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Double M Ranch #2
Holding On
Brandi McNeal has gotten herself into a speck of a mess. Not only did she keep the birth of her baby a secret, but she also gave permission to hold a benefit rodeo at The Double M Ranch. A ranch she doesn’t own. Upon her arrival home she’s taken back by the knowledge that the one man who stole her heart, and unknowingly fathered her daughter, still sets her body on fire with a mere touch She’s even more shaken to learn that he is also part-owner of the The Double M Ranch. She needs his consent. She needs his touch. And in between his caresses, she needs to find a way to tell him about the baby she’s kept a secret.Dex Walczok has all he wants out of life. Or so he thinks, until Brandi enters his life again. He quickly finds himself struggling with the lies she’s spinning and his own desires for her. He can’t stop touching her and is unable to ease the flames of passion that burn hot whenever shefs near. His world is turned upside down when Brandi devastates him with the news that she's had a baby. His baby…
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98 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 13, 2011
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July 3, 2012
Brandi McNeal’s life is a mess. She hastily moved away from home without an explanation to her brother Troy or to anyone else on the Double M Ranch. Brandi is known as something of a wild child, not promiscuous, just accident prone around the animals and a bit too spontaneous. Now Brandi is returning home with her daughter, Suzy. Wonderful, right? Well, it might be under different circumstances.
Troy doesn’t know she’s coming and he certainly doesn’t know he has a new niece. Their relationship has been somewhat tense since Brandi left and then didn’t come home for the birth of his own daughter, Hannah. Now, Brandi shows up, nowhere to go, out of money, and with a baby in hand. Brandi’s homecoming is anxious for all the obvious reasons and then to ratchet things up more, she tells Troy she’s kept her pregnancy and Suzy’s birth a secret from the father. Brandi is just full of secrets including the fact that she’s promised a hospital that they could host a fundraiser rodeo on the Double M Ranch.
And to add fat to the fire, during her absence, Troy made Dex Walczok, a former employee of the ranch, his partner. So Brandi can’t avoid Dex. The entire situation is way out of hand and spiraling more and more out of control by the second. For Suzy’s sake, Brandi has to grow up and get her priorities straight. But she get’s off to a poor start, hiding Suzy from Dex and drawing her friend into the deception. Of course, everything unravels fairly quickly. It’s then that you understand why she chose not to tell the father. There’s tons of misunderstanding going on, along with a lot of lust and gratuitous sex between Brandi and Dex. It’s meant to be an emotional joining. It doesn’t quite come across that way. The story is more about their physical attraction to each other rather than their passionate response and angst as lovers rejoined. Holding On can’t be taken too seriously. Sherri Thomas has written a light playful romp.
This book is awarded 2 ½ stars.
Reviewed by:
Sallie Lundy-Frommer
Author of Yesterday's Daughter
Troy doesn’t know she’s coming and he certainly doesn’t know he has a new niece. Their relationship has been somewhat tense since Brandi left and then didn’t come home for the birth of his own daughter, Hannah. Now, Brandi shows up, nowhere to go, out of money, and with a baby in hand. Brandi’s homecoming is anxious for all the obvious reasons and then to ratchet things up more, she tells Troy she’s kept her pregnancy and Suzy’s birth a secret from the father. Brandi is just full of secrets including the fact that she’s promised a hospital that they could host a fundraiser rodeo on the Double M Ranch.
And to add fat to the fire, during her absence, Troy made Dex Walczok, a former employee of the ranch, his partner. So Brandi can’t avoid Dex. The entire situation is way out of hand and spiraling more and more out of control by the second. For Suzy’s sake, Brandi has to grow up and get her priorities straight. But she get’s off to a poor start, hiding Suzy from Dex and drawing her friend into the deception. Of course, everything unravels fairly quickly. It’s then that you understand why she chose not to tell the father. There’s tons of misunderstanding going on, along with a lot of lust and gratuitous sex between Brandi and Dex. It’s meant to be an emotional joining. It doesn’t quite come across that way. The story is more about their physical attraction to each other rather than their passionate response and angst as lovers rejoined. Holding On can’t be taken too seriously. Sherri Thomas has written a light playful romp.
This book is awarded 2 ½ stars.
Reviewed by:
Sallie Lundy-Frommer
Author of Yesterday's Daughter
October 1, 2011
An excellent read! I really enjoyed the characters in this book. There is plenty of tension between the H and h. I also thought the writing was done well. I didn't know that this is the second of a series so now I am off to read the first one (but I never felt lost in this book so it is okay as a stand alone too).
August 1, 2012
Another Short read, but I liked the story line. Some Hot sex.
September 7, 2014
I really liked Brandi and Dex's story. Nothing too shocking about it, a wild child returns home with a baby nobody knows about and has to convince the father she is his.
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