Gifts of Love

先說Kay Hooper's Holiday Spirit,這是一本好書，作者劇情鋪陳緊湊，一開始就能很融入故事裡，書中安排的靈異場景也很有懸念，女主角祖先的故事很令人感傷，讓人想知道過去發生了什麼事情，性緊張十足，雖然很短，該有的肉也沒有少。

但是我為甚麼只給他三葉，因為他違反了我的忠誠原則，男主角在書中向女主角保證今後她是唯一的女人，"He had agreed with her, saying with equal bluntness that although he had enjoyed several agreeable connections in the past—he was, after all, thirty-three at that time—she was the only woman in his life, and he fully intended that that would remain true."

但是男主角在訂婚破滅之後還是有回頭找他的情婦，這一段男主角說他訂婚後就跟情婦斷絕關係了，“However, since my—arrangement with her ended before I asked you to be my wife, I hardly see why it would concern you.”
然後女主角質疑他沒有再跟情婦見過面了嗎?“Can you tell me you haven't seen her since our engagement was announced?”
男主角就回答取消訂婚後有和情婦維持一段短暫的關係。“No, I can't tell you that.If you must have the truth, our relationship resumed briefly— after you ended the engagement.But I swear to you, I didn't see her while you were promised to me, nor would I have gone to her after our marriage.I wanted no mistress, Toni, only you.”

以我的破英文應該沒看錯吧!!如果我理解錯誤請告訴我，我會改正這個評價，謝謝

這是我的地雷，男主角跟女主角分開之後有別的女人，我會依書中的劇情安排決定能不能接受，這本書沒辦法說服我，男主角已經跟女主角保證過了，卻還在取消訂婚後回頭找舊情婦，就算是女主角先取消訂婚讓他很受傷，以男主角很愛女主角的情況之下，也太快就找前情婦療傷了吧!!況且這個女人還是拆散你們的賤人(雖然男主角不知道)，而且作者還把男主角回去找情婦合理化。所以看到男主角自己承認回去找前情婦，我就開始出戲了，在男主角展現愛意的時候一直想到--"可你還是回去找情婦了"，本來看到這裡就要棄書了，但還是想知道祖先的結局，整個後半部一直很出戲的看完。

如果沒有這個雷，這個故事我會給5葉!!可惜好好一個故事被作者這樣的安排給毀了(對我而言)。如果你不在意，這是一個好故事值得一讀。