Tumbleweed Heights

by Joan Bird

[Cocktails and Books]

After reading the blurb for this book, I figured it would be right up my alley. A woman on the run from her past moves to a small Colorado town and ends up with a marriage of convenience to the local vet's assistant with a secret past of his own.

But after reading Tumbleweed Heights, I was left wanting something more. Something less convoluted and jumpy. It seemed like we would get bits and pieces of information and then have the characters jump to something else. Both Gilly and Luke has such potential for their storyline to be so much more involved and emotional. Considering what both of them were running from, it would have made their relationship (and the storyline) that much meatier. But instead I was left feeling disconnected from both characters.

Even with the mystery around the Sheriff, Max Tunney and exactly what they were up to seem to fall a bit short. I needed more more of the bad guys and why they were doing what they were doing.

While I may have been left wanting more than was there, I did enjoy the witty dialogue between Luke, Gilly and Doc. It was entertaining and engaging. I also enjoyed the smoldering chemistry between Luke and Gilly. While they weren't burning up the pages with one another, you could tell there was something significant between them just waiting to be explored.