Dare To Love

by Jaci Burton

A romantic game of chicken-and they're both too stubborn to flinch. Lucy Fairchild, lawyer and heiress to the Fairchild fortune, has just had the worst day of her life. Her father has found the perfect man for her to marry. Yes, she's thirty and single, but that doesn't give her father the right to run her life. She'll choose her own husband-someday. Jake Dalton is struggling to make his fledgling construction company a success. Ever mindful of his father's derogatory comments that he'd never amount to anything, he's spent his entire life trying to prove he's not a failure. From their first meeting on a construction site, verbal sparks fly. Their argument escalates into a dare for a date-and the game is on. Lucy thinks Jake is the perfect fake boyfriend to parade around in the hopes of getting her father off her back. Jake is amused by the chance to annoy both Lucy and her dad-he doesn't intend to take the dating thing seriously. But the heart is a fickle thing, and not above playing dirty. In their quest to prove something-to each other, or maybe to themselves-they find themselves building a case.for love. And suddenly all the rules have changed. Warning: This book does NOT contain hot monkey lovin', threesome action or anyone swinging from the chandeliers (sorry 'bout that). It does contain sexy romancin' on a trampoline under the stars, fun one liners, a dog named Rascal and a smokin' hot construction worker named Jake that the author is convinced you're going to fall madly in love with. She dares you to read it.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Erotica, Erotic Romance, Fiction, Audiobook

209 pages, Paperback

First published July 29, 2008

About the author

Jaci Burton is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of over 85 books. She lives in Oklahoma and when she isn’t on deadline (which is often), she can usually be found wrestling with her uncooperative garden, wrangling her dogs, watching an unhealthy amount of television, or completely losing track of time reading a great book. She’s a total romantic and longs for the happily ever after in every story, which you’ll find in all her books.. Visit her website at www.jaciburton.com for excerpts, book information and contests.

Reviews

[Tammy · Rating 2 out of 5]

The only risk I thought I would take by reading this book was death by boredom. Or maybe death by bad dialogue and lack of plot. I've always been a take-the-challenge kind of girl, so I thought I would give this one a shot in spite of the warnings and bad reviews.

Lucy and Jake first meet at a construction site. Lucy is heckled by several construction workers and demands to speak to their employer. Enter Jake. Verbal sparks fly. Jake insinuates that Lucy is a snob and then dares her to go on a date with him. She accepts, but with hesitation because what would daddy think?

The "verbal sparks" that fly between Lucy and Jake during the initial meeting stunk on ice. It didn't add up to flirtatious banter or snappy dialogue. It read more like a barrage of bad insults between a couple of junior high kids. Bleck!

Lucy is not true to her character. She is referred to as a vicious "courtroom lawyer" (I assume the author meant she was a trial attorney). She is supposed to be a 30-year-old, succesful, independant woman. However, Lucy lives at home with her daddy, works for her daddy and is a virtual doormat. She constantly worries about what people think. She is upset that her daddy is arranging her marriage. Frankly, this girl would have never made it through her first pre-trial hearing, let alone survive law school!

And Jake? Poor Jake. He had a chip on his shoulder the size of Texas. I like a good, flawed character as much as the next gal, but Jake was a mess. Too bad cuz he had potential to be a real sweetie pie.

One thing that almost threw me completely out of the book - Lucy realized that Jake "had a generous wit and intelligence that belied his occupation". Well of course Jake was right! She was an uptight snob! And the author was insulting blue collar workers to boot. Thankfully I stuck with the book and Lucy (partially) redeems herself later when she realizes that she judged Jake based on his occupation and social class, not who he was as a person.

These two should have skipped the formalities and gone straight to knocking boots. This author can write a hawt sex scene. I'll give her that much. Jake and Lucy deserved a smokin' hot affair. Not an entire book with a HEA. I ended up skimming through the awkward dialogue, ignored the bad plot and read her lovin' scenes. :)

[Auntee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a cute, easy read--it sort of reminded me of a sexed-up version of a Harlequin Blaze. Jaci Burton has an easy, breezy style that's easy to get into. This story wasn't real big on substance, and the characters had some annoying flaws, but if you're looking for an uncomplicated couple of hours of reading, this one will do the trick.

Lucy Fairchild is a 30 year old lawyer working in her well-to-do father's firm. Her manipulating, controlling father thinks it's high time she got married and produced a grandchild to carry on the family name, and he's got just the pretentious, obnoxious blue-blooded man for her.

Lucy's furious, and walks by a local construction site, blowing off some steam. She's tired of her father trying to run her life. She meets sexy, 35 year old blue collar construction company owner Jake Dalton, who's about the farthest thing from what her father would pick for her. After some sassy banter between the two, Jake asks her (or maybe dares her) to go out with him. He agrees with Lucy that the only way to get her father to quit pushing a man she can't stand on her is if she makes him believe she's serious about another man--and he volunteers to be that man. They agree that this wouldn't be a 'real' romance, but after meeting Lucy's snobbish father, he wouldn't mind ticking him off. But what happens if their plan to get Lucy's father off of her back turns into something more than that? What if they develop real feelings for each other? Will either be brave enough to admit it?

I liked this little story for the most part. Jake was real hero material--a self made man with a rocky past on the verge of making it big. I thought he was perfect for Lucy. I had a little trouble with Lucy. Yes, she had some good points--she was sweet and cute, got along with Jake's friends, loved children and dogs, and really seemed to click with Jake. But I had a hard time believing she was a lawyer--she just seemed so meek. Yes, she started out all combative and sassy with Jake, but when she started having feelings for him, she was too afraid to tell him how she felt--good or bad. I wanted her to lay her feelings on the line. And the way she let her overbearing father treat her? I had a hard time believing she was a successful 30 year old--she acted more like a teenager. I know she just wanted his love and attention, but she needed to put her foot down and stand up to this guy. She was definitely under her father's thumb. Thankfully, the more time she spent around Jake the more she seemed to grow a bit of a spine, but still...It took until near the end of the book for her to stand up for herself and when she ultimately did, I think I actually uttered "finally!"

There were a couple of pretty hot sex scenes (one even using a trampoline, but probably not how you'd think), and Jake and Lucy's romance was believable and seemed to be heading for a HEA, but I think this couple hasn't heard the last of meddling Daddy.

For fans looking for an easy, sexy, contemporary between two socially opposites, or the rich girl /(almost) poor boy theme--this one delivers. Not the most challenging read, but a pleasant enough diversion for an afternoon. 4 stars.

[Eastofoz · Rating 2 out of 5]

A plotless wonder mixed with boredom, an unlikeable hero and a wishy washy heroine, this book just didn’t work for me and I had high hopes seeing as it was my first Jaci Burton.

Lucy the heroine meets Jake the construction owner on a worksite. She gets the stereotypical catcalls and dog whistles as she demands to speak to the boss. Problem: her “demanding” is very weak for a lawyer and this is only the beginning. You’d think a lawyer described as she was (the chew ‘em up and spit ‘em out kind) would have a fair amount of strong self-confidence and know how to talk, well not Lucy. She seemed more like a lowly office worker slumming because her dad had tons of cashola which she raked in as the heir to the family fortune. Jake dares her to go out with him to spite her daddy and because he thinks she’s a snob who would never dare lower herself to go out with him but she takes him up on it to prove him wrong. What could’ve started out as a good love/hate-screw-you-buddy attraction was just blah. Jake’s too cocky and has this thing about being a self-made man that’s really annoying. He’s a little psycho on proving that he can do it all on his own and doesn’t need a crutch like Lucy does with her dad. You have to wonder why he even bothers to be with her. Mr Boulder on My Shoulder wants to snub Lucy but it comes across more as resentment towards Lucy’s financial situation and that makes him look cheesy and sucky babyish.

There’s quite a bit of dialog, which you would think kept the story moving, but it just never sounded right and the fake fighting came across as childish and not as a sexual tension builder. Plus the story never really went anywhere. It’s like she meets Jake, a sort of blue collar worker, she’s Ms Money Bags trying to downplay that, they do the fake relationship thing so that her dad won’t force her to marry some other guy who works for his business, they start to fall for each other but he has "issues", there’s the stupid arguing (and arguing can be very smartly done to advance the plot and the relationship but not here) so he storms off like the two year old that he is and you’re going “what the…???” The guy needed to be kicked to the curb and she needed to stop playing the role of the doormat heroine. Her character was contrary to what the author described. A woman who’s a go-getter, ambitious, stops at nothing and knows how to get what she wants doesn't act like caged bird. Sure she has a vulnerable side but Lucy was described one way and acted another. There’s also this pukey family get together scene where you’ve got the fun loving relatives, their lovely children and the backyard bbq, all that was missing was a fireside rendition of Kumbaya :-/

Though it had the essentials of a good story it was poorly put together making for a tedious read with annoying characters. You start counting those pages to the end way too early. This one’s hollerin’ “cootie shelf, here I come” ;-)

[Shawna · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars – Contemporary Romance

I’m stuck between 3 and 4 stars for this one because although I love Jaci Burton and am a fan of the whole ‘rich girl/former poor boy from wrong side of the tracks opposites attract’ theme, it just didn’t quite curl my toes. I enjoyed it well enough and it’s a lighthearted, super fast read, but the characters were all a little bit irritating to me and the romance wasn’t nearly as steamy as I had expected (and hoped).

Lucy Fairchild is a high powered lawyer in her father’s successful San Francisco legal firm and Jake Dalton is a self-made owner of a start up construction company. Lucy passes by Jake’s construction site everyday on her way to the nearby coffee shop and one morning the whistles and cat calls push her too far and she throws a fit and demands that Jake put an end to his workers’ less than chivalrous ways. He accuses her of being a pretentious uptight snob, so to prove him wrong she agrees to a date. Lucy’s father is attempting to arrange for her to marry a law firm CEO, whom she despises, so Jake soon agrees to play the boyfriend role to get her father off her back. Jake sees it as an opportunity to stick it to the wealthy arrogant SOB who reminds him of everyone who’s ever put him down in his life and told him he wouldn’t amount to anything.

This is where I had a little trouble with the story. For one thing, Lucy is supposed to be an ambitious, successful courtroom attorney, but she acts like an insecure doormat to both her father and Jake and is constantly apologizing, even though her main fault is just being too nice. I thought Jake was a hypocrite and a jerk a lot of the time with a definite chip on his shoulder. He grew up poor, had an abusive father, and had to work hard to make something of himself, but he makes just as many false assumptions and judgments about Lucy for being rich as he accuses her of doing to him, if not more so. Eventually the pair begin to see past each others upbringings and financial and social positions and realize how much they actually have in common. There are some sweet romantic moments, but not nearly as steamy as I would have preferred.

Overall, Dare to Love is a quick, easy read with an opposites, who aren’t quite so dissimilar after all, attract theme and is a sweet contemporary romance. It’s really more of a 3.5 star read for me, but because I like Jaci Burton’s writing style, I’m bumping it up to 4 stars.

[Stephanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

DARE TO LOVE: Bad Dad & an Anachronism to Boot!
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Audiobook provided by publisher for review. No remuneration was exchanged and all opinions presented herein are my own except as noted.

This book starts out with a woman fuming over her father’s suggestion that she marry a guy she dislikes and being catcalled by some construction workers.  Then, when she talks to their boss, he proves he hasn’t had any sensitivity training.

I know cat calling still exists, but that someone who went to school and owned a company wouldn’t at least pay lip service to a woman complaining about it, is pretty appalling. When he suggests a date, she should hardly accept a date with the insensitive lummox, but perhaps that her father is also an anachronism and a lummox as well is why.

The story feels a little off key, out of time. I would probably place it in the 1970s.  Especially since she references houses in San Francisco and the outlying suburbs as being a quarter of a million dollars (does anyone else see Dr. Evil when they read that?).  A quarter million will probably not even buy you a building lot.

Other than that this story fell flat for me because the concept of the uncaring father arranging an advantageous, but loveless, marriage for an educated daughter whose happiness he’s thwarted since birth just wasn’t believable.  This is a contemporary story, outside of families with “non-western,” traditionally European beliefs about marriage that isn’t going to fly.  
A couple of contradictory terms, like referring to someone as petite in one chapter and long legged in the next was also strange. 
I liked the scenes where Jake and Lucy are alone at his house staring up at the stars.

I desperately disliked the narration on this book. I usually like Dornet’s work, but the smart-alecky, snide timbre she gave to Jake’s voice would have been a total turn off for me.

It wasn’t horrible, but a solid Meh.

[LaFleurBleue · Rating 2 out of 5]

It could have been really good, though unoriginal, if the heroine had been different. Once the hero rold her that he did not see her as a pushover, my reaction was immediate - yes indeed she was only a big pushover with no real substance. At 30, she still lived with Daddy - in a huge mansion, agreed; she chose her studies and profession to please Daddy and never really discussed what she wanted to really do, nor seem to have any hobby or voluntary work in this field that supposedly is so important to her. She is supposedly a very successful lawyer, known as fearless Lucy - this sincerely made me laugh each time it was mentioned, as it is typically told and always demonstrated wrong by her behavior and I do not buy that people have very different personalities in their job and their personal lives.
Otherwise it was nicely written, with just what was needed of steam, short and not very deep and with only a few main characters. But the promises were indeed not sufficient in relation with the poorly defined heroine.

[Aislinn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't get why the hero was such an ass on their first meeting, because he wasn't for the rest of the book. And it was all very reliant on tired stereotypes of men and women, and even celebrated that. All in all, entertaining enough.

[Shxrxn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mortal embarrassment obviously outweighed politeness.
- Lucy
You’ll never know what you missed.
- Jake
Go out with me. Take a walk on the wild side. Or are you too afraid you’ll get your perfectly manicured hands a little dirty?
- Jake
She’s not my type.
- Jake
That’s what we all say. Right up until they lead us down the aisle.
- Bob
He knew all about want. There were a lot of things he wanted in life. Some he’d managed to get. Some he hadn’t gotten yet, and some he never would.
- Jake
Was I mistaken last night when you mentioned you wanted to go out again? Because it sure sounded like you’d rather have brain surgery without anesthesia than another date with me.
- Lucy
Desert the captain of the ship as he’s about to be boarded by a ruthless pirate. A very irritated one at that.
- Jake
She’d never had that one, burning, passionate romance filled with love and promises of the future. And suddenly she ached for it, wanted it like she’d never wanted anything before.
- Lucy
You think you’re the first person to drink too much and toss their cookies? Believe me, I’m the world’s expert on overindulgence. I’ve just learned my limits.
- Jake
Dear God, why couldn’t episodes of idiocy be wiped from one’s memory forever?
- Lucy
You’d be surprised how difficult it is to find a good man.
I don’t think anyone can truly be happy living a lie.
- Jake
I wished that I could hold you in my arms and kiss you under the stars.
- Jake

[Eman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Romance novels are almost the same; two people fall in love and face some obstacles and they've two choices; either to overcome these obstacles and hypothetically live happily ever after or they fail to overcome them and end up apart, yet what makes a good and different romance is what lurks between the lines.

[Nadia Calembe · Rating 1 out of 5]

I swear that I tried, I gave it a chance. But I could not get over the fact that it's just bad. How likely is it that a guy takes you on a date, makes fun of you during all of it and you're still there thinking about how dreamy he is. Bitch please, grow some. That was just one of my issues with this book.

[Mysterious · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF 33%

1) It is absolutely harassment for construction workers to catcall passing pedestrians.
2) There is no such major as "pre-law."
3) Law firms have managing partners, not CEOs.

This book is a poorly researched mess and the MCs are both twits. I can't believe this was written in 2008. The attitudes seem to be from decades earlier.

[Ochie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet and romantic.. another great read from Jaci Burton. People from two different worlds collide. I find Jake and Lucy's story endearing... There's really nothing more to say.. just that I enjoyed it :)

[Silvia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fairly standard princess/commoner story. She doesn't come off well, and is a bit of a Mary Sue (magically gets along with children and babies and knows how to throw a BBQ). Both are snobs in their own way. Yet I kept reading to the end because I wanted them to get their HEA. Go figure.

[Roslynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok cute! Haven’t read much straight up romance, so not much to compare, the writing wasn’t the best and at first I didn’t know if I’d finish it, but it built up and the sexy scenes were hot I can’t lie and now I wanna sleep with a construction worker??! wtf

[Maryesther · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lucy and Jake

Sometimes the person that you think should love you doesn't often doesn't and the one you least suspect does and even love them you can imagine

[Natalie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn’t like it. I wasn’t feeling a connection between Jake and Lucy

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book. An early book. Rich girl Blue collar boy (very hot)

[Sally taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a good book for what it is. I mean it is predicable and of course it has steamy sex scenes,, but if that what your looking for this one was worth the read.

[Gussy · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was cute.

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one wasn't the authors best, but maybe it was because it looks like an earlier work :) Maybe because it was so short that there wasn't enough character development. It was cute enough though!

[Elena · Rating 2 out of 5]

Omggg disaster!!
Heroine is a huge snob , living and working with her rich daddy…. She fake dates a construction worker in order to get out of dating a guy her dad picked out and already calls “her fiancé”… She is a naive pushover at 30 and her dad rules her life. Her dad ends up being a diabolical , cartoon villain in the end - which wasn’t very realistic …. While the hero acts like a total brute (grabbing her dad by the throat a pushing him against the wall?!??) - like, as evil as the guy is - you don’t physically attack an older man who is also your girlfriend’s dad!!! Dad then pulls another evil stunt…. Daughter acts completely out of character with dad at the end…. Whole book - disaster….

Author should stick to her porn scenes and leave the plot to someone else…

[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars

[Maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my favorite author's earlier books. Read it on audio from my library.

[Erotic Horizon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lucy Fairchild of the San Francisco Fairchilds has always done what is expected of her. She follows her father into the family law firm, a career which is so far removed from what she really wants to do. When her father goes out and declares that he has found his choice of husband for her, she realizes she has to put a stop to her father’s controlling ways, and quickly. But does she have the strength to choose for herself and make her own destiny?

Jake Dalton, an up and coming contractor, has no time for romance and for the last ten years has poured all his energy and finances into his business. When his workmen indulge in a little cat calling things get a little heated. He steps in to try and smooth ruffled feathers, only to find himself throwing out a dare to the recipient of those cat calls.

Dare she accepts and dare he follow through?


Dare to Love is a fascinating read. The two main characters, although coming from different backgrounds, face very similar challenges. Both are trying to live up to their respective father’s expectations, whilst trying to make it in their choice of careers.

Lucy, who has never wanted for anything, is so much in tune with everyday realities and has such a zest for life. Jake, who has had to struggle to achieve everything has surpassed the critics and their idea of how a construction worker should act, tucks himself away and never lets anyone near, except a selected few.

The interaction between Lucy and her father is well written, as although not agreeing with his particular way of doing things, she will drop everything and rush to him, when he needs her.

Jake has had to grow and accept not only the difference in their lifestyle and financial outlook, but also to learn to open himself to someone else and accept the love that so many people have for him.

Jaci Burton’s latest offering is certainly one for your book shelf.

[Lucy Dosch (EBookObsessed)]

DNF - Rarely am I annoyed that quickly by two characters that I immediately toss it aside. Although I have liked other Jaci Burton stories, Lucy bothered me from the very start. I had hoped that the more down to earth Jake would save the story, but after flirting and daring Lucy to go out with him, we have him turn around and going "why would I bother with her." Good question. From the first chapter, we see that Lucy is rich and spoiled and quite surprised that her father is trying to marry her off in this day and age even though she is almost 30 and happily living off daddy's money. She's a lawyer in Daddy's big firm, but she is easily flustered by a bunch of guys whistling at her at a construction site. She confronts their sexist activities, but really can't come up with anything more than it is rude. No great comebacks. No lawyery rhetoric. Her father must simply want to marry her off and get her out of his firm. She must be an embarrassment.

I am also being presumptive about what conflict will eventually pop up once I heard that Jake is working on his first big construction project which could make or break his business. All I can see is Big Daddy coming to him and giving him the standard rich guy "drop my daughter and I will help you succeed or keep dating her and I will destroy you financially" threat. I am projecting on that since I didn't finish the book, but after meeting Jake and Lucy and I had no desire to sit back and wait for it.

[Debbie (Doc) · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 stars

Thanks to Tantor Media for giving me this book in exchange for an honest review.

For such a short read, this book was way too long. If it weren’t for the narrator, I would find this book to be almost impossible to finish. Lucy Fairchild was a successful attorney and was heir to the Fairchild fortune. However, Lucy’s personal life was anything but successful. Lucy was deemed as a weak adult who listened to her daddy and did not follow her heart. Although Lucy has her own wing in her daddy’s house, She is thirty years old and her father dictates who she is going to marry. Daddy dearest has Lucy’s life plotted out that will ensure the law firm’s future. Lucy was an arrogant snob and several times referred to the help as servants! Her dad was vicious and vile.

Jake Dalton owns a construction company and meets Lucy as she is walking past his construction site. Jake volunteers to be Lucy’s girlfriend in hopes that her father will back down from requiring her to marry Alex - a successful attorney. Jake had flaws but his character was not flushed out for me. He was a jerk and let his anger rule his life.

This reader did not see the romance between Jake and Lucy. Lucy drove me absolutely nuts with her banter between her father. For a hard ass attorney, her personal life was a blubbering mess. The story line could have been an excellent read but fell oh so short for this reader.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really love Jaci's story telling voice. The dialogue is snappy and flows smoothly. The pace of her stories is just perfect. This is a contemporary romance of two people who come together on a date on a dare. They're from opposite worlds--Lucy's a lawyer from a wealthy family with a controlling father and Jake's a self made owner of a construction company and had been a teen runaway years ago. Both Lucy and Jake have to come to terms with their fathers' control over them. Lucy's father wants to control her career and love life, but thinks he's doing the best thing. Jake doesn't see his father any more, but his father's constant put downs and derogatory remarks still haunt him to this day. While this novel was not tremendously intense or profound, it was a sweet romance that had a surprising amount of depth of character for such a short novel. A great read for the beach or lake or an afternoon in the hammock.

[katrina · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars

A romance filled with some smokin hot sexy moments, likeable characters and a read that can be read from front to back in one sitting. For all those who like a little humour in there reads, lovin, and a happily ever after this is a great afternoon read while relaxing or if you’re in the mood for a quickie romance.


Dare to love was short compared to other books I have read of Jaci's but I very much enjoyed it.. Who doesnt love a bit of romance!!!

Construction worker built like a tank - I’d certainly love him hot under the covers ** snickers **

A lawyer - whom I’d like to have seen with a little more oomph... But I certainly didn’t mind her character.

An ending - I wanted more... ** but who doesnt lol **

Overall, I enjoyed the romance between Lucy and Jake... A storyline with some smexy moments, however not as hot as Jaci's other stories. ;)

** love the cover ** Jaci certainly does put forth great cover love.

[Pboswell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jake and Lucy were a riot from the beginning. I hate that Lucy had the family issues that she did, a father whose so blinded by money and privilege that he forgot to love his daughter and with her mother gone for such a long time Lucy was in need of love. Because Jake knew what it was like to no longer have a mother and to be left with a father who didn't give a shit — Jake knew exactly what Lucy needed.

To the outside world, Jake wasn't good enough for Lucy...she was out of his league and he had nothing to offer. But for the two of them, they knew that Jake gave Lucy everything she needed to make her dreams come true and to feel utterly adored and loved. They knew that Lucy loved and supported Jake for the man he truly was, honorable, compassionate, smart, strong, dependable, loyal and loving.

Together, they were all the other needed.

[Deanna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jake and Lucy agree to "pretend" a relationship to stop her father's forcing a choice of a husband on Lucy. Force! Lucy is a top lawyer, a fierce courtroom lawyer at that. Where is her spine? Of course the "fake" relationship quickly morphs into the real thing. Jake's character had so much potential. We never uncover what happened to make Jake runaway when he was 16. There are hints that he has a similar background to Lucy but the facts are just left dangling out there in nowhere land. Lucy is a doormat for her father. She even goes out with his husband pick when in reality his pick makes her gag. Come on.

A fast read with some enjoyment but no depth. I wanted more from Burton. Not up to her usual standards.