Rescued by Mr. Wrong

The Daughters of Dancing Falls #3

by Cynthia Thomason

Life is meant to be lived

Surprising her family for Christmas seems like a good idea…until Carrie Foster loses control of her car in a freak blizzard. Now she’s stuck in the middle of nowhere with a fractured leg, the unplanned-for guest of the man who saved her life.

Keegan Breen lives in a secluded cabin on his family’s neglected campgrounds, which nature-lover Carrie sees as a potential paradise. The haunted war correspondent is a world away from the boy he was once. But together, can they prove the cynics wrong and show that opposites can not only attract, but be soul mates?

186 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 1, 2017

About the author

I'm Cynthia Thomason, and I'm a romantic. To me, romance means love between people as well as finding romance in places, such as waterfalls, lighthouses, beaches, or wherever else your soul connects with the wider universe.. I have written 39 romance novels for Harlequin and Kensington. But I am currently proud to announce, BACKDROP DEAD, my FIRST COZY HISTORICAL MYSTERY, set on a showboat in 1898. I guess I'll add showboats to my list of romantic places.
I was raised in Ohio. I taught high school English, ran my own auction house, and wrote books. I have experienced a great love, but lost my husband a few years ago to cancer. But he's still around. I can feel him.
I have won the HOLT Medallion Award, the Golden Quill and Readers' Choice Awards and I've been nominated several times for the prestigious Maggie Award. I'm proud of those awards, but as the saying goes, "That and five dollars will get you in the door of Starbucks." I love to write about America's small towns, similar to the one where I grew up in Summit County, Ohio. I have one son, also a writer. My favorite place to spend an afternoon is the mountains of North Carolina, but I haven't been to Ireland yet. My motto as I grow older and wiser is "never stop learning." After several lessons, I am now playing the guitar and I love it.

Reviews

[♡ Jeri's Book Attic ♡ Jeri the Romance Bibiliophile ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

In Case of “Rescued by Mr. Wrong” by Cynthia Thomason I am not sure what the authors reasons were for some of the strings in this plot. When choosing this book I did not know that it was a part of a series (it seems) of standalones around the daughters of the Foster Family. Judging from the plot this should be the last book of that series though. It is readable as a standalone without knowledge of the previous stories. But maybe because of my missing knowledge I had a problem with the leading characters.

I totally liked the idea of the brooding hermit that rescues a woman from a blizzard, you could say I am a sucker for such stories and this one did not disappoint when it comes to that part. Yet the Blurb did not give me any indication to several issues that were going to arise and one of them irked me particularly. No – to be honest there were several so I am not quite sure how to approach them in a review without giving away the plot.

Quoting the Blurb__(Surprising her family for Christmas seems like a good idea…until Carrie Foster loses control of her car in a freak blizzard. Now she's stuck in the middle of nowhere with a fractured leg, the unplanned-for guest of the man who saved her life.)

I liked the relationship between both characters, it was developing well and was interesting, but for most of the book they felt more like they were developing nothing more than a friendship as I could not feel the spark between them. And what bothered me was her relationship with her family and the way her appearance was described (and the amount of times that description was repeated). I am sorry if this is a spoiler but it felt like she was placed under disability instead of feeling like she had an overbearing family as it was intended.

Quoting the Blurb __(Keegan Breen lives in a secluded cabin on his family's neglected campgrounds, which nature-lover Carrie sees as a potential paradise. The haunted war correspondent is a world away from the boy he was once. But together, can they prove the cynics wrong and show that opposites can not only attract, but be soul mates?)

Keegan was an interesting character – like I imagined and I liked him until the moment he made a phone call to someone he should not have called. Sorry to be cryptic but I have to mention it as this is my main reason together with the strange family dynamic why this book was not my “thing”.

Keegan single handed destroyed my “feelings” for this story and I found myself sitting there shaking my head NO to what happened in that moment. Soul mates ? No way at least that was the signal I got.

This was my first book by this author and I am sorry that it was not for me because I really liked the plot idea but the way it was handled – even as well written as it was – did not work out for me.

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[Anita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Keegan and Carrie are an example of opposites attracting. I liked both of the characters. I loved the premise of the story. The hermit being the one to save the damsel was fun. I felt like both of them had a chip on their shoulders that kept me from loving them.
All in all it's a good read with some fun interactions and a happy ending.

Rating:
Content: kissing, innuendo
Source: Netgalley
I received an ARC for a unbiased review

[Bec · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carrie Foster doesn’t enjoy her family treating her like a baby all because of her medical condition. So, when she’s in an accident on her way to surprise her family for Christmas, Carrie knows there’s no way she can tell them what happened. Instead, she decides to ask Keegan Breen -- the stranger that rescues her -- for help by surprisingly declaring that their relationship is more than it is. Can she convince Keegan that being alone isn’t the way to live?

Although I’ve read the first book of this series, I haven’t had the chance to read the second, but I can say without a doubt that all three books can easily be read as a stand-alone. Right from the beginning, this story was very engaging, fast-paced and provided plenty of emotion, which had me feeling sorry for the heroine. Her family treat her like glass; someone that will easily break under certain circumstances and I could understand why she wants to keep her injuries to herself. No way could she handle their babying when she’s tried so hard to be the independent and hard-working woman she is. Besides, she takes all the precautions she’s supposed to in keeping herself healthy.

Both the main characters have compelling back stories, and I was totally hooked by their growing relationship, as Carrie does her best to prove to Keegan that life is worth living and that he shouldn’t let past regrets stop him from doing what’s right when it comes to the most important person in his life – his son. Really, Carrie was a delightful heroine. She’s strong and brave, despite all she’d been through growing up with her family being overprotective. Where they’d prefer to put Carrie in a bubble so nothing hurts her, she’s strived to prove she can conquer her illness. Certainly, her stubbornness and commitment to pursuing her dreams helped her be the strong, independent woman she is. No way would anyone stop her from achieving anything she set out to do, which is proven by what she does for the hero.

While Keegan, after everything he’s witnessed due to his job as a reporter; a reporter that always chased big stories that took him into dangerous territory, it’s hard for him to let anyone in for fear he could be putting his trust in the wrong person. Except Carrie is totally different in the way she’s kind and caring as well as open and honest. She’s a breath of fresh air to his cynical life; always seeing the best in people and the environment.

Overall, Ms. Thomason has penned a really good read in this book where the romance stayed on the sweet side but illustrated how right Carrie is for Keegan. Something he needed to realize if he was ever going to be happy again. The way this story ended made me a little sad. How could Keegan be so cruel by doing the one thing that would make him lose Carrie’s trust? Yet, in saying that, I liked how he made things right with the heroine. Groveling works like a charm, especially when he throws her previous words back at her about their relationship to take her by surprise. I would recommend Rescued by Mr. Wrong, if you enjoy the opposites attract trope, the fake relationship trope or a story where the epilogue wraps this story up nicely and shows that happy ever after is worth fighting for.

[Marianne Lowe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the premise of the book and the characters, but I wasn't convinced of the love connection. I just felt like it was more of a friendship. I get that opposites attract, but I just didn't get that deeper connection like with other stories. I didn't realize this was part of a series when I started it. While it can be read alone, I would have wanted to read the other 2 stories first because this one seemed like it went at the end.

[Melissa Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, but seemed a little unrealistic. I mean she just chose to stay with him without even consulting him. Then had his son brought as a surprise. Cute story though.

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Miniseries: The Daughters of Dancing Falls

[Books and Spoons · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rescued by Mr. Wrong took from the start a road that I wasn't prepared for. Due to the blizzard, Christmas, and an accident Carrie Foster ends up as a houseguest in Keegan Breen's small cottage at the secluded campgrounds.
Carrie is a thirty-year-old woman, who's baby face makes people always underestimate her and treat her like a kid, and her asthma has kept her dad looking after her like a hawk. She has craved and embraced her independence since she was a little girl. Her relationships with men haven't been that successful because of her issues with intimacy coming from the teen years.
Keegan is in hiding, to heal and find an inner peace after years of dangerous work as a reporter who got the news others were afraid to go after. His relationship with his teenage son was fragile and awkward, but his love and devotion towards Taylor were never questioned. Living across the country from each other didn't help, but they were managing.
I liked the setup for the story, it really had me intrigued. Snowbound at Christmas - there not much that is more romantic than that. But like I said, this story took a different turn. I will try to explain this without spoilers, but from that moment Carrie turned into a house guest from hell. She pretty much arranged the situation so that without an awkward scene Keegan had to claim the responsibility of her at the hospital. And from there on, she interferes with and tries to manage everything in his life. I could not believe what she did, the extent of mingling into his business and life, in general, she went into. And at the beginning when Keegan told her to get someone to pick her up, she just ignored it and stayed on. I am baffled how Keegan let her do everything that she did. More power to him and his patience. And they were not romantically involved as this happened either. She was just staying at his house because of the circumstances. The feelings they had for each other did develop and grow as they got to know each other better, but it was more of caring friends than deep romantic love.
So what stood out for me with this novel is the engaging way the author told the story, the natural flow of the tale, the images painted in the pages. The character development was distinct yet nicely embedded into the tale, into the events unfolding.
An ending to an interesting family saga where all the three daughters of Dr. Foster find their place in the world with a little help of the family and friends.
~ Three Spoons

[Kim]

I enjoyed this book very much.