Review: Good story but felt like a rough draft
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2013
*Apologies to the author, I retract my previous review as I confused her story with another book. There is no murder mystery in this novel*Here is the revised review. I really enjoyed this story but it felt to me like it was a rough draft of a story and a lot of conversations and events were missing. I felt like it was a story the author started and would come back later to fill in the missing pieces. I also wasn't aware this was a Christian novel. It's fine, I'm Christian and don't mind an occasional mention of God. It was too short and not enough happened in the story. I wouldn't have considered reading this author again however in the end of the book it had a sample of the next book. Mail Order Mama. The story intrigued me and I did buy the next book. This author is a talented writer as she has good ideas for the stories but she needs to work on developing them and completing them. It felt rushed and unfinished. The stories are well written and I got to say that Mail Order Mama was MUCH better in that it was a more complete story and I didn't feel like all too much was missing though both were short stories.  I would have liked to have seen more in the husband and her relationship. I did buy the 2nd and third book intrigued by the samples at the end. I really enjoy mail order bride stories and am glad that the author spent more time in developing and writing the other books. Maybe she can go back and edit the first book Mail Order Mayhem and release an updated copy it just needs more work.