by Lia Riley
This is the first in the Brightwater series I have read, I totally loved it. The author put heart and soul in this very touching read of love, hurt and pain as she shares the secrets of this small town and its people. I adored Wilder with all he had to deal with as well as Quinn and the whole Kane family kept me laughing. I love small town romances you can't get away with much without the whole town knowing about it. Ms. Riley gives you a wonderful town with outstanding characters that make you want to share their tears and laugh right along with them. This is a fun loving romance with no drama. Each character has their share of pain as they learn to grow and overcome their past, their pain, learning to start a new life and build on it.
Wilder has much to be upset about and lots of things to forget. His Smoke jumping days are over after a tragic accident. Once you read his story knowing what he has hidden for many years you come to understand why he spent his life saving others as well as the land from fires. His story will break your heart as he pulls inside his self hiding from the rest of the world. I just love him, he really is strong, caring and a loving man. He just needs the right women to pull him out of his funk and bring him back to life hopefully returning him to his family finding the love he once had.
Quinn is a lovely lady who I guess is hiding a little as well. She works in a book store as she helps her father deal with his illness. Wilder gets her attention from the very first even before she meets him. Once they meet she refuses to be put off or let his bullheaded ways get in her way of finding the true man. Quinn is a fun loving lady who will keep you smiling as she takes on the big bad man who thinks he just wants to be left alone. She makes him face facts and shows him there might be more to life than he thought. In return she just might find out that the issues she is dealing with can be overcome if you have the right man.
When these two get together they butt heads and tempters raise as they find they have more in common than they thought. The author gives you wonderful supporting characters you are so going to love all the way from the brothers to the sassy grandmother as she takes her family back and gives some attitude of her own. This is one author who knows how to keep you laughing but reaches into your heart as she gives a story of so much sorrow and pain. I loved that the story was built on family with no drama just a wonderfully well told story of people you can relate to living normal lives. These characters are flawed and broken as they make mistakes coming around to face them and learning to build from them. I loved this author's humor as she tells a wonderful story which pulls you in and keeps you turning the pages. She throws in a little mystery as well as some very heated scenes, when the passion takes off it does so in color.
Ms. Riley does an amazing job of bring the reader and the characters together as she builds her story full of surprises that you won't see coming. You will set there with your mouth open thinking OMG. If you are looking for a story of what true love is about this author does an amazing job of showing you how easy it is to tear a family apart and just how to bring them back together. She gives you a story of family and true love that overcome the worse odds to become a true family again. I really recommend you give this story and author a chance. From looking over her other books this is an author you will want to get to know as she fills her pages with what love truly means.
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Books Description
Sometimes the worst mistakes turn out to be the best…
Smoke jumper Wilder Kane once reveled in the rush from putting out dangerous wildfires. But after a tragic accident, he’s cut himself off from the world, refusing to leave his isolated cabin. When a headstrong beauty bursts in, Wilder finds himself craving the fire she ignites in him, but letting anyone near his darkness would be a mistake.
After her Hollywood life went up in smoke, Quinn Higsby decided to leave Tinseltown behind and return to Brightwater to care for her ailing father. She spends her days in a small bookstore, until her peaceful existence is up-ended by a fascinating but damaged man. Quinn is determined not to be scared off by Wilder, not once she’s experienced the heat of his passions.
But when an arsonist targets the community and Wilder is accused, he must confront the ghosts of his past. Will his desire for Quinn burn him up or will he be able to tame the wildness inside and rekindle a hope for their future?
Meet the Author
Lia Riley writes offbeat New Adult and Contemporary Adult romance. After studying at the University of Montana-Missoula, she scoured the world armed only with a backpack, overconfidence and a terrible sense of direction. She counts shooting vodka with a Ukranian mechanic in Antarctica, sipping yerba mate with gauchos in Chile and swilling XXXX with stationhands in Outback Australia among her accomplishments.
A British literature fanatic at heart, Lia considers Mr. Darcy and Edward Rochester as her fictional boyfriends. Her very patient husband doesn't mind. Much. When not torturing heroes (because c'mon, who doesn't love a good tortured hero?), Lia herds unruly chickens, camps, beach combs, daydreams about future books, wades through a mile-high TBR pile and schemes yet another trip. Right now, Icelandic hot springs and Scottish castles sound mighty fine.
She and her family live mostly in Northern California.
Webpage: www.liariley.com
Twitter: @liarileywrites
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