Review: Romantic but lacking
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 27, 2012
I love Marie Force. She is one of my favorite romance authors. She yet again wrote another good story. Not a great one, but it was still good. I love her writing because she always does a great job of capturing romance. She draws you into the story. I'm not crazy about Ted and Caroline. They seem to fall to easily in love. I know that people believe in love at first sight. Are you sure you can say you love someone after really knowing them for all of 5 minutes?What I Loved:Lillian. Ted's beloved grandmother. She was the glue to the family. She held them together and put them in place.Smitty. He rose up from a bad childhood. He proved that he could do better.The romance. not only is there romance with the main characters but also the side characters find romance too. I wish there was a second book to continue Parker's story with Gina.Ted's job. He is a Pediatric Oncologist. It is a hard job to work with kids with cancer. Ted's character shows that the doctors also have a hard time dealing with the loss of a patient/child.What I Didn't LoveTed and Caroline. They shouldn't have went behind Smitty's back. They should have been up front about everything and maybe it would have turned out differently. Plus there is the unspoken friend rule, Friends don't sleep with you friend's ex.Male sensitivity. I love a man that can show his sensitive side but if the guy cries more than a woman there's a problem.Overall Thoughts:I liked this story, but I probably wouldn't read it again. It wasn't as great as Marie's other work but still was a good read. It had the romance factor but the story seemed to be lacking a little. Even though I had issues with Ted and Caroline I was able to still enjoy this book.  I recommend it as a good rainy day read.