This post is a stop on the Blog Tour for Big Sky Mountain, by Linda Lael Miller, the sequel to Big Sky Country, which I featured a couple of months ago and which is currently #7 on the Western Romance Bestseller list at Amazon. Big Sky Mountain is on the Hot New Releases list itself and climbing in the charts. Book DescriptionI've been reading the review copy provided by BookTrib and it's a refreshing change from some of the titles I received for review: well written, edited and proofed (then again, this is published as part of Harlequin's main line, so I didn't expect anything less from them or this author). From the synopsis, you know what will happen in the end (it is a romance, after all), so the journey from the surprising opening to that final stop is what makes it worth reading.
With his rugged good looks, vast wealth and family name, hell-raiser Hutch Carmody is still the golden boy of Parable, Montana. But he's done some growing up—making peace with his illegitimate half brother and inheriting half of Whisper Creek Ranch, which should have been all his. These days, Hutch knows there are some things money can't buy: like the heart of loving, ladylike divorcée Kendra Shepherd.
Kendra's quiet mansion reminds her of what she wants most—a devoted husband and the pitter-patter of little feet. She can't get Hutch Carmody out of her mind. But a rough-and-tumble cowboy like Hutch, coming home for family dinner? Seems crazy! Then again, crazier dreams have become reality under the vast Montana sky.
As with the first book, the action takes place in a small Montanan town; the characters you came to know in the first book continue in this one (although you can read Big Sky Mountain standalone, if you are going to read the series, I do suggest you start with Big Sky Country). There will be a third title about the first of the year and I am fairly certain I've already spotted the couple that will be involved in it.
Excerpt:
She’d been on the road for three days, and even after a good night’s sleep in Joslyn’s guest room and two showers, she felt rumpled and grungy.Be sure to check out the Blog Tour webpage for a chance to win a Cowboy necklace. We can't let them have all the fun, though, so if you leave your name below, I'll draw tomorrow and a lucky winner will receive a paperback copy of the book (limited to US and Canadian addresses). All I need is the email address and Booktrib will get into contact with you to arrange delivery.
She stood up. She’d get Madison and head for town, she decided, hurry to her own place, where she should have gone in the beginning.
Not that she planned to live there very long.
The mega-mansion was too big for her and Madison, too full of memories.
“Kendra,” Joslyn ordered kindly, “sit down.”
Opal could be heard poking around in the pantry, still talking to herself.
Slade came down the back stairway, looking like himself in worn jeans, a faded flannel shirt and boots.
Passing Joslyn, he paused and leaned down to plant a kiss on top of her head. Kendra sank slowly back into her own chair.
“Don’t start without me,” Slade said, spreading one big hand on Joslyn’s baby-bulge and grinning down into her upturned face.
Note: A review copy of the book was provided by BookTrib as a part of the Tour promotion.
