A gorgeous, naked, dead man made his appearance in the first sentence. His erection (the result of gravity on settling blood, we're told) makes an appearance in the first few pages. Our Heroine gets mocked for having had a sexual liaison with said corpse by the town jerk, in front of our Hero. Heroine and Hero have eyes for one another, but no confidence, of course.

In true "bros before hos" fashion, when Hero asks Heroine's True and Loyal Friend about the cause of the mocking, True Friend refuses to tell a stranger the story. Until Hero shows his matching military service tattoo, and then all bets are off.

The embarrassing back story? Heroine's fiance came out as gay, at their wedding rehearsal dinner, in a dress. When she laughed because she thought it was a joke, groom cried.

S0 - in this day and age: what gay man gets engaged? Is he so in the closet that he gets to the wedding rehearsal dinner before doing anything about it - and then wears a dress?

And- Hero, in his first ever sentence with Heroine, references this: "You seriously didn't know he was gay? You couldn't tell by the way he kissed? Or made love?"

Really? That's your ice breaker? And apparently, the only reason a man would wait until getting married to have sex is because he is gay.

All that in the first 28 pages. Don't ask about the rest. I didn't bother.