I read Simon and Cag's story before reading this one and I enjoyed their stories, so I was excited about getting this book. However, I was disappointed in this book because I though it lacked in a lot of ways. In the first story, (Rey's) It was quite different then all the rest of them because Meredith was the one that was chasing Rey and trying to get him to fall in love with her. In fact, he didn't even like her at all and had said so right up til the end of the book. Also, I found that it was a little stupid that she was keeping her job and schooling a secret from him. Why??? She would rather that he think of her as a prostitute than a nurse with a college degree? That doesn't make any sense to me. She has too understand why he thinks she is a hooker after the first night they met. It was an honest mistake on his part, anybody would have taken her for a hooker. Then she continued to let him think that and even lied to him when he questioned her. It made no sense to me. I really liked Rey in this story though. He was tough, and strong willed. Also very sensitive. If it wasn't for him then I would not have liked this story at all. He took care of things without even being asked. I did like this story better than Leo's though.

Leo's story was the one that I disliked most. I thought that Janie and him were so mismatched. The ending dragged on and on and on. Also, too much talk about her being a virgin. That was all Leo talked about. It got old pretty quick. He treated her more like a teenager than a full grown woman. I enjoyed a scene at the cattleman's ball about a fourth of the way through the story, when Leo and Janie had it out, but that was about it. Also, Marlie didn't fit into this story at all. She was telling lies to Leo about Janie, well if she went to that much trouble on keeping those two apart then why would she just up and leave? We never hear another word from her throughout the rest of the book. Also, Janie's dad Fred was a little unbelievable. He acted more than a friend to Janie than her father. All in all I think that Mrs. Palmer could have written these two stories better than she did.