Review: Strong Heroine and a Satisfying Outcome!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2014
Faint Heart by Lizzie Ashworth addresses a question that is frequently the basis of romantic fiction.  Can two people who have suffered devastating losses in past relationships move forward and find happiness with each other?  Cara Carson and Morgan Woods have both found love to be the great lie although for different reasons.  Cara should be long past the anger stage of grief, yet she continues to feel such a sense of betrayal by the tragic loss of her husband that she has insulated herself against any serious connection with a man. Morgan, on the other hand, feels a different form of anger and betrayal…one that can only come from helplessly watching the one person who should love you no matter what walk away.  When these two hard cases continue to be thrown together because of Morgan’s father whom they both love, readers can rest assured the outcome will heat up the pages of this book. Faint Heart is a book that will definitely appeal to HEA addicts.  But the ending is not without its price.  Morgan and Cara are two very endearing, but stubborn, characters who have to overcome a near disaster before they can accept their feelings for each other.  They go through most of the book wanting to keep each other at arm’s length while still tearing each other’s clothes off.  The first “date” between these two is one of my favorite parts of the book.  Readers will empathize with Cara as she tries to talk herself into and out of what she wants, and with Morgan as he tries to field her mixed messages…indecision, desire, confusion, desire, panic, desire, ….  This scene is so well-written and easily conveys the mixture of emotions the two characters are feeling.  Cooks and gardeners will enjoy reading the author’s descriptions of  Cara’s food and the plans she makes with Morgan as she designs the garden for her business.  The story line is easy to follow and the steam is definitely 5 Plus!  I think readers who love romance with a strong heroine and a satisfying outcome will find Faint Heart a great read.