2.5 stars

I had a hard time with the conflicts in the story. It's easy to dismiss the importance and drive for financial security when you have always been wealthy and never had to worry about paying your bills, so Chance's disdain of Molly's motivation for success came across as self-indulgent and annoying. And Molly - working endlessly to give her 3 year EVERY SINGLE THING he wants - nah. Think of the self-indulgent monster you are raising. One of the reasons Molly dismissed a relationship with Chance was because he came from money - yet that's all she worked for. That seems so hypocritical to me.

I've read dozens of Thacker's books and she always delivers a satisfying story. I love that so many of her's are westerns as a good western romance is not always plentiful. She ranks right up there with the best of them. I love that family is at the root of all of her stories and love the humor that she mixes in.

Molly is a single mother and though I gotta give her points for being a super Mom, I didn't much like that she seemed to think that material things were the most important thing in life. Luckily, Chance is able to overlook that and see the real Molly. Frankly, I felt like slapping her silly a couple of times. Braden, Molly's son, was so adorable. Toss in a kid and a cowboy and you'll hook me every time.