On the whole I enjoyed reading this book. It is well written and has a well plotted and really interesting story that keeps a reader on his toes.

It didn't take me long to really really hate Clara's mother who is determined to dominate her daughter's life and to push her into just another loveless marriage. This woman made me so furious that I wished that she was real and I could just tell her what a monster she is.

I loved to see how the love between Curtis and Clara rekindles and how they slowly find their way back to each other despite everything that happened since her mother took her away 14 years ago. Clara's children are very sweet and I loved to see them open up to Curtis and also to this wonderful uncle and aunt of Clara's.
Clara tries to spread her wingsand win her freedom but it's not just her mother who is working against her. Will she be able to follow her heart or will the circumstances force her to accept another man's suit? And will Curtis be able to leave his past in the past and trust the future?

I know that the publisher is the leading publisher for inspirational fiction so I expected some christian content but in this case it was sometimes a bit too much. Of course do people in need turn to god when things get rough but somehow I felt that some more doing and a bit less praying might have been a bit more effective or more captivating for the reader.
Nevertheless the book was really interesting and on the whole very enjoyable.