Synopsis
from Goodreads: Sadie
Miller isn't expecting any welcome-home parades on her return to
Copper Ridge. Least of all from part-time rancher, full-time lawman
Eli Garrett. The straight-laced, impossibly hot deputy sheriff glares
at her like she's the same teenage hoodlum who fled town ten years
ago. But running from her demons has brought Sadie full circle, ready
to make a commitment at last. Not to a man, but to a B and B. On
Garrett land. Okay, so her plan has a tiny flaw…
Eli
works too hard to let a blonde ball of trouble mess up his town. But
keeping an eye on Sadie makes it tough to keep his hands off her. And
if she's so wrong for him, why does being with her feel so right?
Stats
for my copy:
Mass Market paperback, Harlequin Books, 2015.
How
acquired:
Bought
First
line:
Whoever said you couldn't go home again had clearly never been to
Copper Ridge.
My
thoughts: After
my first Maisey Yates experience, a book I did not particularly
enjoy, several members of a Facebook group I'm in recommended her
Copper Ridge series. I happened to already have this book, the first
in the series, in my massive TBR, so I gave her another chance. And
boy, am I glad I did.
Sadie
and Eli argue whenever they're in each other's company, and their
bickering is almost juvenile, yet hilarious.
“That's funny, Sadie, because I feel like I end up irritated every time I'm around you.”
“I just think your irritation is contagious,” she said.
“Maybe you're so irritating you irritate yourself.”
On
on the same page:
“I'm going to go now. And I'm taking the beer. And the water. Thank you. Again. I'll try not to bother you anymore.”
He snorted. “Good luck.”
“Oh, I don't need it. I don't mind bothering you. You are clearly the one who is bothered by being bothered. So...you're the one who needs the luck, not me.”
Of
course, you know what all this arguing is going to lead to. I do love
the enemies to lovers trope!
I
liked Sadie very much, and I loved Eli. He ticked so many of my
boxes: lawman, cowboy, rancher, grouchy, stoic. In control until the
right woman comes along to break that control. They both have some
serious baggage, and I enjoyed watching them slowly unpack it and
share it piece by piece with each other. Yep, high angst level here.
I
also liked Eli's sister and brother – Connor is even more of a
grouchypants than Eli - and I'm looking forward to their stories. Now
I understand why Ms. Yates is so popular, and I'm so glad I didn't
give up on her after that first book of her I read!
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