Review: Be Still My Beating Heart
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 24, 2013
My biscuits are burning from this scorcher of a book. I will never be able to bake again without a wicked grin on my face.This is the latest installment of the Much Ado series, and it's as explosive as a stick of dynamite.Kade McKinnon is a loyal family man, who is still trying to prove his worth. He comes home for a short visit to check in and see what's going on with the Family mine, who is ready to deliver a bullion shipment, carrying a family fortune.  Unbeknownst to everyone, he is going to have his say on how the bullion shipment is delivered and protected, regardless of who else is involved. Little does Kade know, fate has stepped in and sent a sign in the form of a speeding bullet, right at him.Enter, Iris Gardner, a stubborn, opinionated, intelligent, and beautiful woman. Suffering from the expectations of hetr Mother, she is trying to find a way to be happy in life and follow her dreams. She heads a suffragist movement, and is head strong on following it through, to prove she doesn't need a man to get by in life. But need and want are two very different words. When Kade enters the bank she works at, and intercepts a bullet meant for bank robbers, her world is thrown on its axis.Can anyone be safe from Cupids game of Russian Roulet? And what will become of the bullion shipment with its hired guards of unknown talent. Can Kade and Iris find a way to please their families and themselves? It is worth finding out, you will be sucked in with every page, and find yourself wishing for more. This town doesn't disappoint and neither do its characters.Don't forget the roughest, toughest, and newest member of the law, Deputy Duke. He has a score to settle with anyone who ruffles his fur the wrong way. And this time his bite is worse than his meow. Good thing he's on Kades' side.