2.5 stars
Wild is a second chance love story. I was not satisfied with the story, I read plenty of better one. The story is predictable with mediocre characters in which I didn’t fell in love. Thatcher and Abby what can I say about them? Abby marries her friend and Thatcher arranges it. And then he doesn’t notice that their marriage is platonic? I don’t know for me the plot is just wrong. Iti s just that everything dissapointed me. Just maybe the turtle was funny.
I volunteered to review an ARC of this book for Netgelly

I really, really hate to give negative reviews, but I can't do anything but give this one a negative because it's pretty bad. Wild has a "hero" who abandons his girlfriend when she's pregnant and convinces his friend to marry her so her virtue will be intact and the people of their small town won't think less of her. His big reason for bailing on his girlfriend and son? Because he was young, stupid and didn't want to be a bad father like his own father is. Yeah, and that's a really, really good reason to bail on one's responsibilities! NOT! Ugh, I can't even tell you how mad this whole premise made me.

Anyway, it's 5 years later and Thatcher (the "hero") has been notified by his late grandfather's attorneys that if he wants the rest of the money from his estate he has to prove he has legal custody of a child. Thatcher needs that money so he can bail out one of his stores. So what does he do? He decides to claim custody of his son, even though his friend is the one his son calls Daddy. Then Thayer (the son) and his mom, Abby are left homeless when their home is destroyed by a fire, so Thatcher brings them to live with him. And of course, Abby of no spine, falls into bed with him because she loves him and hasn't ever gotten over him, even though she was married to his friend. But wait, that marriage, that is now no longer, as they've divorced, was a sexless, loveless marriage, so her orgasms the whole 5 years since have been from her own hand (and by toys). Yeah...

I can't even tell you how much I cringed the entire time I was reading Wild. Thatcher is a serious ass to have bailed on his responsibilities to his child. Yes, he was scared and young, but so what. If you are old enough to have sex, then you're old enough to raise the child that comes from having sex. No ifs ands or buts about it. And then there's Abby. She has zero spine. Well, she has a little when she finds out Thatcher's little agenda. Other than that, though, she was ridiculous. The whole story was just blah. There wasn't much of a connection that I could see between the two other than sex. The sex scenes were pretty hot, but the emotions? Blah, bland, nothing much there. Douchenozzle hero, spineless heroine. The only good thing was Thayer (he's adorable) and his turtle, Spider-Man, and the sex scenes. Other than that, nothing much to recommend about this one.

I loved this book I was hooked from the very first page and I couldn't put my kindle down while reading this book this is the first book that I have read by this author and I will be reading more of this authors work in the future because I enjoyed this one so much. I loved the romance and the connection between the characters and I enjoyed the characters as individuals

This was a fantastic read and i really enjoyed it and can't wait to read the first one in this series as this was a really great and totally liked it. It was a beautiful story about leaving the past behind, making a fresh start and never giving up on the person you love. Can't wait for more by this author. Would totally recommend this is to everyone. Left review on Amazon.uk

It was a good read and i enjoyed it can't wait to read the first one.this was a really sweet read and i really liked it would recommend.

an ok read, but could not stand Thatcher

Thatcher thought he was doing the right thing 5 years ago, having his best friend marry the woman he loved and got pregnant. He gave no reason, but the reasons surface later on in the book. Reasons he avoided giving Abby as long as he could. They live in a tiny town, Thatcher owns the feed store and one day Abby comes in with their son Thayer who is 4 looking for a suitable home for his turtle.
Any one with eyes could see that Thatcher was Thayer's father. He was good with the boy and Abby was polite. Other than this these two avoided seeing each other for the last 5 years. He never got over Abby nor she him. That day when she got home her divorce papers were in the mail. She and Adrian had quietly decided to divorce. They were best friends, not husband and wife. No sex, no love. Just a dad for Thayer and living with a friend. Adrian had met someone and she didn't want to hold him back and so together they made the decision. Adrian must have been a hell of a guy and a damn good friend.
When Abby's house burns down circumstances are such that Adrian is out of town, Thatcher doesn't know about the divorce and she and Thayer agree to stay the night at Thatcher's. Her mom's house is under renovation and she has no room. Her mom keeps telling Abby to give Thatcher a chance. But Abby has been carrying a lot for the last 5 years. It's not so easy just to let the man who pawned off his pregnant girlfriend and child on his buddy.
Then enter the twist in the story, when Thatcher's grandfather died he inherited half the estate. The other half to be inherited he later finds out when Thatchers claims custody of his heir. So Thatch's wheels are turning. One of his three stores isn't doing well and he needs the money. Can he take Abby to court to get custody of Thayer. Especially now that their living together and things are settling into a little normal pattern and Abby is beginning to trust him. Still holds back but the sparks between these two are crazy. Meanwhile there's another fire in town and then another. Thatcher decides to close the store that isn't doing well. All goes well until Abby finds the papers from the estate on the counter at the store. She totally loses her shit, as she well should have and walks out.
When Thatcher comes home they are gone. Not one speck of them left behind. So what happens to these two? Who is starting the fires? What about Thayer? All these and more answered in the book.
The operative for me was really what kind of man surrenders the woman he professes to love and is pregnant as a deal with his best friend?? Seriously!!
There were many times I wanted to yank Thatcher by the collar and give him a good shake. The man child acted like a 12 year old, sadly he knew that. Abby I liked, glad when she jerked him a new one.
I thought it was great everyone in town knew Thayer was his kid and he didn't know it. Just goes to show you. So my end take was that Abby was going to have to raise two boys. Shakes head.
That's a wrap.

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Not my favorite. I just couldn't get over her doormat tendencies and her seeming inability to do anything for herself. Add in her poor me routine and I was done. The whole premise annoyed me. He won't step up as a dad so he makes his best friend marry her because he owes him a favor, and she agrees to marry the best friend. What? And then she is mad at him because he fell in love. And how can her mom keep the baby overnight several times, but she can't stay there because of renovations, even though her house burned down. What? No. There wasn't anything wrong with the writing, but the,plot was contrived and the heroine unlikeable.

Thatcher is in denial at times, “no. I’m not afraid of the turtle. I just don’t want to hold it. I’d rather drink another beer.” Abby knows how to set some ground rules for her man, “funny. No, like if you want to keep getting into my panties, you’re going to have to man up. Be a dad or no panties for you.” I loved this book, it was sweet and heart-warming.

Wild by Ashley Bostock is the second book in the Small Town Romance Series that was published on May 2, 2017 and is a general fiction romance novel. The love story of Thatcher and Abigail who were sweethearts years ago are suddenly thrown back together because of a hidden secret right as Abigail’s life changes. Secrets sometimes are hidden for a reason making you wonder how this secret they share effects their lives and the future. She goes from married with a child to divorced and living with her old boyfriend all within a week’s time making this a fun romantic read. I look forward to reading this third book in this series