Montana Darling Big Sky Mavericks Book 3 edition by Debra Salonen Contemporary Romance eBooks
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Mia Zabrinski's lost enough-- Her marriage. Her job. Her body image. Mia is ready to rebuild her life in her hometown of Marietta,Montana, and she's damned if she'll let some stranger camp on her land and claim squatter's rights.
Ryker Bensen doesn't have much-- and that suits him fine. Less than a year ago, he had everything a beautiful girlfriend, a baby on the way, a career that earned him fame and a very comfortable living...until he didn't. When beautiful Mia shows up and orders him off what she says is her land, Ryker realizes she might be the spark he needed to jumpstart his interest in living again.
The Big Sky Mavericks series
Book 1 Montana Cowgirl
Book 2 Montana Cowboy
Book 3 Montana Darling
Book 4 Montana Maverick
Book 5 Her Forever Gift - Free!
Book 6 Montana Miracle
Montana Darling Big Sky Mavericks Book 3 edition by Debra Salonen Contemporary Romance eBooks
Mia Zabrinski has beaten cancer, but like a lot of survivors still has feelings of doubt. After her divorce she moves back to her hometown with her two children. She plans to build a home on a lake shore lot that she and her ex-husband had owned. Finding what she believes to be a squatter camped on her lot she tells him he must move immediately. When he tells her that he and his brother own the land she is determined to fight his claim. At the same time, she finds herself physically attracted to this younger man.Having known quite a few women who have had hysterectomies or mastectomies, Mia's doubts about her femininity ring true. However, I just couldn't really like her as a character. Part of it, I think, was the crude and off-putting sex scene in the beginning of the book. Her relationship with Ryker Benson really just felt like a physical relationship and I didn't see any other real areas of compatibility. I finally resorted to skimming to finish the book.
Sexual situations may offend some readers.
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Montana Darling Big Sky Mavericks Book 3 edition by Debra Salonen Contemporary Romance eBooks Reviews
Third in the Big Sky Mavericks contemporary romance series revolving around the Zabrinski family in Marietta, Montana (the series name is Austen’s childhood invention of a make-believe squadron of Navy jet fighter pilots). The couple focus is on Mia Zabrinski and Ryker Bensen.
My Take
This was a cute romance with quite the different approach from most romance novels I’ve read. And which Salonen sparked up with Mia’s and Ryker’s backgrounds. I particularly loved the backstory she provided on how Ryker got interested in photography. She was pretty sneaky as well with Ryker’s parents’, um, arrangements.
That stepfather was some lyin’ piece of work. I think Salonen let him off way too easy. Wa-a-a-a-y too easy. As for their mother. Yeah, she’s pretty scummy too.
Mia was somewhat annoying with her dithering about. She’s pretty pushy in some ways, and then a weasel in others. I do like that she is appreciating the reality of Ryker. His happiness in simple things. And it’s so sweet what he does towards the end in making Mia feel better about herself and what she’s gone through.
Sure, the storyline was familiar with a woman dumped and a man grieving. Their family backgrounds are different from each other’s as well…mmmm…maybe…sorta… Mia’s family was simply great while Ryker’s was half and half before it fell into the dismal depths. Both protagonists have suffered tremendous losses, and each has a different way of dealing with them, of which we learn through Salonen's use of third person subjective global point-of-view with most of the story seen from Ryker’s and Mia’s perspectives.
On the negative side, Salonen needs a better proofreader.
The Story
Mia’s parents have convinced her to come home and housesit. And that’s how she discovers that squatter on her land!
It’s too much. Mia has lost enough, and she’ll be damned if she loses her land as well! And it could well be the spark that will force Ryker to start living again.
The Characters
Mia “Meeps” Zabrinski, call sign “Nitro”, is a prosecutor who is recovering from cancer and a divorce. She has custody of their two kids fourteen-year-old Emilee who is furious and eleven-year-old Hunter who retreats into gaming. Roxy is their Labradoodle. Edward Kingston, her twin’s best friend, is her jerk of an ex-husband. Bree is Ed’s new wife.
Austen Zabrinksi, a political consultant based in Helena, is her twin brother (call sign “Striker”), the sports hero, who is dating Serena James ( Montana Cowboy , 2). Serena has an alpaca farm and does a fiber arts program, Twisted. Beau is her dog. Bartholomew is her herd sire. Dr. Mary Margaret “Meg” Zabrinksi, call sign “Lone Wolf”, is mad keen on wolves and lives in an isolated cabin, writing her books. Paul Zabrinski is her younger brother getting married in October to Bailey Jenkins ( Cowgirl Come Home , 1). He owns Big Z Hardware and Lumber and has a crew doing handyman jobs. Chloe and Mark are Paul’s kids and Emilee and Hunter’s cousins. Sarah Joan Sharpe (she has Ashkenazi in her background) and Bob Zabrinski are their loving parents. Great-grandma Hilda’s pearls have a future.
The French-speaking Ryker Bensen is a Pulitzer-prize-winning photographer who has given it all up. Colette had been his fiancée; Dominique had been her cat. Martin Bensen had been an amazing father. Flynn Bensen, his brother, is a firefighter with the National Park Service who has split with his wife. Howard Margolis is their skeezy stepfather who is a real-estate developer and broker. His four kids, Peter, Penny, Charlotte, and Ben, were prime in the household. Elizabeth Bensen Margolis is their unloving mother with a secret past who is the trust administrator. Supposedly. Dave Cornelius had been their father’s best friend.
Louise Jenkins is the town librarian; Oscar “OC” is her husband, a fish whisperer who owns Jenkins’ Fish and Game. Their daughter, Bailey, owns Bedazzled Bling. Tonya is one of her artisans. Ren Fletcher is the town lawyer; Tully is his newly pregnant newlywed wife. Jamie and Tegan MacCreadie own the Blue Rock Mountain Ranch. Heath McGregor is in construction. Rachel owns Copper Mountain Gingerbread Factory. Sage Carrigan owns the Copper Mountain Chocolate Factory. Bob Raines does the school photographs for the yearbook. Sheri Fast is a forensic accountant. Troy Sheenan owns the Graff where Bailey and Paul get married. Cynthia and her two kids, Matt and Ken, are wedding guests. Haley, Cara, and Jenni are Emi’s school friends. Jarrod may have been Emilee’s first boyfriend in Marietta.
Big Al’s Transport and Storage is where Ryker is storing everything from his childhood and his life in France. Reba is Emilee’s best friend in Cheyenne.
The Cover and Title
The cover feels cold with that bluish white sky above the violet band. Below it are pale grasses to the left of that cold-looking railroad track where Mia and Ryker are kissing, all bundled up in their cold weather gear. The author’s name is large at the top in a deep blue while the title is fitted within itself in a red violet band spanning the cover from side to side just above the center. The series information is in white within a white-outlined greige elaborately curved badge in the upper right corner.
The title is where Ryker discovers his Montana Darling.
Montana Darling set up an interesting meetcute as enemies, and the escalations are good. However, the ending was a deus ex machina that didn't even make sense!
Mia Zabrinski is starting over. She had lost her marriage, her job, and her body when she has a breast cancer scare. She hoped that the property she bought in her hometown of Marietta Montana would let her build a cabin there before winter sets in. When she spotted a squatter on her land, she's quite angry! Ryker Bensen had not gotten over the loss of his girlfriend and unborn child. He was an award-winning photojournalist with a trust fund hiding on on his land. When a woman accused him of squatting on "her" land, he was intrigued about the woman, and worried... He was in Africa when the alleged sale took place. When Ryker found his trust fund had been zero'ed, his worst fears seems to have been confirmed... His step-father stole all he owned from him. Ryker knew he'd have to fight, but Ryker also felt a connection to Mia that needs to be explored, even as Mia face her own doubts in pursuing a relationship. But a fling soon lead to more... but is either ready to commit?
The setup for "enemies into lovers", while cute, did not really work for me. And the deus ex machina ending made no sense. But to explain why, I have to SPOIL THE ENDING
YES SPOIL THE ENDING
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
Yes, his step-father had been stealing from his trust fund, and sold the land from under him. He often loses big on investments, but he somehow makes it back... or gets bailed out by Ryker's mom (his wife), who has an even BIGGER trust fund. It's like. WTF? Why does Ryker's mom let her husband mess with his son's money, instead of allocating a portion of her own wealth for him to play with? You see, it made NO SENSE!
Add that to the unexplained attraction between Ryker and Mia, even though they are supposed to be enemies, and I'm afraid this story simply makes no sense.
Boy this book was depressing. If you want to read about breast cancer then read this book bc it covered it from head to toe (sometimes not entirely accurately either). Her daughter was a B-word and totally self absorbed. I found the romance part of it lacking a great deal, their first sexual encounter was very unlikely and left me wrinkling my nose at it. I finally just skimmed it bc when it got to the fraud part it was so unreal. I wish writers would do research before they render a legal opinion and resolution. It didn't matter what Ryker said or whether he pressed charges or not, those were FEDERAL laws that were broken and it isn't up to an individual whether charges would or should be filed. Don't even get me started on his mother, what kind of woman allows that crap? They were her children first and I wanted to know why she treated them that way. But I didn't get an answer. I read the book previous to this one and liked it but I think I am finished with this author now.
Mia Zabrinski has beaten cancer, but like a lot of survivors still has feelings of doubt. After her divorce she moves back to her hometown with her two children. She plans to build a home on a lake shore lot that she and her ex-husband had owned. Finding what she believes to be a squatter camped on her lot she tells him he must move immediately. When he tells her that he and his brother own the land she is determined to fight his claim. At the same time, she finds herself physically attracted to this younger man.
Having known quite a few women who have had hysterectomies or mastectomies, Mia's doubts about her femininity ring true. However, I just couldn't really like her as a character. Part of it, I think, was the crude and off-putting sex scene in the beginning of the book. Her relationship with Ryker Benson really just felt like a physical relationship and I didn't see any other real areas of compatibility. I finally resorted to skimming to finish the book.
Sexual situations may offend some readers.
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