Review: SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW!!  Stop Reading if you dont want to know!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 7, 2012
*** SPOILERS ****I bought this book the day it was out because the blurb reminded me of one of my favorite comfort read authors-- Diana Palmer.. I think this author might like her and maybe tried to pay homage or something but it didnt work.... At least for me because honestly there were way way way too many similarities between this book and three or four Diana Palmer books.. Before I get started on the similarites though Id just like to say this author I think has potential but some sentences feel choppy and there are way too many plot points in this story.. How many things can happen to this heroine? The doctor visited there so many times I lost count.. And the H was too wishy-washy.. This book could have been way shorter and still would have been a complete story.. The timeline is wonky on this book.. one paragraph would be one day and the next would be two days later but they would act like it was yesterday.. (I have a feeling that part didnt make much sense but it was just off) I would have loved it to end after the calf-killer was captured. The rest of the story was useless to me and honestly brought down my already low rating..Okay onto the similarities just to name a couple:Lawless-- Both couples are in a marriage of convenience. Both live on ranch. Both H's married the h after the h's mom passed away. Nobody in either book knew the H/h were married. Both heroines have went years without new clothes. (A reader might not see this as being a big thing but to me its mentioned so many times in both Lawless and Callie's Heart so its obviously important) Both heroines wear the H's school rings. Both heroines make a show of giving the rings back to the H. Both H's put the ring back on the injured heroine's finger while she is recovering from some injury. Both Heroes forget the heroine's birthday (Again some people might not think this as being important but as I said before since its mentioned so much in both books, it is to me)Heartbreaker (Long, Tall Texans)- This is actually one of my favorite DP books but-- The heroines names are TOO similiar. Callie and Tallie.. Out of all the names in the world this heroine's name is one letter off from the h in Heartbreaker. Both heroines catch the Heroes in compromising situations, as a matter of fact those scenes are so similiar I was shocked. Both Heroes miss the heroines graduation, as a matter of fact the way they spend graduation night is similiar(both packing) and the similarities to Stamos was a bit too much like Grange from Heartbreaker for me.Honestly I wish I could have liked this book but like I said way too many similarities with other work Ive read and the longness (is that a word?) of the book kept me from it. I would be open to reading more from this author but I wont be paying 5.99 for it