3 out of 5 stars
THE TROUBLE WITH PATIENCE is the first installment in the
Virtues and Vices of the Old West series. Though the characters were likeable, the
story seemed to drag at times.
Patience Cavanaugh is insecure about her looks and feels
that love has passed her by. Not wanting to dwell on what she doesn’t have, Patience
puts all her energies into fixing up the broken-down boardinghouse her
grandmother has left her. Patience
enjoys the people of Nevada City, all but Marshal Jedidiah Jones. When she
publically interferes with his handling of a criminal, the Marshal put her in
her place.
Jedidiah Jones is fighting demons from his past. Once a vigilante,
he is now the town Marshal doing what he can to keep Nevada City crime-free. When
Patience Cavanaugh rebukes him publically he sees her as nothing more than a
meddling woman. But his feelings soon
change.
As Patience and Jedidiah two-step around each other, an
attraction develops between them. But they both struggle with insecurities that
keep them emotionally distant. Between Patience working on her boardinghouse and
Jedidiah trying to round up wrestlers, they convince themselves they are too
busy for a relationship. But soon, Jedidiah takes steps towards Patience hoping
to convince her they should be together.
THE TROUBLE WITH PATIENCE was a sweet story, I just didn’t
feel like it had any momentum. The storyline, the interaction between
characters, even the plotline, seems to move at a pace that had me skimming
from page to page. The dialogue between Patience and Jedidiah sometimes seemed a
bit forced and at other times out of character. Once again, I nice story, just
not a captivating story.
Book provided for review purposes.
Available February 2015 at your favorite bookseller from
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
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