I was in the mood for something light and easy so of course I chose another Karen White. I've read several of her books and I am a fan but I have to admit that this one was disappointing. While her roots are as a romance writer her recent books have been better than your average romance novel and her stories are usually tight. This is one of her earliest books and unfortunately it showed. It is another story about a woman who leaves a small town for the bright lights of New York City. She heads to the big city after her sister steals her prom date and elopes with him. She spends the next 15 years making something out of herself that is the very antithesis of what she was in her home town. She became the post card image of a successful city girl complete with a high power job, high heels, tight skirts and a seemingly perfect fiance. When her father is on his death bed she returns home. She has no intention of forgiving her sister nor giving up the city for small town life. Yet after wrestling with her demons she quickly realizes the city might not be what she really wants. In the process she finds forgiveness, falls in love and grows up into the person she always was. It is very melodramatic and predictable. There is an unnecessary sub-plot about a lost sibling after finding out her father had a secret affair with someone in town before he married her mother that resulted in a child. This sub-plot seemed so out of place and as an after thought. It started and finished in just pages. It was obvious who the woman involved in the affair was and who the child was from very early on...I didn't care for that part of the story. Overall, I was less than impressed with this story and a little disappointed.
