I would get involved with one of these intertwined stories and get aggravated to. find myself in the other story. The basic premise of the book (that when the same people meet a second time in a later life, the outcome can change) did not work for me at all. The original John and Laura were not very likable outlaws and Buchanon's attempt to make them appealing was a stretch. The modern day John and Laura were moral law abiding people and so of course the outcome was different. I did become intrigued with the story of John Ashley and looked it up after I finished the book. Interesting characters. Would not recommend this book. The book is a tale, well two parallel tales, of men unjustly accused of crime, who end up turning to crime to escape an unjust system and avoid being separated from the woman each loves. Both men have incredibly devoted families. One tale is in Miami's distant past, while the other is contemporary. The parallels and the love stories are more than forced at times and the latter always saccharine. This is not my usual sort of preference in reading, but Buchanan is clearly having so much fun with this that it's hard to fault her. The romp through SoFla's outlaw past and contemporary police corruption (more fictionalized) is just a hoot! There are too many jail-breaks here to even count! Rather a lot of bodies, as well. Enjoy!
Trite, one of the rare books I couldn't bother to finish, with only 50 pages to go.
—Karina
I like Edna's writing, but this was a little darker than I usually like.
—iqa_lovesapples
A pleasant surprise. Cracker-jack yarn.
—Alex
total waste of time and paper
—emmie
