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I'm sorry, this is not a good story. There was some potential and the author has some talent. But, we are given a really weak and annoying heroine. (Spoilers!) The book opens very dramatically with Presley finding her husband's body after he has killed himself. Her world crumbles when she also discovers that he has left her and their children with nothing. So this is when I first lost interest in Presley. She owns her own bakery and is a business woman. But, apparently she has never looked at their personal savings and accounts. She has no clue that the house is in foreclosure. Or that her husband had taken out credit cards and they are up to their noses in debt. She didn't even know he had lost his job months before. Okay, there is a credibility issue with this plot point because creditors are really aggressive and she would have been getting phone calls and mail from them, especially a bank foreclosure. So aside from this being almost impossible, I'm thinking Presley is a total idiot. She is not the independent woman the author makes her out to be if she doesn't even know what's in her own bank account. Cut to Presley being forced to move back home to Tennessee to live with her parents because she's broke and homeless. This is when totally clueless Presley becomes immature and obnoxious Presley. She hasn't visited the family farm in years because her hometown reminds her of her true first love, Zach. Presley's anguish over the loss of her husband seems to become a footnote to the guy she left behind 17 years ago. Amazing how quickly she forgets her grief about her husband and focuses on Zach. Meanwhile, she's whiny and mean about how much she hates the small town where she grew up. Yeah, she went off to the big city of Philadelphia and became a baker? Her parent's rambling home on over 400 acres with extended family and friends is something she has tried to escape. To me it sounds like paradise. What a snot. By the time we get halfway through the book, Presley is wallowing in her own self-inflicted pain. She argues with Zach about why she didn't go with him 17 years ago. This argument is on a boring loop and frankly, Presley is wrong. She bailed on him and decided to give up on the romance. Her kids become another footnote while Presley works out her problems with Zach by getting drunk and acting like a stupid teenager. At this point, I was down to zero sympathy for her. The plot drags with more silly drama that frankly, I sped read. Took forever for the couple to actually get together. So if you're looking for a sexy romance. It's absolutely not here. This is a minus one on the hot-o-meter scale. Anyway, don't bother. Waste of money.