Review: a contemporary take on a regency classic plot
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2013
Joya Fields writes amazing characters that are identifiable and are easy to feel empathy with, In Forever's Promise Ms. Fields takes on the regency standard of a marriage of convenience and gives it a contemporary take.The story is an emotional roller coaster that draws you in from the first paragraph, Russ a man who was badly burned by his ex-wife has trust issues so many can identify with. Shelby a woman who lost her true love in an accident has taken on the role of caretaker for her father after losing her mother not long ago. Annabelle, Russ's daughter, is the one to steal your heart first however, as only little girls can.This is a novella length book with pretty mild heat but the sexual tension is there without it being overly graphic. I was on the edge of me seat at times and at other wiping a way a tear and a couple of times my husband asked me why I was grinning at my Kindle.I felt a special connection to Shelby as she loses her mother to ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) something that took my grandmother, this made the story that much more touching to me. I applaud Ms. Fields ability to write such a compelling story in a novella length, something that I have found is a hard thing to do.I received this book in exchange for my honest review.