Release Date: September 7
Reed
I never wanted to be a cowboy, living in a small town was suffocating.
The military was my out.
I saw every place I ever wanted and everything that nightmares are made of.
Until I almost lost my life and then I ended up back home.
Hazel
Finding out that I was pregnant the night before I left for college changed everything. I left that small town and vowed to never return.
When my grandfather died, I had no choice but to go back home.
The plan was just for two weeks.
I thought it would be quick and easy, until he was standing at the back door asking questions.
Secrets never stay secrets for long in this town.
I just want to know what it will take to be adopted into the Barnes family. I swear they all get sweeter with each book. And the description of the beautiful country and idyllic town just makes me want to pack up and head off.
Reed and Hazel had a quick quiet fling before both going off their own separate ways. When Hazel's grandfather passed away, she returns home to finalize his affairs. At the same time Reed is home while recovering from an injury and they obviously bump into each other.
This review is pretty hard to write without spoilers because it feels like everything, I want to squee over is a spoiler. But I can tell you that this book very much fits in with the rest of the series. And if you haven't read the rest of the series, it can be read as a nice, drama free standalone.
Obviously, I enjoyed the book. I spent a lazy day in bed unable to put it down and the teaser for the next book has me racing over to Goodreads to add it to my TBR.
Release Date: July 27
Amelia
Never make the same mistake twice is my motto.
After being left in the dust of an old pickup truck, I promised that I would take care of myself
and never trust another man with a sexy smirk and cowboy boots.
Then he showed up, and he’s everywhere I turn. He's at the barn, he's at the bar, and now, he's my roommate.
He makes me want things I shouldn’t
Asher
I grew up in foster care, and on my eighteenth birthday, I was set free.
I spent years coasting from town to town.
Staying wasn’t a part of my plan and neither was love, especially with someone off limits.
This was all supposed to be temporary.
I’m just hoping my secret doesn’t destroy the only family I’ve ever known.
Buried secrets are never buried for long.
Ok so there were some pretty serious series spoilers in this book. And having been warned about them before I started the book (e.g. don't say anything about the spoilers or risk death) I was very excited to get into it. Because this series has been a massive rollercoaster of secrets and danger and betrayal, and I've loved it.
Having them all so intertwined and involved in each other's stories means I'm equally as invested in most of the secondary characters as I am with the mains. And getting to see life continue with kids and dogs and such for previous couples is great. So when we get the next book I already feel like I know at least half of the couple.
Asher and Amelia were off the charts with their chemistry. But Amelia tried hard to fight it. One of the things I love most about this series is that the hero is so masculine and protective, yet they always find themselves unworthy of the ladies. And then we have these beautiful women falling in love with these guys and showing them how awesome they are.
Obviously, I enjoyed it. The series is great, and I love the writing style. Every time I finish one I can't wait for the next one. And this times no different. Toodles
Release Date: June 1
Natasha Madison is one of those auto one click authors. Every time I pick up one of her books, I know I am going to get a great story, awesome characters and just enough drama to keep me invested. And it's the perfect line between insta love and romance.
At
the end of the last book, I was dying to get my hands on this one. Firstly,
because I wasn't ready to put the book down (although with this series, I never
am) and secondly because of Quinn's reaction, I just knew his story would be a
good one. These guys are this weird mix of cowboy and bad arse and it just
works.
Quinn
is more of the cowboy side of things but growing up in his family he still goes
in with guns blazing. And from the second he saved Willow he was all sweet,
caring, protective guy. I couldn't get enough of him, well maybe he could have
been a little more growling alpha but that probably wouldn't have worked for
Willow.
Because
when we first meet Willow, she's so beaten and broken that she really needs
Quinn's softer side. And the slow burn, hot chemistry with these two was
perfect. I really enjoyed this book and of course the family rallied, and we
got loads of them. And thankfully there's more of this series in the works and
I'm so there for it.
Release Date: April 6
Some secrets have a way of coming back and haunting us, no matter how much we try to bury them.
Chelsea
Coming back home was supposed to be normal.
Not that my life had ever been normal, but it was getting there.
Then I opened the door and found a man—broken, bloodied, and fighting for his life.
I don’t know why, but I said I would take care of him. I had to. Needed to.
He was a mystery, showing up from out of nowhere. But he might have already stolen my heart.
Mayson Carey
The only thing I have ever wanted in my entire life was to forget who I was. Joining the military helped me do this.
Keep your head down and glide through life was my new motto. No strings, no relationships. Nothing.
Everything was working until a knock at the door had me face-to-face with the reason I was running.
So I ran—I fell into her arms, and she fell into my heart, but I know better than to think it’ll last.
Some secrets have a way of coming back and haunting us, no matter how much we try to bury them.
Ahhh no, you can't just end it there like that. Seriously I feel so unresolved, and I need to be lead to a safe stopping point. Ok so maybe that's a tad bit melodramatic since we did kind of get most of the resolution we needed and obviously we are getting the next story picking up at this point but that was mean.
Ok false alarm I turned the page and the epilogues were perfect and helped me breathe through my panic. Now I'm just dying even more for the next book because that was a killer teaser for the new character.
Chelsea was such an awesome character from the first page I was rooting for her to win over Mayson. Not because he didn't want to be won over but because he was so broken by his history, he needed convincing he was worthy. But obviously Chelsea saw what we all knew and fell hard for him.
It helped that all of Mayson's reluctance was based solely on Chelsea's safety and worth and not on a single other thing. He was absolutely perfect for Chelsea and fit so well into the whole family. I loved seeing the relationship develop between them and her family's reactions. And I really loved getting more of everyone. I started this series thinking it was only a few books, but I am delighted every time new books are added.
And thankfully it isn't too long a wait for the next book, even if it will feel like forever.
EmilyI fell in love with him when I was fourteen. Under the stars, he told me he loved me, and under the stars we promised to love each other always. But under the stars, he broke my heart by walking away.
He left me without a second glance. I was just an afterthought.
Maybe.
It’s time I get my happily ever after, even if part of me wishes he was still mine.
This book has been lingering in the back of my thoughts since I started the series. It's something I have experienced first-hand, finding out by accident that my parents aren't actually my parents. And it's hard to express how much that fundamentally changes you. How it fractures your relationship with the people closest to you.
Because despite nothing changing, everything you think you know about yourself is suddenly wrong. And the people you have trusted have lied to you for your entire life. So I completely understood where Ethan was coming from, BUT I couldn't justify his actions.
Emily was such a sweetheart and knowing how in love they were, I couldn't grasp how Ethan could have walked away. So, I was glad when Emily didn't just roll over and welcome him home. I was even more glad to see him realise the pain and devastation he left behind and set about making amends.
The love and chemistry between these two was awe inspiring. I felt like they were inevitable from the start. And I really loved this conclusion to their family drama. I can't wait to see the next lot of secrets that Natasha has in store for us next year.
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.
