Sweet Wild of Mine (Where the Wild Hearts Are, #2)

by Laurel Kerr

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June Winters and Magnus Gray fit the bill of opposite attracts.

June Winters was raised as a true southern lady, always a smile on her face and a helping hand and a kind word for everyone. She is naturally bubbly and folks in the small town of Sagebush Flats gravitate toward her. Everyone that is other than the newcomer to town, author Magnus Gray.

Magnus is more a...total eclipse to June's sunny disposition. Magnus was raised on a small, isolated farm off the coast of Scotland. Alone with just the animals and his father, who had no interest in his child other than the help with the farm that he performed. Magnus likes being alone, even as a writer he spends most of his time alone. The only reason he came to Sagebush Flats Zoo is because his publisher wants his to get back to his writing roots where he talks about his time around animals.

But when Magnus's publisher wants him to create an online vlog to re-excite the audience, he knows that the one person whose help he needs to seek out is the same sunny person he has been avoiding since she tried to welcome him to the neighborhood.

June loves to help people solve their problems and is more than happy to help Magnus, all she asks is the one thing Magnus hates doing - talking about his childhood on that isolated farm. It is a place June's grandmother is familiar with from her own youth and her mind has been slipping lately. June notices how much she perks up when her grandmother sees Magnus and she makes him a deal, a makeover and help with this vlog for conversations with her granny.

Spending time at the Zoo and with June is growing on Magnus but is he really ready to step out of his shadows and solitary existence that he is so comfortable with and stay with the vivacious June and enjoy her small town life.

I really enjoyed June and Magnus. They are such polar opposites but bubbly June simply can't leave Magnus to sulk alone in the dark, and while June is bubbly, she can't accept when she can't solve all her own problems. Her granny is getting older and starting to deteriorate and quiet Magnus becomes the sturdy rock for June when she flounders with her failure to save her grandmother.

I also like how the author deals with Magnus's stutter issue.  June's brother also has a stutter so she is very blase about it and let's Magnus work things out.  She doesn't make him feel bad about it, like his father did, and tries to help him navigate his blocks better.  It takes Magnus awhile to accept June's help but he does especially since he realizes that he doesn't stutter as much around June.

I am even warming up to the mischievous honey badgers. They do add a level of chaos to the story.

Received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.