Another brother’s best friend romance, to add to the gazillion I’ve read this year. But in this case, this one has been so incredibly romantic that I actually loved it, in spite of not being a trope I like. I loved the small town vibe, the cowboy/cowgirl element to the story, all the subtle plot lines that add so much to the main plot of second chance, brother’s best friend love story.
Christine had dreams of a career, but those stopped when her mother died and she took over the running of her parents’ farm. There’s some resentment over the fact that her two older brothers skipped town and left her with the sole responsibility of the farm, and taking care of their aging, ailing father.
Tagger Grange had also left town, studied Finance with Christine’s brother Baylor, and both were making lots of money as financial advisors in New York. Tagger had a sudden urge to come visit his hometown, see his parents, and bring his son to visit the place where he grew up. Same as Christine and Baylor, he had a happy, magical childhood, and he’s only now revisiting and enjoying the memories. He introduces his son Beck to all his old haunts, the cowboy life, riding horses, all the joys of his boyhood. And this makes him reassess the quality of life his son has in New York versus the quality of life he could give his son here in Peachtree Pass, Texas.
Christine had a crush on Tagger when they were in school, and it comes blazing back as they share days working in her ranch. She falls in love with Beck, falls back in love with Tagger, but there’s an issue of distance and how to make it work. Also, there are issues with Beck’s mom, who is a snotty, uppity New Yorker and turns her nose up at dusty Texas and frumpy cowgirls. Charming, she is not!
I loved how the issues are handled, with lots of respect and consideration. Loved how Tagger fell back in love with his roots and with Christine, loved how his priority is his son’s happiness. I even loved that he was respectful to his mother’s son, even though she was to toxic.
It was a lovely read, romantic, a slow reminiscent story of a forgotten and loved childhood and new discoveries. Utterly charming!
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Kylie is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-selling, Audie Award winning author.
She has sold over 2,000,000 books and was voted Australian Romance Writer of the year four times by the Australian Romance Reader’s Association. Her books have been translated into sixteen different languages. She is based in Queensland, Australia; living and working on land traditionally owned by the Jagera people.
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