The Rancher's Son (Montana #2) - RJ Scott
Cover Design: Meredith Russell
Length: 66,200 woords
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Blurb
A man without memories, and the cop who never gave up hope.
When he wakes up in hospital, the victim of a brutal beating, John Doe, has no memories of who he is or who hurt him. The cops can find nothing to identify him and he can't remember anything to help... except the name Ethan and one recurring place from his dreams. Three words, and they're not much, but it's a start. Crooked Tree Ranch.
Cop, Ethan Allens has never stopped searching for his brother and his brother's best friend who vanished. When a report lands on Ethan's desk that may give new leads he jumps at the chance to follow them up. The man he finds isn't his brother, but it's someone who could maybe help him discover what happened ten years ago.
What neither man can know is that facing the very real demons of the past could very well destroy any kind of future they may think they have together.
When he wakes up in hospital, the victim of a brutal beating, John Doe, has no memories of who he is or who hurt him. The cops can find nothing to identify him and he can't remember anything to help... except the name Ethan and one recurring place from his dreams. Three words, and they're not much, but it's a start. Crooked Tree Ranch.
Cop, Ethan Allens has never stopped searching for his brother and his brother's best friend who vanished. When a report lands on Ethan's desk that may give new leads he jumps at the chance to follow them up. The man he finds isn't his brother, but it's someone who could maybe help him discover what happened ten years ago.
What neither man can know is that facing the very real demons of the past could very well destroy any kind of future they may think they have together.
Review
One of the things I like about stories
like this is the slow build not just in the romance storyline but the overall
storyline. There’s a sense of anticipation the whole time reading this when
Adam learns who he is. Is this when Ethan finds out what happened to his
brother? Will that new memory for Adam open up the door to the past and the
answers he wants? I think that how the author put in the small details of one
scent memory here, one “feeling” memory there, and some solid, but obscure,
childhood memory was perfect for not just the story as a whole, but the love
story as well. This gave the time that Adam and Ethan needed to reconnect not
with their past but who they are now, even if Adam isn’t quite sure who that is
for himself.
Adam was gentle but fierce throughout
this story. He knew nothing of who he was but was determined to move forward
and push through. When he got irritated and snappish at people for always
asking him “Does this make you remember anything?” I felt that irritation with
him. When Ethan felt lost and in his weak moments doubting his search for his
brother; I felt those emotions with him. This is no way an extremely angsty
book, in my opinion, but it is tense and stressful but those are also the things
that kept me reading. Amnesia stories are like mysteries with small clues and
hints dropped except much harder, if done right, to figure out. I think RJ
Scott did that fantastically in this story and I am in awe of that because I
always find reading mysteries great but rarely find someone who can truly write
a mystery storyline without being able to say “I know who did it!” by mid-point
in the book.
Her descriptions of the ranch and the
land they explored with Adam in hopes of jogging his memory was awesome.
Whether the sounds or smells or sights her words transport you to that spot
with the characters. I loved the conflict Ethan struggled with when it came to
Adam. As the one that remembered the past and who Adam was and the fact that he
felt he carried the responsibility to Adam’s care made his feelings for him all
the more difficult for him to grab hold of or act on. I liked that. I liked
that it wasn’t just about these “feelings” that the two men had for each other.
It was more. It was Adam’s uncertainty in those feelings or his moments of
feeling like Ethan really would have rather have his brother, or Ethan’s worry
that Adam had someone else out there neither knew about.
There were so many little things that put
together this story that made it great for me, things I could point out that I
loved about these two men or the story, but really the overall package that
this author delivered was perfect! I can’t wait to get the book 3 A Cowboy’s
Home with Justin and Sam!
RJ Scott is the bestselling gay romance author of over ninety MM romance books. She writes emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, millionaire, princes, and the men who get mixed up in their lives. RJ is known for writing books that always end with a happy ever after. She lives just outside London and spends every waking minute she isn't with family either reading or writing.
RJ also writes MF romance under the name Rozenn Scott.
The last time she had a week’s break from writing she didn't like it one little bit, and she has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn’t defeat.
mailto:rj@rjscott.co.uk
$RJ is an Amazing Author. I'm so glad you enjoy her books as well!!!
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ReplyDeleteI'm really looking forward to the book 4 of this series. Love Miss Scott's books. <3
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