This book just missed all around for me. There were lots of elements that should have contributed to a nice angsty read but they were not really explored or utilized fully. She had been attacked by a stalker years ago and had some bad scars. That was only a blip. She was only a little worried about showing him her scars and he didn't really care when he saw them. Non issue. He is dying of a brain tumor (which the author mistakenly calls benign instead of malignant). He had evidently married her to have a child to leave his stuff to. That came out of left field at the end with extrememly little foreshadowing. It would have been much more effective if we'd seen his angst about it throughout the book. We were in his POV sometimes so hiding his thoughts from the reader is cheating. There's sort of a lame attempt at the mistaken other woman story line. But no real follow through there either. There was some lame stuff about him not telling her about the illness and pushing her away for her own good. But none of it was really explored in depth and it all kind of lacked cohesion. There was also a lovely honeymoon that they went on which while I would have loved that honeymoon, was really just a strange interlude in what should have been an angsty read.

I did like that the heroine was a veterinarian and evidently good at her job and dedicated.

All in all it just missed the mark. Too much stuff thrown in and inadequately utilized. ( )