Hmmm. It wasn't that it was horribly written I guess unless you consider poor plotting and weird author decisions poor writing which oops! I think I do. First part of the book has the heroine kidnapped and raped after going to pick up something for her husband in a bad part of town. So you know from that and some other clues that the husband is behind it all. But, here's a wimp out, the authors choose to make the husband the leader of a group of car thieves. No reason at all for the wife to have even been sent on the errand. I thought that maybe it was going to turn out that he was trying to do her in but no. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Bad criminal husband. Bad! Bad! You poor planner you.

So she is kidnapped and violently graphically raped over and over again with gross details. So okay dark story. She'll escape and there will be a dark intense revenge or maybe given the book blurb she will be out of the frying pan into the fire with another psychopath. But she will fight and triumph. At least that was what I was expecting. But no...

When she escapes and does a pretty fine harrowing job, she lands with a loner mountain man who is just the sweetest guy who ever hid out in the woods. It was all rainbows and fairy dust and bunnies and pink ponies and...

No tension no mental problems no nothing. Just a sweet little story of two people falling in love. And they were so considerate of each other and helpful and caring and sharing their boring stories. That's all very well and good for real life but it doesn't make riveting reading.

And in the end she just divorces her inept criminal husband and heads back to fairy land with her hermit prince. ( )

This was a very intense book that is not for the faint-hearted. Great writing, great story, and great characters. It was a very emotional book for me, being that I relate with Lance's past issues. I will definitely be reading more from this author! ( )

I can't review this because I co-wrote it. Hope you enjoy it! ( )