Review: 4.5 STARS!!!  Great read about finding the unexpected
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 31, 2013
Let me start by saying that this was my first read by Heather Hildenbrand but it will most definitely not be my last.  This story grabbed me from page 1 and took me on an emotional journey.  The characters were engaging, fun and sexy.  I laughed and cried right along with them.I felt for Summer. Everything she thought she knew was blown out of the water when her parents divorced. She gave up her dream of life outside the plantation and now had to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about falling in love and keeping it.  And that was her intention until Ford O’Neal.Ford was more of a “drifter” to me, refusing to follow in the steps of his parents.  He was determined to live life and experience all his current location had to offer before moving on to the next.  But what he didn’t count on was meeting Summer Stafford.Let’s not leave out Casey.  Summer’s almost brother. Casey had grown up with Summer so he knew how to rile her up and comfort her when she was down.  He added fuel to the fire between Summer and Ford whenever he had the chance and made sure to call them on their own insecurities.There was definite chemistry between Ford and Summer and although the both tried to deny it, it proved to be more powerful than the both of them.  Ford’s ability to live in the moment seemed to rub off on Summer even though she was painfully aware that the time that they had together was limited.“What we have, what we are, is beautiful.  Don’t ruin it by worrying about something that hasn’t happened yet.  This moment, right here is ours.  Let’s take our moments.” ~ FordFord’s realization that he was leaving more than just the plantation when he left broke my heart.  I was truly pulling for him to…..stay.  But they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder…would it be true for Summer and Ford? Would they find what they hadn’t been looking for in each other?  Pick up this great read and see for yourself.