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Fearless Enough by Kelly Elliott
5.0
'Fearless Enough feels like coming home to your favourite comfort read/series. We're back in a Blayze of glory!' - The British Bibliophile
Thank you to Kelly Elliott for sending me an ebook Advanced Readers Copy of this book for me to read and leave an honest review, as part of being on her ARC team.
Yeehaw! Folks, we're back in Montana with Ms Kelly Elliott at the wheel. Welcome back to a follow-up series to one that not only became a favourite for myself personally, but to dozens of Kelly's readers as well. The original series, Meet Me in Montana gave us all we know and love about our cowboy-creating Kelly and then some. If you've read that series, you'll know exactly what I'm on about. It garnered so much interest from readers, it became an unputdownable four-book series that was truly one of the most beloved that she's ever created, that was also one of the hardest to say goodbye to.
Little did we know back then...it wouldn't be goodbye at all. Hello Love in Montana series!
Fearless Enough is the first novel in the sequel/follow-up series to Meet Me in Montana ,continuing on similarly to ‘ All They Wanted’ from Kelly's 'Wanted' series, with the next generation of heart-stopping cowboys and their fierce, sharp-tongued and tough-as-all-get-out girls. I, for one, leapt up and waved my non-existent cowboy hat in the air the day Kelly announced that this sequel series would be happening, and with none other than Blayze Shaw--Brock Shaw & Lincoln Shaw's son (nee Pratt)--up in the saddle. What a lucky saddle!
Believe me when I tell you all this... I'm someone who does their best in keeping things spoiler-free when it comes to writing my reviews, because I'm not about ruining something for someone who hasn't read the book yet. This book came awfully close to me spilling all the good stuff to y'all because, folks, there's plenty of goings on within these pages that is testing my resilience to tell you all about it. I'd never cross that line no matter how good the book, but damn Kelly, you've got me here wishing I could scream it to the world about just how much I love this book and the story within.
What I can and will do, is go through the blurb with y'all. Starting with this:
'Blayze Shaw could sum up his life in one word, fulfilling. He grew up in the shadow of his famous father, Brock Shaw, a multi-year PBR champion, but chose not to follow in his dad's footsteps. Instead, choosing to work on the family’s cattle ranch in Hamilton, Montana. Everything in his life was exactly how he wanted it, and he was the happiest he'd ever been.'
Brock Shaw quickly became one of my favourite men that Kelly has ever created. Imagine then how his offspring, Blayze, would be if he was anything like his father? Little Blayze was a charmer & heart-breaker in the making--both to the fictional ladies within the pages & the non-fictional ones reading about him--, who would either follow a path already made for him walked by his own father, or create one of his own. In this case, it's the latter. Will what happens on the ranch, stay on the ranch? There's only one way to find out.
'When a woman from his past resurfaces and is given the task of diving deep into his world for the answers he isn’t willing to share, Blayze’s perfect world is thrown into a tailspin. He wants to dislike her, but the more time they spend together bickering back and forth, the harder it is to fight his feelings.'
Yes, yes, yes for the 'second chance' romance trope! Kelly writes stories with this trope in them SO well, I just knew I was going to love this story & however she was going to spin the second chance angle with Blayze & his girl. After all, his father & Lincoln's trope was 'Strangers-to-Lovers', so it's a refreshingly different take right off the bat. Plus, we all know that our book men WILL fail to fight against their feelings, as it's only a matter of time and the fall is always SO sweet & satisfying!
'Georgiana Crenshaw is chasing a career as a sports reporter and has something to prove to the top dogs at the network where she works. She hasn’t made it this far simply because of who her father is. Georgiana has succeeded solely due to hard work and determination. She dives in when given a chance to show she has what it takes to get the promotion she desperately wants. Told it will be the interview of a lifetime, Georgiana shows up at the airport with a go-get-'em attitude. Only when her father tells her who she'll be interviewing does she have a moment of doubt.'
Here she is, ladies & gentlemen, Blayze's leading lady & second-chance. Georgiana Crenshaw. When I first read the blurb and noted her job, I immediately thought back to one of Kelly's previous books. Namely, The Playbook & Aubrey Cain. This could be a coincidence that the two's scenarios & jobs are similar, but it could also be a nod to that past book. Either way, Kelly crafted a truly unique character in Georgiana. You'll find that out for yourself when you get to meet her. She's as much Blayze's equal as she is the other half of him, and that's what I love most about her. Even in the most unlikely and unexpected of circumstances (hello forced proximity trope, lovely to have you here too!), there's a silver lining to be had & she'll take the reins with both hands to get it.
'But honestly, how hard could it be to interview an arrogant, self-centered, obnoxious, too handsome for his own good flirt, who gave Georgiana her first kiss behind the barn on his father's ranch?'
As time has gone on, it seems like it's changed some of what we knew about little Blayze Shaw. The boy has become the man, and with it all the pitfalls and lessons with it. Georgiana will soon learn just how difficult Blayze can be on the way to obtaining her goal and soul mission for being back in Montana--the last place she wanted to be--. As for the kiss behind the barn? Well, history does have a habit of repeating itself so...will that happen for these two who despite their rocky beginning end up sharing the same saddle? I know the answer to that, now it's your turn to find out.
Although we're only on book one I can tell y'all right from the start as was the case with the Meet Me in Montana series, this is going to be one to watch and re-read till you know it off by heart before you've even picked it up, yet you want to go back time and time again to relieve the magic.
Congratulations Kelly, you've just got yourself a top read of 2023! Five stars!
Thank you to Kelly Elliott for sending me an ebook Advanced Readers Copy of this book for me to read and leave an honest review, as part of being on her ARC team.
Yeehaw! Folks, we're back in Montana with Ms Kelly Elliott at the wheel. Welcome back to a follow-up series to one that not only became a favourite for myself personally, but to dozens of Kelly's readers as well. The original series, Meet Me in Montana gave us all we know and love about our cowboy-creating Kelly and then some. If you've read that series, you'll know exactly what I'm on about. It garnered so much interest from readers, it became an unputdownable four-book series that was truly one of the most beloved that she's ever created, that was also one of the hardest to say goodbye to.
Little did we know back then...it wouldn't be goodbye at all. Hello Love in Montana series!
Fearless Enough is the first novel in the sequel/follow-up series to Meet Me in Montana ,continuing on similarly to ‘ All They Wanted’ from Kelly's 'Wanted' series, with the next generation of heart-stopping cowboys and their fierce, sharp-tongued and tough-as-all-get-out girls. I, for one, leapt up and waved my non-existent cowboy hat in the air the day Kelly announced that this sequel series would be happening, and with none other than Blayze Shaw--Brock Shaw & Lincoln Shaw's son (nee Pratt)--up in the saddle. What a lucky saddle!
Believe me when I tell you all this... I'm someone who does their best in keeping things spoiler-free when it comes to writing my reviews, because I'm not about ruining something for someone who hasn't read the book yet. This book came awfully close to me spilling all the good stuff to y'all because, folks, there's plenty of goings on within these pages that is testing my resilience to tell you all about it. I'd never cross that line no matter how good the book, but damn Kelly, you've got me here wishing I could scream it to the world about just how much I love this book and the story within.
What I can and will do, is go through the blurb with y'all. Starting with this:
'Blayze Shaw could sum up his life in one word, fulfilling. He grew up in the shadow of his famous father, Brock Shaw, a multi-year PBR champion, but chose not to follow in his dad's footsteps. Instead, choosing to work on the family’s cattle ranch in Hamilton, Montana. Everything in his life was exactly how he wanted it, and he was the happiest he'd ever been.'
Brock Shaw quickly became one of my favourite men that Kelly has ever created. Imagine then how his offspring, Blayze, would be if he was anything like his father? Little Blayze was a charmer & heart-breaker in the making--both to the fictional ladies within the pages & the non-fictional ones reading about him--, who would either follow a path already made for him walked by his own father, or create one of his own. In this case, it's the latter. Will what happens on the ranch, stay on the ranch? There's only one way to find out.
'When a woman from his past resurfaces and is given the task of diving deep into his world for the answers he isn’t willing to share, Blayze’s perfect world is thrown into a tailspin. He wants to dislike her, but the more time they spend together bickering back and forth, the harder it is to fight his feelings.'
Yes, yes, yes for the 'second chance' romance trope! Kelly writes stories with this trope in them SO well, I just knew I was going to love this story & however she was going to spin the second chance angle with Blayze & his girl. After all, his father & Lincoln's trope was 'Strangers-to-Lovers', so it's a refreshingly different take right off the bat. Plus, we all know that our book men WILL fail to fight against their feelings, as it's only a matter of time and the fall is always SO sweet & satisfying!
'Georgiana Crenshaw is chasing a career as a sports reporter and has something to prove to the top dogs at the network where she works. She hasn’t made it this far simply because of who her father is. Georgiana has succeeded solely due to hard work and determination. She dives in when given a chance to show she has what it takes to get the promotion she desperately wants. Told it will be the interview of a lifetime, Georgiana shows up at the airport with a go-get-'em attitude. Only when her father tells her who she'll be interviewing does she have a moment of doubt.'
Here she is, ladies & gentlemen, Blayze's leading lady & second-chance. Georgiana Crenshaw. When I first read the blurb and noted her job, I immediately thought back to one of Kelly's previous books. Namely, The Playbook & Aubrey Cain. This could be a coincidence that the two's scenarios & jobs are similar, but it could also be a nod to that past book. Either way, Kelly crafted a truly unique character in Georgiana. You'll find that out for yourself when you get to meet her. She's as much Blayze's equal as she is the other half of him, and that's what I love most about her. Even in the most unlikely and unexpected of circumstances (hello forced proximity trope, lovely to have you here too!), there's a silver lining to be had & she'll take the reins with both hands to get it.
'But honestly, how hard could it be to interview an arrogant, self-centered, obnoxious, too handsome for his own good flirt, who gave Georgiana her first kiss behind the barn on his father's ranch?'
As time has gone on, it seems like it's changed some of what we knew about little Blayze Shaw. The boy has become the man, and with it all the pitfalls and lessons with it. Georgiana will soon learn just how difficult Blayze can be on the way to obtaining her goal and soul mission for being back in Montana--the last place she wanted to be--. As for the kiss behind the barn? Well, history does have a habit of repeating itself so...will that happen for these two who despite their rocky beginning end up sharing the same saddle? I know the answer to that, now it's your turn to find out.
Although we're only on book one I can tell y'all right from the start as was the case with the Meet Me in Montana series, this is going to be one to watch and re-read till you know it off by heart before you've even picked it up, yet you want to go back time and time again to relieve the magic.
Congratulations Kelly, you've just got yourself a top read of 2023! Five stars!