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An Unexpected Widow (The Colorado Brides Series) (2013)

by Carré White(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1490931430 (ISBN13: 9781490931432)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

series

The Colorado Brides

review 1: Have you ever watched the Debbie Reynolds movie, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"? It's about this absolutely horrible woman who is so self-absorbed and obnoxious, and this guy who just doesn't quite measure up to her standards but loves her (Gawd only KNOWS why)... and how he bends over backwards for her just to get kicked in the teeth over and over and OVER again? To the point where you just pray some sane person will dump her ass off the side of the lifeboat so she'll go down with the Titantic? I hate that movie. I have hated that movie since I was a child.This book is that movie, done seven times worse. And I'm not even sure how that's possible considering how I loathe Molly Brown.Here we have Hannah, who's husband is a minister who doesn't reference verses, read the ... moreBible or visit the sick/poor. No, he's busy with crops and gardens and acreage and... he's a pastor?!?!? Really? ((O_o)) But don't worry, Hannah's not really into God, either - well, it's nice that her husband is admired in town and all, but this isn't 'Love, Inspired', y'know.Then the author introduces Nathan, who's a nice guy, but likes a good stiff drink, gets laid at the whorehouse like the rest of the single guys out west, and doesn't really care what the snooty town folk have to say - as long as he's honest and works hard and does right by people, he's happy. He comes to work on Pastor's farm, and sticks around when pastor falls off a roof at a house-working party and breaks his back. He carries the pastor around, helps change his soily diapers, takes care of the critters and the crops... all because he's got a thing for Hannah.Here's where the author does stOopid. ((Yes, bad grammar and spelling to enhance said stOopid.)) Carre, darling: If you want to kill off the damn minister, good on ya, luv. BUT... breaking his back and then later giving him pneumonia is pushing it. Better to make the SCI a higher level injury, so that when he gets the flu/cold/WHATever, he can't cough to expectorate it, and dies of complications, thus weaving together the events of the story, instead of shooting them off like loose freakin' cannons.From there on, we go into "I can't marry you, you're a drunk lecher miner nobody" and "where's my tea set!" and "keep me warm at night, but don't think about me marrying you"... until you want to haul Hannah the Hag to the top of the roof and pitch HER off. And STILL Nathan loves her. Why? Who the HECK knows. She's horrific.Skip it. Seriously. There are MUCH better ways to spend your time.
review 2: This was a nice, quick read. I feel the author did a good job in portraying the tension of the hero and heroine loving each other but believing they shouldn't act on their feelings. I was afraid that the heroine would end up coming across as not caring once her husband was injured due to her feelings for the hero, but she didn't. The author did a great job showing the heroine's guilty, sorrow and confusion without having her come off as a whining brat.I am interested to see if the character of the madam from the brothel shows up more in the series. I liked her and would like to see a happy ending for her, also.On another note, on the Amazon site I noticed that most that gave a bad review did so on the grounds that this was listed under Christian Fiction and they felt there was too much smut. Well, there are NO explicit scenes. There is more of a PG-13 vibe. Yes, the preacher and his wife are attracted to each other and have sex. No, there are no details. Yes, the hero talks about wanting the heroine...again, no details. Guess what, Christians have sex just like the rest of us. Even preachers. I think the author was trying to get across that the heroine has very deep feelings for her husband, both physically and emotionally. That way when she is attracted to another man we know it's not because her husband is a dog. If you think a Christian woman cannot be attracted to another man just because she's married then you live under a rock. Part of the premise is that she feels guilty for finding the hero attractive. I feel this is a bad reason to give a book a bad review. Especially since most reviewers admitted they didn't finish the book because of the content. The story and the writing are good and do not warrant one star. less

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