Review: It was an okay read could have been much better
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2014
There was nothing that stuck out in this book for me. Nothing that made me feel great after reading it. It was a nice enough story that held my attention but then I again I think I was expecting more from the H/h.I think my biggest problem was that I didn't feel the love between the two characters. I can't even pinpoint what would have made their love more real for me.Well, the story is about Melody who is married to an old man who can't have children. So he concocts a plan to kidnap a high born gentleman lock him away him and have  Melody(who is a virgin) visit him regularly so they can produce a child. That man is Gavin. Gavin and Melody are both threatened with the well-being of their family if they do not follow his orders so they comply.It is during their time together that they fall in love. They are always in the dark and don't know what the other looks like and are told to not discuss personal matters.I think maybe if we read more about hem spending time together it would have helped their love story. I also think it was somewhat anticlimactic.  The manner in which Gavin is told about Melody felt so contrived. Melody's discovery was handled much better, especially since she was looking for him in every man she met. I think it should have definitely been drawn out a little more. Maybe have both Melody and Gavin have an affair with her keeping the secret from him but wanting to tell him. That would have also made it more of a reason for Gavin to be upset at her and allow them to work through some of their problems, talk, and fall in love again.However, since that didn't happen I will tell you what did. Gavin finds out who Melody is and is mistaken about her involvement in his kidnapping. He finds Melody confronts her about the stealing of his child. He is angry with her of course and they eventually have a marriage of convenience.I definitely think the author should have had Gavin and Melody spend some time together after their marriage. Or even let Melody concoct some plans in order to  to get her and Gavin alone to talk and get to know each other.So I am giving it 3 stars instead of 2 because the story held my attention. This was not her best book.