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Now and Forever
by Mary Connealy
After now reading all three of the Wild at Heart books, I can unequivocally say that Now & Forever is my favorite of the trilogy. This second book is Mary Connealy at her best! Madcap adventure, hilarious dialogue, toe-curling kisses, and characters that you wish you could invite to dinner. Well... I'm unsure about that last one. Shannon's idea of a meal and mine are quite different, and while my tastes align much more closely with Tucker's he has that one bath a year rule so.... yeah. Maybe I should amend that thought to "characters that you wish you counted as friends". There. That sounds somewhat safer on both my beet-sensitive constitution and my sense of smell.
One of the things I enjoy most about Mary Connealy's books is her writing style - the narrator is inside the characters' heads and informs us of their thoughts with wry amusement. Sometimes, she bypasses wry amusement and goes straight for out-and-out hilarity! Tucker's ponderings to himself about Shannon and his feelings thereof .... and his attachment to his pants (it would take me too long to explain here - you just to read the book) waver between those two categories and were responsible for many chuckles from yours truly as I read. Speaking of chuckles... watch for a scene where the mountain men are planning their strategy for how best to retell the tale of Tucker and Shannon's river adventure. Outside of the romantical scenes and the kisses that Tucker kept planting on Shannon, that particular scene was one of my very favorites in the book. Pure comedic gold. I could see it playing out so clearly, and I'm pretty sure Tim Conway was one of the mountain men in my mind.
Bottom Line: In between all the laughter and the kissing (and ooo-la-la, are there some good ones!), Now & Forever brims with suspense and tenderness and warmth. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to anyone who loves romantic comedies, westerns, or historical fiction. As I said, it's Mary Connealy at her best - and it has a little something for everyone!
(I received a copy of this book in exchange for only my honest review.)
One of the things I enjoy most about Mary Connealy's books is her writing style - the narrator is inside the characters' heads and informs us of their thoughts with wry amusement. Sometimes, she bypasses wry amusement and goes straight for out-and-out hilarity! Tucker's ponderings to himself about Shannon and his feelings thereof .... and his attachment to his pants (it would take me too long to explain here - you just to read the book) waver between those two categories and were responsible for many chuckles from yours truly as I read. Speaking of chuckles... watch for a scene where the mountain men are planning their strategy for how best to retell the tale of Tucker and Shannon's river adventure. Outside of the romantical scenes and the kisses that Tucker kept planting on Shannon, that particular scene was one of my very favorites in the book. Pure comedic gold. I could see it playing out so clearly, and I'm pretty sure Tim Conway was one of the mountain men in my mind.
Bottom Line: In between all the laughter and the kissing (and ooo-la-la, are there some good ones!), Now & Forever brims with suspense and tenderness and warmth. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to anyone who loves romantic comedies, westerns, or historical fiction. As I said, it's Mary Connealy at her best - and it has a little something for everyone!
(I received a copy of this book in exchange for only my honest review.)