Really two and half stars - because I wasn't overly tempted to abandon it. The writing style is pretty good, but I just didn't find the characters very believable.
The love interest is nasty and almost physically abusive to the main character, yet she finds him attractive? If someone manhandled me out of their home after I'd been invited in by another family member, I'd be tempted to call the police. What's with books that make violence (actual or hinted) a precursor to a relationship? I prefer a little bit of actual romance in my romance.
There were a few things that bothered me in this book. One was the use of the word hung instead of hanged. I believe hung is becoming more acceptable, but I was always taught that curtains were hung and people were hanged.
Possible semi-Spoilers:
The other was this: why would ANYONE in their right mind offer their own legally registered pistol to an untrained, unlicensed person? Not only is it illegal, it's downright stupid and more likely to get the person seriously injured or killed than protect them. It was just one more thing that made the characters seem unbelievable to me.
Finally, when the heroine gets rescued, it happens off-screen, so to speak - and one of the characters who actually rescues her is one we never really meet during the book! I thought that was really odd.
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