Divine Hart

This book was an OK read. I took half a star off because the author went with the tired, and overused plot point of having the hero claim to have always loved the heroine. He planned on marrying her. He spends five years looking for her..etc. YET...he couldn't keep it in his pants...sigh. So sorry author, but I ain't buying the love connection you were trying to sell me here. On top of that...the heroine did stay celibate. Because...of course, she did...sigh.

That said, there is only one line that alludes to this “I haven't felt this way about anyone but her, that's why I haven't been in a real relationship since I left. She is the only one for me.” I took that to mean he had slept with OW, or else the author would have said: “that's why I haven't been in with anyone else since I left.” It most likely won't bother most readers, plus there are zero sex scenes in the book, so I guess it doesn't matter anyway (lol).

Author popped into my comments to let me know that the hero DID NOT sleep with any other women while he and the heroine were apart. I will bump my review up to 3-Stars.





I did feel this author had a nice effortless flow to her writing. The pace was good, and I never felt the need to skim. The plot was engaging for the most part, but I thought it could have been “more.” There are mob elements that are just glossed over. The heroine background is over the top tragic, yet we skim the surface. The same with the hero and what he went through in Russia. There is a whole group of side characters, but they don't offer a lot of depth.

The hero was likable. He was sweet, but I was expecting someone a little more “alpha”. When he finally finds the heroine again, he acts quite alpha. Alas, it really doesn't last past that initial meeting. For the majority of the story, he came across a little too bland for me. The heroine annoyed me, to be honest. She didn't appear to be the brightest of bulbs. Plus, she came across incredibly childish most of the time. Last, it was all wrapped up in a rushed but OK ending.

So yea, as I said, it was an OK read for me...