Mary J. Forbes

Rogan Matteo and his young son, Danny, move to Firewood Island off the coast of Washington state. He's hoping to provide a new start for his son and himself after the death of his wife and daughter three years ago. Lee Tait is a charter pilot on the island and Rogan needs her services to get to and from the mainland for a few weeks. Lee is eight weeks pregnant. The father was her best friend turned lover who died in Iraq. Rogan and Lee share a growing attraction to each other, but Lee hesitates to act on it since she harbors a secret that she is afraid to share with him.

Sweet and heartwarming romance with two very likable leads and one very cute young boy. I liked Lee's profession as a charter pilot and owner of her own seaplane. Rogan was a very caring hero. Firewood Island sounded like a beautiful place to live. This was a really good story about two people moving on in life after loss.… (mais)

I haven't been in the mood to read romance but I had the book with me when I ended up reading my last physical book and didn't have anything else to do. Being a romance and another cowboy one I wasn't expecting much out of it besides another steamy romance.

Mary J. Forbes has done a wonderful job in making this book - her characters although trivial at times have a life and strength to them that I haven't seen in many other romance books. And although the romance part did follow the usual formula there was a beauty in it as it touched some very rough subjects that appear within our own society.

Furthermore I was surprised with the lack of steamy bedroom action. There were some definitely adult moments but unlike other romances it was tempered and carefully written while being clean enough. I am definitely keeping this one.

And I so want the beautiful horse on the cover of this book!… (mais)