Review: A pleasant diversion, but not much more
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 2, 2013
Ruthie Knox's writing is still crisp and snappy in this novella, but her trademark humor is less in evidence.  That makes sense given the family tragedy that haunts Tony Mazzara, but still, it gives this story a different feel from most of Knox's other work.The hero is still hot (you have to love a man with paint and caulk smeared jeans), and the heroine, Amber, is.....well, OK.  She is a good girl who is tired of being good, a woman who has put her religious faith behind her, but I was hoping for more depth in the story of her struggle.This is a novella, and so it's not surprising that these characters aren't fully developed or nuanced, but this is the first of Knox's works I won't be re-reading.  It's a pleasant diversion -- but not much more.