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After reading all of the glowing reviews this author received, I was surprised to find his prose so awkward. Here is a segment of dialogue from the first page of the book: "Come in, mother. It's open." "My God, Paige. You're drinking wine. It's eight-thirty in the morning. What's wrong? On the phone you sounded all in a panic. By the way, your yard looks wonderful. Did you hire that gardener I told you about last month?" "Yes, Mother. Yes. I hired your gardener. Damn it ... I didn't call you to talk about ... screw the friggin flowers, Mother." "Relax, Paige. Relax. Nothing is worth getting in such a dither. Sit down. I'll get you some coffee. Oh, I see you've already made some. So, the bottle has not completely replaced the bean in your mornings. Whatever it is, dear, together we'll find a solution. We always do. I'm always here to do what must be done." The author also likes awkwardly constructed sentences which contain supporting clauses not set off by commas. I was jolted completely out of the story time and again by having to reread a sentence to get the author's meaning. I read a lot and I easily get into a story so I'm not used to having to start and stop just to figure out how a sentence ought to be punctuated to make it understandable. Lastly, I was not convinced by the love interest part of the story - I couldn't see what made the lovers attracted to one another, except that they said they were attracted.