Pat's Reviews > Big Boy

A novel by Ruthie Knox is always on my favorites list. This novella does not change my opinion. Short but with a lot of hot romance and characters that are strong with deep life changing secrets.

Strangers on a Train is group of romantic novellas, all based on train rides. They can be read in any order. I started with Big Boy. Mandy Sharp is a professor of American Studies at a university. She is a single Mom to Joshua, technically her nephew. Her sister's family was killed in a car crash when Josh was nine days old. She is his guardian and "loves him with a ferocity that scares me." When Josh is four months old, Mandy's best friend convinces her to try on line dating. She ends up finding a man who has several different personas on the dating service site, all quite romantic. He is registered as Chet Baker. She agrees to a first date. It was at the local Train Museum and her fantasy life begins. Once a month they meet, pretending to be different people in different era's with different stories.

In this compelling novella, there are secrets and lies and so much love it is amazing. Each character has to break down walls to see the real person behind those walls.
It is a story to be read over and over. I would highly recommend this novel , and I'm looking forward to the rest of the stories from Strangers on a Train.

I received Strangers on a Train from the authors for an honest review. No compensation was offered or taken.