Review: Bumpy Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2012
Natalie Mercer rushed through the Atlanta hospital to tell her ER surgeon husband they're finally expecting a long sought baby. Instead she finds him with another woman, and he tells her he wants a divorce. If this wasn't shattering enough, a driveby gang shooting kills him and leaves her wounded. To escape her nightmares, Natalie retreats to Adamsville, a small place nestled in the Appalachian Mountains. She accepts a position as a flight nurse for a Rescue Flight Service and begins to build a new life for herself and her unborn child. She also meets retired baseball player and helicopter pilot, Jake Adams, who has demons of his own to conquer. After a rocky start, they both began to understand what means the most to them and they each change from who they were at first. Natalie learns to trust again, and Jake leans the importance of family and someone to love.There were several scanning errors or misused words. For example, "tied" for "tired and "Jake" for "Hawk," Jake's nephew. There were also some scenes that seemed useless. They didn't move the plot, portray important characters, or add to the story in any way. Neither did I think it made sense that everyone left Natalie eight and a half months pregnant all alone in a remote mountain cabin in December. Her friends were all so protective of her and her unborn baby, I couldn't buy this part. Even though this is a clean, Christian novel, their faith wasn't an integral part but tended to be added at rare places with a brief comment.The novel was interesting, and I did enjoy it, however. It was good not to have to wade through heavy cursing or highly descriptive sex scenes, and the two main characters, as well as Mary Claire and her three grandchildren, were enchanting. For the most part, this is a realistic romance along a rough path with ups and downs to a happy ending.