Stephen Stark

Though the e-book format is not my cup of tea, I happily set my preferences aside to read this gem. Ellen, a television star, runs away from her Hollywood lifestyle to relax with the love of her life, Michael. Things take a turn for the worse, and she finds her life turned even more upside down when tragedy strikes at her heart. How she copes with the life she is left with, and how she finds the strength to be the person she really wants to be instead of the person that she is expected to show more be, really hits close to home.

The characters are really well written, which was a bit of a shock to me. Usually, it takes a woman to really write through the perspective of the female heart and mind, but the author really did an excellent job capturing her struggles. I was very impressed by the depth of Ellen's character, especially since the characters of many other romance novels are quite shallow, and the novels are typically predictable within the first few chapters.

The only qualm I have with the novel is the lack of proper punctuation. Trying to read conversations without quotation marks was extremely difficult. If the novel were edited, mostly for punctuation, the polished result would be even better than it already is. show less