Because NOTHING makes a woman hotter for sex with a man than meeting one of his lovers.Īnd then to make the whole incident an absolute dumpster fire, we have the now-married Caroline assuring the heroine that 'Sam and I haven't been anything but friends for more than four years.,' while Sam later reveals that he decided to come back to the heroine FIVE years ago, after some mystic experience at a cave in Ireland. To guarantee that I would hate this intrusion even more, Roberts makes that the impetus for the protagonists to have sex for the first time since their break. Because when you're trying to convince someone whose heart you broke to give you a second chance, naturally what you want to do is force them to socialize with the lovers you had during your break. But the stake in his heart, the tombstone on his grave as a romantic hero is when he arranges for Caroline Trump, a beautiful author of popular romantic suspense novels (*eyeroll* enjoy the self-insert, Nora), to do a book signing at Mia's bookstore.without telling her that he and Caroline had been lovers in the past. Nothing about this book made me warm up to Sam, ever. So naturally he decides to come back, make his home there, and resume his relationship with her. But at times for me, she was just a character who was there, not one I was actively rooting formīut aside from that, still a good book and a nice conclusion to the Three Sisters Island trilogy.which is my favorite of all Nora's trilogies.Įleven years ago, 20-year-old Sam Logan dumped 19-year-old Mia Devlin because he felt 'trapped' by her love and life on the New England island where they grew up. Maybe it was her attitude and arrogance.I'm not sure. I just didn't like her as much as the other characters.

The other thing that kept me from really loving the book was Mia herself. I would have liked to see Mia soften toward him a little more before the end. She sleeps with him, does things with him, but she's constantly saying 'I'll never risk my heart again' and saying it's just sex and fun. Their romance just has this rather cold vibe. The abrupt change in her feelings came off a little.weird for me.

Mia keeps her heart locked away from Sam for the whole book (with good reason mostly) then at the end, she's suddenly like, okay, I accept you and your love. What I didn't particularly like about the book was the romance between Mia and Sam. I liked the plot as it dealt with resolving the threat to the island and beating the evil. While I still liked this book, it was my least favorite of the Three Sisters Island trilogy.

Face the Fire by Nora Roberts