Come Home to Love

Rating:
Summary: Ok, but not what I expected
Review: The description on the back of the book was very intriguing and led me to believe that it would be about life after marriage, what "happily ever after" entails. Not too many romance novels (contemporary or historical) focus on the "everyday drudgery" of just living together as husband and wife but rather on the "falling in love" stage of relationships whether that is before/after marriage. I thought that this novel would present Matthew's proposition to Katherine and quickly move to problems that they overcome individually and together. As it is, Matthew, who is initially presented as an interesting, somewhat mysterious character, is never fully developed and remains a remote, emotionless workaholic with occasional outbreaks of passion. Katherine, on the other hand, is as confused as a teenager even though she's a widow who has raised two children to adulthood by herself. Furthermore, the storyline focuses on Katherine constantly switching from her perspective to an omniscient narrative without any warning so that the plot is a mish-mash of past and present as confused/twisted as her thoughts. Also, it was unnecessary and even a little bit confusing to include the goings-on in the relationship of a mutual friend of both Matt and Katherine. While the premise was promising, the story did not quite live up to my expectations.