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Farthingdale Ranch
The Detective and the Sheriff
Shelby used to be a beat cop with a partner. Now he’s a detective on his own, driving through a blizzard on his way to close a cold case nobody cares about.
When he ends up in a ditch, he’s rescued by the local sheriff, who invites Shelby to wait out the storm with him. His rescuer is also more handsome than anybody in the middle of nowhere has a right to be.
Outside, the blizzard is all around and the air is cold. Inside, the cabin is warm and the fire is bright. And the man who owns the cabin is someone Shelby wants to keep close.
A gay m/m detective/sheriff romance cabin fic with hurt/comfort, opposites attract, fish out of water, a blizzard, and a glowing fire to warm up by. A little sweet, a little steamy, with a guaranteed HEA.
When he ends up in a ditch, he’s rescued by the local sheriff, who invites Shelby to wait out the storm with him. His rescuer is also more handsome than anybody in the middle of nowhere has a right to be.
Outside, the blizzard is all around and the air is cold. Inside, the cabin is warm and the fire is bright. And the man who owns the cabin is someone Shelby wants to keep close.
A gay m/m detective/sheriff romance cabin fic with hurt/comfort, opposites attract, fish out of water, a blizzard, and a glowing fire to warm up by. A little sweet, a little steamy, with a guaranteed HEA.
107 pages, ebook
First published November 21, 2021
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About the author
Jackie North
49 books381 followersJackie North has been writing stories since grade school and spent years absorbing the mainstream romances that she found at her local grocery store. She also wanted to put her English degree to good use and write romance novels, because for years she’s had a never-ending movie of made-up love stories in her head that simply wouldn’t leave her alone.
As fate would have it, she discovered m/m romance and decided that men falling in love with other men was exactly what she wanted to write books about.
She creates characters who are a bit flawed and broken, who find themselves on the edge of society, and maybe a few who are a little bit lost, but who all deserve a happily ever after. (And she makes sure they get it!)
She likes long walks on the beach, the smell of lavender and rainstorms, and enjoys sleeping in on snowy mornings. She is especially fond of pizza and beer and, when time allows, long road trips with soda fountain drinks and rock and roll music. In her heart, there is peace to be found everywhere, but since in the real world this isn’t always true, Jackie writes for love.
As fate would have it, she discovered m/m romance and decided that men falling in love with other men was exactly what she wanted to write books about.
She creates characters who are a bit flawed and broken, who find themselves on the edge of society, and maybe a few who are a little bit lost, but who all deserve a happily ever after. (And she makes sure they get it!)
She likes long walks on the beach, the smell of lavender and rainstorms, and enjoys sleeping in on snowy mornings. She is especially fond of pizza and beer and, when time allows, long road trips with soda fountain drinks and rock and roll music. In her heart, there is peace to be found everywhere, but since in the real world this isn’t always true, Jackie writes for love.
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January 5, 2022dnf @40%
I haven't read this author before, but the premise sounded interesting, so I wanted to give it a try. Sadly, the writing isn't working for me.
Fletcher's character has no personality, except for being nice and polite. The conversations between Fletcher and Shelby feel stilted and unnatural. For the whole first day they just exchange pleasantries, they don't really talk and get to know each other.
One more observation: When the MCs first come to Fletcher's cabin, Fletcher's eyes are dark grey. Later on, when Shelby offers to help with the wood for the fireplace, Fletcher's eyes are blue. The next time his eyes are mentioned they are blue again, so I guess blue it is.
This is not a big deal, but I pay close attention to physical descriptions of characters, because I want to have a clear image of them in my mind, so I'll notice if something is off.
I haven't read this author before, but the premise sounded interesting, so I wanted to give it a try. Sadly, the writing isn't working for me.
Fletcher's character has no personality, except for being nice and polite. The conversations between Fletcher and Shelby feel stilted and unnatural. For the whole first day they just exchange pleasantries, they don't really talk and get to know each other.
One more observation: When the MCs first come to Fletcher's cabin, Fletcher's eyes are dark grey. Later on, when Shelby offers to help with the wood for the fireplace, Fletcher's eyes are blue. The next time his eyes are mentioned they are blue again, so I guess blue it is.
This is not a big deal, but I pay close attention to physical descriptions of characters, because I want to have a clear image of them in my mind, so I'll notice if something is off.
January 4, 2022
I feel bad to rate so low when this was a freebie but I just didn’t gel with the author’s writing style. I struggled to finish and had quite a few niggles, the main ones being:
👎 Unrealistic at times (eg. 6ft deep snow does not melt overnight) 🙄
👎 Sloth slow, non existent plot; the mysterious cold case - the one redeeming factor and the reason I pushed through, was left unresolved. What was the point?
👎 I’m sorry to say I found the MC’s really boring. I didn’t feel their chemistry and the sheriff’s character, was underdeveloped. Apart from a little titbit at 82%, I knew nothing about his personal life.
👎 Not a lot of dialogue, and what there is, is either overly formal or squeezy cheesy
👎 Clunky writing
👎 Weird fixations with scarves and hair gel and not in a kinky way 🤣
👎 The smex - so.not.worth.it
👎 Rushed ending that was all tell and no show
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to find some Anadin Extra for my eye rolling induced headache 🥴
👎 Unrealistic at times (eg. 6ft deep snow does not melt overnight) 🙄
👎 Sloth slow, non existent plot; the mysterious cold case - the one redeeming factor and the reason I pushed through, was left unresolved. What was the point?
👎 I’m sorry to say I found the MC’s really boring. I didn’t feel their chemistry and the sheriff’s character, was underdeveloped. Apart from a little titbit at 82%, I knew nothing about his personal life.
👎 Not a lot of dialogue, and what there is, is either overly formal or squeezy cheesy
👎 Clunky writing
👎 Weird fixations with scarves and hair gel and not in a kinky way 🤣
👎 The smex - so.not.worth.it
👎 Rushed ending that was all tell and no show
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to find some Anadin Extra for my eye rolling induced headache 🥴
January 14, 2022
51% and a brief flick forward.
This is the weirdest writing style, I can't figure if it's meant to be Shelby's pov but keep hearing what would happen if he hadn't... and how noone was there to tell him to pack for weather safety; which felt like the start of a children's story.
He's a shiny new detective surely he can check a weather report for himself and act accordingly? Playing 'poor me' because he's 'lost' his partner and is working alone. His partner whose been shot, no care about his recovery.
Why the hell call your boss and not your contact if stuck in a sudden snow storm right outside where your contact lives? (you told us where he lives twice after all) Or emergency serices? Or a tow truck? If you have a working mobile phone then sitting in your freezing snowbound car wearing your fancy tassled leather shoes (no I don't get the importance, but they were repeatedly mentioned!) waiting to die makes you is too stupid to live.
I really disliked Detective Shelby and his get this out of the way because he's bigger and want better investigations. Plus his ignorant Captain whose ordered him to just sign off the case.
The Sheriff, whatever his name is, is stoic and polite with changing eye colour; nothing else to him.
The investigation is a missing person case. Everyone questioned is assured it's 'ticking boxes' no one cares. If you care
Dreadful.
This is the weirdest writing style, I can't figure if it's meant to be Shelby's pov but keep hearing what would happen if he hadn't... and how noone was there to tell him to pack for weather safety; which felt like the start of a children's story.
He's a shiny new detective surely he can check a weather report for himself and act accordingly? Playing 'poor me' because he's 'lost' his partner and is working alone. His partner whose been shot, no care about his recovery.
Why the hell call your boss and not your contact if stuck in a sudden snow storm right outside where your contact lives? (you told us where he lives twice after all) Or emergency serices? Or a tow truck? If you have a working mobile phone then sitting in your freezing snowbound car wearing your fancy tassled leather shoes (no I don't get the importance, but they were repeatedly mentioned!) waiting to die makes you is too stupid to live.
I really disliked Detective Shelby and his get this out of the way because he's bigger and want better investigations. Plus his ignorant Captain whose ordered him to just sign off the case.
The Sheriff, whatever his name is, is stoic and polite with changing eye colour; nothing else to him.
The investigation is a missing person case. Everyone questioned is assured it's 'ticking boxes' no one cares. If you care
Dreadful.
February 8, 2022
DNF at 23%
This had so many problems.
1. severe incompetence:
So our intrepid detective, from Colorado, is wildly unprepared for SNOW in WYOMING in OCTOBER. What? I lived in Colorado. It snows in September sometimes. This shouldn’t be a surprise. Also…weather apps? Check the radar? This shit doesn’t come out of nowhere.
YES its called CHECK THE WEATHER RADAR
what??? what is his obsession with blue??
He’s also a massive elitist asshole. And has the weirdest ideas about rural areas. Or is it the author who has weird ideas? They’re so strange I don’t know where they came from in the first place.
So far we’ve been given no reason to understand why Shelby would be so suspicious. And then he’s suspicious of polite people? Leland is the owner of a vacation ranch, of course he’d be polite. Most people are polite. ??? And the followup paragraph:
wat
WAT
2. the author does not understand snow, or winter, or possibly cars?
I’ve lived in Serious Winter climates. This has never once happened to me. Cars put out a lot of heat. Did he leave his windows open?
What is “a summer amount of ww fluid”? Yes, summer ww fluid is a thing, or rather deicer is a thing, but that’s not what this says. I also don’t think there’s seasonal windshield wipers.
3. inane details:
Weird inane details like the horsepower of the car. Thanks, I needed to know his car was 200hp. Oh but wait, Impalas don’t come with AWD, as far as my way too much googling tells me. Wrong inane details.
I know this is trying to describe a turtleneck, but…honestly that is not what it says.
Trust me, a sheriff in Wyoming, or like most people ever, will not be thinking about the tassels on your weather inappropriate shoes.
There were just so many inane interactions between the two in the cabin. And boring details described. Relentless. Confusing. Boring.
Overall, ????
This had so many problems.
1. severe incompetence:
So our intrepid detective, from Colorado, is wildly unprepared for SNOW in WYOMING in OCTOBER. What? I lived in Colorado. It snows in September sometimes. This shouldn’t be a surprise. Also…weather apps? Check the radar? This shit doesn’t come out of nowhere.
But could he have predicted a damn blizzard?
YES its called CHECK THE WEATHER RADAR
The depth of the snow falling softened the blue paint job, but Shelby knew that blue. It was the color of blue you’d see on a Ford F150, brand new, trimmed with silver and ready to go.
what??? what is his obsession with blue??
He’s also a massive elitist asshole. And has the weirdest ideas about rural areas. Or is it the author who has weird ideas? They’re so strange I don’t know where they came from in the first place.
So polite. Everyone was so dang polite, it was almost like they were faking it only they weren’t. Fakers could be seen through, but Leland and Fletcher both were as sincere as could be.
So far we’ve been given no reason to understand why Shelby would be so suspicious. And then he’s suspicious of polite people? Leland is the owner of a vacation ranch, of course he’d be polite. Most people are polite. ??? And the followup paragraph:
Maybe Wyoming was a magical place, only that’s not what he heard. Wyoming was full of tough, rugged people who made their own way in the world and didn’t have to be nice to anybody. As to which of these opposing views was true, only time would tell.
wat
The moment was endearing in a way Shelby’d not been expecting. Fletcher was the local sheriff, in charge of a whole area of Laramie County and though Captain Stockdale might consider Fletcher some sort of Wild West joke, after driving through the rough, empty countryside, Shelby had a new insight into just how huge a swathe of area Fletcher was responsible for. And yet Fletcher was polite and considerate, and was now burdened with the added effort to call Shelby by his name rather than his rank.
WAT
2. the author does not understand snow, or winter, or possibly cars?
He turned the heater full blast, but with the wind coming in at an angle, it seemed like there wasn’t anything he could do to cut the cold building inside the car.
I’ve lived in Serious Winter climates. This has never once happened to me. Cars put out a lot of heat. Did he leave his windows open?
In the meantime, Shelby was driving on summer-appropriate tires with summer windshield wipers and a summer amount of windshield washing fluid
What is “a summer amount of ww fluid”? Yes, summer ww fluid is a thing, or rather deicer is a thing, but that’s not what this says. I also don’t think there’s seasonal windshield wipers.
3. inane details:
Weird inane details like the horsepower of the car. Thanks, I needed to know his car was 200hp. Oh but wait, Impalas don’t come with AWD, as far as my way too much googling tells me. Wrong inane details.
Fletcher was flushed from the warmth in the room, dressed as he was in a thick cream-colored sweater that went all the way from his neck to his chin,
I know this is trying to describe a turtleneck, but…honestly that is not what it says.
He’d already chided Shelby for being unprepared and so probably thought the fancy city shoes the height of foolishness, and never mind that the tassels were so last year.
Trust me, a sheriff in Wyoming, or like most people ever, will not be thinking about the tassels on your weather inappropriate shoes.
There were just so many inane interactions between the two in the cabin. And boring details described. Relentless. Confusing. Boring.
Overall, ????
January 4, 2022
It's a short, freebie, novella.
The plot intrigued me, but in the actual book there isn't much going on, where is the story? The characters are 2D at most, little dialogue, little chemistry and forget sexy times... dunno, everything is flat and the ending rushed. I get that the idea was showing us the start of a sweet relationship, but the development didn't work imo.
Dunno, it's my first North's book and sadly I am not impressed.. I'll give this author another try someday, with a longer and hopefully more developed book
The plot intrigued me, but in the actual book there isn't much going on, where is the story? The characters are 2D at most, little dialogue, little chemistry and forget sexy times... dunno, everything is flat and the ending rushed. I get that the idea was showing us the start of a sweet relationship, but the development didn't work imo.
Dunno, it's my first North's book and sadly I am not impressed.. I'll give this author another try someday, with a longer and hopefully more developed book
February 4, 2022
I don't know if this book is representative of this author's writing style, but it didn't work for me. First, the characters had no personality and no real chemistry. Also, there was no plot. The cold case Shelby is given is obviously from one of North's time-travel series, I think Honey from the Lion, so there is no closure in this book. I give some leeway for the fact that this is a novella, but there are problems that had nothing to do with the length.
The novella badly needed an editor who could say the hard truths to this author. Stop with all the comma splices and run on sentences!! This author has not met a comma she didn't like.
If there was one thing Shelby could not turn down, a treat like that was not one of them, so he obediently got into the warm comfort of the truck and let himself be driven down the two-lane blacktop that went up and down, following the slant of each hillside and up-slope from each low valley like a well-trained and patient hound. (This was not one of the one thing?)
First, GAH! and second, who is the "well-trained hound?" Shelby or the blacktop road, or maybe the truck?
Another:
Fletcher finished his coffee, rinsed both their mugs in the sink, and came to the small flagstone foyer, where Shelby was waiting, already ready in his duck boots, a borrowed knitted hat and gloves, and his winter coat. (Yes, all those commas are in the text.)
The plentiful one sentence paragraphs, either comma-splices or run-on sentences, lost focus and meandered. They were also full of metaphors that didn't make a lot of sense.
...the wind was quick to swirl around him like a fresh-faced adolescent who hadn't the first clue about personal boundaries.
The dialog was stilted and the phasing clunky. This could have been a lovely sweet romance, but there were way too many unnecessary words (and commas....lots of commas) and the desire to "paint with words" felt forced.
The novella badly needed an editor who could say the hard truths to this author. Stop with all the comma splices and run on sentences!! This author has not met a comma she didn't like.
If there was one thing Shelby could not turn down, a treat like that was not one of them, so he obediently got into the warm comfort of the truck and let himself be driven down the two-lane blacktop that went up and down, following the slant of each hillside and up-slope from each low valley like a well-trained and patient hound. (This was not one of the one thing?)
First, GAH! and second, who is the "well-trained hound?" Shelby or the blacktop road, or maybe the truck?
Another:
Fletcher finished his coffee, rinsed both their mugs in the sink, and came to the small flagstone foyer, where Shelby was waiting, already ready in his duck boots, a borrowed knitted hat and gloves, and his winter coat. (Yes, all those commas are in the text.)
The plentiful one sentence paragraphs, either comma-splices or run-on sentences, lost focus and meandered. They were also full of metaphors that didn't make a lot of sense.
...the wind was quick to swirl around him like a fresh-faced adolescent who hadn't the first clue about personal boundaries.
The dialog was stilted and the phasing clunky. This could have been a lovely sweet romance, but there were way too many unnecessary words (and commas....lots of commas) and the desire to "paint with words" felt forced.
April 2, 2025
It was cute but it was missing something. I just can't put my finger on what
April 22, 2022
Well... I think the first thing I have to say is that I really wouldn't want to be missing and be reliant on these guys to find out what happened to me! The whole premise of Shelby's trip was the missing person case (frequently referred to as a 'box-ticking exercise'). After hearing this, I foolishly thought it meant that the plot would probably involve him suddenly having a change in attitude, discovering something vital and solving the case - I could not have been more wrong! For a detective, he sure didn't care! He wasn't an endearing character; instead he came across as entitled and without drive. And the sheriff, despite being polite and welcoming, wasn't exactly motivated either. He was sadly a little flat and forgettable even though I liked him much more than Shelby. The whole thing just didn't work for me. I didn't really believe their connection, there were far too many little moments that could have meant something and been revealing about the characters but then actually didn't go any further. Overall, I didn't really buy into this book. I skipped ahead just to see how it ended and the whole thing just annoyed me. Sadly, I won't be re-reading and don't recommend it.
April 27, 2022
WTF did I just try to read??? Such a weird writing style, immature and clumsy. Oh well, it was free.
January 2, 2022
Shelby felt dislocated now that he is working alone, after his best friend suffered an accident while on job and him being promoted to detective. So while on a rookie assignment as a detective he finds himself comforted by the calm and soothing presence of the county sheriff he went to meet in Wyoming. Who knew that he could find happiness when he least expected?
It was a sweet story. All about finding where you feel complete and happy. I appreciated the soft touch in the writing and how the atmosphere felt so real, it was like I was watching the stars with them.
It was a sweet story. All about finding where you feel complete and happy. I appreciated the soft touch in the writing and how the atmosphere felt so real, it was like I was watching the stars with them.
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August 1, 2024I was not prepared for how sweet this book was. I just looked a the title and settled down for something gritty. this was not that by miles! Everything about this book was sweet and wholesome. Even the spicy scenes, which takes talent, lol. It wasn't what i was looking for when I started reading, but somehow it was the book i needed to read. This is the ultimate feel good romance.
January 6, 2022
Simplistic. The wording was just odd and clunky.
Can that much snow melt that quickly? I think not.
Can that much snow melt that quickly? I think not.
January 6, 2022
I thought this book read somewhat as a fairy tale--it had the feeling of magic and fate playing it's hand out. Enjoyed reading and I hope we read more in the future of these characters. Also want something good to happen for Ben. Recommend reading
February 15, 2022
This one did not work for me. Newly minted police detective Shelby is sent to a small town in Wyoming to do some interviews in order to close a cold case. He meets and immediately feels drawn to the local Sheriff, Fletcher.
I did not really feel the connection and although I would even say there is an implied HEA (after all, they have known each other for a grand total of around 2 days), I spent most of the story hoping they would just move on from the personal stuff and get to solving that case, which
I did not really feel the connection and although I would even say there is an implied HEA (after all, they have known each other for a grand total of around 2 days), I spent most of the story hoping they would just move on from the personal stuff and get to solving that case, which
January 19, 2022
Like most of Jackie North's stories, this one is quiet, which is always a lovely, lovely thing. Shelby is a detective in CO living what should be his dream - he's climbing through the ranks in the police force, living in a high-end apartment, making a difference. But it all feels hallow after a traffic spot goes back, leaving his best friend and partner severely injured. Fletcher is the solitary sheriff in WY- sweet and polite and maybe a bit lonely too. When a cold case and a freak snow storm brings the two together, both start wondering if this is their chance for more.
This was as short story, told from Shelby's point of view. That part was great! The part that wasn't as great was that Fletcher is not a fleshed out character so it's hard to feel that connection. That said, if you are a Jackie North fan (and I am!), you'll still enjoy the story. The cameos by our favorites at the Ranch made it all the better!
This was as short story, told from Shelby's point of view. That part was great! The part that wasn't as great was that Fletcher is not a fleshed out character so it's hard to feel that connection. That said, if you are a Jackie North fan (and I am!), you'll still enjoy the story. The cameos by our favorites at the Ranch made it all the better!
June 29, 2022
This would have been a stronger story with much more development. Characterization was just flat, plotting didn't work, and the writing was bizarre.
Sheriff Fletcher was one-note flat character and Detective Shelby was a only a bit more because the POV was his through-out and even that didn't go very far.
There were some plot hints that could have been developed a bit better- definitely subordinate tension between Shelby and his boss, and some question about what was going on with his best friend Ben.
But the story itself mostly focused on Shelby and his ineptitude to prepare for the winter weather, then one look at the Sheriff and he was a goner. This just didn't really work well in the Farthingdale series.
I gave it an extra star because I felt like it was finally putting an end to the cloud of Laurie Quinn's disappearance that threaded through the series in an anticlimactic way.
Sheriff Fletcher was one-note flat character and Detective Shelby was a only a bit more because the POV was his through-out and even that didn't go very far.
There were some plot hints that could have been developed a bit better- definitely subordinate tension between Shelby and his boss, and some question about what was going on with his best friend Ben.
But the story itself mostly focused on Shelby and his ineptitude to prepare for the winter weather, then one look at the Sheriff and he was a goner. This just didn't really work well in the Farthingdale series.
I gave it an extra star because I felt like it was finally putting an end to the cloud of Laurie Quinn's disappearance that threaded through the series in an anticlimactic way.
December 22, 2022
Though a short story it is somehow a very slow burn romance. In some ways this makes it very sweet to watch the build between the two, but in other ways it feels a little contradictory to have this buildup to sudden full commitment. It also has some very fanciful moments when they are together that sort of straddle the line between being beautifully described and almost purple prose. I didn't particularly love that the missing persons case that Shelby is up there to investigate is actually a time travel thing from the author's other series, since I wanted to know more about the case but it's really just a hook into an entirely different series. Overall it was a light and easy read but not for everyone.
January 22, 2022
This one is loosely connected to the Farthingdale Ranch Series, but it is still a great quick read. If you are new to reading anything from Jackie North, this is a fantastic place to start. Shelby is a newly promoted Detective who is sent to get a little more information on an unsolved case. Shelby is caught in a snowstorm that he wasn’t expecting. But is rescued by the Sherrif that he was supposed to meet. This book is a slow burn short that makes Shelby realize that he needs more in his life and a connection to something more. Can he return to something simple and the one place he wants to be?
January 10, 2022
This book was so good that I did not realized I had finished it. It is a slow burn romance between a county sheriff from Wyoming,Fletcher,and a detective, Shelby from Colorado. Shelby has to go to Wyoming to close up a case. On the way there he gets caught in a snowstorm. Fletcher rescues him and takes him to his cabin to wait out the storm. Both men are attracted to each other but they do not act on their attraction. Shelby has obligations in Colorado and he does not want to leave. Plus he is not sure about Fletcher. Both men have some soul searching to before they can move forward.
November 21, 2024
Shelby is a new detective from Colorado who has been tasked to follow up on a missing person’s cold case in Wyoming. Fletcher is a small-town sheriff in Wyoming who comes to Shelby’s rescue when he gets caught in a blizzard. Fletcher lets Shelby stay with him at his cabin until the weather clears.
This was a slice-out-of-life m/m romance. The character’s attraction to each other was sweet. The pace was a bit slow for me, and I would have liked the cold case to have had a bigger role in the story. The setting at the cabin was beautifully described.
This was a slice-out-of-life m/m romance. The character’s attraction to each other was sweet. The pace was a bit slow for me, and I would have liked the cold case to have had a bigger role in the story. The setting at the cabin was beautifully described.
January 21, 2022
M+M Novella
City mouse meets country mouse sort of vive. The book has a warm, buddy-buddy sort of feel. Both men lack the assertive, macho posturing one has come to associate with men in law enforcement. Fletcher is open and welcoming to a stranger, if fellow officer in a back country setting where even the sheriff leaves his doors unlocked.
Takes a bit of nerve to get around to the idea of two cops being gay in Wyoming.
City mouse meets country mouse sort of vive. The book has a warm, buddy-buddy sort of feel. Both men lack the assertive, macho posturing one has come to associate with men in law enforcement. Fletcher is open and welcoming to a stranger, if fellow officer in a back country setting where even the sheriff leaves his doors unlocked.
Takes a bit of nerve to get around to the idea of two cops being gay in Wyoming.
May 16, 2023
nothing happened.
this book had so much potential but it didn’t meet the mark. The characters were dull and not very interesting, the most interesting part was the missing persons case and we didn’t even get answers about that.
where did he go? why was he so happy when he returned from his disappearance? is he dead? these are all questions that should have been addressed but weren’t.
Good luck if you finish this book because you’re gonna need it
this book had so much potential but it didn’t meet the mark. The characters were dull and not very interesting, the most interesting part was the missing persons case and we didn’t even get answers about that.
where did he go? why was he so happy when he returned from his disappearance? is he dead? these are all questions that should have been addressed but weren’t.
Good luck if you finish this book because you’re gonna need it
February 17, 2022
Very disappointing. I was three quarters thru the story and there was no excitement. Fletcher and Shelby seem like they would be a good couple, but have no depth or spunk. This was just meh.... and then a rush to wrap it all up at the end. All this talk about a cold case and then nothing was done with it.
May 20, 2022
When Shelby goes to Iron Mountain to close a cold case file, he meets Fletcher, the sheriff, after he rescues Shelby from a ditch.
The spark is there, but only after they part and Shelby sees the loneliness of his life in the city does he return.
The writing is inconsistent and short stories don’t have much detail, but some of the landscape is described beautifully.
The spark is there, but only after they part and Shelby sees the loneliness of his life in the city does he return.
The writing is inconsistent and short stories don’t have much detail, but some of the landscape is described beautifully.
January 26, 2022
I was attracted by the characters and the Cosiness of being snowed in - but it wasn’t for me. I found the writing a bit stilted and the MC’s not very well fleshed out. Nothing much happens and there doesn’t seem to be any real emotion. Perhaps if you are a Jackie North fan?
February 25, 2022
Sweet. Not as good as her other books, but it fits with both the Love Across Time and The Farthingdale Ranch series. This is not a stand alone though. Honey from the Lion should be read if interested in what happened to Laurie Quinn.
September 14, 2022
A great short story about a detective who travels to Farthing to close a cold case and needs rescuing from a ditch during a snow storm by the local sheriff and sparks fly.
I really enjoyed this story.
I really enjoyed this story.
January 6, 2022
😍😍
I just absolutely love the author’s style of writing! I wonder if Fletcher and Shelby will make future appearances in the upcoming two books in the series. I certainly hope so.
I just absolutely love the author’s style of writing! I wonder if Fletcher and Shelby will make future appearances in the upcoming two books in the series. I certainly hope so.
January 20, 2022
DNF. The writing is so stilted, cold and unnatural that I could not push through. The plot is also extremely boring and infantilising towards the MC.
February 9, 2022
Another fantastic tale from. Jackie. Her writing is magical.
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