https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2281961426?type=review#rating_151046195

Book received from Netgalley and Bold Strokes Books for an honest review.

I was pleasantly surprised by this novel and ended up enjoying it much more than I had anticipated I would. Kat is being harassed by her mother’s lawyer with constant phone calls. She has no interest in her mother after 10 years of estrangement and it’s not like it’s her mother who is calling. DJ is getting tired of being hung up on and decides to make a visit to the ranch Kat owns under the pretext of just being a guest. 

The story is much more complicated than the blurb suggests and is also a little longer than most romance novels. The family dynamics as they are revealed are filled with secrets are lies. In some ways it was a lot like a drama-filled soap opera and I quite enjoyed that aspect of it. This probably reduces the plausibility of the novel but I’m not reading in the romance genre for reality (although I don’t mind it when it rears it’s head).

I found that the story lagged in parts and if there had been more dialogue to portray the events it would have moved the story faster than long tracts of narrative. Wanting to know what would happen got me through those parts. The issue of DJ’s deception would normally be a complete downer for me but in this case it wasn’t.

On the whole, it was a good enough read to while away some free time.

Loved this book! DJ is a corporate attorney and Kat is recovering from the loss of her wife. The book weaves some complex storylines, but the characters depth of love, empathy, honesty and vulnerability are felt throughout the story. The supporting characters Rebecca and Virgil are hilarious. This is a heartfelt book about love and forgiveness. I highly recommend this book.

This started out ok (although I dislike books that are based on a lie because you’re always just waiting for the reveal). The characters were fairly interesting and their interactions were flirty/fun. 
But after about the 1/3 mark it just delvoles into a mess of a soap opera. 

I was annoyed that Dani didn’t come clean with Kat before getting together with her, especially as she had ample opportunities, and had already confessed her true purpose to Virgil. But that was far from the only storyline that bothered me. I could understand Kat falling out with her parents, but not why she abandoned her sister. Rebecca is supposed to be this ruthless corporate shark but isn’t really. There’s also a ridiculous villain, even more ridiculous family ties, and everything is interlinked in ways that just made my eyes roll. Then the story just ends and is tied up in a rushed epilogue.  

Can’t recommend this one. 2 stars.