STOLEN DREAMS
Natasha Madison
Release Date: May 9
Blurb:
Lilah
I was left for dead when I was eighteen.
Coming to Mustang Creek Ranch gave me something to live for.
My boss is grumpy and reclusive.
But I'm secretly in love with him, even though he's made it known he'll never settle down.
Even though he's made it clear, he'll never be mine-or anyone's.
Emmett
I've kept my distance from Lilah for years. No matter how much I want her, she's off-limits.
The only family I will ever have are the ones I fought beside in battle-the family I chose.
Until the phone rang and I found out I had an eight-year-old daughter.
Watching Lilah with my daughter makes me wonder what it would be like to do the thing I swore I never would: have a family and fall in love.
When I move her into my house to keep her safe from the dangers of her past, all bets are off.
My Review
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Meet Natasha Madison:
When her nose isn’t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she’s in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It’s a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn’t listen to her…
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I wasn't sure how this book was going to be a part of the series and then I started reading it. Both characters are key parts of the equine therapy program and both characters have stories that made me cry like a baby. Throw in a surprise child and two very traumatic backgrounds and yeah I get it, this belongs in this series.
Emmett drove me nuts. But being a long term foster carer I completely understood his reasoning and felt the devastation for the child he had been when he lived it. Being a romance reader who wants her heroes all in and overly possessive I wanted to smack him in the head. But then he would go all cave man growling and I would think yes he's got it, only to flop back to keeping his distance.
Luckily for me Lilah was forged in fire and knew that she deserved more. Even if all she really wanted was Emmett. And despite all the concern around her past resurfacing she made adult decisions that kept her safety at the forefront while still protecting her heart from Emmett's hot and cold bs.
Normally for me I'm here for the heroes, in this book I couldn't get enough of Lilah. And obviously the secondary characters were great, what with the horses being part of the Barnes family enterprise. But that said Emmett did have his come to jesus moment. And despite it being Lilah led he was still a pretty good hero overall so I enjoyed the story and got all my feels. And now we have the next one to look forward to.
I stumbled across Lilah Raine by complete fluke and since then I've become obsessed. So, when this showed up on my kindle I squealed like a little girl and promptly dove in, adulting be damned, sorry kids. What I didn't realise beforehand was that it's the second book in a series and picks up where the last book ended. Now I want to say I think this one could be read as a standalone, but I don't know because I did read the last one. So, I would 100% recommend reading Caught by a Cowboy first.
But anyway, this one kicks off with Riley arriving as the new sheriff and freaking out the local vigilantes. One of whom happens to be Sawyer, who has already met Riley and had a one-night stand before waking up alone. So, there's a fair bit of wtf is she doing here mystery and wondering how much she knows and what she's planning to do about it.
Sawyer quickly becomes obsessed and then it's on. And I have to tell you I would have thrown my panties in the air and surrendered immediately with his dirty mouth and complete devotion aimed straight at me. But Riley had more fortitude, or this would have been a very quick book.
The HEA could have been a little longer and a whole lot dirtier for my liking. But then the rest of the book had us covered in the scorching hot stakes. The story was good and kept me guessing as to how the background drama was going to play out. The only bad thing is now I have to wait for the next book.
