Author: RJ Scott
Length: 54,000
words
Blurb
An actor in the closet, a sheriff in love, and memories that won't stay
hidden.
Jordan Darby is
known as the King of Christmas. The star of eight made-for-TV Christmas movies,
the leading man who always gets his girl. Filming at Crooked Tree Ranch in
Montana, in the ice and snow, Jordan is fighting to make a go of his new
company and dealing with fears of exposure over one huge secret. After all, who
the hell would buy into him being a romantic straight lead if rumors about him
being gay were proven to be true.
Sheriff Ryan
Carter is advising on the new movie being made at Crooked Tree. He hoped this
would be one day of work and nothing more. Until, that is, he meets the hero.
But while Jordan is sexy, he's also very much stuck in the closet - everything
that Ryan doesn't need in his life. And then lust becomes part of the equation,
and Ryan's quiet life is thrown into turmoil.
Their story
unfolds against the chaos that overtakes the ranch, with Adam regaining
memories that terrify him and make him look at Justin differently, and Justin
leaving the ranch to make things right. Only through trusting in love and
friendship can Justin and Adam learn to look to the future instead of letting
the past destroy everything. But will they ever see clearly enough to do that?
My Review
To say I was
looking forward to Snow in Montana would
be a gross understatement. Apart from
the more than enticing blurb for Ryan and Jordan’s story there was still the
Justin and Adam situation to fully resolve. For the most part this book gave me
exactly what I was hoping for but….
I have to admit I’m
a bit torn about this book. On the one hand I loved it. Ryan and Justin’s story
was adorable, almost angst free, and a pure delight to read. It makes a nice
change to read a book where one partner isn’t more or less forcing the other to
step out of the closet and it’s even better when the outing, when it does
happen, is more or less drama free and helping the relationship move forward
rather than setting it back. I always love it when a book takes me by surprise
or a story develops in a way I didn’t expect and that was definitely the case
when it came to Jordan and Ryan. These two men were so cute together. I loved
the doubts Ryan harboured underneath all his strength and the determination and
honesty of Jordan.
I could have done
with fewer characters whose names started with ‘J’. Jordan, Justin, Jason…more than once I
confused one for the other. I get that in a series with as many characters as
the Montana books it is impossible to not have characters with similar sounding
names but when all three showed up in same chapter my addled mind had a hard
time keeping up.
I’m also not
entirely sure how I feel about the resolution of the Adam – Justin situation.
On the one hand it makes perfect sense that their situation doesn’t suddenly
find an easy answer or clean cut solution. On the other hand however it didn’t
feel as if any more questions had been answered when the book ended, just that
Adam had come to terms with the fact that the past would always remain somewhat
murky. And while that certainly fitted the situation and felt realistic, I
would have liked a bit more clarity.
However, all of the
above didn’t stop me from thoroughly enjoying this book and reading it from
start to finish more or less in one sitting. RJ Scott is a master storyteller
with a special talent for creating characters who make a lasting impression. In
these four books she created not only an extended family I came to adore but
also managed to turn Montana into an extra character, as vivid as the people
inhabiting it. Crooked Tree Range has over the course of these books turned
into a place so real I’d love to go and spend a holiday there.
So while Snow
in Montana wasn’t my favourite book in this quartet, it was, without a
doubt, an intriguing and spellbinding finale and a pure pleasure to read.
Links to reviews of
the earlier Montana books:
Review Tour
Details
December 7 - Dog-Eared Daydreams, The Blogger Girls, Xtreme Delusions, Sexy Erotic Exciting, Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books, Books For Fun, Reading In Sarah's Corner
December 12
- The Day Before
You Came, Wicked Faerie's Tales & Reviews, 2 Chicks
and a Book, Jim's Blog
December 14
- The
Geekery Book Review, Foxylutely Books, Nerdy Dirty & Flirty, Dreams and
Screams Bookaholics, MM Good
Book Reviews
Author Bio
RJ also writes MF romance under the name Rozenn Scott.
The last time she had a week’s break from writing she didn't like it one little bit, and she has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn’t defeat.
mailto:rj@rjscott.co.uk
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