It's perhaps not this books fault, as it did have several things against it from the start. I think the cover makes it look like something you'd fine on the Hallmark channel. The description sounds like a melodramatic but very unsexy romance. But then I started reading and also disliked the writing style and characterization. Millie seemed like a wilting flower much of the time and I couldn't connect with her as a character. Probably just not my type of book.