook put me in the mood to: 1. Get out in my garden 2. Volunteer at a charity 3. Never enter a dance contest. Ha haI encourage readers to back up and read the opening segment about Helen McGovern and her charity - Emergency Food Network. The Kindle ebook opens to chapter one so you'll need to back up.This is a sweet story about a woman and her passion for feeding the homeless. Stacy Donovan is giving all her time and money to this cause but it's going under financially. Enter Joe Carpenter. A rich, sexy guy looking to do a little volunteering. The two slowly reveal themselves and the scars from their past. They are drawn to each other.Their first kiss scene made  me smile ... Bingo. Ms Cassidy did a great job with Stacy and Joe's first kiss. I think I even giggled.*** Slight Spoilers aheadI need to say why I gave this ebook three stars. I enjoyed the storyline up until 65%. It was then that Joe turned into a passive aggressive jerk. Twice, twice! he did something wrong and in both cases instantly turned the situation around to blame Stacy. He made her feel bad, got her crying, and SHE ended up apologizing. Yes she has flaws and reacted badly but these incidents were by no means her fault alone.Other readers may not see it this way, but it kind of gave me the creeps. Actions like that are controlling. I'm not sure he apologized for either situation, not even a half-hearted one. I have no idea why the author decided to write him that way. Wasn't he even sneaking around outside her house late one night? .... then said Stacy was overreacting? Um, no.**** End spoilersIf you like apple orchards and Dancing With the Stars, check out this Kindle freebie.