Secrets of a Good Girl

CAUTION contains SPOILERS This is the story of a man who goes to find his lost love, and find out why she was lost. The girl ran away ten years ago, for reasons unknown to the hero. The Heroine has several disturbing flashbacks to what made her run away, but doesn't come truly clean til the end of the story. The Hero, upon hearing what his true love did that turned her own life upside down acts just as one would expect. He turns away from her. But, after reflection, he also grows up and learns a lesson. There is a true maturity to the relationship of these characters that one doesn't find often in such a short story. I found myself uncomfortable with the situation, and how truly human the Heroine was. But it was realistic in a way, again, many romances aren't. I really enjoyed it. BUT it's part of a series. I almost always subtract a star for that - because there are dangling ends or pieces of information that you can only get if you read the rest of the series. I think that's a cheap trick. Worth reading this part of the series, tho. (*)>