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This was a different kind of book for me. It was very good and I had a hard time putting this book down. It's hard to describe why the book felt different and was so enjoyable. Maybe it was because the plot was more complex or perhaps it was the layout of the book.
Starting with the front cover, it made me want to pick it up. As I was reading it, I loved the layout! It was different than most books because it had quotes on one side at the beginning of each chapter. Then it had a cute decoration on top of the chapter page. It was very appealing to me as I was reading and it was something I had never stopped to really think about until I picked up this book. The chapters were short, so it was easy to stop and start without losing my place or feeling like I needed to go back a few pages to remind myself of what had happened.
The story focuses on three people. The first is Susan Marlowe. Her husband was a firefighter and died fighting a fire at a homeless shelter that she had started. It wasn't her fault but her husband and several other men and one woman never made it out of the fire. They had problems in their marriage like the typical marriage, and had hardly seen each other, but Susan was convinced they still loved each other. That changes when she receives some news about a secret that David, her husband, never told her. Just as she was moving forward, the news makes her go back to the beginning of the grieving process again.
Andrea Morley is the second character. She also lost someone in the fire, but she can't really express her sorrow about him. After all, she's not really supposed to talk about him to anyone else. Why is that? Apparently she's attracted to people that she can't have...people like missionaries and military people or pretty much anyone who can't give her what she wants. Oh, and married men should have been included on that list. She wants to be married and have children, but she doubts that will ever happen now. Will she come clean about her affairs or will she continue pursuing men that need to be left alone?
Peter Brennan is the last main character. He is the fire chief who works almost all of the time. He was responsible for the firefighters who died the night of the big fire. He was also friends with Susan Marlowe and had heard of the rumor that Susan has just been informed of. He has befriended Susan since her husband had died and is constantly trying to get over his guilt that something else could have been done to save the men. He also just might fall in love with a woman who is passionate about something he is not.
This book is third book in the series. I have never heard of or read any of the other books, but I plan to download the other two now. I wasn't lost at all when it came to the characters but I'm curious to know who was carried over from previous books. Deborah Raney is definitely an author that I'm adding to my favorites list.
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I received this book free from Howard Books, a division of Simon and Schuster in exchange for my honest opinion.
