Susan F. (scoutmomskf) -
Good addition to the series. The book opens with Bella preparing for her wedding, but we soon learn it is to the wrong man. She is determined to escape it and is ready to take drastic measures.
The book then jumps back three weeks as Bella tells her friend about her fantastic weekend. She and her childhood best friend, Tommy Colt, reconnected and spent the weekend hanging out together. They watched movies, ate popcorn and ice cream, and spent their time getting to know each other again. Bella realizes she is in love with Tommy and likely has been for her entire life. But before she can tell Tommy how she feels, she needs to see what the emergency is that her father has called her home about.
Tommy has spent years on the rodeo circuit, traveling and playing the field. He's getting older and has realized that the rodeo doesn't hold the same fascination that it used to. After seeing Bella again, he's ready to move on and settle down. He lets his brother James know that he wants to join the family PI firm, and James is skeptical but willing to give Tommy a chance.
Bella came home to discover that her father was in terrible trouble. His partner's son had framed him for embezzlement and drug use and was using the threat of turning him in to force Bella to marry him. Bella and Tommy knew Fitz from when they were kids; he was a mean, spoiled bully then and hasn't gotten any better. He will do anything to get what he wants, and he wants Bella.
Bella and Tommy have a little more than a week to find a way to stop the wedding. But Fitz has Bella stuck because he finds a way to take it out on her father whenever she tries to do something. Tommy works hard to find the proof needed but keeps coming up empty. Fitz's desperation is evident as the wedding draws closer. I ached for Bella as time sped by. When she learned of a way to get the proof needed, she took a huge chance. But even if she got the evidence, she could not get it to anyone who could help.
I was on the edge of my seat as the wedding day dawned, and Bella was still trapped. She has a desperate plan to stop the wedding and fears it will be her only choice. But Tommy comes through for her with a fantastic and unique form of rescue. I enjoyed the following chapters as all the loose ends were wrapped up.
Because Tommy and Bella had known each other for a long time, the rapid pace of their romance was believable. I loved Tommy's protectiveness and determination to help Bella escape from Fitz. The ending was sweet, and I enjoyed seeing the first two Colt brothers get their happy-ever-afters.
The book then jumps back three weeks as Bella tells her friend about her fantastic weekend. She and her childhood best friend, Tommy Colt, reconnected and spent the weekend hanging out together. They watched movies, ate popcorn and ice cream, and spent their time getting to know each other again. Bella realizes she is in love with Tommy and likely has been for her entire life. But before she can tell Tommy how she feels, she needs to see what the emergency is that her father has called her home about.
Tommy has spent years on the rodeo circuit, traveling and playing the field. He's getting older and has realized that the rodeo doesn't hold the same fascination that it used to. After seeing Bella again, he's ready to move on and settle down. He lets his brother James know that he wants to join the family PI firm, and James is skeptical but willing to give Tommy a chance.
Bella came home to discover that her father was in terrible trouble. His partner's son had framed him for embezzlement and drug use and was using the threat of turning him in to force Bella to marry him. Bella and Tommy knew Fitz from when they were kids; he was a mean, spoiled bully then and hasn't gotten any better. He will do anything to get what he wants, and he wants Bella.
Bella and Tommy have a little more than a week to find a way to stop the wedding. But Fitz has Bella stuck because he finds a way to take it out on her father whenever she tries to do something. Tommy works hard to find the proof needed but keeps coming up empty. Fitz's desperation is evident as the wedding draws closer. I ached for Bella as time sped by. When she learned of a way to get the proof needed, she took a huge chance. But even if she got the evidence, she could not get it to anyone who could help.
I was on the edge of my seat as the wedding day dawned, and Bella was still trapped. She has a desperate plan to stop the wedding and fears it will be her only choice. But Tommy comes through for her with a fantastic and unique form of rescue. I enjoyed the following chapters as all the loose ends were wrapped up.
Because Tommy and Bella had known each other for a long time, the rapid pace of their romance was believable. I loved Tommy's protectiveness and determination to help Bella escape from Fitz. The ending was sweet, and I enjoyed seeing the first two Colt brothers get their happy-ever-afters.
