OMG, this book is as fantastic as the other Tijan books! It sucked me into the story right from the beginning and kept me rapt all the way through, as in I read it in one day. What an incredible story, what incredible characters!
I love Hollywood stories, so I loved that the male character is an A-lister, especially now when he fell a little from grace. He was in his first important movie premiere when he listened on the phone as his brother crashed and died and that turned his world sideways. He went crazy, drinking, whoring and fighting and his golden light turned a little tawdry, earning him the nickname Bad Boy Brody. Now he’s in Montana, about to start a movie, not his first choice, but a condition in order to make the film he really wants to make.
I love the coincidence that he’s forced to be in Montana, forced to be in this movie, and his life is about to take a significant turn in his life! On the way to the house where the movie takes place, they’re surprised with a herd run of wild mustangs, and perched among one of them is this woman who feels as one with the horse, no saddle and no bridle, impressive and memorable. Days later, he meets the woman in one of his walks around the property and his future and his heart are taken prisoner!
I loved Brody, he takes his craft seriously, he memorizes his lines before he starts a movie, always on time, always professional. He’s now drinking a lot, he’s a little scattered but he’s no less professional. He’s having a hard time, reliving the memory of the phone call as his brother crashed. But if he was a memorable character, Morgan takes the throne on mystic and wonderful female characters. Abandoned by her stepfather and siblings when her mother was killed, she was raised by nannies but more importantly, she was taken in by one of the mustangs, Shoal. And when Shoal had a foal, Shiloh, she turned into her sister. They had an uncanny connection and when they ran, it was as if they were one soul and one mind. She was not completely of the human race, she turned off her humanity after her mother was murdered and she felt more confident among the herd, following the stallion and Shoal, riding on Shiloh. It felt truly mystic!
This love story was utterly delightful. Morgan brings a lot of wisdom from being so connected to the animals and nature. She awed Brody with her straightforwardness and beauty and some of that mystical feeling she brings. There were several moments when I cried, like when her step-siblings arrive on the scene and see her for the first time in years. To see a man, Finn, cry because he sees who he considers his baby sister was truly heartbreaking and heartwarming. Same for his twin sister, Abby. Initially I thought they didn’t have good intentions but in that scene, I was sure there was only love.
I loved the way Brody brought Morgan from the land of the herd into humanity, little by little, cemented in the strong relation they were developing. I loved how Brody furiously defended her against everyone who wanted to exploit her. He was always on her side, no compromises. And in being so strongly defended, so strongly loved, she made her way, step by step, back into the world of the humans, but she was an improved version, because she had the wisdom of her foster family, Shoal and Shiloh.
Just when you think you’ve read all the good Tijan books, you find an older book and it hits you in your face, that she’s been this incredibly wonderful story teller long before I chanced on her books. Absolutely wonderful!
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She is currently writing many new books and series with an English Cocker she adores.
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