This is really not my cup of tea. A bit too high on the trite and contrived scale for me.

Molly spends half the book punishing herself because she once had sex outside of the bonds of matrimony. I'm not a big fan of weak heroines. And anyone who makes a mistake when she was a teen and spends the next dozen or so years beating herself up over that mistake is so hung up on self martyrdom that there's no room for anyone else. She bursts into tears with good news. She bursts into tears with bad news. She bursts into tears when she hasn't heard any news yet. I don't remember the last time I read about someone who spent more time being weepy.

Brent is no prize either. He spends the whole book pissed off at someone. Mostly it is himself or his father with a fair bit of everyone else thrown in for variety. When he isn't being pissed off cold man, he's playing the 'nobody loves me' tune. Oh yeah, that's just the type of person I want to have as a partner in my life.

So if I disliked the characters and didn't like the plot why two stars instead of one? Of the 213 books I've read this year, six have earned one star ratings. I can assure you that there are worse books out there.