Review: starts off good
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2014
This book started off good enough.  The abused, downtrodden, heroine meets the sexy cowboy as he helps her out with her stranded car.  A little later she learns that he has advertised for a wife.  A.K.A. housekeeper, broodmare, hardly a partner and wife.  But, whatever.  She applies for the job.  But she is from New York and he has already been burned by an ex-wife that was a city girl so he is not ready to jump the broom with another one.But they get together anyway.  At times he is a loving, caring fellow and then the next day as the sun comes up he is cold and possessive.  She knows his thoughts and feelings are tainted by this ex-wife.  She comes from a background of abuse suffered at the hands of a step-father, a witch of a mother and after they die t she is turned over to the abusive step-brother.  Now it is obvious at this point that our heroine has neither a spine nor a brain.  In this day and age, LEAVE.  But she chooses to stay under his control until she meets the cowboy.She sees this as her chance to have a home and family of her own plus she is very attracted to the cowboy.  Being a virgin on the wedding night she has a lot to learn but she has read enough romance novels that she gets with the program pretty quick.  Things are troubled but she is working hard to make it work.He on the other hand does not want to give his heart again.  He wants a broodmare, housekeeper, etc. but he doesn't really want to love his wife.  You like the guy but at times he is a pig.  However, from here on is where I lost it.  I got so mad I quit reading.  So, be aware the rest will be under aSPOILER ALERT....the ex-wife shows up while he is out of the house.  She proceeds to order the heroine around, insulting her at every turn, tosses her clothes out of the master bedroom, etc.  Now the heroine doesn't want to make a scene so she does nothing.  R U KIDDING me?  That bit.. would have been out of the house by the hair of her head and drug across the driveway and thrown back in her car in about 2 seconds flat.  But no, the downtrodden, no self-esteem heroine does nothing but pet the CAT.Now the hero shows up.  The ex rushes over to him throws her arms around him and kisses him.  You would think that after all she did, let me count for you.  Thought she was marrying a rich cowboy, insulted his home, etc. , cheats on him, divorces him after a few months of marriage taking 1/2 the land that has been in his family for generations, rips out his heart!!!  Now, you would think he would throw her sorry butt in her car but no.  He stands there and lets her kiss him right in front of the down trodden, no self-esteem wife.  Then the ex tells him she has no place to go and she needs to stay with him for a couple of weeks.  He agrees to let her stay.  WTF are you kidding me.  This bit.. that never turned her hands, etc. is suddenly going to become suzy homemaker and help with all the chores, etc.  REALLY, I got so teed off at this point that I wanted to throw my Kindle across the room.  This story could have gone in a dozen different directions without ever dragging the ex's sorry butt back into the picture.  I HATED it.  Didn't finish it.  Don't really care how it proceeds from this point.  You know already the ex is going to cause one problem right after the other, the heroine is going to cover it all up and keep a stiff upper lip, etc.  UGH.  No thanks.