When Lightning Strikes

God, I loved this book. (Warning: this is totally NOT an impartial review.) I'm a writer myself, so the premise of this book—the antagonist of the author's fiction coming to life—really spoke to me. Not just spoke. It pulled me places I couldn't wait to go. The thought of having a flesh-and-blood conversation with a character born in my imagination was more than intriguing. It was pulled me in like a magnet. To say I couldn't put the book down was an understatement. I dragged it with me to every room in the house.Lainie, the main character of [b:When Lightning Strikes 836944 When Lightning Strikes Kristin Hannah https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348968429l/836944.SY75.jpg 822553], is a romance writer, who through mysterious circumstances, ends up in the Old West (1896) with all her emotional issues to confront her outlaw character while he's in the middle of a bank robbery. From there, the story is off at a gallop across the desert with Killian, the foe, kidnapping Lainie. It seems like Lainie would rather have been kidnapped by the protagonist, Joe Martin, who appears constantly on the horizon, not near enough to help. Kristin Hannah true gift is her ability to take us into the minds of the important character. She makes us understand why they are reacting in opposition way that (I) think they should. And to the way that they might actually help themselves. That kept me believing the unbelievable situation all the way to the satisfying end.I just wish I could reread this book for the first time.