Pamela Morsi - The Lovesick Cure

For Jesse Winsloe, the answer is clear: head into hiding. Single again and laid off from work, Jesse flees to Onery Cabin to lick her wounds with her ancient aunt Will--a Granny woman with the secret to healing the lovelorn.Sure, Onery Cabin may be right out of Hollywood's "Lifestyles of the Poor and Hillbilly, " but Marrying Stone Mountain has its charm--including the local physician's assistant, Piney Baxley, a past recipient of Aunt Will's pungent "heartbreak poultice."
Between folk remedies and a "no strings attached" romance, Jesse is beginning to think she's found her own brand of lovesick cure--because there's nothing like a pinch of confidence and a dash of attraction to mend a broken heart.

Comment: Another book that has been in the pile for some time. Having enjoyed the two historical books that precede this one (Marrying Stone and Simple Jess), I was quite curious to see how the contemporary setting would be presented while still featuring the same place and traditions that became familiar to the reader in the other novels.

In this book, several years ahead of the previous ones, we have Jesse Winsloe as protagonist and how she returns to the Ozarks to spend some time with her aunt Will, an old woman very well respected by the community but already frail. Jesse has had a double setback in her life, being laid off and dumped by her fiancé. Now she wants time to regroup, to get over her heartbreak and maybe connect with her roots once more. But in the Ozarks she finds a sick aunt Will and a fascinating PA in the form of Piney Baxley. A lovesick cure by aunt Will beings them to a common ground but in the end, can Jesse find a new future and goals?

I liked this book mostly because of the relationship between aunt Will and Jesse. It's not in your face nor too mushy but it has the right amount of layers needed to make this a strong family story. Yes, this has romance, it has funny scenes but to me what made this really worth it were the emotions displayed and dealt with while the generations talked and improved their family bonds. I have to say some parts were quite emotional, even when it was related to other characters.

I guess this is the strength of the author's work, how little things seem to have major importance just by the way we read about them being part of people's thoughts. Things we don't normally pay attention or think about but are still there, like Jesse and aunt Will talking, or how Piney was as honest and caring with his teenage son. It makes everything to sound so simple...but RL isn't always like this and the book also has less then positive scenes and moments to make this book a balanced one and not too mushy or silly.

In terms of romance, I kind of liked it. It's not too obvious, it's not the focus but it's done well enough for the reader to consider it an important part of the main couple's presence in the story and the connection necessary for the HEA to happen. The way Jesse and Piney talk about their pasts, their previous relationships and some of their thoughts, it's clear they are a match but I liked it how they were forming a friendship before they decided to become intimate. And even in that regard, things weren't silly sections where they only have sex and that's it. Their relationship is just a part of the plot not the center form which everything revolves around. In a way, I would say this book is closer to the women's fiction side of romance, rather than pure contemporary romance.

Like I said, plenty of emotions in this novel, many difficult situations to think about but at the end of it, I think the author has presented us with interesting topics of debate. It's not easy to think about people we like being sick, or about the choices we must do in key stages in out life when everything seems too much of a challenge, nor is it easy to simply think about the past and the people who lived then, what they went through now that new and younger generations live and have other problems. I often wonder how my grandparent's life really was, did they face the same problems, did they have the same doubts, even if all at a different level?

I believe this is a book to make you think about this sort of stuff, to make you compare the fictional side of things to real life people and how things just change...

All in all, a good book, strong enough romance and side elements. I had a good experience reading this story.

Grade: 8/10

Pamela Morsi - Bitsy's Bait and BBQ

Free-spirited Katy Dodson is already fantasizing about the perfect small-town life she'll share with her five-year-old son, Josh. But her sister Emma wonders who in their right mind would use her hard-won divorce settlement to purchase Bitsy's B & B down in the Ozarks.
And, as usual, Emma is right: because in Warbler Lake, Missouri, B & B stands for Bait and BBQ!
With their money and future sunk into a run-down, roadside rattletrap, the girls have no choice but to roll up their sleeves. Soon they know the difference between night crawlers and shiners, and Warbler Lake begins to feel like a place to build a home.
But trouble arrives when Katy's ex-husband declares he wants custody of Josh. Katy thought that getting Bitsy's B & B up and running was the biggest challenge she'd ever face. But now, with Emma's help, she's determined to keep her son and the future she's worked so hard to create.

Comment: This is another one of the books by Pamela Morsi I've had to read and this month, I picked this one. I was really in the mood the see two different but close sisters find love in a different place...at least it was what I imagined based on the blurb.

 

Emma and Katy are sisters and now that Katy is divorced, they use her divorce settlement to buy a restaurant in the middle of a very small town, thinking about a new beginning. But the restaurant doesn't look like the one on the internet add they saw and there's a lot to be done before it's even serviceable. With the town's help though, Katy feels she's found the best place for herself and her small son to live in. Knowing her sister will be gone eventually, this is the right place to educate Josh.

Emma is the oldest and she thought this would be Katy's place in life but can she really leave her sister and nephew, especially when Sean, Katy's ex shows up with his mother too, to confuse Katy all over again?

 

This book has all the author's trademarks, namely the light tone hiding more serious issues that catch the reader unaware but leave us pleasantly surprised. I'm always amazed by how silly some situations seem to be but among all that we have serious issues that are addressed and presented and which add up depth to the stories and I like it.

 

I was caught by surprise with the fact we wouldn't get two romances in one. Maybe I've been used to romances to a level where I expect them to be presented a certain way so I was getting suspicious by the lack of romance in Emma's life. I really thought this would be about the two sisters finding love in a small town, where it wouldn't be something they expected.

Katy found love again yes, but Emma didn't. I understand why, after all Emma had a different path in life she wanted and she kind of deserved it after all the sacrifices she did to help her sister. But I still thought it would be different.

 

Katy's romance was one of those lovers reunited tropes I don't like. She and her ex got a divorce because he walked out on her but now he is coming to town to check on her and their son Josh and along with his mother maybe try to get Josh from Katy. Of course things aren't that simple, but in terms of a love story I can appreciate their connection and feelings but...well, I think it wasn't a strong bond all things considered. Sean is a very dedicated worker and has the passion for it, he has doubts but who hasn't, however, he has responsibilities, he had a son and he still chose to leave them...and the scene where we meet him isn't appealing nor does it make him captivating to me either. Of course I like how happy they end up, but Katy also felt too forgiving. Sure, it's her nature but everything was too easy, too simple. Maybe if people thought less and acted more, things would actually be done and solved but my cynical mind thought this too unlikely.

 

So Emma isn't a love interest but there is a slight secondary romance...two if one counts well, but only one is exploited enough. I think it was cute and focused on interesting issues. Did I feel it was amazing? Not really but I wish I could see more of it. The same for the other love interest, I really wanted to see it develop. The author uses many tricks to make this story feel richer, fuller and I appreciate that. I like how so many things are dealt with but not studied or presented to exhaustion just to show off the author's skills and research, in fact she is quite balanced in her structured issues and that makes the book easily but interestingly read.

 

I still think some situations weren't very appealing. But I can't say it was badly done, just not something I envisioned...I'm back to Katy and Sean's relationship. I'm glad they found their HEA at last but the way it happened wasn't as profound as I imagined.

In terms of plot, I liked some situations, I liked the secondary characters and what they sort of represent...I actually felt interested in them and why they were like that. I think the author creates amazing secondary characters, with very precise personalities. I'm including Katy's friend Nadine, the pastor Curt, Sean's mother Gwen, the ex lawyer Latt, the children... everyone works well in this.

 

As for the three main characters, Katy was too naïve. I'm sure people like her exist, always looking at the bright side but she was too forgiving.

Sean didn't feel like a man one could rely on. I don't mean as a human being, but as a love interest, I don't know...

Emma is fascinating, I loved her vision of things and I applaud her need to get an education, to try to have a normal and independent life but I also wanted her to be in love, to see her go through that experience...

 

In the end, the restaurant works out, people like and help with it and the good thing about books like this one is the sense of community it offers, it suggests one can find one day. I like that idea, no matter how dreamy it sounds. Apart from the two things I would have liked to see differently (Emma's lack of romance and Katy and Sean's fast reunion -that we saw happening), everything else was interesting, easy to follow, captivating. A sequel wouldn't be a bad thought...

Grade: 7/10

Pamela Morsi - The Bikini Car Wash

After Andrea Wolkowicz abandons corporate life to help care for her sister, she quickly wears out the want ads in their rust-belt hometown. Time to be her own boss.
Every mogul knows the best idea is an old idea with a new twist. So Andi proudly revives her father's business: an old-fashioned car wash...staffed entirely by bikini-clad women. That ought to get traffic--and blood--flowing on Grosvenor Street
This gutsy gimmick soon has the whole town in a lather, and not necessarily in a good way.
Scandalized citizens are howling, neighboring businesses are worried. But straitlaced grocery-store owner Pete Guthrie is definitely intrigued. He knows it's hard to run a small business in a big-box world. To him, Andi's brains and bravery are as alluring as the bikini she calls business attire.

Comment: Here it is another book by Pamela Morsi, one more book to be crossed over from the TBR list and one more book by her I had to read. I was very curious about it and wondered if it would be as interesting as the blurb made it seem. I have to say I pleasantly surprised.

 

This is the story of Andrea Wolkowicz, a young woman who returns to her small hometown after her mother died. Andrea feels the need to take care of her father and help him with her twin sister, someone who has mental incapacity. However, Andres also needs a job and the small town doesn't offer many opportunities and Andrea quickly tries all the available spots.

After meeting other young women that need to start making some money and facing the bureaucratic problems set by the town's council, Andrea comes up with the idea of  revamping her father's old car wash business. But in order to do it successfully, Andrea and the other two girls decide to do it while wearing their bikinis...

 

Thinking about this blurb, one gets the idea this should be one of those inconsequential fluffy, vacant stories whose aim was to present silly characters and silly situations. But truthfully, ms Morsi has done a good job in portraying Andrea and the other secondary characters and their motivations and personality.

In fact, there's nothing fluffy with this story and I was impressed by how serious some issues were and how the author chosen to address them and put them on the page.

From Andrea's sister problems but simple way of dealing with life's obstacles to her own difficulty in having a job and the problems the hero has by owning a small town business vs the huge supermarket chains that are more competitive, everything turned this story into a great story.

 

This doesn't mean the story is just a drama developing. There are funny scenes, emotional ones and interesting points to one think about. I think this story is quite balanced, between serious questions and situations almost caricature in style, everything has just the right amount to turn this story into something I had a real enjoyment reading.

 

I liked how Andrea took a demanding problem like unemployment and tried to change her situation and tried to help others at the same time. I loved when Tiff, one of the other bikini girls says she's not ashamed of doing something to earn honest money to raise her son and that it's better than doing nothing. How I agree with her. I liked seeing characters struggling but being honest about what they were going through.

 

The romance was very quiet, slowly assumed, but I liked how Andrea and Peter didn't rush anything and slowly fell in love. I wish the end were a bit more developed but I'm simply glad the HEA happened.

The secondary characters suited the tone of the story and the small town location feel. I liked how some of the characters were important to the main plot and the "lessons" we could learn from their personal stories.

 

I had a great time reading this book. I'm looking forward to read more stories by the author. I feel this author writes in a way I find appealing and it was really good to be in this "world".

The problems I had were sometimes the pace that felt slow and some character's options felt avoidable because of how exaggerated they were. Sure, I'd change some little things but overall, I felt this book was positive and worked well for me.

Grade: 8/10

TBR Challenge: Pamela Morsi - Simple Jess

The last thing widow Althea Winsloe wanted to do was remarry. Unfortunately, her meddlesome mountain neighbors had other plans. So, one autumn night they banded together and gave Althea a shocking ultimatum: She was to find herself a husband by Christmas...or the town would do it for her!
Althea knew she had her choice of any single man in Marrying Stone, Arkansas. Yet the only one she felt truly comfortable with was Simple Jess.
Sweet and gentle, Jess wasn't as smart as your average man. But his tender manner stirred Althea's heart in ways she had never dreamed possible.
It would take a miracle to find a husband in Marrying Stone. But sometimes miracles are right under your nose.

Comment: Here's another book for the TBR challenge of this year. May is the month for a Kickin' It Old School (Copyright 10 years or older) story. I confess I have lots of these in my pile because I like to save for a rainy day... The day I won't be able to buy more books I'll have plenty to keep me busy until I can do it again. I'm like a good ant. 

Anyway, this title fits the bill as it was published in 1996, so closer to 20 years than 10. Also, I've read the first in these series/trilogy so another good reason why I would pick it. 

This is the story of Simple Jess, a young man who lives in the Ozark mountains with his family and a small community. Jess is different from most man because of a problem with his birth but apart from that he does what everyone else does and he can be reliable and trustworthy. He just needs help interpreting some things and in learning things the first time. He's honest and innocent but he wants to be as respected as everyone else.

Althea Winsloe is also young, a widow with a small child to take care of. She wants to do things her own way but the community apparently can't leave her alone especially with a good farm on her hands. With another two suitors and a lot of problems, can Althea see past Jess's obvious issues to the wonderful man he is?

This isn't the first time I've read a story with a character who has difficulties and what we would call a mental impairment. I've read Tim by Colleen McCullough which, in a different way, also shows us such people can be as worthy and deserving as everyone else. (Those of you who haven't read it, you'll like it! More serious than this one though but so beautiful...)

Simple Jess is a man who is scorned, mocked and easily dismissed but he also has unique traits that make him beautiful to those who really appreciate and love him. Of course Jess' personality was the most interesting thing to look for here and I enjoyed all scenes with him.

However, one of the things I kind of expected in this book was to see how Jess would behave as a married man and I thought this would focus more on Jess' feelings and POV but regretfully that didn't happen. In my opinion too much happened with secondary characters and the development of Jess and Althea's relationship and romance was too slow and too subtle. Until the end, where Althea finally admitted her feelings, things between them weren't as obvious as I thought they should. 

Sure, Jess is different and he couldn't reply as other men most likely would have, but he had feelings for her and he had proved he could be worthy and dependable. I know it's difficult to accept someone like him easily, I understand Althea's initial setbacks but this is a romance, I wanted them to talk more about it, to share something more before those final scenes. It's not that it wasn't done well or romantically, I just hoped that, since this is about Jess mostly, he would be a more high profiled protagonist.

In general terms, this is a good book. I liked the writing, the protagonists, even when Althea did things I don't agree with, I liked the interactions between Jess and the other characters because we could see his values shine through despite any prejudice of others. Even Jess' actions with Althea's son and the way he is a grown up with him and teaches him things too, even morally speaking.

Other things annoyed me though. Eben is one of those characters we are suppose to dislike but forgive everything because he is redeemed. Sincerely I don't mind the lesson that all people who ask sincere forgiveness should be given a second chance but his behavior is inexcusable in my opinion.

I do understand plot workings and the meaning here but still...

Another thing that really made me want to scream at someone was how the people felt "enabled" to discuss and demand things from Althea's life. In a way I know this is supposed to be funny and/or exaggerated to the point where the sort of rural community has the power they shouldn't have. But it irritated me to no end how Althea couldn't make a decision without their almost bullying. Of course historical facts and times are part of the explanation, especially in small villages and remote places, but it was very hard to keep reading how Althea couldn't just make her decisions, even if the romance needs "had" to push her into a path.

So,some things stopped me from fully swooning about this novel.

It's not that it is bad because it isn't. But I just couldn't put aside my contemporary views and maybe it's my fault and maybe it's the way it's written didn't allow me to go from reality to fantasy enough.

In the end things end well for everyone of course. I'm happy for them, Jess in particular, but I feel a bit bad he didn't get to be a hero with more pump and circumstance as I think he deserved.

All in all, a good enough story. Many details the author used about rural life  - like killing hogs and farm practices which don't seem important for the romance but I liked seeing - gave atmosphere to the plot and I think in that, the book is successful.

Still, the romance, despite its good parts and charming scenes, wasn't completely perfect for my taste and for what I kind of wanted for Jess. The book does work well as far as the time period details is concerned, though. Still... could be better for me.

Grade: 7/10

Pamela Morsi - Marrying Stone

Meggie was a dreamer who'd spent her entire life in the tiny town of Marrying Stone. But though her life was simple, she was always sure that someday her prince would come. J. Monroe Farley arrived with his Edison listening box to record the traditional music of the Ozarks, determined to focus all his attention on his studies. But there, in this remote mountain hamlet, he found something he never expected--the princess of his dreams...

Comment: I've had this book since last year and since I enjoyed my previous reads by this author, I was quite curious about this one.

This is the first of a trilogy. The first two are historicals and the third is contemporary. I have the first two and planned on reading them in following months.

This is the story of J. Monroe Farley, an educated man from Boston, who is traveling the Ozarks to find evidence of popular songs and traditional music. While on Marrying Stone he gets to spend time with Best family, a father and his two children, and he learns a lot about friendship, hard work, loyalty and love. Although Meggie Best seemed weird at first, it's true she is special and she becomes more important to Roe as each days passes...

Meggie knows she can't leave the mountains because her father is getting to old and her brother can't be left alone. So Meggie dreams a lot and when Roe shows up she is caught ij her dreamland and thinks he might be her prince. After a misunderstanding is solved, can Meggie still keep her dreams while falling in love?

I had a good time reading this book. Still, it wasn't as marvelous as some reads from the same style/time period.

I think most historical books as timeless because the romances are amazing and the setting is a reflection of those times not only in setting but in descriptions. What we can see as not timeless is how the books are written.

I don't know why but books written in late 80s and throughout the 90s have a special flavor even today, more than 20 years after, than some recent books don't. I wonder why this happens, but I remember reading books written/published on those years as memorable, poignant and intense and nowadays the trends are different and many books, even goos ones, don't stay as long as those... something to think about.

Like I said, this wasn't the best example of a perfect 90s book but it's true one can recognize the talent of the author and the "shape" of this book as belonging to those times.

The romance develops a lot like any of those well liked books are and there's something about the setting, the small community that speaks to a romance lover.

I liked the plot. The idea of someone going to find traditional musics to add to a collection for study or recordings in a college is an idea different enough to be special. I liked how the author inserted this into the story and how believable it looked.

The romance is the focus of this book though.

I liked Roe and Meggie but I'll be honest, I don't think their romance was the most romantic one. Cute and different yes, but there are other couples out there that marked me more. Meggie is acute heroine but I never felt very connected to her, she admitted her dreamy side which is great but that same aspect put me off her personality for I think she was a bit too dreamy when she first met Re to be acceptable. The fact she understands her reality and how her life should be considering the men she must take care of in her life didn't really erase my first impression of her, even more so when she picks a harsh decision about her future.

Roe is a good hero, he made mistakes but throughout the story but redeemed himself because he apologized and recognized his errors. I liked him, especially because he was such a good friend to Jesse, Meggie's brother. In the end, his was one of may favorite characters and part of me doesn't think he and Meggie are that suitable, but it's the way the HEA happens.

The secondary characters are an important part of this story and I enjoyed knowing them. Jesse is very special and I'm very eager to read his story next month.

Other characters aren't as prominent but offer the help needed to carry the story forward.

In the end, it was a good story but not completely perfect for me. The heroine isn't one of my favorites and the overall "feel" of the story wasn't as addictive as I thought it would.

Still, a good historical, and a good example of what the 90s best had to offer.

Grade: 7/10

Pamela Morsi - Love Overdue

Buttoned-up book lover DJ is all sensible shoes, drab skirts and studious glasses. After an ill-advised spring-break-fueled fling left her mortified, she's committed to her prim and proper look. When she's hired by a rural library in middle-of-nowhere Kansas, she finally has the lifestyle to match-and she can't wait to get her admin on.
But it's clear from day one that the small-town library is more interested in circulating rumors than books. DJ has to organize her unloved library, win over oddball employees and avoid her flamboyant landlady's attempts to set her up with the town pharmacist. Especially that last part-because it turns out handsome Scott Sanderson is her old vacation fling! She is not sure whether to be relieved or offended when he doesn't seem to recognize her. But with every meeting, DJ finds herself secretly wondering what it would be like to take off her glasses, unpin her bun and reveal the inner vixen she's been hiding from everyone-including herself.

Comment: I've read a couple of books by the author in the past so I knew her writing is enticing, but it wasn't until I saw this post by Phyl that I got the feeling I really need to read more by this author. This book was wonderful for the most part and I was glad I read it, despite the two things I wish were different.

This book features DJ, a young librarian finally having the chance to be the head of her own library. She doesn't mind traveling to a place she never saw (but like a good librarian, she researched) to have an opportunity like that. DJ is a shy, reserved person and she is a bit put off by the town's curiosity about her and even more by her new boss and landlady's attempts at matchmaking with her own son.

Scott Sanderson is the typical good guy in a small town, he's divorced and the dating market isn't big but despite trying to be nice to DJ she seems to be ice with him. The thing is, DJ has a crazy night with Scott once when on holiday and he doesn't remember her! But is that what she wants?

I really like several aspects of this book. I knew the writing would be interesting and addictive and I was eager to see the story develop. As most readers certainly loved, I also was smiling over the chapters introduction being library references, the Dewey Decimal System. The chapters indication were the library references to what content that subject is, for instance, "631.2: Agriculture: Techniques, Equipment." where the chapter would talk about DJ's dealing with the agriculture side of things in a small town, kind of. It's all cleverly done and the author really tried to do this as closest to a library read as possible. I liked this a lot, because I'm a fan of libraries, always enjoyed being in one, still go to my local one when necessary and when I want and it can be a special place to any book lover. I wish I were a librarian! So, a book with so many library references was bound to be great.

Then the plot. I liked the idea of people living in a small place and still get into so many misunderstandings and miscommunication, because this does happen. But part of the fun is how things are in your eyes and you still don't get it. If it as obvious right away, then the plot wouldn't have any action. Of course it seems unlikely Scott wouldn't remember DJ from their night even more so how special he considered her then, but now she dresses and acts different. How often we only see what we want...

Their romance was funny and slow and they got to really know the other although, for obvious reasons Scott always shared more and when DJ did the same - closer to the end - it wasn't the same thing because he still didn't recognize her.

Then one of my issues with the book, DJ is shy and reserved and keeps to herself despite being nice and honest when it matters. But she had a crazy night and that seems so out of character. I had a hard time coming to terms those were the same. But people change... I just prefer my characters to maintain their personalities.

The secondary characters were funny and full of cliched traits but I liked their role in the situations they had to act and they gave a lot to the story, especially Scott's mother, I liked her a lot.

There's things happening besides the romance and I liked how things were being solved, it's good to see things come to a good end.

This brings me to the main problem with this book, which I'm sure most readers share. There's this increasing tension to when will Scott find out DJ is the woman he can't forget and to whom he measures all others, in a way. When he finally realizes who DJ is...the book ends. We get to see their HEA in an epilogue but come on! It's not the same! I wanted to see them talking, explaining, sharing their POVs with each other! How disappointing that didn't happen....

I feel really cheated of the best part, but the epilogue kind of compensates...still, it could have been done so much better, although I think I understand the author was aiming for different and innovative with this technique. I would still have liked plain old text better.

In the end, a great story, many wonderful things, poor end execution but I got really eager to read more by her and will try to buy more of her books soon.

Grade: 8/10

Pamela Morsi - Courting Miss Hattie

The news spread like brush fire though the whole county when widower Ancil Drayton announced his intention to start courting Miss Hattie Colfax. She was certainly spirited and delightfully sweet natured, and she'd managed to run her family farm almost single-handedly. But wasn't a twenty-nine-year-old lady farmer too old to catch a husband?

All his life handsome, black-haired Reed Tyler had worked Miss Hattie's farm - and dreamed of one day settling down on his own piece of land with the pretty young woman he'd sworn to marry. Hattie was someone he could tell his hopes and troubles to - someone he looked on as a sister. So he thought, until the idea of Ancil Drayton calling on her made him seethe. Until the night a brotherly peck became a scorching kiss...and Reed knew nothing would bank the blaze - and that his best friend was the only woman he would ever love...

Comment: This story has a premise I usually don't go for. An older woman and a younger man. Well, not that much older, but still. Interesting how our perceptions of things are so ironed by the way we live our real lives, the culture we're in, what society dictates at us...it's part of our growing up that allows us to change the way we think and make us accept things we wouldn't otherwise. I feel pretty happy with myself for having an open mind for many things society still condones, but I must admit older women with yonger man still makes me frown. In this book I did it when I realized it, but the author has managed to create such a web of whys and becauses that it seemed really atural for them to be together in the end. I'm not telling a secret, it's obvious this woukd happen.

Hattie has always been a not so pretty girl and while a child, other would make fun of her.
Reed was one of her friends, even if younger than her, but he is a working man, he knows what he is doing and together they have the dream to grow rice in her farm.
Others in the city don't think it would work and everything starts to go from the moment another man declares he wants to court Hattie. She's a 29 year old who never had a marriage offer and is now considering the marriage, a way for not to aelone. This makes Reed jealous in a way he didn't think possible and slowly we get to see both their feelings change.

It's a very emotional voyage and one where people's feelings are the most important thing. It's so good to see a couple to trust and allow a friendship t escalate further, in a positive way. The story is well written, I think it has the exat amount of chemestry and suggestion to make the reader happy with it. In the end I had a smile on my face.