Blurb:
In Colorado’s glorious big-sky country, everything is done with cowboy flair—even boot-stomping, hat-tipping cowboy weddings . . .
As the middle Tyler brother, Gavin doesn’t always have much say in ranch decisions, but when it comes to his heart, he’s the only authority. He’s loved Louisa “Lou” Fairchild for longer than he can remember, even though they’ve never been more than friends. But with Lou stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place, Gavin is going to help the way any true friend would—with a proposal of a strictly business-like, in-name-only marriage . . . at least to start.
Lou can’t believe her beloved grandmother has backed her up against the wall. The choice between finding a man to marry and letting her no-good father back into the family to run the ranch isn’t a choice at all! But when her sister counters with an even less savory idea, Lou knows what she must do—say yes to the only man she’s ever trusted. But somehow pretending to be in love with good-natured Gavin suddenly begins to feel alarmingly real—and she downright likes it.
Can a sham marriage become the truest kind of love?
As the middle Tyler brother, Gavin doesn’t always have much say in ranch decisions, but when it comes to his heart, he’s the only authority. He’s loved Louisa “Lou” Fairchild for longer than he can remember, even though they’ve never been more than friends. But with Lou stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place, Gavin is going to help the way any true friend would—with a proposal of a strictly business-like, in-name-only marriage . . . at least to start.
Lou can’t believe her beloved grandmother has backed her up against the wall. The choice between finding a man to marry and letting her no-good father back into the family to run the ranch isn’t a choice at all! But when her sister counters with an even less savory idea, Lou knows what she must do—say yes to the only man she’s ever trusted. But somehow pretending to be in love with good-natured Gavin suddenly begins to feel alarmingly real—and she downright likes it.
Can a sham marriage become the truest kind of love?
If they had talked....well, but they didn't. At least not really about the things that count. Even despite that though, Lou and Gavin muddle along towards a wedding. A very practical one at that, of course, because, well, you know - talking is overrated, at least for people who are guided by insecurities and the fear to open up and get hurt. Again. With the meddling help of their family and their wedding date getting closer and closer, Lou and Gavin have to decide whether they want to hide forever or try to reach out and take a chance at happiness.
Both of them are rather complicated characters, constantly trying to live up to their own or others expectations (good and bad) and feeling, well, they don't deal really well with those. This messy emotional stuff is not their forte, putting it mildly. Nevertheless, somehow they start to overcome the things holding them back and there might even be real happiness and love at the end...
Loud had to deal with a lot of pretty bad stuff for a while now, getting burned and almost dying included. Dealing with the physical and emotional scars of these events and of her past is really hard and I loved to see how she grew stronger and learned to let go and to trust.
Gavin had his own issues to deal with and it took him a while to realize that his chance at happiness has finally come and that this very practical marriage of convenience may become so much more...
I love the books by Nicole Helm, this was not the first book by her that I*ve read and it definitely won't be the last!
Both of them are rather complicated characters, constantly trying to live up to their own or others expectations (good and bad) and feeling, well, they don't deal really well with those. This messy emotional stuff is not their forte, putting it mildly. Nevertheless, somehow they start to overcome the things holding them back and there might even be real happiness and love at the end...
Loud had to deal with a lot of pretty bad stuff for a while now, getting burned and almost dying included. Dealing with the physical and emotional scars of these events and of her past is really hard and I loved to see how she grew stronger and learned to let go and to trust.
Gavin had his own issues to deal with and it took him a while to realize that his chance at happiness has finally come and that this very practical marriage of convenience may become so much more...
I love the books by Nicole Helm, this was not the first book by her that I*ve read and it definitely won't be the last!
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