Review: A Great Read, But...come on, really?  SHE Apologizes???
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2013
Once again, Karen Erickson has delivered a hot, romantic story full of good characters, rich dialogue, and captivating chemistry.  I had already read the shorter version of this book at the end of another one of hers, and looked forward to the full version.  So, when it came out, I picked it up eagerly, suspended my disbelief, and dove in.  I loved the whole book, thought that the plot was an "oldie but a goodie" and read eagerly to see how Ms. Erickson was going to spin her version of it.  Then came what authors call the "black moment" and I knew there was no way I could suspend my disbelief THAT much.Now, if you look at my other reviews, I've never before gone into such depth as this one with what bothered me, but this one just irked me enough that I decided to vent.*************** SPOILER ALERT*****************(This is, of course, my take on what I understood the events to be)After their pictures are in the paper, Matteo accuses Paige unjustly.  He demands explanations, although she'd already explained it to both his mother, Claudia, and him in the beginning of the story, before she was hired.  Then, when she's taken more than she can stand of his accusations, she leaves.He finds her and brings her back, then tries to tell her that he was wrong, that he believed her because, AND GET THIS, his brothers did an investigation on her behind her back and found another woman that had the same complaint about her former boss as she, so wasn't it good because it proved that Paige was telling the truth!  Then, he goes on to tell her that it was wrong of her to have left before he could have told her this wonderful information.And the result of this section?  PAIGE APOLOGIZES for having left.  She states she should have trusted him.  ?????Any other woman would have said, "Oh, now that there's more than just my word, you believe me?"***************************END SPOILER ALLERT*****************************I'm sorry, but this was too unreal.  Ms. Erickson is so talented that she either needs a better proof reader to make sure that everything she's written is flowing smoothly, or she needs to not take the easy way out and write such a resolution.  I'm still a loyal reader of hers, and will continue to support her, but I hope this doesn't happen again.