Road to You

I loved, loved, loved Road to You by Barbara Ankrum, book two in her Band of Brothers series. Noah Mathis, a mysterious man with a lot of secrets, knew he had to be in Marietta, Montana for the wedding of one his ex-Navy SEAL brothers, no matter the consequences his absence might cause. Even his brothers don’t know about his secrets. Gemma Wade, a journalist for a Seattle newspaper is in Marietta to write a fluffy, romantic piece about the unusual increases in marriages there. Being punished for an embarrassing career misstep is bad enough, but it’s probably karma that Gemma also stumbles, literally, upon Mr. Right in the absolute wrong place. Noah wants Gemma to be his plus one for the week, even knowing this short break from his real life will end all too soon. Gemma, being a nosy, investigative reporter realizes that Noah isn’t who everyone believes him to be. This accidental encounter could expose Noah’s secrets which could affect both of them forever. Gemma needs to figure out which is more important, saving her flailing career or sacrificing her happily ever after? Maybe the magic of Marietta will solve both of their problems. Or maybe a little Audrey Hepburn and a black cat will provide the answers.

This wonderful story was fun to read and easy to visualize the story as it occurred. I totally loved these characters and didn’t want to put this book down. I especially loved the comparison and parallels to the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Ms. Ankrum did a fantastic job creating her characters, making them realistic, keeping the story interesting, making me forget the world around me and not letting me go until I turned the last page, wanting more. I highly recommend this book to other readers and look forward to the next book in the series.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.

An enjoyable and well-written romance, this book had plenty of humour, but it also dealt with the pain of betrayal, taking the fall for someone else and dealing with past mistakes. Being sent off to write a “fluff piece” on the unprecedented marriages taking place in small town Marietta, Gemma is licking her wounds after discovering that her nemesis is once more twisting the proverbial knife in her back. Only Gemma literally falls at Noah’s feet and the love bug bites once again. Whilst Gemma is keeping her real identity a secret, she realises that Noah is doing the same. With the result, when the truth blows up in their faces, more than one person is hurt by the secrets being kept. However, both Gemma and Noah recognise who their true friends are and that despite past mistakes, they accept you for who you are, including the baggage being carried around. Although this book is part of a series it is nevertheless and stand-alone and does come to a very satisfactory ending. I received this book for free from eBook Discovery. I voluntarily post this review. This is my honest review.

Oh WOW a Marietta, Montana book that has a different take and a different grouping of characters. Many of these we had met before in the first book of the Band of Brothers but it’s okay if you missed that book (but i highly recommend reading it later), Author Barbara Ankrum catches you up right nicely. In this book we get to know more about the most secretive of the brother Noah. We get to see his other life and what goes on when he not around everyone else. Why he is not around the group more and MeRcY me is a humdinger of a book. On the other side we have Gemma, a writer for a newspaper in Seattle. Well lets say she hopes she is after this weekend. This is her last chance since her big article turned out once of her sources was lying to her. So her breaking story turned out either not right or it was right and he lied later. Either way it caused issues so she is shipped off to write about weddings in Marietta. I for one would take that assignment in a heartbeat. BUT she did not know about this amazing little town before she got there AND of course there was more than weddings hidden inside Road to You as well. This is definitely one of those books that had me captured from the beginning until the very end. I was not sure that Noah would ever pull his head out of his read but…. well of course I will let you read and decide for yourself how he does. I cant wait to see which “brother” is the next in this series we will get to unravel his secrets and see if he falls in love or not.