Review: Loved It!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2014
I received an ARC of this in exchange for my honest review. After reading Knotted Roots by Ruthi Knight I had to buy this book. Mainly because I was hoping to find out more about what happened with Roxie and Chase after the first book ended.  (Knotted Roots left me with a book hangover.)  I wasn't disappointed.  This book pretty much takes up where the first book left off.We do get to see Roxie and Chase through out this story but they are more on the back burner in this book.  This novella centers more around Brian and Katy and their story.Brian has had feelings for Katy since they were young.  She never realized because she's always had a thing for Chase.  Now that Chase is dating Roxie and they are in love Brian is hoping he will have a chance with Katy.Katy agrees to help out her best friend Roxie and run the farm for her for two weeks.  Roxie's parents are coming in to town to visit and she has her hands full with them.  When she agreed she didn't know that Brian would be helping her run the farm for two weeks.  Chase also has taken two weeks off to help Roxie with her parents visit.  Brian loves to pick on Katy and she finds him to be annoying.  Their banter back and forth is great I love it!!!Brian's past and Katy's present situations are both tragic and sad.  A tragic car accident late one night claims the life of Brian and Chase's father.  Years later Brian is still fighting the demons inside from that night.  Katy on the other hand is trying to deal with her mother who has a serious problem of her own and her issue with her dad not being around so that he doesn't have to deal with his wife's problem.I don't want you to think this book is all about sadness because it isn't.  Just like the first book in the series this book also has plenty of laughter and cheering to go along with the tears.  Once again Ruthi has nailed it out the park with this novella.  She continues to prove that she knows what her readers want.  She pulls you so far into the story that you feel like you are a part of it.  You can't help but connect to each of the characters,  My only problem with this book and the first one is the series is when I got to the end and I had to put them down.  I will be recommending this book to all my book lovers and can't wait to see what you come up with next.