Review: 4.5 Stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2014
This is the second book in the Heart of Montana series.  It can be read and understood as a stand-alone but let's face it you'll want to know what happens in the first book.Katrin Svenson is a strong, independent woman who has had a few setbacks.  She had a long term relationship with an alcoholic whom she finally broke it off when he didn't show for their wedding day.  Now the past few months have been spent in fear as his behavior spirals into psychotic and dangerous.  For her safety, Katrin's brother and sister-in-law have set her up with a new job and place to live several hours north.  They look at it as a temporary situation in hope the ex-fiancée finally will move on.Erik Lindstrom is heading north for a new job, it just so happens he'll be in the same area as Katrin.  His longtime friend (and Katrin's sister-in-law) sets it up so he will drive her to her new job and subsequently keep an eye on her...you know just to make sure she's safe.  After watching his mother die and his father's less than ideal behavior, he's doesn't think real love exists and instead chooses to focus on work while having a string of flings.When the story begins, it's so heart wrenching.  Katrin is virtually forced to be uprooted and placed in a new community with no familiar support system.  It's difficult to imagine how it would be just getting a moment's notice before having to start your life over.  Fortunately, Erik is there to soften the blow.  He doesn't want to have to babysit her but quickly finds it's not like that at all.  They have an instantaneous connection which is tangible, but then it grows as the weeks go by.  I love that he keeps making excuses for tiptoeing past his own boundaries, while she calls him on the carpet.  Their emotional exchanges are intense, as I've come to expect from the author.  While the focus of the book is on the relationship and not so much between the sheets, it is a blistering love story.  Once thing is for sure, Montana has never looked so good.Rating:  4.5 StarsComplimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review