Dream a Little Dream was another DNF for me after making it to nearly 50% of the way through, I just couldn't continue. I think this is sadly the end of my time with the Chicago Stars series, as I come to terms that this series feels too dated, has too many unsettling religious overtones and is just massively misogynistic.

The point of which I had to DNF this book was when Gabe admitted he was underpaying Rachel because he didn't want her to leave. He was purposely making her dependent on him. He switched her pay to a salary so he could seduce her in work hours and then she wouldn't be getting paid for sex. He also spoke about marrying her to keep her there, despite not really seeming to like her, finding it difficult to be around her child and it just seemed ludicrous.

The whole story-line was something I was very apprehensive about and it felt like a little bit too much, but it just got all the more ridiculous when Rachel turned out to be some widowed televangelist crook's wife who the whole town hated.

I'm not sure if I'll be returning to Susan Elizabeth Philips' work, but for now I'm calling it an end.