So, I purchased this anthology of seven stories called Romance through the Ages for $.99 (a CRAZY good deal), and Running Barefoot is one of the stories. I hadn't heard of this author or this book, but I was just trying to read through the entire anthology. 
 I HAD ZERO EXPECTATIONS. I WAS BLOWN AWAY. 
 WOW. I started reading this and couldn't stop. Life would drag me away, but even when I wasn't reading, I was still thinking about these characters. I usually read novels very quickly, but I read this one so slowly, just savoring every word. Relationships that could be "problematic" in another author's hands were handled so tastefully by Amy Harmon and worked so, so well. I loved Amy Harmon's writing style. I was completely captivated, and these characters felt real. There was so much chemistry it was palpable. (And I actually learned a ton, too, about everything from classical music to Native American legends.) 
 I totally cried. More than once. It's been awhile since I cried reading a book. 
 My only critique is that sometimes minor characters were introduced kind of choppily and then fell away only to come back kind of jarringly because I'd forgotten about them, but it's so not important because Amy Harmon got the two main characters perfectly right. 
 This one is going on the favorites shelf, and that's rare for me. I truly only put my very favorite books on that shelf, but this one's on it.