Review: Unrealistic
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2013
Trauma Surgeon Dr Isobel (Belle) Murphy was married to Firefighter Lucas Delaney for 5 years when she decided to end their marriage. Lucas never asked the reason why and they have been apart a year and not seen each other for six months. Belle just has to complete the decree nisi for the marriage to be over although she does continually call him her ex husband and state they are divorced.The part I found unrealistic about this story is that neither Belle nor Luc have told their families or work colleagues that they have divorced. Belle is close to her sister Mia but even she doesn't know although Luc still meets up with Mia now and again.Belle's Grandmother has called a family get together in Connecticut and Belle is expected to attend with Luc so she makes an excuse Luc can't make it. In the meantime Mia has contacted Luc and asked if he can make an effort. Belle is in Connecticut when suddenly Luc arrives. So her family aren't suspicious, she greets him with a kiss. She then asks Luc to pretend they are still married as she is worried her Grandmother has called them all together to announce she has a terminal illness, so she doesn't want to upset her further by announcing her marriage is over.Over the course of a weekend Belle and Luc find it hard to hide their feelings from one another and re-connect in 'the bedroom'. A few nice love scenes take place but for me, this story is very predictable and another unrealstic element is why Belle ended her marriage. Considering she is a Trauma Surgeon and obviously a strong person in her professional life, it seemed odd that after 5 years of marriage to a Fireman, she would make the decision she did. The fact Luc never fought for his marriage and just let it end without knowing why was also unrealistic.The revelations near the end seemed very odd considering nobody was supposed to know they had separated!This is quite a sweet story if you can get past the weak plot. I did like Luc. If the story had been longer I think it would have worked better as I would have liked to have some background to how they met and married (there is a brief mention of how they met but how did they decide that Belle would move to England?) and what their marriage was like in the early years. I would have also liked to read more background on her family and why she took the death of her father so badly when it appeared it was just an accident.I hope my review doesn't put other readers off. I gave it 3 stars because to me this story was 'just OK' but others may feel differently. For a freebie it is worth downloading for a quick read.