This wasn't my cup of tea,and to be honest not my usual type of read.
It was all a bit wishy washy... there were s few moments of tension,but not enough to make up for the way everything fitted together quite perfectly.
I was expecting something a bit grittier.

I am a huge fan of Pauline Tait's series for children, The Fairy in the Kettle, and I could not wait to read her first "adult" book, A Life of Their Own.

Kate is on the run from an abusive husband. She and her two kids are quietly leaving him and moving across the country to place she had only dreamed of - Colorado. She has no plan, no idea how they will survive but she knows she has to get herself and the kids away from the abuse. She arrives at a guest home run by an older couple who treats them as family instead of guests. It is the first sign of kindness in a very long time for Kate. She also runs into an old flame who never stopped loving her. Soon, she is working for him and living on his ranch. But will Kate ever truly get over the abuse and the scars it has left on her.

A Life of Their Own is a sweet, very short book about hope and the healing power of love. I enjoyed reading it and the story itself kept my attention until the end. However, there were a few concerns that I had. The language is very dated. If this had been a piece of historical fiction or set in a different country other than the US, I might have understood. But Americans no longer speak in this stilted, very formal style of English. For example, I cannot remember the last time - if ever - a mother has referred to her kids as children. They're kids as in "hey kids, let's go" not "children we must leave." There were multiple examples of British phrases used that are not used in the US. I had to look up what a "fleece" was because the mother bought two of them for the kids. (It's a type of jacket) and, while I know what "tuck in" means in the UK, if you told an American sitting at a table to "tuck in," they would get up and go to bed. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE British writers but if a book is going to be set in the US then it would be great if the author knew a bit more about American lifestyles and slang.

The bottom line is that A Life of Their Own is very sweet romance and if you can turn off that inner questioning voice, you will enjoy it. I did enjoy it. I just saw the flaws as well.

Great read. The author wrote a story that was interesting and moved at a pace that kept me engaged. The characters were easy to invest in.