loving second chances

I am a bit hesitant in my praise towards this book. While I loved reading it, because Jules Bennett has an excellent writing style, I missed something quite elemental in this second-chance lovestory. I read about Noah and his wife, about his daughter but I missed the story about Lucy and her husband. All I read was that she lost him and that she went through her mourning period, but that part was so shallow that I thought that that part wasn’t thought through. Pity, for me the book lost a star by writing it this way. When Lucy Brooks lost her husband, her dreams of a family went with him. Now her life is a busy balance of friends, work and the demands of her small ranch. When she meets handsome, brooding Noah Spencer, she recognizes the grief in his penetrating eyes. And yet she can't deny the feelings—and hope—that he has reawakened within her. All widower Noah has in life is his little daughter and a fresh start as Stonerock's newest police officer. Right now this cowboy needs to keep his life simple and his heart guarded. Yet he can't resist the instant pull of sweet, selfless Lucy. This could be a second chance at happily-ever-after…if they can both let go of the past.