Series: Hickory Ridge #4
Published by Rosewood Books on 21st June 2023
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher
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Also by this author: A Baby Changes Everything , A Proposal Changes Everything, A Summer Changes Everything
He’s a happy bachelor. She’s vowed never to marry. Then a little girl changes everything.
Holden Blackwood’s brothers are all happily married, yet he has no desire to join their ranks.
His family would love nothing more than to see him settle down with a good woman. But the good woman in Holden’s life, Frankie Malone, is perfectly happy with the “friends with benefits” arrangement they share.
Growing up with a mother who thought her happiness depended on men, Frankie learned the hard way to take care of herself, and that’s how she likes it. Until a child comes into the picture.
When Frankie becomes the unexpected guardian of her young niece, Sophie, her treasured independence comes under threat. And a custody battle with people who don’t have the child’s best interests at heart suddenly puts marriage on the table.
Holden and Frankie agree to commit - for just as long as it takes to secure custody of the little girl.
But can their heads really rule their hearts?
Oh be still my beating heart, I think I say this every time I read a book by Isabelle! I love and completely adore this series. It is most definitely my HEA.
I have been itching to read a book about Holden, I love this smoldering Blackwood brother and his playboy ways, although not so much a playboy in this book. Frankie just broke my heart, the lack of confidence and need she had for a man, all because she didn’t feel worthy. I just wanted to scream at her and tell her she was worthy and so much more! She deserved everything and more!
Sophie, god that little lady was just beautiful. I shed my first tears when she was on the page, her innocence and complete trust and respect is unreal. The way she has been treated by her mother of all people filled me with rage. She is a pure beauty and got to me straight away. I loved the relationship she had with Holden’s dog Bella!
Well, this is the end of the Blackwood brother’s stories for now! I would love to have a prequel on Eli and Anna, or anyone in this little circle. I am so not ready to let this family go. I love the sweetness, the family, the love, and the complete way they are always there for each other no matter what. Each story has had a bit of simmer, but there wasn’t much here, and I loved how intense the storyline was. I felt like we were on a ticking clock and I just couldn’t see how this would pan out. I just knew it would be good.
I adore the way Isabelle writes her characters and how she has built Hickory Ridge. The characters all feel real, and the town feels like somewhere I want to live. I would love to see this on TV, much in the same way as Virgin River. It just gives me all the feels!
Until the next time xxx
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