

Against the backdrop of a Montana ranch, the sisters learn to love and trust each other and the men in their lives as danger looms from outside forces. Half-sisters, Tess, Lily and Willa Mercy are forced by the terms of their fathers’ will to live on the family ranch together for one year. There are a lot of characters to handle and she was up to the task, though I thought her interpretation2 of housekeeper Bess and of the bad guy (you didn’t think I’d tell you who it is!) were a bit over-the-top. Erika Leigh does a fine job narrating the audiobook. Still, I did enjoy this schlocky cowboy romance, even if some of the sex scenes prompted giggles. And I did love picturing all those rippling muscles on the big, strong men! But that serial killer subplot! Totally unnecessary and drove me crazy. The romance was more than enough to keep us turning pages, with sibling rivalry and the push/pull attractions between the couples entertaining enough to keep even this curmudgeonly reader turning pages (or changing CDs). Of course, there happened to be three unmarried men around, one for each of the sisters… Oh, and a psychopathic serial killer as well.Oh, Nora, Nora, Nora. Now the three virtual strangers must live on the ranch for a year in order to inherit anything from the old man. Only his youngest daughter, Willa, had lived and worked on the ranch, and she’d never had any contact with her half-siblings: Tess, who’s a Hollywood scriptwriter, and Lily, a quiet and unassuming woman who is obviously running from someone. At his death he left behind three daughters (each born from a different marriage), two ex-wives, and a ranch worth millions. Book on CD read by Erika LeighJack Mercy was a wealthy cattle rancher in Montana’s Big Sky country.
