COMING SOON from Heatherly BellA fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior project – the author is donating 100% of proceeds after expenses in the first month. Purchase through the smile.com Amazon affiliate link to Wounded Warrior project.The infamous Wilder Sisters and the men who love them.A collection of the three books in the popular Wilder Sisters series: COUNTRY GOLD, SHE’S COUNTRY STRONG, and A … GOLD, SHE’S COUNTRY STRONG, and A COUNTRY WEDDING.
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I’ll review each book in this trilogy separately…
Country Gold: Lexi and Luke’s story. I loved this one! These two are perfect together and Luke obviously cares about her family as much as he does Lexi. These two were together for several years while Luke was working first as a roadie then as a backup musician for The Wilder Sisters band (Lexi played guitar and wrote their songs). Youngest sister Sabrina makes the mistake of sending a topless photo to a guy she thought she could trust and he in turn sold it to a tabloid. Thus effectively ending the girls career. Luke is given the opportunity to become a solo artist and is a huge hit – thanks in large part to a song he penned with Lexi. Luke has never been on the receiving end of overwhelming (and unwanted) attention from adoring female fans so he doesn’t initially handle fame all that well in the beginning. Lexi had the buffer of her family to protect her from a lot of that while she and her sister were touring, however, when she’s at home and it’s Luke who is now thrust into the limelight and struggling with overly eager fans well… let’s just say she doesn’t handle it the way she should. After wrapping his tour Luke returns to his hometown to win Lexi back and prove that she’s always been the only one for him.
She’s Country Strong: Sabrina and Damien’s story. I enjoyed this one too. Sabrina is the youngest of the sisters and she was responsible for the downfall of their band. Now that Lexi has decided to return to Nashville, and the music industry, with Luke, they’re helping Sabrina to do the same by hiring a “fixer”, named D.C. to become Sabrina’s image consultant. Damien is used to issuing orders and his clients falling in line, but Sabrina doesn’t like being told what to do. Soon it’s not just tempers flaring, there’s a whole lot of sparks flying too. D.C. is exactly what Sabrina needed in her life and she’s what he didn’t know he needed.
A Country Wedding: Jessie and Rhett’s story. It was nice to have a continuation of the first two stories, but I wasn’t really a fan of this one on its own if it was just Jessie and Rhett’s story. It was too forced. Quite a few “wait … what?” Moments. Such as after the fake engagement is announced Jessie is asked why they’re not sharing a room. She responds to Kayla that they alternate between his room and her cottage but then days go by before this is mentioned again when in reality it would’ve been noticed beginning on that initial day following Rhett’s announcement. I like Jessie as a character and appreciate Rhett’s evolving into a better man, but overall this last story fell flat for me.
country Gold
was Luke and Lexis story I enjoyed reading it and happy ending
Country Strong was Sebrinas story and she found her man in D.C. I at first I didn’t like sebrina she had to grow up but she met DC and did alot of growing up im glad she got her happy ending
Country Wedding was Jessies story I enjoyed the back and fourth with Jessie and Rhett I think this was the best book of the 3 Glad that Jessie found her man and Happy ending
I don’t know if there would be a book 4 but I would read it if there was
Heatherly Bell sure knows what her readers want.
This series had it all, humor, suspense, angst, and romance.
The characters were so engaging that I wanted to be their friend and hang out with them.
The plot was endearing and great to read.
I wanted to live there.
This is a 5-star series.
A great collection! The Wilder sisters’ stories will entertain you for hours.
This is a fabulous box set with the Wilder Sisters who were once at the top of the country music charts but now have stepped away to live a quiet life and help run the family B & B.
Book #1: Lexie and Luke just may get their second chance at love.
Book #2: Sabrina and Damien start off rocky but soon the PR man turns things around.
Book #3: Jessie and Rhett agree to a fake relationship that turns into something real.
Loved this wonderful collection and all the characters were so real and likable.
Country Gold
Let me start by saying I loved Luke. He’s sweet and charming and he completely adores Lexi. Lexi on the other hand drove me to distraction. She absolutely still loves Luke, but she’s bitter and vindictive and blames him for problems she’s more than half the cause of. This pair certainly has chemistry. The sparks between them sizzle from the page, and they don’t even have to be in the scene together for the reader to feel it. I started this series because I received a review copy for the third sister, and I hate starting a series anywhere other than the beginning. I’m glad I started here. These are some fascinating characters and I’m looking forward to seeing what’s next for them.
She’s Country Strong
I loved this book even more than the first one. Sabrina may be the youngest of the three Wilder sisters, but she seems to be the one that knows her own mind the best. And yes, that’s my polite way of saying she’s probably the most stubborn of the them all. Damien has a very clear plan of where his life is going next, and one little sprite of a former country musician isn’t going to derail his plans. Right? Like with her sister and Luke, you can see the sparks flying from the moment we first see Sabrina and Damien together. They intuitively know just which buttons to push to get the reaction they’re looking for and it’s fascinating to sit back and watch. I loved seeing the way Damien built back her trust in her own judgement, showing her she could make good decisions for herself. I was also proud of the way he was finally able to let go of some of the anger from his past to be able to move forward with Sabrina. I can’t wait to read all about the last Wilder sister now.
A Country Wedding
When I received the opportunity for a review copy of this book, I knew I wanted to go back and start this series from the beginning. I’m glad I did. I can see that this book would stand just fine on its own, but there’s something special about having experienced the connection between all three Wilder sisters from their own points of view. It always seems to be the quiet ones that have the deepest, most turbulent emotions. Both Jessie and Rhett embody those qualities. In spite of a rocky start when they were younger, now they recognize a kindred spirit in one another. Can a fake engagement lead them to discover real feelings or will they find that the ones they fooled the most were themselves? This book was a rocky emotional roller-coaster ride. It swung me from howling with laughter to nearly bawling my eyes out. When I got to the end of the book, my only thought was ‘no, it can’t be over already’. Over the course of this series I’ve fallen in love with the Wilder sisters and I’m sad to say goodbye to them.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book through Hidden Gems Books.
What a perfectly wonderful set of romances!
This set of three standalone romances gives us the stories of the three Wilder sisters as they return from a scandal and find their own heroes. Luke and Lexi start off the set with their heartwarming second-chance romance, followed by Sabrina and her delicious fixer, Damien. Finally, as Luke and Lexi’s wedding nears, Jessie embarks on a fake engagement with her celebrity crush, Rhett.
Each of these were wonderfully written with exquisitely developed characters and amazing emotional depth. I fell in love with the entire Wilder family, and thoroughly enjoyed every bit of this unforgettable romance collection. If you love country music (who doesn’t?) and memorable romances, this set was written for you. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
Heatherly Bell, ‘Country Hot’.
A Wilder Sisters anthology books 1-3.
As an HG ARC reader I received a free copy and promised an honest review. Here it is.
Rating: 4,5 (of 5 stars).
In general: Sweet country sister’s love life trilogy.
Book 1. ‘Country Gold’.
Main characters.
– Luke Wyatt (29).
His hometown was Whistle Cove (Cal). He dislikes this small town for his father is a convicted murderer, so his family has a bad reputation.
He had a love affair with Lexi Wilder, but now she’s pissed off for he chose fame over her and went on tour for almost a year. And wrote songs about their break up that were very personal. She feels used by him.
– Lexi Wilder (28).
The oldest of the three Wilder sisters. With her sisters she had – coached by her loving, ambitious parents – a very successful country music girls-band. She gave Luke, in spite of his reputation, his first chance in the country music scene and wrote the song that made him famous. But due to a sexy PR scandal of Lexi’s youngest sister Sabrina, the Wilder Sisters band broke up and Luke started his own, very successful career.
Lexi is now – with her sisters – owner of the family’s B&B in Whistle Grove. But the B&B is struggling. So Lexi has to write and sell new songs, but this pressure is blocking her creativity.
After his tour Luke returns to Whistle Castle and stays at the Wilder Sisters B&B. Luke and Lexi learn that they still love each other but – especially for Lexi – it’s difficult to trust him again.
Book 2. She’s Country Strong’
Main character.
– Damien ‘D.C.’ Caldwell (32).
He’s a celebrity fixer, a talented, successful PR manager who earned, 32 years old, enough money to retire. Asked by Luke Wyatt for a last assignment, he travels to Whistle Cove to save Sabrina Wilder’s (26) career.
– Sabrina Wilder (26).
She’s a very talented, gorgeous looking singer. When she trusted the wrong man she was young and a bit naive. So she damaged herself and her family.
With the help of Damien she has to learn how to behave as a celebrity, trust the right people and discover what she really wants in her life. But falling in love with him makes all this a complicated process.
Book 3. ‘A Country Wedding’.
Main characters:
– Jessie Wilder.
Drummer of the girls-band ‘Wilder Sisters’. After the break up of the band Lexi and Sabrina stayed in the country music scene, but Jessie became the manager of the ‘Wilders Sister’ B&B of her retired grandma. She – a perfectionist organizer – has great ambitions to renovate the B&B into a top location for weddings. So when her sister Lexi (now a very succesful songwriter) wants to marry in the family B&B, Jessie wants an event with a lot of publicity and as many as possible celebrities.
– Rhett Hunt (32).
Famous country music star. Almost constantly ‘on tour’ around the world. He loves composing and performing, but after many years of touring the live of constantly traveling starts to bore him. It feels like a ‘burn out’. So when he’s invited for Lexi’s marriage party, he rearranges his schedule to have a holiday week without his musical obligations.
When Rhett arrives at the B&B as one of the first guests, Jessie welcomes him a bit rude. In their youth they once had a date because their dads were friends. Jessie had the impression that Rhett made a joke to another girl of her being ‘chubby’. She was hurt and since then reading about his womanizing a lot, she thinks he’s a ‘bad boy’. In the days before the wedding Rhett is a bit harassed by two women and he ‘flies’ into a fake engagement with Jessie, hoping to discourage his annoying fans. Jessie accepts the arrangement for she learned that Rhett is not the man who’s only focussed on himself and his career.
Then the author, Heatherly Bell, describes how the fake engagement – with ups and downs – turns into a real commitment.
The trilogy is an easy to read story, well written, with nice, sassy dialogues and many wonderful characters. The plots (especially book 3) are sometimes a bit unoriginal or incredible. I.e.: Jessie (a pleasant, professional host) has a rude attitude after her negative interpretation of Rhett’s one short remark during a date more than 10 years ago.
But, for me – all in all – the books (in particular Sabrina’s and Damien’s story) were a pleasure to read.
R.Huiszoon.