Review: good gentle romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2014
Midsummer Sweetheart (Heart of Montana) Katy RegneryReview from Jeannie Zelos Book reviews.I loved Katy's Playing for love at Deep Haven, so I was keen to read this despite not having read the earlier books about other characters in the Montana series. The books are standalone although connected so we get the gest of both worlds, characters we're familiar with after the first book, and a complete story, none of the dreaded, hateful, awful, horrible cliffhangers ( you can tell how I feel about them!!)Anyway, this started all drama with poor Katrin on the phone to emergency services as her ex tries to break in, threatening to kill her. They've been apart for six months but he's got an alcohol problem and recently has been stepping up his harassment. This is too much for her and her family so they arrange for her to stay and work in a town far away setting up a new clinic. Katrin's a nurse, so this is perfect for her. She gets a lift with Erik ( I forget exactly how he's connected to the family, cousin or brother in law or something, to her sister I think) who is also stating a new job in the locality she's moving to. When he comes to pick her up something sparks between them, but Katrin isn't looking for romance yet, and Erik is determined romance and white picket fences have no part in his future. Somehow though he can't seem to stay away, telling himself he's checking on Katrin each Sunday to keep his and her family happy....Yeah – keep telling yourself that Erik. Of course things heat up between them and even though she's been warned about his no relationships, no girlfriends etc stance Katrin finds herself falling for him anyway. Erik isn't happy about what's developing and …..The family all gathered for an annual event that brings everything to a head. Things heat up then, with danger coming for Katrin, secrets get revealed and the reasons for Erik's cynicism are shown to be due to a mistaken reality. It leads to some passionate moments, deep drama and lots of emotion. Right up my street.I enjoyed the story, Katrin was lovely, Erik – well at times he was a jerk, so entrenched in his beliefs he couldn't see past them to what was in front of him. He redeemed himself in the end though :) I do like it when authors let us glimpse what a person is reasoning by way of their mental musings, but sometimes in this novel Erik when into what became a long monologue, and I felt it was just too much info...I loved the story itself though, and they way things played out between Erik and Katrin, they way he was constantly battling and trying to give himself some kind of rationale other than love for his feelings. I'd kind of worked out the plot but it still made for a fun and entertaining read. Not one I’d re read, not quite deep and dramatic enough for that but a solid romance never the less. Still, as ever I’m just one person and if you want something easy to read and lighter than I enjoy this could be perfect for you. It's priced at 2.50 for 263 pages on kindle.Stars: Four, good gentle romance, solid plot but not quite enough drama for a five from me.ARC supplied by Tour Organiser