This is a heartwarming and heartfelt story. I enjoyed reading about this two characters. Its a page turner and well written. I enjoyed the storyline.
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Oh my goodness, y'all - this book hit me in the feels. I chuckled, I swooned, and I teared up a few times too.

Montana Dreams focuses on Harrison/Blackwell sister Peyton - a workaholic and the oldest sister of the group. She's also the only one who wasn't totally floored by the revelation that their biological father was Thomas Blackwell, not Rudy Harrison. As such, there are a lot of emotional layers to be worked through with her sisters as well as in her own heart. But that only be done if she learns to look up from her laptop & her phone and engage life again.

Enter Matteo and his adorable little boy Gino (who will melt your heart and break it a little too).

Matteo is Peyton's hotty-hot bodyguard, and I loved having this dash of suspense in the story. Excuses for love interests to stay up close and personal with each other in potentially tense situations are always a win in my book! But there's so much more to Matteo than 'just' being a swoony bodyguard. He's also a daddy who loves his little boy fiercely and would do anything to make sure Gino knows he's loved and wanted. Gino's big, earnest heart and sensitive spirit make sure he steals the show more than once, and his absolute love for Peyton will warm even the Grinch's cold heart.

Bottom Line: Watching both Peyton, Matteo and Gino each come alive in Montana was my favorite part of this novel - well, besides the plenty-of-sparks romance of course. Because #priorities haha. The characters were all multi-layered and richly developed, both main and secondary characters, and I continue to enjoy the overarching subplot of trying to find out what happened to Thomas Blackwell. This is my favorite of the series so far (though I've enjoyed them all), and I can't wait to read the last two!

(I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.)

Montana Dreams is part of the Blackwell Sisters series and follows the Return of the Blackwell Brothers series. While it is part of a series and I do feel you'll better connect with the characters if you read at least the Blackwell Sisters books, you can read this as a stand alone. Just be warned once you meet these characters you'll want to read ALL of the stories in both series!

Montana Dreams is Peyton's story and what a story it is. Anna J Stewart always writes characters you'd like to know in real life. They are believable, well-written, and engaging. The story is at turns heartwarming and heart wrenching. Watching these characters, Peyton and Matteo find their way and their love....it's well worth the time! You'll fall in love with not only the characters but also the setting. I look forward to reading more in this series and to reading more from author Anna J. Stewart. I highly recommend Montana Dreams to EVERYONE!

Montana Dreams by Anna J Stewart is the third installment of the Blackwell Sisters. I personally haven't read the previous two books and didn't feel lost but at certain turning points I wish I had read them first so I had more knowledge of what to expect.

Peyton is a workaholic trying to find the man of her dreams through a matchmaker. She has so much guilt built up about lying to her sisters from the time she was seven till they were all grown. Work is her outlet to escape the guilt but someone is coming after her for something she has done and the only way to lay off the grid till the find the culprit is to face the family she is running from.

Matteo is a bodyguard whom hates having to watch his charge on blind dates. He knows none of these men are right for her but it isn't his place to step in. He will do his job and protect her no matter what the cost even if he has to take his 6 year old son to Montana on assignment to a dude ranch.

The love that overflows on the Blackwell Ranch is overflowing and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love the safe at home feeling I get when reading about them.

I loved the chemistry between these two!

Peyton is a high-powered VP, the eldest sister of five girls, and the only one who knew that Rudy, their dad, was really their stepfather. Now that the secret has been discovered, she has to work on repairing her relationships with each of her younger sisters.

This story starts with Peyton having to accept a bodyguard when someone start threatening her at her work. When the threats turn deadly, she’s forced to hide out at the Montana ranch belonging to her newly-discovered family. Matteo is happy to protect Peyton in Montana, away from the threat in California, but the last-minute addition of his son, Gino, to the trip throws a wrench into all his plans.

I loved how Peyton connected with Gino, and how she instinctively knew what to do to engage him with his schoolwork. The story beautifully explores all the emotional conflict Peyton is feeling as she connects with relatives she isn’t sure she’s ready to accept. The author takes a head-on approach to the overall theme of fathers leaving and parental abandonment without becoming heavy-handed or melodramatic.

I really enjoyed the chemistry that these two have, and the easy way they worked together. Their love story was sweet and believable, and I admired the way the author included Gino throughout and treated him like a real child rather than the usual perfect (yet boring) offspring. The path to their HEA took a rather unexpected turn as Peyton comes up with a solution that goes against everything Matteo was working for, resulting in some truly honest self-reflection for both that only made their reconciliation that much stronger.

The corporate espionage part of the story was just enough to fuel the plot without taking unnecessary risks. My only issue is that, probably due to having different authors, this book had a bit of a problem matching up the childhood timeline with that of the earlier books, but it wasn’t enough to throw off the story. As the middle book in the series of five sisters, it perfectly balances the romance and the ongoing family drama. I’m looking forward to seeing how it all eventually unfolds. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.