I've read novels by Andrews before and enjoyed them, but this one fell far off the mark for me.

I was liking heroine of this book until she decided she manipulate hero into caring for her because she needs protection. Why not just tell him the truth and ask for help? You really think leading him on and lying is going to help your cause? The good news is that the hero is onto her. He knows she's playing a game, he just isn't sure what it is.

She also played the let's pretend everything is ok, and it will be game a little too often for me. Prentending a problem doesn't exist doesn't make it go away. Her son greatly suffered because she refused to deal with her issues. Had it just been her, I might have been able to overlook this. Her son deserved better, though.

I was really liking the hero at first, too. He was strong, caring and compassionate. He genuinely liked her and wanted to get to know her better. I thought it was sweet how he acted with her son. He really worked for me all the way up until the end. That's when he stopped acting like a copy and started acting like a jerk who'd been scorned by a woman. It was so frustrating! He was the reason I kept reading, and then he totally ruined it the last 1/8 of the book.



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