Three weeks. All
Alyssa O’Riordan needs is three weeks away from her wealthy life in New
York City, to clear her mind and decide what she wants from her life. A
dude ranch in Wyoming seems like the perfect place for a temporary
escape from the cage her life has become.
What she doesn’t expect is
to come face-to-face with a handsome cowboy, who’s just as grumpy and
rough as he is good-looking. All of a sudden, the promise of a relaxing,
invigorating holiday seems long gone.
Three weeks. For
Sean Maclaine, three weeks around the new guest feel like an eternity.
After his first-hand experience with the upper class, rich daddy’s girls
have become his worst nightmare, so when Alyssa O’Riordan shows up at
his family’s ranch, he knows the time won’t go by fast enough. All he
has to do is stay away from her, and count the hours until she finally
goes back to New York.
Three weeks. Will three weeks be long enough for them to get over their prejudices and start looking beyond the surface?
So the
first thing I noticed when reading this book is how many English-isms (if that
is even a word) in this book. I think I am hyper aware of them as I am English.
Even for such a small word as holiday instead of vacation, just drove me nuts,
but enough of my idiosyncrasy's. I enjoyed this book, but I did find it really
long and was a little over whelmed by 51 chapters! But every one of them was
enjoyable.
The
story of Alyssa and Sean's romance was beautiful and reduced me to tears. The
love is beautiful and their efforts to keep their relationship alive even when
Alyssa went back to NYC and Sean stayed in Wyoming. Also the ultimate
Thanksgiving showdown was SO emotional to me that I had to re-read it twice.
But I
will have to warn you, the other side of this book is much darker and deals
with assault, stalking and suicidal thoughts. So I recommend this book for over
18's only.
I
found Roberta Capizzi book wonderful, it did drag in some places and seem to be
very rushed in others. But ultimately I give Hold On To Love 8 1/2 out of 10.
