Review: An ok romance but needs some research on addiction
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2012
In this story Laura is approached by her family and friends about her prescription drug addiction and agrees to go to rehab.  The rehab part of the books is very quick and it seems as if the author just didn't bother doing research so she didn't write about it.  While in rehab, Laura meets Faith and after they are released from rehab they decide to go to a program that helps recovering addicts with a job and a stable and peaceful environment.  This program is a winery and the girls jobs are to be chambermaids for the hotel and general clean-up that is needed.  Of course both girls meet the man of their dreams and they live happily every after.But there is a problem with this whole set-up.  One of the things addicts learn in rehab is to stay out of intimate relationships because they are supposed to be focusing on their recovery, not the needs of a boyfriend.  Also the idea of any kind of addict working at a winery is simply not going to happen if that person is taking their recovery seriously.  I just feel like the author didn't do her research in this area but needed something to set up her romantic plot and she chose addiction and recovery.However, even with my criticism of the realities of addiction not being examined at all, I did enjoy the book.  It was light reading and I read it in one sitting.  I haven't read a romance in awhile and that part of the book is mild compared to what's out there right now (Fifty Shades of Gray).  I also liked the happy ending even though part of it was a little hard to believe.  All in all...it was an ok book for a freebie.  3 stars.