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I wanted to read this book because Elsie Silver is adored all over the book community. I have been enjoying this series and the Rose Hill series and the Gold Rush series. This year for me Elsie Silver has been my top read author. I wanted to know more about Winter and Theo from the snippet we’ve seen in the last book. I hate pregnancy tropes, but this one was done differently.

This book has two points of view. The first is Winter Hamilton and she is sick of her life. She is working at the same hospital as her estranged husband who groomed her younger sister and her mother who is wanting her to stay with the perfect husband. All that Winter wants to do is get the hell away, so she decides to post the divorce letters to her husband and go and see her sister in Chestnut Springs. She wants to rebuild a relationship with the one person who cares about her. She has sworn off men entirely, but when she arrives in Chestnut Springs, all she sees when she looks back is temptation served up with a heap of heartbreak. The second point of view is Theo Silva. He is a rowdy bull rider and a notorious ladies’ man. He is scorching hot trouble wrapped up in a drool-worthy package and he wants Winter Hamilton even if everyone thinks of her as an ice-cold queen. Theo can be persistent and likes a challenge. He is determined to get under the icy exterior and to pull apart her defences. Over a drink in a small-town bar, Winter blurts out her deepest and darkest secrets. Then they spent one hot night together. They agree to keep it as a one-time thing and to forget it ever happens. It was supposed to be simple and a one-time thing, but the little plus sign is going to make this secret impossible to keep in this small-town. Theo is determined to live up to his father’s expectations but now does he want to be the hot-shot bull-rider or stay in the small town and be a father and co-parent with a woman he had a one-night stand with.

I love how addictive the sport romances can be, the bull-riding aspect was so addictive, I was rooting for Theo from page one. The book was so fun and flirty, and I loved that Theo didn’t give up and that he could see past the icy exterior from Winter and was willing to prove that he would be a good dad to Viv. I loved how the romance grew between Theo and Winter and how they were both just trying to ignore their feelings, but they just couldn’t. I still adore the Eaton family, if they would like to adopt me that would be fantastic because I love their family dynamic and how Harvey just has no filter whatsoever. Theo came back to town, was sat next to Winter and staring all lovingly at Viv and Harvey’s just like “Christ, this family doesn’t pay attention, and Theo is Viv’s dad” and then the whole table just went quiet and laughed. I loved Theo’s mum and how she practically adopted Winter and said that even though her and Theo aren’t together she is family. I loved the little details of Theo wanting to look after Viv and to let Winter have a girl's night and to just have time alone, but also trying to make her feel special. I loved that Rob finally got the kick in the balls though I would have loved for someone to have kicked him in the ball preferably Summer to kick him in the balls.

This is the first pregnancy trope where it isn’t the focus, but you knew what was going to happen when Theo and Winter had sex within the first six chapters. My main issue was the fact that Theo was stupid as hell especially coming to the baby. The whole time you hear she’s Theo’s twin, surely Theo heard through his family that Winter had a kid, wouldn’t you think to send her a text especially with the fact that after they met, he rang his mum and was like I've found my wife? Surely you would be like is everything okay? Congrats on the child, you know open a line of communication. Theo was nearly perfect, but he took a while to warm up to me.

I will carry on saying this until Elsie hopefully writes one, but I want a Harvey book please whether it’s a prequel or a current day showing him finding love later in life. I just want a book from Harvey point of view because he is one of my favourite characters like ever.

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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rh14nn0n04's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

A very solid book. Didn’t know it was the fourth in a series, but it gives me an excuse to go back and read the others. I felt so seen and loved by Theo that I wish he was real. While I am not a mother I heavily related to Winter’s abandonment issues and in general trust issues. A great lighthearted read to cleanse the palate and get you out of a reading slump

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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