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ARMS OF A STRANGER - Giselle Carmichael Parker/Passion October 2007 |
SYNOPSIS: Keithen Knight and Simone Ladner were brought together by the devastating hurricane that tore across the Gulf Coast region,. There two people will unite in the rebuilding efforts, and in the process discover the meaning of life, love, and happiness in the Arms of a Stranger.
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE |3| La-Tessa Montgomery
REVIEW: Simone
Ladner put her dreams being owner and Chef of her own restaurant on hold
and moved back to the Biloxi to help her family rebuild after Hurricane
Katrina. While laying shingles on a roof, she meets the very handsome
and charismatic Keithen Knight. Simone is promptly rendered speechless
with her first glance into his gorgeous green eyes; likewise Keithen is
instantly drawn to her deep brown eyes and warm smile. Keithen is a very
wealthy land developer that has come to the Gulf Coast as a volunteer.
After seeing the level of destruction left by the Katrina, he wanted to
give more than a donation to help the people displaced get back into
their homes. The sparks fly between these two, and as Keithen and Simone
get to know each other better, they fall deep in love. But will their
love be able to withstand the opposition they receive because of the
obvious differences in their race and social status?
ARMS OF A STRANGER just didn’t come together for me because it
lacked the tension and suspense needed to fully keep me engaged.
Overall, I found the story to be anticlimactic and more than a bit
predictable. The pacing is stagnant and drags along, mostly due to the
abundance of random, predictable twists thrown in. I never really
connected to any of the characters because they were a bit stilted and
one dimensional to me. Not to say that I did not like the leads, I found
myself rooting for them, but I just wish that some of the other
characters had a little more depth to them to make the story more
interesting.
ARMS OF A STRANGER not a bad story, it just failed to elicit any
high emotions from me. And because of this, I was never fully engaged in
the plot or the leads. But for anyone in the mood for more for a sweet,
traditional romance, then this is your story.
reviewer@romanceincolor.com | 1st January 2008