I don't think I was in quite the right mood to read this one. I was rather grumpy and so the situation here bothered me more than it might have otherwise. I cringed along with the heroine at the memory of how she had acted towards the hero as a 16 year old. I mean seriously who hasn't a few of those cringe worthy memories lurking about? I did enjoy the heroine who was so hot tempered and a little wild. Kind of reminded me of old movies from the 50s and those red headed heroines.

The hero didn't quite gel for me. I didn't really get the feeling that he had been pining for her for 5 years. If so maybe he would have checked up on her in that time and realized that her mother was stealing the money he provided for her. After all he knew the mother didn't want her and had had to be paid to take the heroine back as a teenager.

So ultimately so-so. Still I nearly always enjoy LG's books so there is that ( )