Review: The story of a woman
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2014
Mattie Carrigan, the oldest of four sisters, married, two daughters – twins – loves living on husband’s family ranch and running a horse breeding business. Twenty years she’s been with Wes, over half of her life. When they sent the girls off to college this year she knew things would change, she just wasn’t sure how or really to what degree.Nat Diamond is the Carrigan’s neighbor. Always there when Mattie or the girls needed something and Wes was gone with the rodeo or with something for the business. He had been married once, till she ran off. Nat saw Mattie’s world shifting and changing and was there for her, the problem was he was holding onto some serious secrets. Would he continue to hold back? Or would the saying hold true “the truth will set you free”?This is the story of Mattie, of finding your way when the world caves in on you. First and foremost it’s about a woman who is learning her own strength, one where a woman learns to be herself, and learns who and how to rely on others. Mattie and Nat have a wonderful friendship that has taken many routes over the years and is about to take yet another path, not always filled with sunshine and roses.I look forward to reading about the rest of the girls from the Circle C ranch, not just about their love lives but about them. CJ Carmichael really has a way of making you feel as if you are a part of the family and as such can feel the love, the pain, and the stress that they all go through. I would recommend this book, but will say you get more out of it than a romance.