Krishna
A short book, and an even thinner story, so there is not a whole lot to write about. I think that this review will be fairly short.
What is the book about?
Crazy Lily Darlington was wild and, frankly, a little bit crazy in her youth but she has mellowed, trying to run a Spa business and be a mom to her son without a husband. An attractive police officer comes and settles in the town.
She sees him coaching his son Pippin about basketball and tells him off.
Then they get to know each other and like what they see. His childhood from foster home to foster home (do all men in romantic novels do that? It seems to be the best training ground to become a desirable man for women) and her experiences with a deadbeat husband who would not give the time of the day to their own son help in shared experiences of childhood difficulties.
You read on and realize after a considerable amount of reading that nothing much happens at all in the story.
Tucker hears about how crazy Lily Arlinton can be and then comes on strong right in the second encounter. His flirting too looks crude and forced, as if the author ran plumb out of ideas on how to move this forward.
He wants “all of her”. She is torn and confused because she is not used to giving ‘all of her’. Does this sound lame already to you?
When he comes to her spa she resists no more. She then backs out of a marriage and has a lot of doubts but when he storms out, realizes that she loves him and says yes.
A very standard story, with nothing more major as a twist.
4/10
– – Krishna