THE LEGACY OF COPPER CREEK
Copper Creek #3
R.C. Ryan
Forever Mass Market
July 28, 2015
When Love Walks Through the Door . . .
Like all MacKenzie men, Whit respects three things: hard work, his family, and the wild beauty of the Montana land he calls home. The solitude of the high country is a welcome respite to a loner like Whit. So when a powerful spring snowstorm hits as he's tending the herd, Whit heads to one of the family's isolated cabins. The cold winds don't trouble him. The gorgeous mystery woman waiting inside does.
All Cara Walton wanted was a chance to clear her head. And the forgotten cabin on the outskirts of the MacKenzie ranch seemed like the perfect place to do just that—until Whit arrives. The rugged cowboy quickly melts Cara's defenses and she's powerless to resist his strong arms or his tender touch. She desperately wants to trust him, but there's so much Whit doesn't know, so much she hasn't told him. She lost everything once—can she find the courage to risk her heart again?
All Cara Walton wanted was a chance to clear her head. And the forgotten cabin on the outskirts of the MacKenzie ranch seemed like the perfect place to do just that—until Whit arrives. The rugged cowboy quickly melts Cara's defenses and she's powerless to resist his strong arms or his tender touch. She desperately wants to trust him, but there's so much Whit doesn't know, so much she hasn't told him. She lost everything once—can she find the courage to risk her heart again?
What a perfect ending to a series. We have been watching as the mystery of Copper Creek has been unfolding. Which each book we draw closer to who killed Bear MacKenzie, and we finally find out who did it. Of course there have been clues along the way, but you really put them all together in The Legacy of Copper Creek. You start to see everything fall into place and go oh my goodness I think I know who did. At the same time you wonder if you believe what you suspected. So, that aspect of the story is awesome. Okay, now lets get to the lovey-dovey part of the story.
I love this story. So, we get Whit who actually doesn't mind the solitude of being out in the high country where there is no where around. If you have been to Montana there is a lot of that. For a guy who likes his solitude he can get a bit grouchy when someone is encroaching on his area, especially when he's too tired. It was kind of fun to watch him stumble upon Cara and she's scared out her mind because there is this big burly angry guy coming into a cabin she was squatting in. Good times. She has been dealt some rotten cards, so she doesn't know how to handle the situation at hand. After all she's on the run from the guy with evil eyes, and she doesn't know if she can trust Whit. However, she slowly learns to trust him and he takes her to meet the family since she has no place else to go. Here is where she starts to blossom.
I absolutely love Whit and Cara characters. You have Whit who likes his solitude, but he doesn't mind being around Cara. He finds his protective side coming out, once he starts to get to know her. He's an overall good guy. Like I said Cara has been dealt a pretty crappy hand. I have mention she was on the run from evil eye guy, and she screwed by some wealthy jerk, so she's a little leery when it comes to guys. However, that is not all. She's also creative and vivid imagination, but she's afraid to share that with anyone cause some jerk basically told she was a nobody.
The Legacy of Copper Creek is a great ending to the series, because we find out the reason behind Bear's attack, and we have Whit and Cara who find each other. Both believing they wouldn't someone that would care so much about each other. We even see the things start to bloom between Willow (Whit's mom) and Brady (Ranch Foreman), but that has been in the works for a while. You kind of notice it the other books, but it's a little more clear in this story. Finally, there is a happy ending with closure (by the way the epilogue is sappy but oh so good. Very nice touch). Overall, a great read. However, I would suggest reading this series in order, because each book adds a little more to the piece of the puzzle on who killed Bear. Other than that the romance aspect can be read as a standalone (if that makes any sense to you all).
Copy provided by Forever Romance.
I love this story. So, we get Whit who actually doesn't mind the solitude of being out in the high country where there is no where around. If you have been to Montana there is a lot of that. For a guy who likes his solitude he can get a bit grouchy when someone is encroaching on his area, especially when he's too tired. It was kind of fun to watch him stumble upon Cara and she's scared out her mind because there is this big burly angry guy coming into a cabin she was squatting in. Good times. She has been dealt some rotten cards, so she doesn't know how to handle the situation at hand. After all she's on the run from the guy with evil eyes, and she doesn't know if she can trust Whit. However, she slowly learns to trust him and he takes her to meet the family since she has no place else to go. Here is where she starts to blossom.
I absolutely love Whit and Cara characters. You have Whit who likes his solitude, but he doesn't mind being around Cara. He finds his protective side coming out, once he starts to get to know her. He's an overall good guy. Like I said Cara has been dealt a pretty crappy hand. I have mention she was on the run from evil eye guy, and she screwed by some wealthy jerk, so she's a little leery when it comes to guys. However, that is not all. She's also creative and vivid imagination, but she's afraid to share that with anyone cause some jerk basically told she was a nobody.
The Legacy of Copper Creek is a great ending to the series, because we find out the reason behind Bear's attack, and we have Whit and Cara who find each other. Both believing they wouldn't someone that would care so much about each other. We even see the things start to bloom between Willow (Whit's mom) and Brady (Ranch Foreman), but that has been in the works for a while. You kind of notice it the other books, but it's a little more clear in this story. Finally, there is a happy ending with closure (by the way the epilogue is sappy but oh so good. Very nice touch). Overall, a great read. However, I would suggest reading this series in order, because each book adds a little more to the piece of the puzzle on who killed Bear. Other than that the romance aspect can be read as a standalone (if that makes any sense to you all).
Copy provided by Forever Romance.
Excerpt from The Legacy of Copper Creek:
The door opened and the woman who’d
been on his mind stepped into the snow and started toward him.
“I feel like Nanook of the North.” She
was grinning from ear to ear.
He was relieved to see the smile back
in her eyes. “You look like my nephew Casey when his mother puts him in a
snowsuit. It’s like a straightjacket and he can barely move. Can you bend those
arms?”
With a laugh, she walked stiff-legged
and stiff-armed in his direction. “What arms? Are there arms under all these
layers?”
He was laughing as she bent down and,
without warning, scooped up a handful of snow before taking aim. It hit him
squarely in the face.
His smile turned into a look of
surprise before he set aside the ax and filled both hands with snow.
“Goldilocks, that was a declaration of war. And you don’t stand a chance.”
Seeing what he planned, she ducked, and
the snowball he tossed landed harmlessly on the bark of a tree behind her.
“A certain cowboy needs to correct his
aim.” She scooped up more snow and sent it flying toward his head.
Before she could blink, a handful of
snow landed on her cheek and found its way down the collar of her parka.
Just as she brushed it aside, she
looked up to see him racing toward her.
With a squeal, she turned and started
running.
In quick strides he caught up with her
and wrapped both arms around her, lifting her clean off her feet. In one quick
motion, he scooped up snow and lobbed it right at her.
“Oh, you’ll pay for this, Cowboy.” She
was still wiping away the snow when he bent down and filled his hands with
more.
Seeing that, she dropped to her knees
and did the same.
“Not on your life, woman.” Whit leapt
on her, moving so quickly she was pinned beneath him, and they sank into a
snowdrift tall enough to bury them both.
He
grabbed some snow and held it up menacingly.
“You’d better
apologize for that sneak attack, Goldilocks, or your face is going to freeze.”
She held up
both hands in a sign of surrender. “Whit. No. I’ve had enough.”
Laughing, he
tossed aside the snow. When he looked down at her, he realized too late that it
had been a mock surrender. Laughing, she tackled him and rubbed a snowball into
his face, forcing him to eat a handful of snow.
“Quite the
little actress, aren’t you? Now you’ve done it. I won’t be fooled again by your
cheating.”
“I wasn’t
cheating. I was using war strategy.”
“Here’s your
strategy.” Straddling her, he smeared snow over her face just as she did the
same to him.
They both
froze in place, laughing so hard they could barely
catch their breath.
“I love the devious way you think,
Goldilocks.”
“You mean, the same way you do?”
“Yeah.” Whit leaned close enough to
touch his forehead to hers. And immediately realized his mistake.
Up close, her face was glowing and her
lips, pursed in a perfect little pout, filled his line of vision.
“I think I’ve found a way to end this
war.”
Seeing the way his gaze burned over her
lips, she understood his intention and tried to turn her face away.
He reached up and caught her chin so
that she could do nothing more than watch as his face slowly descended toward
hers.
“You’d better declare a truce,
Goldilocks.”
“Never.” The word was forced from her
suddenly dry throat in a low, drawn-out whisper.
“Oh, I do
love a challenge. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
His mouth closed over hers in a kiss
that was as shocking to their systems as the snow had been just moments
earlier. A kiss that sent tiny spears of fire and ice dancing through both
their veins.
“Ready to declare a truce?”
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