Review: I really wanted to like this book, but it needs work!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 15, 2014
Lucky and Wil were interesting characters, and the basic plot of the story was a good one, but the author constantly distracted me by telling me what the characters were thinking and feeling instead of showing me, either through dialogue or through actions. It's like telegraphing a punch. I knew ahead of time how the characters were going to react and how they were going to feel -- that took some of the fun out of the book.I really wish the author had started her tale with Lucky's husband's secret being revealed. This was the place where some great dramatic tension could have been created and wasn't. The author also brings here two characters together too early in the tale and the author told me way too many times that Lucky didn't look good when she blushed and that Wil had waited a long time and was detail oriented.  I really didn't need to hear it again and again. In fact the author did this about many of her characters until I wanted to scream "I get it already!"Lastly, despite Lucky's unusual lifestyle, she really was a little too good. Will was a little too good. The "other woman" was a little too bad and Lucky took a shine to the orphans a little too quickly, and they to her a little too quickly.I am certain that this author can write a better tale. She has the important things, the ability to create likeable characters and come up with a good story. But her timing is off, and her sense of where the story should have started was off.