Reviews for The Trouble With Bridges

The average rating for The Trouble With Bridges based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-10-11 00:00:00 Kevin Leblanc 4 Stars ~ Samantha is a junior freelance reporter for the Providence Gazette and often covers the fluffy events of her area. Arriving late for a press conference for the proposed high-rise suspension bridge that is to replace the existing 80 yr old swing bridge over the Acushnet River, Sam only got the tale end of the details. And as she's just a tiny 5 ft. nothing, she had to stand up on her chair to gain attention to ask her questions. But her chair teetered and she flew into the arms of a very nice young engineer with the most gorgeous smile. And from there on Sam's life would never be the same. James is immediately smitten but is disconcerted to learn that Sam has an eight year old daughter with no past or present husband in sight. What he doesn't know is that Vicky is actually Sam's dead sister's child and though Vicky knows that Sam is not her birth mother, the child insists on calling her mother. The story Sam files about the bridge ends up painting James as a bit of a bumbling fool, even though it's actually a truthful account. Her editor loves Sam's story and asks her to write follow-ups on a weekly basis, which means she needs to keep interviewing James. The old bridge is notoriously getting stuck either open or closed, and so the first priority for James is to fix it. With each story Sam files, James continues to look foolish, so when the repairs are finally completed and the bridge is set to reopen, he insists on Sam seeing it operating for herself. But there's a hurricane storm brewing and they end up stuck on the bridge while it malfunctions. Forced to spend the night in the bridge's operator's hut, they wake to huge media attention over their Coast Guard rescue. Once again James is seen as a bumbling fool in the news but also Sam's in the spotlight, which results in her grandfather and mother insisting that James must marry her. I'm finding the stories penned by Emma Goldrick to be wonderfully crafted. The wonderful cast of characters, both primary and secondary, are quirky and flawed but people I'd love to get to know. There's even a loveable sheepdog, whose antics adds hilarious charm. There's no doubt that James is smitten with Sam from the moment he caught her. Sam can't understand what it is about James that keeps her off kilter; never before has a man had such an volatile effect on her. When James grasps at her grandfather's insistence they marry and actually lies about sleeping with Sam, she feels tremendously betrayed. The poignant events that follow are written with intense emotion and brought me to tears. This is a love story I'm sure I'll be reading again and again.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-08-24 00:00:00 Jeremy Herringer I hated this book. I normally love cheesy romance novels but this one is infuriating. The love interest is terrible. He's always yelling, never listens to the main character and in the end, lies to her family so she is forced to marry him. She literally remarks that she cries every time they meet And somehow the last two pages are her happily marrying this manipulative jerk. This book is written in the 80s and idk if it's a sign of the times but he repeatedly violates her consent and it's played as laughable, as him being a flirt. Terrible.