Luke Brannigan lives for the adrenaline rush, which makes
his job as a filmmaker of extreme sporting adventures the perfect career
choice. He loves to travel the world, risking life and limb to capture the most
amazing shot. Some might say he's running away from something…or someone.
When Luke's billionaire father Colin Brannigan dies
unexpectedly, Luke is shocked to receive title to the mountain lodge where his
parents first met. Having been estranged from his father for years, Luke has no
idea why his dad picked him to inherit this very personal piece of
property…until he realizes the pretty blonde manager is Lizzie Parker, his
former college girlfriend.
Luke and Lizzie have an emotional and heartbreaking past,
but will they have a future? Will love be Luke's greatest adventure yet?
Good first book in the series. The beginning sets up the
backstory of the seven brothers, where the death of their mother fractured the
family, especially when it came to their relationships with their father. The
brothers are all shocked by the unexpected death of their father, and more so
by their inheritances. This book is about Luke.
Luke is big into extreme sports, both doing them and
making films about them. For the past ten years,
he has been all over the world and done just about everything. He is stunned
when he receives a mountain resort as an inheritance. He's the last person who
would want a piece of property tying him down. He has no idea why his father
left him this property - until he arrives to check it out before deciding
whether or not to sell it. There he discovers that the resort manager is his former
college sweetheart, Lizzie.
That first meeting was quite a shock to both Luke and
Lizzie. They had been deeply in love while they were in college until Luke's restlessness caused him to quit school to
pursue his dreams. He wanted Lizzie to come with him for the summer, joining in
his adventure. Hurt and angry when she didn't show up, Luke forged ahead and
never looked back. Lizzie had been on track for a career as a concert pianist.
She was just as in love with Luke but
chickened out of going with him, afraid that if she did she would end up giving
up her own dreams to follow his. Though
she later tried to contact him to explain, he refused to listen. Though Luke's
career is going strong, Lizzie's came to a dramatic end when her sister died,
leaving Lizzie as guardian of her thirteen-year-old niece, Kaitlyn. Luke's dad
gave Lizzie the job at the resort so she could better care for Kaitlyn.
I enjoyed seeing the rekindling of the relationship
between Luke and Lizzie. Luke has kept his emotions bottled up for a long time.
The attraction that still burns between the two of them starts to break down
the walls around Luke's heart. Likewise, Lizzie had thought she was long over Luke and is dismayed to discover otherwise. It
isn't easy for them to spend time together at first, but Lizzie is determined
to show Luke the benefits of keeping the resort. I enjoyed the scenes of Lizzie
showing him around. The descriptions were vivid enough for me to be able to
picture them. As the chemistry between them continued to grow, they needed to
come to terms with their past before they could move on with their lives. Though
each tended to bring up the same points
multiple times, they were able to discuss them in a relatively adult manner. But
it was a crisis involving Kaitlyn that opened their eyes to the other's point
of view and served to finally bring them together.
I liked the solution they came up with, and look forward to seeing more of them
in future books.
I liked both Luke and Lizzie. Luke is a good guy, whose
success has not gone to his head. I enjoyed the scenes with him interacting
with various people at the resort. I also liked the way that he connected with
Kaitlyn and understood her grief over the deaths of her parents. I loved the
way that Lizzie willingly gave up her career for Kaitlyn. Her patience with
Kaitlyn and her attitude was fantastic, especially with some of the horrible
things Kaitlyn said. Though there were times I wanted to shake Kaitlyn until
her teeth rattled, I also ached for her, especially as more of her story came
out. The scenes with her on the trail had me on the edge of my seat until it
was all over.
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