This is the book you would get if Hallmark and Yellowstone had a baby.

Thank you to the author, NetGalley, and Harlequin Audio for the audioARC!!!

In this story the reader gets to ride alongside Bix as she learns what it means to find herself in a world she was unprepared to belong to. Bix is a early twenties aged woman who grew up around unsavory family members who ran a bootlegging business. Now free from those ties, Bix must learn how to live in a world she was unprepared for. She was unprepared for social interaction. She was unprepared for planning a future. She didn't trust the law. She didn't trust kindness, and she trusted men least of all. Enter Daughtry King, a law man who is equally unprepared for the tiny, sassy, woman he found poaching his fish and making moonshine on his property. Not to mention, barely surviving! This is their story of redemption, growth, and finding each other against the odds.
Highly recommend for a quick, heartfelt read!

No regrets!!!!

Just like that we are onto the final family in the Four Corners series! The Outsider is book ten in the series and follows Bix Carpenter and Daughtry King.

Bix has had a hard life until she meets Daughtry. She is wild, stubborn, independent, kind, innocent and sweet. He gives her hope for a better life than what she grew up with. Her growth over the course of the book was one of my favorite parts! She really grew into herself.

Daughtry finds Bix essentially squatting on his land one day after her van broke down. From one look at her he knew she needed help. He is grumpy, protective, sweet and so freaking considerate. He wanted to take care of Bix and help show her that she can do anything she sets her mind to.

The narrator Samantha Cook really brought these characters to life and I really enjoyed her performance. This book was so sweet and I loved every second of it. I could not stop listening! Maisey Yates writes such wonderful characters and I can’t wait for the next one!

This book can be read as a standalone or as part of the series! If you love a good slow burn Western romance, this just might be the book for you!

You will love this book if you like:
- Western / Small town
- Forced proximity
- Found family
- Slow burn

Thank you to Maisey Yates, Harlequin Audio, and The Hive for this gifted ALC.

A small town, cowboy, opposites attract romance that had me rooting for the FMC the whole time!

Bix has never had it easy in life, and when her van leaves her stuck in a small town, Daughtry ends up helping her out and in the process learns she’s so much more than the rough, wild, independent girl she claims!

-Small town
-Forced proximity
-Found family
-Spice

I listened to the audiobook and found it so easy to listen to, follow along, and swoon right beside Bix, the FMC!

Highly recommend for any romance, small town romance, or cowboy romance lovers!

I can’t get past him saying he still saw her as a “scrappy kid” while being attracted to her. I liked the concept of this book but that really gave me the ick.

The outsider. I always enjoy maisy Yates books and this one doesn’t disappoint. Bik and gentry both had a traumatic childhood. When they meet. They heal before they can love

I really liked the setup of this book. Bix is different from most FMCs I've met and I really liked that. Her growth was incredible.

I can't say the same for the MMC haha, but he's decent enough haha.

I struggled with the end a little bit. Sooo much happens in the last tiny bit of the book that there's no good breather or wrap up once the couple gets together.

This book definitely could have benefited to having two narrators instead of just the one. I think having a woman narrate both the FMC and MMC POVs is a little underwhelming.