A review by renpuspita
Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend

4.0

NOTE : Please read Vivian Arend announcement in the end of my review :)

First read : May 2010
Re-read : May 2011... Hooo, one years later to do re-read :P
Because I read this book first rather than the 1st book , [b:Rocky Mountain Heat|6789293|Rocky Mountain Heat (Six Pack Ranch, #1)|Vivian Arend|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1251819040s/6789293.jpg|6992863] and I read it 3 days ago, so I do a re-read :)

First, enjoy this pic first, one of Six Pack cowboys of Six Pack Ranch


Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy ;)

Rocky Mountain Haven told the story of the middle son of Coleman's brother, Daniel Coleman. He met a woman, Beth, when he go to bar to watch his troublemaker younger twins. When he feel attraction for her, and give her his number, she suddenly disappear.

Beth Danube is a widow with 3 boys. She have an injured leg and heart, because her husband abused her physically and mentally. Fortunately for her, his husband died at accident, the accident that make her leg broken too. She already make a new life, move to Rocky Mountain, be a teacher and rented one of Coleman's house. There, she met Daniel, man that she met a months before at bar and she avoid because she's too afraid to involved with men.

Daniel want Beth, but she resist him and just want to be friend. Friend with benefit of course, because Beth is not confidence with her sexuality. She sick with monotone sexual life when she still live with her husband and Daniel voluntarily to help her. While their enganged in sexual relationship, Daniel tried to make Beth heart open to him, because he do care and love her, and help her to face her past and make a new life.

Like the first book, the story in Rocky Mountain Haven is so simple, just another life at ranch. The difference are Beth is mature woman, but with a few sexual experience and still recovered from her horrible life. The problem is usual when the heroine is widow, she will start to love again, finding a man, but afraid it will affect her life and her children. So we will see how Beth resolve her problem. Daniel is alpha, yet beta too. I don't know if he at the same age or younger than Beth, but sure he do accept her, and her children, and want to make family with her. The love scene more steamy than the first book, and it considered erotic, but it sweet, sensual and beautifully written. My problem is Beth swore a lot, for a mother, teacher and -seems to be polite- woman, in and out bed.

I would love to read more Coleman's Brother. There are 4 left, Matt, Travis, and the twins , Joel and Jesse. I'm feel sad when I know the author might be not continued this, but read at her website here :

http://vivianarend.com/2010/11/six-pack-ranch/

She will reprint Rocky Mountain Heat and Rocky Mountain Haven under new publisher and expand the story! The first book will be released at November this year, follow with the second book at January, and finally, the next book Rocky Mountain Hope , a brand new story of Six Pack Ranch series (wonder who's brother that will told his story) released at March/April!

If you want a mild erotic contemporary story with western setting and some hot cowboys, put Six Pack Ranch at your wishlist ;)