Career-driven heroine is shaken upon receiving anonymous message informing her that her writer husband is seeing another woman. It makes her reassess their recently distant relationship, especially in light of Hero excluding her from his business trip. Will inviting herself to join him save their marriage?The premise & how the supposed infidelity was flushed out in this Craven book kept my interest. My emotions were engaged. There were times when I didn't like the heroine because of her selfishness & taking Hero and their marriage for granted. There were times I didn't like Hero either; for his selfishness & coldly deceitful way of handling his marriage disatisfaction. My major gripe is that Hero & heroine didn't fully talk about their relationship problems & how they were going to handle them at the end when the full truth was revealed. Hero's deceit was also swept under the rug. I would have liked to have more discussion about the way he handled things & how their marriage got to that point. The ending could've also used a few more pages to flush out how they were going to handle their problems from that point on. Having a baby was not a sufficient fix. More groveling on both sides would've improved the book too. Somewhat recommended.*A more detailed review is on my blog Follow me on Facebook
I rarely review these Harlequin HPs, because they are all so open to personal taste. This one really bothered me though. Sometimes I am impressed by how much story authors can pack into these books, sometime I just read them for the trainwrecky qualities, but this one actually made me angry. The whole idea of the husband creating this horrible emotional quagmire for his wife, all because he didn't have the guts to address their marital issues directly, just seemed so infantile. The whole book seemed to be designed to say that a woman who cares too much about being a success in her career is going to end up sacrificing her home life. What a bunch of BS! I know these books tend to be sexist and I often find it humorous, but this one seems so pointedly nasty toward working women that I just couldn't overlook the tone.There is no way that I can believe that these two will have a happy marriage. He is far too insecure and juvenile and she is too wishy-washy. I gave the book 2 stars instead of 1, because the author did attempt to salvage the silly plot with a romantic ending, but as I said, at that point all I saw in the future for these two was more misunderstandings and unhappiness. Nothing romantic about that.
silly plot. silly characters. somehow, it worked. although she didn't deserve him. just because you believed your husband cheating didn't mean it's okay for you to try it.another weird thing is the OM. (view spoiler)[ he backed off after he kissed her, because he knew that the heroine had problems, not having heart for him. (hide spoiler)]
—Giovanni
After five years of marriage, Kate Lassiter returns home from a business trip to find an anonymous letter waiting for her. It simply reads, "Your husband is in love with another woman." Shocked, Kate finds an empty bottle of champagne with two glasses; apparently her husband, Ryan, has been celebrating with someone in her absence. Later, she overhears him talking on a phone assuring someone he addresses as "sweetheart" that his wife doesn't know anything yet, and that everything will be all righ
—thadine
Ok, so the whole book is centred around the crumbling relationship between the Hero and the heroine. To add fuel to the fire, she receives a letter saying he's in love with another woman. What ensues, is a dull read filled with suspicion and never-voiced accusation.I don't want to give out any spoilers but, let's suffice to say that being a Harlequin, it obviously doesn't end badly. However, what it does end with, is a really really lame explanation about the "letter mystery" and his supposed "affair".
—Xiao_nie7
