It must be nearly twenty years since I read and adored Rachel's Holiday. My fondness for that book made me want to read this one and while the structure was strong and fairly interesting, the characters, plot and dialogue all fell a bit flat for me. I feel Keyes is capable of so much more but she's being forced to comply with post-50 shades rules of romance fiction (eg must include at least one bondage sex scene) and this is a little disappointing.