ABOUT THE BOOK
Seven years ago a stranger stole my future. My hopes, plans and dreams have been put aside in favor of basic survival, a skill I’ve honed at great personal cost.
The handsome cowboy who finds me walking home one day and takes it upon himself to be my transporter, the bringer of food and gifts, has demons of his own. Jacob says he understands struggle and suffering and expects no repayment, but in my experience everyone seeks their due.
When it becomes clear to Jacob that my son and I are in danger, he shelters us, giving me time and space to adjust, something he understands due to a past he won’t talk about.
I’ve been running from a ghost for seven years, hiding until I thought the storm had blown over. But returning home was my biggest mistake, because the past is only two steps behind.
I don’t expect Jacob to save me, and I’m beginning to realize he needs more than I can give. After a lifetime of feeling like I’m not enough, the thought of not being enough for him scares me more than the evil that hunts me.
MY REVIEW
Dear Lord! Ms. FitzGerald has written yet another beautiful love story. I don’t think I’ve cried that hard in a long time. Jacob and Emily are my new favorite broken couple. Behind Jacob’s charming cowboy/Nordic sex god magnetism and Emily’s hesitant sweet gestures, are deep-rooted painful nightmares.
Jacob Larsen is the epitome of charm and ruggedness and he captured my heart immediately. The women are lining up to climb the big, gorgeous cowboy, but he’s a damaged man who claims he’s unlovable. I beg to differ! Enter Emily Armstrong: the quiet, strong, unassuming woman who lives her unhappy life one unpredictable day at a time. Men aren’t high on her list. Especially pretty boys.
Jacob is such a kind and gentle giant who becomes Emily’s steadfast protector. The way he carefully sneaks his way into her extremely broken heart is a wonder to watch. He believes he does it because he understands how it feels to be hungry and alone, but Emily is more than a charity case, she is his salvation.
Emily’s life is a terrifying journey marked by a history of trauma and abuse. Hiding from her past, she is struggling to take care of Riley and her abusive alcoholic stepfather. When the gorgeous Jacob enters her life, she’s suspicious of his motives. In her experience when someone does something for you, they expect something in return. My heart broke for what this young woman went through and her lovely heartfelt thankful kisses she gives Jacob are meaningful and genuine. Something Jacob has not experienced.
The author skillfully peels back the layers of both Emily’s and Jacob’s own emotional turmoil, revealing the deep wounds and insecurities that plague them. Jacob and Emily are two souls deserving of unwavering compassion and understanding. Their individual journeys creates a mixture of raw emotions and profound revelations that had me angry and sobbing at times.
I was thrilled to see characters from the previous books who bring a sense of warmth and camaraderie to the story. Mark and Lana’s relationship is beautiful as they show Jacob how love is supposed to be. Ashley helps Jacob and Emily slay their dragons so they can open up about their feelings. The unconventional Mrs. Cooper has unorthodox ways of showing her affection, but she means well. And Riley. Oh, Riley. What an adorable little boy with so much love to give.
Ms. FitzGerald’s gorgeous writing wraps around your heart and will not let go. She is a master story teller with her realistic and relatable characters and her despairing and suspenseful storylines.
Pick up this book. Pick up this series. You will not be disappointed.
Wolf Mountain Ranchers Series
- Something Lost (2023) – My review
- Something Broken (2024) – My review
- Something Gained (2024)
- 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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