Review: Nice, romantic read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 30, 2013
I liked this book.Older man who is highly mature, and in charge.....of course insanely jealous and a doofus at times.Young girl, highly cloistered, wants out of the pressure......sounded unbelievable at places, and the way she had handled the situation by marrying her penpal, albeit through deceit.The circumstances surrounding a marriage are always not easy to sort out and unravel, and this story is similar in that respect. It definitely brought out one of my favorite principles to strengthen a marriage - build trust.The means to building trust may not always be the right way, but hey, I liked this story better, where the husband had sheer grit, and was ready to flush meds down the toilet, and not his pride, or his outlook on the future!With this story having a war veteran, and the setting less than 20 - 30 years before, we might have ended up with a veteran dealing with PTSD.I liked the curveballs w.r.t the legal paperwork and how they got resolved.Could have been a little more realistic, was unable to fathom that a family of doctors have not schooled their daughters enough that they have to run away to protect themselves like mail-order brides?!Other than that snag, I liked the story! 4.5 stars.....