Title: A Rancher for Christmas
Author: Brenda Minton
Series: #1 in the Martin's Crossing series
Genre: Inspirational Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Love Inspired; Original edition (December 1, 2014)
Source: NetGalley
Rating: ☕☕☕☕
Synopsis: A Family for Christmas
Martin's Crossing: In this small Texas town, every heart finds a home. Raised on the run, free-spirited Breezy Hernandez has never stayed in one place too long. But now that she has joint custody of her late brother's twin daughters, she's determined to give them a stable home. Even if it means cooperating with the twins' bossy uncle.
Texas rancher Jake Martin learned the hard way that women can't be trusted. But as he and Breezy care for the orphaned girls, Jake begins to open his heart. Is Breezy ready to put down roots in Martin's Crossing, or will she run from the one thing she's always wanted: A family?
Martin's Crossing: In this small Texas town, every heart finds a home.
My Thoughts: A small town romance with a lot of feels and a set of adorable twins.
The Good: I loved the small town romance aspect of this book. Martin's Crossing is the kind of town with the kind of people I want to live in and hang out with. Jake's family is intriguing especially his younger "big" brother who owns the local bar/restaurant who makes amazing pies. The added characters of Oregon (a local artist and shop owner) and Joe, who came to town as a drifter, rounded out the book nicely. There was an added suspense aspect to the book which added an additional depth to the plot. I like romantic suspense books so this was a nice surprise.
The Bad: There was a lot of relying on Breezy and Jake's chemistry to pull the storyline forward and into romantic times but I wasn't always on board with it. As these characters were complete strangers at the beginning of this book Breezy's constant wanting to comfort Jake seemed unusual and out of characters for her. It also went both ways but at least when Jake is concerned he was the primary caretaker of his siblings from such a young age. Him wanting to comfort and protect Breezy wasn't that outrageous unless you factor in him trying to dig up dirt to discredit her and prove she wasn't appropriate to be a guardian to his nieces. Which, consequently, brought up the dreaded miscommunication trope. I'm not a fan of this and prefer my characters to have better communication. In this book's case it was paramount to have good communication because they were co-parenting the twins. The suspense aspect was wrapped up a little too quickly but I did like the "mystery of Joe". One last thing...Breezy is a stupid name. That is a personal issue for me though and not something someone else might be annoyed with.
In a Nutshell: A good book even though I don't normally gravitate towards Inspirational books. I'll look for the rest of the books in the Martin's Crossing series. I am really wanting to learn more about Jake's brothers.
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