Title: Wild Hearts
Series: Hamilton Stables #2
Author: Melissa West
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: February 2, 2016
Publisher: Kensington Books – Lyrical Shine
My Rating: 4 stars
Source: NetGalley
Cover Description:
Charming, reckless, and restless, youngest brother Alex Hamilton has a reputation for sweet talking his way into any woman’s arms—and failing at anything to do with the family business. So when he commits to managing their new breeding operation, it’s under one condition: he’ll focus on work and nothing else—no distractions, no fun…no women. But just when Alex has promised to keep his hands to himself, sweet, sexy Kate Littleton gallops away with his heart…
Kate knows Alex isn’t the long-term type—he proved that in a lot of delicious ways when they first met more than a year ago. But seeing him blazing with new dedication to Hamilton Stables, she can’t deny that he’s miles ahead of any other man who interests her. The attraction between them is electric right out of the gate, but it will take an unexpected loss to put them back in the race and headed for a passionate future together…
All the stories in the Hamilton Stables series can be read as stand alone books. The series included: Racing Hearts, Wild Hearts, Silent Hearts (so far)
At times being the baby of the family is the roughest spot to be in. Alex can tell you that is true. Yeah, he’s made mistakes, big ones. And he’s learned from the past. Enough that he wants a chance to be what he isn’t right now… a better man. He’s given that chance when he takes over the breading operations at the family business. One catch though – he has to be devoted to the job, no fading off to something or someone else. Absolute and complete focus or he’s out.
Since he was determined to prove that he had what it takes to be successful to his family but mostly to himself, that might not have been such an impossible task if it weren’t for sweet Kate. If there was on thing in the world he wanted his hands on aside from the breeding operation, it was Kate.
Kate knew she should stay far away from Alex. Yet, the man kept drawing her in, especially when she noticed the change in his attitude and his determination. She was strong and stubborn enough to take the risk, because this was a man she could see herself with forever – the man he was becoming. She didn’t like going behind his family’s back, she was proud of him and his accomplishments but reluctantly got why he couldn’t lose focus on the job – for now at least. But the time would come and they’d show the family just the kind of man that Alex was capable of being.
Wild Hearts is one of those stories that grabs you by the emotions and simply will not let go. I loved that Kate was Alex’s champion at every chance she got. He needed someone to believe in him and his lady did. Sure, they had bumps in the road and there were times when it looked like nothing was going to work at all. But they hung in there, they made it together through stuff that many couples would have broken from. I have to admit that after a very short while it got real old real fast the way his brothers put him down, talked down to him or made fun of him. A bit of sibling ribbing is expected, it’s family, but it went too far, in my opinion – almost like they needed him broken, and that’s not what family should do.
Overall, I enjoyed Alex and Kate’s journey. They stood firm and showed everyone just what true love can do for a man or a woman. I would definitely recommend Wild Hearts and the entire series to any reader who loves Romance and a dream worth fighting for… don’t forget the tissues, you’re gonna need them for this one.
*I received an e-ARC of Wild Hearts from the publisher, Kensington Books – Lyrical Shine and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. That does not change what I think of this novel.*
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