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The blurb:
High school principal Paul Johansson has never been lucky in love, which is too bad, because few men in Montana are more naturally romantic. Then his friend Maggie signs him up for Internet dating, and while Paul is initially furious, he’s soon blown away by Holly Morgan, a blonde, blue-eyed art teacher from Connecticut. She might just be the girl of his dreams.
Zoe Flannigan—aka Holly Morgan—totally forgot about the account she set up two years ago on Meet-the-One.com. In fact, after an accident that left her physically and emotionally scarred, she hasn’t been up for meeting or dating anyone. Until she meets Paul who is handsome, sweet, and too-good-to-be-true. But while the built-in anonymity of the Internet offers a buffer, she can’t hide in cyberspace forever, either from Paul’s expectations or herself. There’s a journey she must take, and at the end of it will be a love as beautiful and boundless as the wide Montana sky.
Zoe Flannigan—aka Holly Morgan—totally forgot about the account she set up two years ago on Meet-the-One.com. In fact, after an accident that left her physically and emotionally scarred, she hasn’t been up for meeting or dating anyone. Until she meets Paul who is handsome, sweet, and too-good-to-be-true. But while the built-in anonymity of the Internet offers a buffer, she can’t hide in cyberspace forever, either from Paul’s expectations or herself. There’s a journey she must take, and at the end of it will be a love as beautiful and boundless as the wide Montana sky.
My Opinion:
*Book provided
by the author and publisher in exchange for an honest review*
Whoooo hoo our
QUEEN OF ROMANCE is back with the next part of the Heart of Montana stories. I
was s glad to be back in this world and read about all the characters again,
especially Jane and Lars. I love them so much in See Jane Fall and didn’t want
to let them go, so it was awesome that they were in some of the scenes.
For once the
Heart of Montana book is not about a Lindstrom sibling (they’re always there
anyway…), no it’s about our lovely principle Paul, who was madly in love with
Jenny Lindstrom, but she married someone else.
He is best
friends with Lars and Maggie and Maggie has enough of Paul being single and
miserable, so she opens an online dating account for him.
I loved getting
to know Paul better. I have to say that I didn’t really like him in jenny’s
book, but then he was so nice to Jane in the last book and now finally his
character and personality came through. As a teacher myself it’s always
interesting when a character in a book has the same profession. Paul is really
passionate about his job and just wants the best for the children. He went
through a lot looking for love and it was really hard for him. It was great to
read about his feelings and emotions and one could feel that they were real.
Now there is
Zoe, or Miss Mystic or Holly. Well, in her online account is says Holly and
she’s a beautiful blonde with blue eyes. Not anymore, she has changed a lot:
tattoos, black hair, brown eyes… As a reader we find out soon what happened to
her and why she changed so much. It’s a sad and tragic story and she’s still
struggling with it.
Holly/Zoe and
Paul start exchanging messages and eventually they also talk on the phone.
Their relationship develops beautifully just with their messages and phone
calls, they were falling for each other, but then Paul wants to visit her…
Zoe is shocked
and scared, because she lied about her name and her picture. After talking to
her aunt she decides to go to Montana and tell him the truth. However, that’s
not as easy as she thought it would be and she doesn’t say a world.
Paul sees
himself falling for Zoe as well, but what about Holly? This whole mess gets
really complicated, but love and the feelings were always in the foreground. Zoe
can’t get herself to tell him and I was glad she had Maggie and then also Nils
to talk to.
Their lovestory
was so sweet, intense and deep. I love how Katy found a way to express their
chemistry from both of their perspectives. We got to know both characters and
their emotions, which was great and brought a pleasant change into the story. Some of their scenes were really romantic and
passionate, which I loved.
Katy created a
wonderful and brilliant story, taking me into this world of Montana again. The
surroundings were beautiful and seemed so real, I couldn’t put the book down, I
was addicted to Paul’s and Zoe’s story. WOW WOW WOW, you did an amazing job
with this one Katy!!! 
I can’t wait
for Nils’ and Maggie’s story!!!!
Rating:
My passible cast:
Paul: model
Zoe: model
EXCERPT
Zoe closed her eyes as he leaned over
her, claiming her lips with his. He tightened his arms around her, pulling her
body flush against his and she slid her flattened hands up his chest until they
rested lightly on the throbbing pulse on either side of his throat.
She
was terribly in love with him.
And
it was terrible.
It
was terrible that she had lied to him. It was terrible that she would
eventually have to tell him the truth. It was terrible that she didn’t know how
to make it all okay. It was terrible to love so hard. It was terrible to want
this much. It was terrible to know that she would never, ever love someone as
she loved Paul Johansson.
His
tongue slipped through her lips and all thoughts slipped from her head. She arched
her back to fit better against him, and he held on tightly to her, pressing her
up against the hardness between his thighs and pillaging her mouth with his
tongue. He stroked the satin muscle of her tongue then nipped at the soft skin
of her lips, blowing her mind with the savage heat that they generated simply
by touching.
She
ran her hands through his thick blond hair as his hands moved from her back to
her hips, his fingers slipping under her t-shirt to touch the soft skin
underneath. Her fingers tensed in his hair momentarily from the sharp sweetness
of the sensation and she moaned into his mouth, wanting more, wanting his hands
all over her body. With increasing passion, she dug her hands into his—
“Excuse
me! This is a public park! Oh, really. This is disgraceful!”
Paul
pulled back from her abruptly and her eyes flew open. She caught his startled
expression, staring at someone behind her with a mixture of surprise and
chagrin sweeping across his flushed face. She dropped her hands to his shoulders
and felt them lightly shaking under her fingers; with one look at his face, she
realized he was chuckling inside and trying very hard not to break into gales
of laughter on the outside. She held onto him, feeling herself dissolve into
quiet giggles, finally resting her forehead on his chest as her shoulders
shook.
“S-Sorry,
ma’am,” she heard Paul say, his voice just keeping it together as his chest
still trembled lightly, rippling against her with silent laughter.
“Well,
I should say so! Making out like the world is ending. There are children
milling around!”
“Yes,
ma’am,” said Paul, his voice merry under contrition, another round of trembles
making Zoe giggle harder. “Poor judgment.”
“Indeed.
Just…get a room. Or keep it clean.”
Zoe
snorted lightly against his chest, unable to keep the giggles under control.
“Yes.
A clean room. Thank you.”
Paul
stepped back then, taking her hand and pulling her away from the sour-faced,
grumbling grandmother behind them.
“Thanks
for letting me take the fall,” he said, grinning at her when they finally got
to the top of the cliff.
“No
problem,” she giggled, pushing a flyaway hair out of her face.
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As it turned out, one love story turned into a series of six Heart of Montana romances, following the love lives of the Yellowstone-based Lindstrom siblings. When Katy's fans asked her to turn up the heat, she cheerfully started her Enchanted Places series, which offered steamier romance to her readers. Katy was also proud to offer a stand-alone romance, The Vixen and the Vet, written as a benefit for Operation Mend, just in time for Fourth of July, 2014.
Katy lives in the relative wilds of northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, where her writing room looks out at the woods, and her husband, two young children, and two dogs create just enough cheerful chaos to remind her that the very best love stories of all are the messy and unexpected ones.
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