Awesome book! Great read!
You have to read Noah and Gemma’s story. Was there something in the water?

"Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review."

Loved this book very much. It had just enough sweet romance and the storyline was great! I highly recommend!

After A Little Christmas Magic , there's no question that Noah's story was the one I most wanted to read. And voila! Here it is! Road to You was a lovely book for getting to know Noah.

He was an easy character to get to know and to love. His difficult growing up, his struggles to keep his secrets, his love for his teammates, and his ever-present guilt shone through everything. Even better, this was shown well. It wasn't a case of all tell and no show. Noah is a gentleman and a good friend, even as he is plotting to slowly continue to back away from the people who mean the most to him.

Gemma was a bit more of an enigma and it was much harder to get a handle on what she really wanted. Crusty and hardcore, Marietta and the love that encompassed the group there really wasn't her thing at all. She struggles against falling for the charms there, in part because of her feelings of ill-use at home. She wasn't as well drawn as Noah, despite having the stronger character arc. An odd blend of naiveté and worldliness, she is nonetheless blindsided by ugliness.

Which, of course, brings us to the nemesis in all this: Gemma's ex. He's an over-the-top unrealistic, mustache-twirling villain. I mean, in all seriousness, this guy drops Gemma, marries someone else, rubs Gemma's nose in it, tries his best to sabotage her career and then her love life. Obsessed is the only word that comes to mind and really, it's just too much. But, he's also a major player in the "Big Misunderstanding".

In the end, Marietta works its charm and Noah and Gemma make it all work out. Secrets are revealed, and love is lavished on everyone. The next book is set up. Oh, and there's goat yoga!

Road to You doesn't touch too too much on the military or PTSD, etc. But it is an enjoyable read and I'm looking forward to the next book in this series.

Road to You is a quick romantic read. I loved the chemistry between the journalist and veteran. The Marietta, Montana setting is captivating. I enjoy the small town feel. I’ve read several books by Barbara Ankrum and enjoyed them all. This is the perfect book for a quick escape to a HEA.

Gemma, big-time news journalist meets Noah, ex-Navy Seal in a contempory (western) romance.
This book is the story of two people who meet and hide their true selves. This story takes place on neutral ground, in a small town in Montana. Noah is going to a friend's wedding and Gemma is on assignment, writing about love! Both end up wishing that they had been honest from the beginning.
Cute and flirty characters with a great setting in Montana.

Road to You by Barbara Ankrum will be available June 7, 2018 from Tule Publishing. An egalley of this book was made available by the publisher in exchange for a honest review

This was extremely sweet read that I really enjoyed reading about. I really liked the characters and the secondary characters. I found the storyline was really unique and I loved the premise of a town being know for people falling in love. I cant wait to read more in this series.

It was cute and short read. A bit cheesy sometimes, but very low angst.
The H was rich and he wasn't a ManWhore. Surprise, right?
The h was ok.
No cheating, no OP scenes.

Hero, Noah Mathis, is ex-navy SEAL attending the wedding of one of his fellow SEAL brothers at a quaint little Montana town called Marietta. Journalist Gemma Wade has been sent to Marietta to write a piece about the township's disproportionate number of weddings compared to residents. Gemma screwed up her last investigative report and recognises this assignment as her both a punishment and her last chance to retain her job. She didn't count on falling victim to the potent, amorous enchantment of Marietta. In one spectacular chin grazing, blood-letting, dignity-to-the-wind fall, she caught the attention of Noah and they did some more falling over the next few days - falling in insta-love that is, as they get acquainted over pre- and peri-wedding activities. Problem is that Gemma discovers that Noah hides a secret identity, one even his band of brothers is unaware of. His alter ego, Eamon Connelly, is the shipping magnate the whole country is looking for after he mysteriously disappeared prior to an important business decision. Bigger problem is what is she going to do about this discovery and the fact that media-shy Noah is unaware of her real business in Marietta?

The book is a quick read, light on detail, light on passion, but altogether not a bad way to pass time.

This is a cute book about things backfiring from the get go. Gemma Wade is in Marietta, sent there by her newspaper after a story she wrote goes way south. Now, she is stuck in the personal interest column, writing about the epidemic of weddings and lasting love that has taken over the small Montana town.
Noah Mathis is in town for the wedding of a close armed forces buddy. He is also taking a break from his high profile family job and definitely not ever wanting any press about his life. Ba-bam! Enter Gemma and their secrets could ruin it all for them. She sees a story that should be told; he sees a life of covering up who he really is that should be revealed. But, not by her and not in the press. The backfiring begins from the moment they meet and hide who they are. The truth is , you cannot hide forever and somehow it will come back to bite you.

I absolutely loved this book. This is my first read from the author and won't be the last. The book is set in the town of Marietta Montana, which is a draw for me having read other books based in this beautiful small town where love is somehow always in the air. This book had a different twist making all the more enjoyable for me.
Gemma is a reporter based at a paper in Seattle, who has more than her share of current problems, mainly her job and thanks to a bad source on an article she wrote and was printed was forced to make a humiliating public apology and retraction. Gemma honestly feels her job is her life. Her identity is basically tied to her being a reporter. No life outside of that. Her ex fiancé now remarried and his current wife have their heads up her bosses backside and the ex is a jerk extraordinaire. Having been summoned by her boss, she thinks she's goin to be canned, but no he's sending her to Marietta to write what's called a "fluff" piece. Seems the town has more than it's share of weddings and rumors abound. Gemma feels punished, she waffles between being grateful to still have a job and just being angry. Off to Montana she goes to cover a wedding write a piece about the town. Of course she's not forthcoming about being a journalist.

Her first night there she meets Noah, who is in town for the wedding of one of his military "brothers"
He's avoided other events with them, but this one he felt like he just couldn't avoid nor did he want to miss and was also running from the other part of his real life that was closing in on him. Noah has his own story which you read about in the books and is so well written. At 18 he changed his name, left his family and joined the military and served with these men. They don't know Noah's life now and it eats at Noah.
When Noah and Gemma meet she doesn't tell him she's a journalist either. She does tell him she's a writer. The two of them are perfect together and I loved them and the whole cast of characters in this book and honestly can't wait for whatever comes next in this series. Back to the story. Noah and Gemma spend a lot of time together and they both love Marietta. When these two fall, they fell hard.

Neither knowing the others secret, Gemma really did intend to tell Noah but never found the right time. Always busy with something going on with the wedding. She does however rely on her best friend back home Frankie as a sounding board. Still at the office one night the ex overhears the conversation and finds out who Noah really is and that sends this story spinning off into a whole different orbit. When he does show up in Marietta, Noah gets his licks in which made me oh so happy and bounces him out of the hotel on his can.

Noah is angry, he never lets Gemma explain. He takes off for a quiet place to think, she's sitting in the local pub with one of the girls talking where the real story comes out and the bottom line is these two love each other. But has too much happened to trust each other? Can Noah talk to his fellow brothers and face his past? Can Gemma trust herself enough to stay strong or will she go home feeling defeated at the hands of the man who has ruined her life yet again? All these questions that keep you turning the pages and there are no give aways in this book. The author keeps you wondering right down to the wire. Solid writing and great characters and the backdrop of Marietta is perfect.
This is a great book for anyone to read. I look forward to the next one and have already backtracked to book one! Fantastic read!

advanced copy from NetGalley and Tule publishing for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was a light, quick read, which takes place in the small town setting of Marietta, Montana.
I guess we could say about both main characters that they’re not romantic people, but pragmatists, and in the end they assume responsibility for their own actions and forgive themselves and each other.
Yet, I had a hard time with the lying and identity hiding in this story. To a certain extent, I thought there was no need for it. Yes, I rooted for the hero, the wounded veteran with a tragic past, to whom the Army was the only place he felt he fit in, but hiding your true identity from your comrades (brothers, as Noah says) for so long? It’s not nice and I also found it a bit unbelievable.
Speaking of plausibility, I found it even more difficult buying into Gemma’s need to lie about her job when her initial intention was only to write a positive piece about Marietta’s propensity for good matches and happy marriages. And I will not comment about the professional ethics of it, or lack thereof.
The story was a bit predictable and tended to some clichés sometimes (the panic attack because of the fireworks), but it’s well written and Barbara Ankrum’s talent makes the characters interesting even with all their flaws, lies and mistakes. I can’t wait for the next story in this “Band of Brothers” series.

4.5☆
I always enjoy revisiting Marietta, Montana and its characters.

What I liked:
The writing style
The characters
Part of a series: Band of Brothers
Standalone
HEA
Epilogue

I look forward to reading the other books in this series.

A pleasant, if predictable, story about two meet and are drawn to each other even though they are both hiding major details about themselves. I have read one other book by this author and liked it so I was eager to give another book by her a try.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest opinion.

This read was so-so for me. I liked both characters, but it seemed far fetched that Noah kept his identity from everyone for so long. I also didn't buy into their romance as much because they fell in love over the course of a couple of days. I didn't dislike this read, but I didn't love it either.

This is the story of Noah and Gemma. Gemma is a journalist, whose career is going down fast. Not only was she left waiting in the aisle by her fiancé who cheated on her, but when the sources of her last article withdrew she found herself exposed and her job threaten. Her boss gave her a second chance asking her to write a piece for Marietta, a place where romance was exploding and there was a boom in marriages.

Noah is the son of the owner of a colloseum shipping company, publically known as Eamon Noah Connelly. When he was 16-17th years old he felt responsible for his sister abduction. And when a scandal broke out in the media with him and his family being the epicenter, he felt overwhelmed and decided to officially change his name to Noah Mathis. And soon afterwards he joined the military. He will leave a business deal in the middle to visit Marietta Montana to join to one of his "brothers" wedding.

Gemma on her first day in Marietta she will fall on a slippy path and she will bleed her chin and knee in front of Noah, who will jump in to help her. Soon he will be treating her as his plus one for the wedding and their easy going manner and chemistry will not pass unnoticed. But will they be able to ocercome the lies that lay between them? Will they survive? And how will his "brothers" react when they will learn the truth?

A wonderful and pleasant romance with a unique plot which I really enjoyed reading on a Sunday afternoon. I could not stop myself from reading greadily page after page and though used by other hot erotic books I did not miss at all the detailed abnd lengthy sex scenes.

The story of reporter Gemma, not a romantic after being jilted on her wedding day, but sent to write a story about Marietta, Montana, following a spike in the number of weddings there.

She ends up crashing a wedding party and meeting the mysterious Noah. She can't stop thinking about him, and when her research shows that there is more to him than meets the eye, she is torn between saving her job and the man she is falling for.

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for a voluntary review

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I loved that there was a hint of suspense in this romance. This book is the story of Gemma, a journalist who has been treated badly by her ex-fiancé, Ash, both in her relationship and at the paper they work for. Ash managed to ruin her last big story so her boss sends her to Marietta Montana to write a fluff piece on the weddings there and romance. Upon her arrival Gemma meets Noah who is in town for friends’ wedding. They hit it off and Noah invites her to join in the pre wedding. Events and the wedding. Noah’s friends all accept Gemma. In her research Gemma discovers that Noah is really a rich mogul named Eamon. None of his friends know this. She works on an article on him to help her declining career. Ash gets wind of this and shows up in MT. What ensues next is very exciting and romantic. What a wonderful story. This is the second book I’ve read by Ms. Ankrum and I hope to read more. Easily a 5 star winner!

Road To You by Barbara Ankrum is the second book in the contemporary romance Band of Brothers series. As with most books of this genre this one features a new couple coming together so it reads rather well as a standalone if choosing to do so.

This story is set in my favorite small town of Marietta, Mt where Gemma Wade and Noah Mathis have crossed paths. Gemma is a reporter that after a bit of a mess up in her last assignment her boss has sent her to Marietta to do a fluff piece on weddings. Thankful to not be fired though Gemma sets off to Montana to try to win back her job.

Noah has come to the charming small town to attend the wedding of some close friends with his other ex Navy Seal team members. When Noah runs into Gemma outside a wedding get together he invites her into the event and Gemma thinks what better way to do a wedding story but from the inside. However, with Gemma not admitting to being a reporter and Noah with his own secrets to hide it will be a rocky start for this couple.

The idea of hiding identities isn’t at the top of my list of favorite romance tropes but I was willing to overlook this to take yet another trip to the lovely town of Marietta. Thankfully Noah and Gemma were both likable characters which made it easy to root for each when I got to know them. As always too there were the normal landmarks and charm of the town to fall in love with as the characters grew their relationship making this a nice little quick read I’d rate at 3.5 stars.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.