Series: Meadow Valley, #3
Traits & Tropes: age-gap (older heroine); temporary fling
Publication Date: 03.30.21
Genre/Setting: Contemporary/Western; California, USA
Heat Level: 1
Rating: 4/5
This year is a milestone birthday for Jenna Owens, and she wants a little taste of a happy ending for herself. She wouldn’t trade raising her nephews from teens to adults for anything, but she’s looking forward to two weeks just for herself on a peaceful California ranch. She did not expect a freak storm to leave her stranded at a stranger’s house with a charming and unfairly attractive cowboy who was only meant to give her a ride and now has her rethinking her rule against dating younger men. A vacation fling is beginning to sound like a fine idea.
Since his fiancé ripped his heart out six years ago, Colt Morgan has avoided serious relationships. But he does want a big family, so he has to get back in the dating saddle at some point and helping Jenna with her trip to-do list, which includes a vacation fling, begins to sound like a good place to start. As Colt truly comes to know Jenna, he realizes what’s developing between them is very real and begins to wonder if she could feel the same. Just when things are lining up, Jenna’s past throws a wrench in everything Colt has ever planned for his future and leaves them both reeling and unsure where to go from here.
Colt may just be the perfect man. I loved the small but sweetly caring things Colt and Jenna did for each other and the banter between them was charming and entertaining. Colt was so sweet with Jenna that I didn’t even mind too much that the steamy scenes were glossed over or fade to black. These two communicated fairly well and at least didn’t spend too much time avoiding each other when they hit snags, so I appreciated that. The strong and capable meets cinnamon roll hero is quite possibly my new favorite thanks to Colt. This book managed to be simultaneously cute and light while also addressing some serious issues and handling them quite tactfully. Also, any grand romantic gesture that includes a Frankie Valli song can’t go wrong.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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