Thank you to Social Butter PR, KA Tucker and Netgalley for a copy of this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

In this highly anticipated sequel to The Simple Wild, Calla Fletcher takes a giant leap and moves to Alaska to be with her handsome bush pilot boyfriend Jonah. While living in a log cabin with acres of land surrounding them, she struggles to find her purpose in this foreign land. With Jonah gone more than he's home, she's left to fend for herself as she deals with dangerous wildlife, one neighbor who is determined to turn her into a true Alaskan and another who is ready to shoot her any minute. Soon, she's wondering if she's doomed to follow in her mother's footsteps.

Real talk ... I was nervous about this sequel. After loving The Simple Wild so much, I didn't know if this could live up to it, but this. was. beautiful! Once again, KA Tucker makes the Alaskan landscape come alive in my mind and I'm ready to book a trip! I love a HEA ending but few books write about what happens after that - all the disagreements and feelings that couples naturally go through as they navigate a relationship towards marriage. I laughed (loved Calla and Roy's relationship) and I cried and now I'm just sad that I'm finished with this amazing story.

So I may have squealed when I saw the widget for this book in my email, but you should expect nothing less if you've read The Simple Wild (I loved that book). Then I decided to start it at 8:30 once the kids were in bed so I could read part of it uninterrupted, but I'm sure you can all imagine how well that went. One minute I'm 30% in and within normal bedtime range, then next thing I know I've just finish the book and it's 2:30 in the morning. It's been well established that I lack self control when it comes to books so this should surprise noone (I regret nothing😂). So let my actions speak themselves and go preorder this one ASAP!

What I loved about this book:

1. I'll be the first to admit I thought Calla was a tiny bit annoying when I first started reading The Simple Wild, but by the end she had redeemed herself a bit. While she had character growth in book one, it doesn't compare to how much her character grows in Wild at Heart. She is vulnerable, selfless, and relatable as her and Jonah try to make Alaska work for them both.

2. This book takes place in Alaska and the description of the setting alone is enough to make me want to visit. But when Tucker describes the community where they live and how they all take care of each other, I actually started considering moving there. Now I'm not actually going to move there because it gets way too cold for me, but it sounds like a paradise when reading along.

3. The best part of this book is that it is about two loveable characters choosing each other and trying to make their relationship work. So often romance books end after two people find their way together and then the HEA is implied, but Wild at Heart is about a relatable couple who are trying to figure out real life problems. I love reading romances about couples and how they deal with real life issues.

This was an addictive, but enjoyable book with all the sass, chemistry, banter, and adventure I was looking for. I loved The Simple Wild, but LOVED Wild at Heart. Tucker was able to continue with Calla and Jonah's story so perfectly that this book left me wanting nothing other than book three. I NEED a book three, pretty please tell me there will another book.