Aline had a crush on Dominic when she was 17 almost 18 and he was 29, after an afternoon spent making out in the heather he stopped everything and the next day ran off with her stepsister, who had just turned 18. As if that wasn't bad enough, he'd used her stepsister and then left her as well.
Five years later Aline is now a sensible secretary working in a law office. She's going back to her favorite haunt from her teenage years for a rendezvous with her boss, but instead she meets Dominic again and he wants her to stay in his house..and his bed.
I liked the first half of this book. It was actually a little over half where we only have the interaction between Aline and Dominic. It's when real life intrudes on their little world that the book took a turn for the worse.
There were a number of side concerns for Aline that were brought up but never really fleshed out. Her boss wanted to go away for the weekend with her supposedly to maybe ask her to marry him, but as far as the book goes, there's never even a mention that they've been out on a date. Where did this jump in logic even come from and why would Aline think it?
Next you have the stepsister. This character was working out as the 'jealous in youth but closer now that they're adults and they're working out their issues'. Instead it just left more questions. I liked Catriona but I had to wonder how long she was with Aline's boss in order to hear 'all the excuses' he was making for not going that weekend.
Next comes Aline's mother. She was a nice woman who was looking out for her daughter, but when she does what she should have done all of the sudden she's a controlling woman who's trying to decide what Aline should do with her life. That was a jump that would only make sense if Dominic was lying and therefore was trying to distance Aline from her friends and family.
Finally we have Dominic. He's a great character for the first 3/4 of the book until you find out exactly what happened when Catriona went away and then, instead of showing how much he loves Aline by telling her about his past, he just says, I'll tell you one day.
In the end I wound up feeling that Dominic was a controlling liar but I wasn't sure which part he was lying about. Catriona was iffy for being either a good character or an evil B. Aline's boss made no sense at all and the only good character was the mother who was now delegated to psycho controlling woman who refuses to let her daughter lead her own life.
But all of this is only if you think about the book. If you just read it at face value it's a good book.
I'm giving it four stars because the book started out with so much promise and while it had me saying 'that doesn't really make sense' I still liked the book.
Five years later Aline is now a sensible secretary working in a law office. She's going back to her favorite haunt from her teenage years for a rendezvous with her boss, but instead she meets Dominic again and he wants her to stay in his house..and his bed.
I liked the first half of this book. It was actually a little over half where we only have the interaction between Aline and Dominic. It's when real life intrudes on their little world that the book took a turn for the worse.
There were a number of side concerns for Aline that were brought up but never really fleshed out. Her boss wanted to go away for the weekend with her supposedly to maybe ask her to marry him, but as far as the book goes, there's never even a mention that they've been out on a date. Where did this jump in logic even come from and why would Aline think it?
Next you have the stepsister. This character was working out as the 'jealous in youth but closer now that they're adults and they're working out their issues'. Instead it just left more questions. I liked Catriona but I had to wonder how long she was with Aline's boss in order to hear 'all the excuses' he was making for not going that weekend.
Next comes Aline's mother. She was a nice woman who was looking out for her daughter, but when she does what she should have done all of the sudden she's a controlling woman who's trying to decide what Aline should do with her life. That was a jump that would only make sense if Dominic was lying and therefore was trying to distance Aline from her friends and family.
Finally we have Dominic. He's a great character for the first 3/4 of the book until you find out exactly what happened when Catriona went away and then, instead of showing how much he loves Aline by telling her about his past, he just says, I'll tell you one day.
In the end I wound up feeling that Dominic was a controlling liar but I wasn't sure which part he was lying about. Catriona was iffy for being either a good character or an evil B. Aline's boss made no sense at all and the only good character was the mother who was now delegated to psycho controlling woman who refuses to let her daughter lead her own life.
But all of this is only if you think about the book. If you just read it at face value it's a good book.
I'm giving it four stars because the book started out with so much promise and while it had me saying 'that doesn't really make sense' I still liked the book.
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