Review: A heartfilled love story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2014
This book was recommended to me based on my reading choices and I have to say that is one of the best tools ever invented. It gives me, the reader a chance to discover authors I might never have heard of.  As a fellow author I take the rating process seriously and the book has to meet certain standards for me to rate it a full five stars. Are the characters believable, does the story grab me from the first page and hold me till the last, when I close my eyes can I envision the world she created, do I sigh when I turn the last page because I feel like I’m saying  good bye to an old friend. In this case the answer was yes!This is the story of two people, Jenny a high school teacher from a small town and Sam, vice president and rising star of an investment company in Chicago. When they meet, they are acting as proxy to his cousin and her best friend. Montana has a crazy law that allows a couple to marry using a proxy when they are unable to be present. In rare cases like this book, double proxy. Military couples find it necessary when one of them is overseas serving their country.Most of the story takes place over the course of one weekend. Two strangers meet, circumstances keep them together for the weekend and they fall in love. Is it possible to fall in love with a total stranger after only a few days? I did and am still married after 23 years and four children. Ms. Ragnery did a wonderful job in making the reader believe in the possibility. She took you through a range of emotions, creating characters that come to life from the first page. She painted a world that makes the reader want to pack their bags and move to Montana.  The story is about finding love, recognizing it when you find it and chasing after it even though it doesn’t make sense. This is a wonderful love story, the first in a series and I definitely plan on reading the rest of her books.