The quote " Ireland is a good place to get lucky" is so woefully misplaced on the cover of this novel that I don't even know where to start. A) if you are going to make your hero be on the run from the mob, you must insert some form of danger (we've all read romances, the mob kidnaps his lady and he has to rescue her...not in this book). B) Sheep farming is never sexy. C) subplots pertaining to real estate are never pertinent or welcome. D) marriage before the end of the book, with no appreciable conflicts just isn't kosher, if you're going to get a happily ever after you're going to have to work for it dammit!Now part of my discomfort with this story is the fact that I waited so damn long to get this book, something ridiculous like nine months, long enough that the library system wouldn't let me cancel my hold. They figure if you've waited that long you have to ready it, no bones about it. Seeing as I could have had a baby in that time, if I wait that long it better be a quality item. I know what you're all saying, its a romance what do you expect? Don't make me sic Candy and Sarah from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books on you. Many romances are original, putting their own unique twist on a classic genre. Many but not all.
Not to put too fine a point on it but the plot here just wasn't reasonably considered, the characters were inconsistent and not all that interesting, and I kept waiting for the shoot-em-up theatrics to come (like you wouldn't be). Instead of Sopranos I got soma, I needed a drink just to plow my way through the rest of it. And yes despite the Jameson I am bitter.
Oh and E) the sex scenes in this book are so few and far between that "getting lucky" isn't even an option for the most part.
