Review: Too short novella for the subject matter.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 9, 2012
*Spoilers throughout*Synopsis:Evelyn and Derek's marriage is falling apart and after the loss of their child Evelyn has had enough and attempts to kill herself when he asks for a divorce.  After Derek is confronted with her self-destructive pain he finally realizes what he almost lost when he asked for a divorce and they both go to the R&R; resort to fix their marriage.Thoughts:I didn't like this a much as most other reads I suspect.  Because of it's diminutive length most things are told and not shown, or more than that, the author tells us about the hurt they cause each other and then shows us them getting back together.  For me this the down fall of this book.  I can understand why the author did that, being to know the details makes worse.  Like in a romance novel the hero is described as cussing at the heroine, but if you actually read what he was saying you are like this hero is a jerk!  The author says "Even as Derek stood there, airing out a laundry list of reasons how she'd ruined their marriage," but without knowing what was said I can't get involved in the relationship.The way his infidelity was handed was almost non-existent.  They never spoke about the cause and he never even explained what happened.  I don't even know if she knew he never slept with the OW (other woman), was just emotionally involved with her.I wanted scenes where they actually spoke about their problems, but it never happened.  They discussed things but never seemed to get to the meat of the issue with Derek's personal issues hardly even getting touched on.  He states that when his wife was in her car accident that killed their child and was in a coma he thought for sure she would die and so when she did get better he pushed her away to guard his heart.  This is a serious issue, but he never even said that to his wife, that is just inner dialogue.Basically this needed to be about twice as long, or else there needed to be at least a few pages that really dug deep into their personal issues.  For me I didn't feel connected to these characters.  I did feel badly for both of them, but I didn't understand why he would only cheat emotionally, I guess to make him redeemable to the readers.  I don't like how the OW was just a catalyst to get the story going but she was never discussed again.  And I don't get why this was packaged as an erotic romance.  There is only a few kisses in this book.I would definitely read more from this author but for me this book just isn't quite there.  Maybe it's just me because so many other people enjoyed this book but I just felt disconnected from the characters, even when I was in their heads I could understand where they were coming from but I didn't think they belonged together.  If you are going to kill yourself because your spouse leaves you the marriage will never be the same.  Even if he did want to leave her in the future he couldn't out of fear she would kill herself.3 stars.