ABOUT THE BOOK
His sister’s best friend wasn’t supposed to upend his life like this…
Ashley was a thunderbolt to Travis’s quiet, steady routine: eat, sleep, tend the ranch and grow the family assets. She found her way under his skin and when she left three weeks later, she took his heart with her.
Travis has never felt a connection to anyone like he’s felt with Ashley, but he allowed time, circumstances and a foolish decision to tear them apart. Now there are decades between them, thousands of miles, and though life has led them in very different directions, Travis’s sister engineers a second chance.
Ashley has never forgiven Travis for what he did, but as she helps him overcome the loss of his wife and loves his twin boys like her own, it’s becoming clear that Travis isn’t the problem at all.
MY REVIEW
Dear Lord! This story… My heart… It was worth waiting for Ashley and Travis’s story with all of its heartache, angst, and oh, so much hope.
The reader follows the journey of Ashley and Travis who are brought together by fate but kept apart by bad decisions and misunderstandings. Travis is a gorgeous, stubborn, and vulnerable man who runs a successful ranch in Montana. Ashley is a smart, sassy, and opinionated woman who is determined to make something of herself and not follow in her mother’s footsteps. The story is told through past and present narratives, giving us a glimpse into the lives of the characters over several decades.
I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to knock some sense into both Travis and Ashley. They were both afraid of getting hurt and making the wrong choices, which led to years of wasted time and missed opportunities.
Travis is controlled, pigheaded, and insecure and I chuckled as Ashley deliberately baited him and made him blush. I admire the fact that he respected Ashley’s wishes and held out for so long. The sexual tension was amazing! He is such a wonderful single dad who fucked up royally and, believe me, nobody hates him more than himself for losing the woman he loved most in the world. My heart was ripped open by his grief, and his desperate fight to get Ashley back was so worth the amazing ending.
Ashley impressed me so much. The minute she stepped onto that ranch she owned it. She wanted to work scooping horse shit and birthing cows. She had been raised on a dairy farm with four brothers so she knew hard work. I loved her confidence, her compassion, and her kindness. These traits make her excel in her career. And her sense of humor is priceless! I can’t tell you how many times I laughed out loud at her funny quips and comebacks. But most precious was watching this once-broken woman walk back into Travis’s life forgiving him and loving him and his boys like they were hers.
The supporting characters are superb. From Lana, Travis’s loving sister and Ashley’s best friend, to Aiyana, Travis’s wise and all-knowing housekeeper. Ashley’s brothers are a hoot and her Dad is a man any lucky girl could hope to have. Not to mention Lana and Mark from Book 1 appear with some problems and surprises of their own. Last but not least, Tristan and Timmy are the sweet little boys who tied it all up in a bow!
What I loved most about this book was the way it made me feel. The author did an excellent job of creating relatable, flawed, yet incredibly likable characters. I found myself rooting for Ashley and Travis, even when they were making mistakes, and I was so invested in their story that I couldn’t put the book down until I knew how it ended.
I highly recommend this incredibly romantic and unforgettable read. A great start to my new year!
Thank you to Ms. FitzGerald for giving me the opportunity to read this book with no expectation of a positive review.
Wolf Mountain Ranchers Series
- Something Lost (2023) – My review
- Something Broken (2024)
- Something Gained (2024) – My review
- Something Sacrificed (2024) – My review
- Something Saved (2024) – My review
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Erin was born in the Midwest to very patient parents, and grew up with one slightly less tolerant brother. She learned the value of hard work growing up on a dairy farm and has loved tractors, animals, pastoral scenes and obnoxiously loud trucks ever since.
She valiantly resisted learning to read until the second grade, much to her mother’s consternation. When the switch flipped she began devouring everything she could get her hands on, and the greatest source of punishment was to confiscate her books.
After a tertiary education and marriage, Erin and her husband moved to NYC, where they lived for ten years. There they had children and in addition to gaining “work experience,” began collecting an assortment of accidental and on-purpose pets.
Packing up the kids, the house and the pets, they relocated to central Florida for her husband’s work. There they bought a ramshackle foreclosure the family spent five years fixing up, with the running joke “We’ll finish the master bathroom and the house will be perfect–glorious! And then we’ll move.”
Two weeks after finishing the final project, the gut renovation of the master bathroom, her family did indeed pick up and move again. (Some would call that ironic, but Erin calls it prophetic and has learned to keep her mouth shut.)
Now living in the Metro D.C. area, Erin is a huge fan of grocery delivery services, the National Gallery of Art, every library and bookstore she’s ever seen, and she adores nothing more than a happy ending.
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