Why should a rich successful businessman like Aaron Blake take such an interest in helping Kate, a down-at-the-heel waitress with no prospects?
"Just what do you get out of all this, Aaron?" Kate asked. "I wish I could believe that you'd done it for some sort of altruistic reason, but frankly, I gave up believing in fairy tales years ago!"
Good Samaritans just didn't come along quite so conveniently, Kate decided. What did Aaron know about the past that she'd tried so hard to put behind her?
Jennifer Taylor is a British author of more than 50 medical romance novels published by Mills & Boon since 1988. A former chartered librarian and researcher, she lives in northwest England with her husband and dog, enjoying reading and travel.
At first it was nice that he came to her rescue when she was in trouble. But then it became a pattern of her to do something stupid or not be prepared at what life throws at you. And he had to rescue her again and again and again.
In the first 60 pages he had rescued her 4 times already. The writer was overdoing it with the ‘helpless heroine’. It became annoying.
It lacked steamy scenes. Their one night together was just a couple of sentences. The morning after was nothing.
It’s not bad, but it’s not good either. 2,5 stars.
The book that started it all. I read this novel when I was in high school, and the chokehold it had on me has lasted through the years. I knew I had to read it again.
I noted some disturbing things I did not pick up on then, but my bias for this masterpiece will not allow me to fully acknowledge them. Does Aaron seem a little off-putting with how he treats Kate? Yes. But his intentions were not to fall in love with her, so it is understandable.
I just wish Kate were a bit more assertive.
I love this book, and I'll be counting on memory loss for a chance to read it again.