lizarodz
Written on Aug 30, 2017
Hunter had a lot of responsibility at a young age due to his abusive father and often sick little brother. He is very protective by nature, but a run-in with the effects of war and the suicide of his brother left him reeling. To deal with it, he has turned quite rakish and with his friends Raven and Stanton, they started a "House" to help war veterans. Years before, while visiting the Tilney stables to buy horses and negotiate water rights for his land, he finds Nell, a feisty young that has been bullied by her aunt and sadly neglected by her father. To try to protect her Hunter negotiates with Nell's father for her to go away to school and to before engaged until she turns of age and therefore can use her inheritance.
Of course, Nell didn't know anything about it until her father sends notice to the papers. Now, ensues a race of both Hunter and Nell, to locate her dad, break the engagement, but still appear to be engaged so Nell can lure her childhood 'love' into marriage. With me so far? This book was funny, hot, while also dealing with serious topics. I liked how spirited Nells was, how she wasn't aware of her looks, but knew horses better than any man. She went into business on her own and was only looking for what she missed growing up: unconditional love.
On the other hand, Hunter is fighting his attraction and trying to do the right thing by her. He's done with being noble and responsible, but he is undoubtedly both. I love them together and how they learned to rely, protect and love each other. I imagine the next books in the series will have to do with Hunter's friends and I hope to see more of him and Nell since the ending was not as satisfying to me it could have been.This review was originally posted on Quite the Novel Idea