Review: Love Rachel Hauch books but had a problem with this one...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2013
This story just hit the wrong note with me.  It is the story of Belle and Burke.  They were childhood best friends, loves, and were getting married.  On their wedding day right before the ceremony starts, Burke leaves without a word to Belle.  They have no contact over the next twelve years until a high school reunion.  Now Burke is a successful NFL player, has a beautiful girlfriend, and is offered a role on a sitcom.I wish the author had developed Belle's character a little more.  Mostly her hurt and anger over Burke's jilting her are shown.  She struggles to forgive him as she will have to deal with seeing him often now that he has moved back to town.  Belle as a person apart from her hurt and bitterness is not viewed much in this book, leading many reviewers to put her in a negative light.On the flip side, the author did not convince me that Burke really loves Belle and understood how leaving her, without a word, on their wedding day, then not contacting  her at all for 12 years caused hurt feelings on her part. When he does explain, while his reasoning is understood, the way he did it was rather cowardly.  He does own up to his cowardice in avoiding her for 12 years.Spoiler alert...............................................Belle and Burke get back together.  A happy ending.  Everyone loves those.  I have never been a jilted bride but I think it would have taken much more time and actions on the the part of an ex to earn back the trust of someone he/she hurt so badly even if some love is still there.