Taken By The Mountain Man: A Steamy Mountain Man Romance, Kidnapped Romance, Small Town Romance

This is the first book in a series Mountain Men Do It Better. I discovered after reading that this story has characters that appeared in another of the authors novels, which explains my initial confusion as the very beginning did feel as though I'd come into a sequel. But once past that the story is enjoyable although this novel does contain a darker moment of Jana being kidnapped and tortured before she is saved by mountain man Cole. Cole and Jana are instantly attracted to one another and I liked how the author wrote them both as having events happen in their lives that made it hard to open up and trust others. To me it was part of what made their love story a really nice one as they were comfortable around each other enough to trust and allow themselves to feel. For anyone who enjoys short instalove romances with steamy scenes and mountain men, I think you'll definitely enjoy this and the others in the this series by various authors.

I love the Mountain Men series. Kaci Rose just gets better and better. I loved the banter and steam. This one might be my favorite of them all. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

This novella captured my attention from the start. It began with you being dragged in the middle of Hope's kidnapping and the rescue by the Mountain men. This is when Hope meets Cole and where their story begins. I love that the author brought in a familiar character, Hope, from the last Whiskey River series book and that Cole mentioned he was a resident from the Oakside series. Hope and Cole find what they need in each other and grow and discover themselves. Together they compromise on how to live on the Mountain happily ever after together. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.