Good morning, friends!
Popping in a bit late. I failed to take my author media flash drive with me to conference last weekend.
Today, we're taking a look at LUCY'S HEARTH by M. Lee Prescott.
Heart in pieces post-divorce, Lucy Winthrop visits Saguaro Valley, home of her mother's friends, Ben and Leonora Morgan. While staying at their ranch, Morgan's Run, she meets Ben's younger brother, Richard. Her new neighbor back east, Richard is a self-made billionaire who goes after what he wants, and he wants Lucy. Back home in New England, they begin a white hot love affair. As the heat pumps up, Lucy tries to step back, scared she is in too deep, too fast. Will this gorgeous Morgan man let her go? And, in pulling away, is she giving up a dream of happiness she never thought possible? As Lucy and Richard's love story unfolds, join another branch of the Morgan family in this first book of Morgan's Fire!
I really wanted to love this book. I love a good romance, but when you bring in main characters that are closer to my age, then I'm all for living vicariously through them. However, in my opinion, there are just too many characters introduced in the first quarter of the story; seven in the first chapter!
That aside, I realize she's introducing Richard's children. Additional confusion came in to play having Richard vs. his son, Rich. Multiple times there were names beginning with the same sound or letter. One of the cardinal rules of fiction is never to have characters that have either of those issues. I say issues, because they are a problem for readers to follow.
My second issue with this book was Lucy going from 'I don't want to rush things' to dropping her jeans and panties in the bushes for a quickie with Richard.. and her divorce not yet final.
The 'too many names' was my biggest problem. I felt like I needed a family tree for Richard alone. Trying to keep everyone straight pulled me away from the story the author was trying to tell.
For these reasons, I'm giving LUCY'S HEART...
.5
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All my best!
~ Angela
