This is the third book in the Ozark Mountain Romance series. The first two are A Most Inconvenient Marriage and At Love's Bidding. This book also has ties to the story Her Dearly Unintended, which
appears in the novella collection With This Ring? Josiah from that story is the brother of
Betsy, the heroine in this book.
Pine Gap has a new deputy in the form of Joel. He’s come from Texas and hopes he's left
scandal behind. He’s determined to leave
all women alone for the sake of his reputation, which he's learned is easily
lost. What he didn’t count on was
meeting a woman like Betsy.
Betsy does what she wants.
At twenty-four, she’s on the shelf and doesn’t mind. What she sees in Joel is an opportunity. She starts writing fantastical stories about
the deputy’s heroics and sending them to faraway newspapers, maybe with an
embellishment here and there. But it’s
fiction, so it won’t hurt anyone, right?
Joel finds proving himself in the mountain community to be
difficult. For a while now, there’s been
a group of vigilantes taking care of things, and they’re not convinced turning
the law over to Joel is the best idea.
When there are rumors a murderer is back in the area and criminal
activity increases, Joel is going to have to find a way to discover the truth
before something really bad happens.
I really enjoyed this book.
I loved Betsy’s character, and her spunk had me grinning once in a
while. Joel was also not quite what
you’d expect from a dashing hero, but in a good way. Katie Ellen and Josiah (from the novella) are
in there, but you won’t be lost at all if you haven’t had a chance to read
their story. There's mention of the characters from the other books, but you won't be lost reading them out of order. All in all, I have no
issues giving this a Good Book! review.
*I received a copy of this book from Bethany House through
NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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