Roni Denholtz

Reviewed by JoAnne
ebook provided by Wild Rose Press

This was chick lit all the way with lots of romance, action, some laughter, anger and suspense throughout. Brett and Julie had dated many years ago and Brett decided to be her knight in shining armor and rescue her from a bad marriage before she actually got married to sleazy politician Warren. Unfortunately Brett didn't realize that Julie and Warren were no longer engaged until after he and Julie were together for a few days when he "borrowed the bride". During this time Brett tried to show Julie who Warren really was and what he was really like. The situations they became involved in were often times downright scary when little by little Warren's bad guy persona was revealed. As they involved themselves in their adventures, Brett and Julie were slowly drawing closer together and their first love was being rekindled without either one realizing it. Brett actually had it pointed out to him by his dad, he was that clueless of his feelings. The book had
a happy ending that was embraced by all but it took a very long time and some anxious moments getting there. I have not read other books by Denholtz before but will definitely add some of her others to my list for future reading.

Favorite Quote: "But what worried her the most was that, in her innocence, she had put Brett in some kind of danger when she'd gone along with his crazy scheme. If Warren found out she was staying with Brett, that he was trying to reveal Warren's true nature to her, would Warren get angry? He might jump to the conclusion that she'd been involved with Brett before she'd broken her engagement. Warren had accepted their break-up placidly, with only a small protest. But if he thought Brett was the cause...Warren's macho self-image would be shattered. What if he tried to get revenge?"… (mer)

Pretty boring story. There is not much of a conflict or a plot. Obviously since it is a romance, the couple get together at the end, but nothing really happened from the beginning to the end that made me think they wouldn't. I myself like to read romances to see love overcome all obstacles, but this had no major obstacles. The main characters and their relationship were pretty unrealistic too. He's 30 and she's 26, but their realtionship might as well have been between a couple of teenagers. She even still lives as home with her parents. Maybe just too conservative for my taste.… (mer)