Review: sizzling chemistry between the two leads
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2014
Hard Time by Cara McKenna is a smartly written emotional read, sometimes so real that it is uncomfortable but always right on target with regard to what smart women who read romance want to read.Annie and Eric meet in prison, and that's the beginning of some truly unconventional romance.  Annie just finished grad school and took a job as a librarian in the run-down town of Darren, Michigan.  Part of that job includes some hours teaching reading, writing, and other assorted literacy courses at the local prison.  On her first walk through the prison, she sees Eric, and when he arrives in one of her courses to seek help with a writing problem, they connect in a way in which most romances do not begin.  And, yes, this is uncomfortable for the reader at times because of the prison setting and how Annie could be taken advantage of because of her naiveté.Just through the descriptions of their glances, their fingers almost touching, the letters Eric writes to Annie, we see the beginnings of their romance, and it's sizzling.Both Annie and Eric have spent the past five years in prison - Erin physically and Annie emotionally.  This is the story of how they find each other, and in doing so, help make each other into full human beings.Two thumbs way up for this book - I am amazed by the depth of the writing, the descriptions, and the storyline.  And the sexy heat that accompanies all this is out of this world.  I am so glad this book found me through netgalley; I am now ready to investigate Cara McKenna's backlist.Thank you for reading.