Rocky Mountain Home (Six Pack Ranch #11)
by Vivian Arend
Blurb:
There’s no distance you can run to
escape the past.
Too
stubborn to face his sins, Jesse Coleman bolted from the Six Pack Ranch, only
to fall straight into the arms of a beautiful stranger. Twelve hours later, the
seductive firebrand is nothing but a whiskey-laced memory—but one powerful
enough to convince Jesse tracking down his elusive lover is worth the effort.
Darilyn
Hayes figured it was her lucky night when the sexiest cowboy in Alberta
interrupted her annual drink-until-I-fall-over wake. At least until four weeks
later when she discovers she’s pregnant and her one-night-stand is nowhere to
be found. Still, as she’s shared with her devoted blog readers, Dare has dealt
with life’s not-so-gentle surprises before. She’ll make it on her own.
When
an internet picture gone viral leads to their reunion, Jesse’s floored by
Dare’s news. She’s very clear she’s not looking for a commitment, but screw that.
He’s going to do the right thing by her and his unborn kid. The fact they lit
the sheets on fire is a bonus, but with a baby on the way, both their lives are
gonna change.
Jesse’s
got a ton of family to reconnect with, including his estranged twin. Dare holds
family loosely—even though she loves them—because she knows too well how
fragile life can be. Between her and Jesse, they’ve got enough baggage to open
a store.
But
they still have a shot at forever—if they’re willing to fight for it.
Themes: Erotica
Rating: 4.5 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
The final Coleman has finally found his way
home and his story brings us around full circle to this amazing family and the
small town they have sort of overrun. Having been a fan of this series from the
very beginning I was so sad to see the way Jesse began to struggle to find his
happiness, pushing his family away, and leaving himself needing to leave them
behind in order to find a way to become his own man and find his true place in
the world. But it turns out that the love of a good woman is all that he really
needed to set him on the straight and narrow, and maybe a little secret that
would remind him how crucial having family support really is. The plot for this story might seem a tried and
true trope to some, man meets woman, has a crazy passionate night and then
finds her missing the next morning only to find out many months later that she
is carrying his child. But thankfully the
magic of Vivian Arend keeps the story from becoming staid and clichéd. I loved
the story and was a bit sad to see the end of the Six-Pack Coleman’s stories,
but there are a few singles left and I hope to continue to catch glimpses of
them in those stories. The most
important thing about this story is that a woman and man have finally found
their future together and given each other the love and stability they have
been looking for during the many long and lonely nights.
Jess
and Dare were especially exciting because they were both such story and
passionate individuals and when they come together the sparks fly and are hot
enough to cause a full-fledged forest fire.
Dare has been fighting loneliness and wondering where her place in the
world really is and having Jesse show up in her life made her wonder if
possibly she could have a mate in her life.
Being pregnant wasn’t on her list of things to do, but when she finds
out she is carrying Jesse’s child she doesn’t for a single moment doubt that
she will be a good mother to her baby.
Dare has the type of strong and dedicated personality that makes her independent
streak less about ego and more about her own ability to care for herself. I was thrilled to get to know her and see how
she might be able to find her place in the Coleman Clan, even though watching
her struggle with the traumas of her own past and Jesse’s as well was a truly heart
wrenching experience. Jesse himself was
breaking my heart every moment of the story that he was revving my engine. There are so many deep and varied sides to
this cowboy that I never expected and when he finally had to share his failures
with his family and dare, the only way he could truly heal from those past
problems, I was in tears and wishing I was nearby to hug him close. Though we had watched him grow through the
entire series, seeing Jesse become a father and husband was a truly sweet
experience. Jesse proved to be the strong and loving man that all his brothers
and cousins were, though he of course has his own problems and quirks to get
over before he truly became the man he was meant to be.
Rocky
Mountain Home is truly a story of a man finding his way home and bringing with
him the woman that has been in need of a true home and finally found it with
the Colemans. If you have been a fan of
this series then you can understand why this story was so emotional for me,
even though I knew his story would tear me up even before the first word was
read. I have loved the Colemans for many
years now and watched each member of the family go through their growing pains
and finally find their paths and their mates. The truth is that these strong
and sweet men and women are what everyone wants to find in their mate, with the
added something extra of being the totally sexy and out of this world cowboys
and cowgirls. Dare was a woman that embraced her life fully, even as it threw
changes at her again and again, showing the ingenuity and bravery that makes a
woman willing to give up just about anything for the man she loves. Jesse finally steps up and becomes the man he
was always destined to become, showing us that while he has certainly made some
questionable decisions in the recent past, he is a Coleman through and through
and will always step up for those that depend on him. Dare and Jesse together
made for a fiery and sensual story, even as they came to grips with her
pregnancy and the looming truth of parenthood, slowly falling in love as they
embrace the lust that brought them together in the first place. I was thrilled to
read their story and see them find their place together and in the Coleman
clan, though I was sad too that they has some much against them from the
beginning, making their journey that much more difficult. In the end this story might have been one
that ripped out my heart, brought me to tears, and reminded me the true value
and benefit of a mate in life, not just a hot man to warm my bed at night. I am thrilled to see where this family might
go next and what Vivi will have coming our way in the near future and highly
recommend that if you haven’t found a place on your bookshelves for the Coleman
family, you run out right now and grab the entire amazing series, because there
truly is very little that is more magical than these stories of love,
redemption, family, and the ultimate belonging in this world. I was blown away
by the love and magic of this story and reminded of why I fell in love with
romance novels over almost two decades ago.
*eARC provided by publisher (via
netgalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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