Review: This one was hard to get through - too frustrating, too many "misunderstandings" and too much presence of an evil ex wife
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2014
The hero (and I use the term loosely) is such a jerk to his wife (who he marries only because he needs a wife to help run his ranch, not because he loves her), and this is just not my idea of a romance at all.Only days after they're married, Burke allows his ex-wife to move in with him and Annie. No man worth the name 'husband' would allow this, especially considering how poorly the ex treats Annie.  It is obvious from the first that the ex is here to cause a rift between the newlyweds, and the husband makes it way too easy for her.  Despite the fact that Annie is vulnerable, sweet and sincere, and his constant mention that Alice is an untrustworthy bitch, he believes the ex over his wife EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.  This got old really fast and reading this book was one long frustration.  The hero ultimately becomes so unlikable that I couldn't root for a reconciliation, even knowing everything that led to their separation were misunderstandings.  Not only is he clueless, he is careless and even cruel towards his wife in his lack of attention, respect and faith. I have no idea what she saw in him.The author got carried away with her attempts to build angst and conflict, and ended up making the supposed hero irredeemable.  I really like Annie, but Burke isn't deserving of her.  She took him back way too easily for my taste. I was actually hoping the twist would be some decent guy sweeping her off her feet - it's not a romance if you can't love the hero.