Review: I love the story, but there were issues
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
Starting over is tough, but when someone from the past won't let go, it just becomes even tougher.  Jessie has had it with her ex Tommy, it was time to hit the road and move back with her Granny in Oklahoma.  As she is making her way there she has some trouble with a tire and Beau comes in to save her.Long story short, this was a love at first sight and within days, yes DAYS, they are married and getting ready to start out in his Navy career.  Strange things start to occur and soon Tommy makes his reappearance to claim what he believes to be his.  While over all the concept for this story was great, there are a few things that make this a bit difficult to read.There is a lot of repetitive POV, we hear Jessie's side of things and then rehash the same event with Beau at the beginning of the book.  As more characters POV was written the repetitive nature wasn't as heavy.  The author gave us a lot of descriptive details that I didn't see a need for.  Such as every detail of what they ate or what their clothes looked like tended to take away from the story for me.  During the last half of the book we were given what felt like minute by minute details of the characters day.  This wasn't a huge issue for me, but I was sadden because we had a great story going and the details took away from the intensity of the plot.By the end of the book, I was ready to see what was going to happen with Jessie, Beau and Tommy.  As far as cliff hangers go, this book will get high marks.  I was ending the final chapter with many questions.  I didn't get answers for those questions, but I did get validation that I wasn't alone in asking.  I am not sure if there will be a second book giving us the final piece of the puzzle, but I will say after that cliff hanger I will be more than willing to read it.  The author's character development wasn't as high as I had hoped, she gives us a group of people I wanted to love, but I ended up only caring about them.  I think the wall of details and description hindered my ability to really connect with them, but I did develop enough passion and care about them that I would read more to see how this story ends.