Another wonderful love story by Kris Bryant. This is the first time I'm reading a story set in the state of Alaska. It seems like a place I would like to visit. The chemistry between the protagonists and the description of the places around is simply breathtaking!

This is the second book I read by Kris Bryant. The first was [Jolt]. [Breakthrough] was another well written and well developed romance. I love how Kennedy is both self assured and incredibly akward. The easy banter between the two women as they become friends and more was spot on. I hope to read more books by Bryant.

Charming and compelling. A romance that warms the heart. The story is full of humour as the city girl tackles the wilderness and mainly fails, but thankfully is rescued by the butch ranger. The plot also manages to add suspense and a conservation message. Delightful. Only one problem - I want a raccoon now and it’s going to be hard to find one in England.

3.5 stars 

This is a charming fish-out-of-water romance set in Alaska. 

Kennedy Wells is a journalist who specialises in writing about celebrities in LA. A brief affair with one of her subjects lands the magazine with a lawsuit, and Kennedy is put in the doghouse by her boss for six months. She sees a way out by agreeing to report on fishing in Alaska for a sister magazine, the only way she’d even think of getting her Jimmy Choos dirty. 

Day one in Alaska and a moose gets cranky and sits on her stationary hire car, destroying it. Saved from a belligerent moose by Brynn Coleman who was passing by, Kennedy finds someone to guide her in foreign territory. It is just fabulously handy that Brynn is a smoking hot, single lesbian and the director of Alaska’s Wildlife Rescue and Sanctuary. 

There is a lot to enjoy in this book by Bryant. There is a lovely sense of humour, and a light touch that is evident throughout. Kennedy is smart and capable, and resilient enough to keep going even when things aren’t going well in the luck department. Bryant has kept her the core of the book, and with good reason. Kennedy is likeable and feisty, honest, and very human once she leaves LA. She could have been written as a fashion diva, but Bryant has been clever enough to avoid some of those traps and keep Kennedy as a very relatable character.

Brynn is less well written, but she is a good foil for Kennedy. There were a lot of entertaining antics in the first half of the book, at which point it took a slightly darker turn. However, Bryant didn’t give up the light touch, and the book never deviates from its main genre of romance. It feels like a cohesive book as a result.

I did think that the emotional connection between the two main characters shifted a bit too quickly towards the end, and it would have been good to see more development of this before the conclusion. This was necessarily rushed due to other elements in the plotting, but it felt like the romance needed more time to solidify than was given to the characters. 

I did enjoy this book. It is a delightful and light romance with some lovely humour throughout.

Advanced reading copy provided by NetGalley for an honest review.

“Loved it”, a really nice romance with actual chemistry, the characters were really great, I found myself chuckling at Kennedy, she’s what I would call a dosey cow and Wally the raccoon made me want to jump in the book and steal him :0.
oh I’d better mention that the sex scenes were very sexy and nicely done, I loved the push and pull of this romance, it wasn’t boring or average at all, it was funny, sexy and had an interesting storyline, kept me glued and for once i picked a romance that didn’t bore me to death!

Wow! This one was just fantastic. The scenery, the characters, the incidents everything about this book is phenomenal. I am so glad Kris shared some of her adventure in Alaska with us in this story. 
Anyway, this story is quite believeable since I know how easily priorities change and people become more personable when we remove the trappings of luxury, television and general city life problems from them. Kennedy pretty much goes through a change in priorities and finds live along the way. I was happy for her because she was nice but shallow and definitely not living but merely running through her life before she met Brynn. 

Definitely recommend this one.

It’s a sure bet that you can look forward to a good tale as told by Kris Bryant. Breakthrough keeps her winning streak going when we are introduced to celebrity gossip writer, Kennedy. Oh my God, what a Southern California princess she is! The hilarity ensues practically the minute she lands in Alaska where the wilderness and wildlife are unforgiving when it comes to ostentatious divas like herself. Luckily the rather dashing ranger, Brynn comes to her rescue multiple times. Suddenly, the world begins to focus in technicolor and eventually there is a cleansing that Kennedy begins to feel, from the inside and out while being in the pure wilds of Alaska and in Brynn’s presence. She realizes she has completely fallen down the Hollywood rabbit hole of superficial relationships with a shallow obsession of appearances that is deeply tied to her self-worth, and it's a bitter pill to swallow. Their romance has a fairly-tale feel to it set in modern day with a bit of suspense in a surprising subplot of danger that Kennedy faces with some daring poachers. The biggest surprise of all is that the star of this book really is the beautiful wilderness of Alaska itself, and how it dramatically affects everyone it touches.

Oh how I love a Kris Bryant tale. This one was fantastic!  Kennedy was a SoCal princess who  was sent to Anchorage for a story. It was immediately clear that she was totally out of her element. The things that happened to her in this novel not only made me laugh out loud but shake my head at the same time. But she never gave up. Brynn was her savior many times and was a total sweetheart.. Their romance build up was great and it wasn’t so angst filled that I had to roll me eyes. Wally......now I want a pet raccoon. I love this book and highly recommend this book to everyone who loves a great romance! Thanks Kris for another great read!