Title: Rocky Mountain Angel

 Author: Vivian Arend

 Publisher: Samhain Publishing

 Genre: Contemporary, Western

 Publication date: November 2012

 ISBN: 978-1-61921-121-6 # Of Pages: 294

 Rating: 

 Heat: 1.5 peppers (M/F, oral sex, masturbation, outdoor sex)

                                       Series: Six Pack Ranch: Book 4

Publisher’s Blurb:

Needing a reason to come back home that will convince her family, Allison Parker hopes that she can fool her mother into thinking it was because of a budding romance. She needs to spend time at the Rocky Mountain House at all costs - because her mother is hiding a horrific secret from Allison and her siblings.

Ranching is hard and dirty work, so is dealing with your stubborn and verbally abusive father. Gabe is doing everything he knows how to keep the ranch afloat and minimize the tension with his father, but when Allison makes him an offer he can’t refuse - he sees the light at the end of the tunnel. She’ll facilitate the development of organic ranching and only wants a small thing in return - Gabe to be her pretend fiancé. Sounds flawless - right? Not as easy as they thought apparently. Night after night of pleasure and the daily stress of their lives makes the couple reevaluate their temporary arrangement and each wonders if what they’re feeling is the real deal.

Facing their uncertain future will take more courage than they know, especially if their feelings are real. Gabe and Allison will have to risk it all to see the return on their romantic investment.

Review:

I’ve had the pleasure of reading Vivian Arend’s paranormal series, and expected that she’d give me everything I was looking for as a reader with Rocky Mountain Angel. I was not only not disappointed, but thrilled that within a few short chapters I was thoroughly hooked! Gabe and Allison were real people to me - they had dreams, disappointments, hurts and most of all, hope for the future. Their struggles didn’t seem contrived to me as a stage for the sex - the plot was well crafted and engaging.

Allison was a strong and compassionate woman. She wanted to take care of those she loved and yet knew she had to be happy herself in order to do just that Gabe was all that and more - he desperately wanted to counteract all of the “bad” he felt he’d done in his life and sometimes went to almost ridiculous levels to accomplish it. Both had their hearts in the right place, just needed a little guidance to stay on the path. I loved that they didn’t hop right into bed with one another - there was a definite buildup and angst involved. When they did though it was hot and sweet and dirty and messy - absolutely perfect for the story.

I haven’t read the other books in the Six Pack Ranch series yet, but I was certainly able to follow this one just fine. Still, I loved Rocky Mountain Angel so much that I’m certainly adding the other installments to my TBR pile. Ms. Arend has done it again!