Review: Derivative, but pleasant
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2014
If you're a dedicated reader of romances, you've read this one before. The poor boy falls in love with the rich girl, they swear their undying devotion, and due to outside influences, they're separated. Years later, he returns. He's gorgeous, powerful, wealthy, and ready to reclaim his girlfriend. She's never forgotten him but doesn't know why he's back. Can she trust him?Why she should offer an inkling of trust is beyond me, since he refuses to tell her the truth about anything: not his feelings, not why he left, not why he returned. This storyline wouldn't move along on its own, so the author throws in some suspense. Someone is out to get him...or her...or both. Who can it be? If you don't guess the villain, you should recharge your brain and your Kindle.This is a pleasant book to read. There are enough secondary characters to make me think that a series is likely to follow. Some of those characters are interesting, though most are fairly stereotypical. The good guys are a bit too good, the bad guys are way too bad, the good characters are all extremely good-looking, the bad characters are not. There are quite a few intimate scenes, which I skimmed over as they did nothing to further the plot.For a quick read, this isn't bad at all, but not a classic, a keeper, or something I'd want to reread.