The Writers Studio: WEDNESDAY REVIEW - ON FRIDAY- Starting Over With The Maverick

Friday, July 26, 2024

WEDNESDAY REVIEW - ON FRIDAY- Starting Over With The Maverick

Good morning, friends!

As you have probably experienced, life doesn't always go as planned. Thus is my life when Bob is home for his twenty-one days. My usual work schedule goes right out the window. Only five months left then I can set a regular schedule.

Add to the fact I began reading the wrong book in order. LOL Something in my brain said 'Starting Over With the Maverick' seemed the logical book to end the series. so much for my brain.

We're on track now, and I think you for your patience.

AMAZON

Book Blurb:

The cowboy she hadn’t counted on

After losing her husband, Elizabeth Hawkins is happy to be reunited with her rodeo-riding sisters and extended family, even if she expects her time in Montana may be brief. But she's thrown when Bronco native Jake McCreery ambles into her heart…and even more when it looks as though the commitment-shy cowboy wants to stay! The rugged rancher is also a widower with three kids; she has two. Together they could make a beautiful life, but only if they can find the courage to take a second chance on love—with each other.

My first impression was that the story opened up slow. Then I realized, the set-up for the rest of the story flowed as the author meant.

Elizabeth and Jake have both experienced painful loss in the deaths of their spouses. Jake wasn't looking to fill his late wife's place with anyone - even though six years have passed. As for Elizabeth, two years is not very long in the grand scheme of things when you feel you've lost your soulmate unexpectedly. Both have had their hands full raising their children - trying to be both mother and father. We all know how hard raising kids can be when you have both parents in the picture and there are readers who there who've done the job solo as well. Also, having kids complicates the combining of souls. Kathy Douglas did an excellent job and letting the kids be the stars of this story. Who wouldn't want twin girls? Or what boy wouldn't want a mom when he'd never had one. Almost from the beginning, these five children form a sibling bond then just hung out waiting for their parents to figure out the rest.

Kids and animals are two of my weakness' in a story. Their innocence yet maturity (at any age) really put things in perspective. I'm giving Starting Over With The Maverick...