I could hardly put this book down. Jennifer Haigh has done an excellent job in writting a story that stirs up alot of emotion and I was reading fast to get to the end in hopes that Mr. Kimble has received his "just desserts."

Ken Kimble is a man we get to know through the eyes of the 3 women he has preyed upon, conned, manipulated, seduced, married and left devastated.

We never hear his side of the story, but it begs the question,
What is wrong with this man." The author, herself, calls him a "serial husband" - a man who marries again and again. And somehow, despite his horrible characteristics, has no problem finding women who are smitten by him, fall under his spell and want to marry himm.

The question becomes not so much, "what is wrong with him" but "what is wrong with these women that they are so eager to give themselves to a man they barely know?" Is this a societal problem? Surely most women are not so shallow that they don't know to dig beneath the surface of a handsome face and a smooth talking act, and see what lies in a mans heart and soul.

I really liked the character of the 3rd wife. She was a tough cookie and could see through his facade - Unfortunately not until after she married him, but still she was able to look after herself and was quite candid about him and the way he treated her and eventually left her too. She will not be devastated by him, unlike the other 2 wives before her.