A Heart's Danger (#03 in Journey Of The Heart Series)

The book description sounds good, but the actual book was less good. This was mostly because of the characters. Ben Croftner is basically the archetypical bad guy: evil but with no real motive. Sure, we understand he wants to marry Sarah, but why? What is it about her that he followed her halfway across the country? \\r\\n\\r\\nJessica DuBois is no better. Yes, we get that she's jealous of Sarah, but Rand has promised to marry Jessica, and he's a man of honour. He's not going to go back on his word, even if he does still love Sarah. Of course, by choosing to align herself with Ben Croftner, Jessica shows herself to be a poor judge of character, so perhaps she really doesn't understand she has nothing to fear from Sarah's presence. Anyway, we get that Jessica has this deep-seated hatred and jealousy towards Sarah, but her actions still don't make any sense. After all, all she had to do was marry Rand and the Sarah problem would go away. \\r\\n\\r\\nAs for Sarah, she's mostly decorative, a personality-less person who exists to serve as the inexplicable object of Rand's love, Ben's obsession, and Jessica's jealousy. She never does much except react to the events around her. \\r\\n\\r\\nThanks to Litfuse Publicity and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review.