Read: December 2024
Series: Smoky Mountains Romance
Format: Kindle e-Book 

Book #135 of 2024: I enjoyed this novella more than book 1 of this series. I was concerned initially by how rude and unfriendly the main character was. While I can appreciate her sorrow at being infertile, there was no point in the book that I truly understood her reasoning behind isolating herself and being so abrupt and cold. I've known several women who couldn't bear a child and none acted like that. I totally could understand the concern about finding a man who would understand but any man worth his salt would be open to adopting. She even froze out her own parents/family. 

I do love this big bear hug of a family. All their games and traditions are pretty wonderful. Love isn't just about blood. It's adopting. It's fostering. It's friends. It's in-laws. It's neighbours. ETC. I'm not too keen at having multiple rings thrown at my head so I'd maybe leave that one particular game out! lol!

The ending was a stretch for me but it was very HEA-Hallmark-y. (I'm sure that's a real word in the romantic fiction world!).