Tansy is the heart and soul of the diner, but this spring her heart just might be stolen… high flying career as a corporate lawyer was never his dream. Determined to slow down and to follow his own dreams he heads to White Horse Creek.
He didn’t expect a turf war over his new diner with a fiery redhead. He also didn’t expect her to be the first woman to capture his heart.
Can Tansy and John move past the challenges love brings to find happiness together?
Find out now. Spring Colorado is book eight in the Colorado Crazy Series. Another ranch romance guaranteed to tease your senses and make you realize that small towns aren’t sleepy after all.
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Wow! Milan Watson does it again. Return to White Horse Creek and get reacquainted with the wonderful residents. I loved this story about romance with more mature characters. Very well written storyline and well developed, interesting characters.
I received a free copy of this book and this is my voluntary, honest review.
I loved reading this book about Tansy and John !
Finally, it’s Tansy’s turn to kick up her heels!
Passion and romance has finally made its way to a slightly more mature demographic in this series as Tansy, the mainstay of the popular local diner, locks horns with John, a former Denver lawyer and the diner’s new owner. I really enjoyed seeing her come out from behind her apron and show her feisty and romantic sides (though the story is a bit brief and covers a period of only a few weeks).
If you’ve been reading the series, you know that Tansy is a favorite friend and confidante for this small Colorado town’s residents. It’s really nice to find her meeting a man and the story does a very realistic job of describing the difficulties of adapting to taking others opinions onboard when you’ve been running things single-handed and to cohabitation when you’ve spent years living in your own.
The passion is suggestive but not explicit and confined to a few scenes: fine by me since I think in this area less is more.
Tansy is the mother figure to many in White Horse. By giving her a happily ever after Milan Watson has scored another hit. It takes a heart attack for John to slow down and send him on a collision course with Tansy. Their first meeting and ensuing relationship is as fiery as her red hair. Seeing a mature couple sizzle and fall in love is somehow more satisfying than a younger one. The author has a way of telling her stories that just endears the reader to the characters. This series is very special because it is easy for the reader to imagine themselves as any one of the characters. This is just a simply delightful story to read.
The eighth book in the series brings a beautiful love story between Tanzy and John. The author once again brings a cast of strong characters and weaves an emotional romance.It’s a wonderful story showing love does happen at any age. It’s well written,moves fluidly and I loved reading.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own and freely given.
Heartbreak, Fears and Consequences… They’re All Here
This review will be different than my normal. Why? As I turned the pages, all these thoughts, feelings and questions kept popping up in my mind. So I decided to jot them down.
Truly enjoyed reading about a couple of 50ish year olds and how love and life impacted them. It is rewarding to see how their struggles and choices made them who and what they are today. Also good to see it’s never to late to change, to accept your fears and thus choose to change.
MY THOUGHTS:
Wow… look how Tansy lets fear rule her life…. in thought, word and deed. It made her the woman she is today. It’s good that’s she’s protective and independent but bad that she’s frozen in place for 30 years.
Interesting…. John allowed outside circumstances control him too. Fifty years of wanting a father’s praise. Wonder if that father realized his damage?
Luke sure did a number on Tansy. Thirty or so years later and she still can’t trust men. Her heart was too broken to fix and thus crystalized into a hard piece of rock in order to protect herself and her son.
Where is Luke now? Did he just abandon them and disappear, never again to be heard of? What happened to him when he left?
Okay, a lot of cheese but it was sweet cheese. Good for a change to see older couples with those lovin’ feelings. John spoke of himself being on the wrong side of fifty Tansy was 47. Neither had time in their past to pursue love…. Tansy was a single mom and John was married to a career.
Agree with Tansy…. don’t know how Maureen could take Fred back after 20 years…. that’s gotta be a story in itself.
Tansy built up so many walls of protection that she lost out on years of living
Couldn’t help but actually laugh when John walks in on Tanner in the kitchen…. poor Tanner gets the shock of his life and John has absolutely no clue what to do or how to react
Tansy, Tansy…. maybe you could quit being so childish. Is paint on the wall really that important … what’s really got you acting so ugly? Are you letting those long held fears creep back in? Careful, Tansy, better be really careful.
John, John, John … maybe you should have prepared Tansy for Scarlet, huh? Not very smart on your part and here you spent your whole life on being a professional negotiator. Tsk, tsk.
Tanner is such a good son…. very wise and knows his mama like a book.
Where were the grandparents? The story says Luke’s parents made him step up to the plate and marry Tansy. Were they not a part of Tanner’s life?
OBSERVATIONS:
We might not have gotten to meet Luke, but boy, was he a main character in this book. Most everything involving Tansy centered around him and what he did. It definitely shows how events and happenings affect the long term every bit as much as the short term.
Wants:
Okay…. every time I read one of these Colorado books I want so badly for Aunt Karma to make a visit to one of the characters. In this case it’s Luke. Nope, we don’t get to actually meet him but we sure get to know him. How I want to see him being gut-punched when he sees what he could have had but threw away like spoiled garbage. The hurt he put on Tansy, the lack of a father that a son needs, the abandonment of both of them is inexcusable. Did he do it just to chase rainbows? What kind of man does he turn out to be? Does he ever have regrets. Does he have a family and simply forgot about the one he ran out on?
Okay, I realize he didn’t love her and felt forced to say I Do. But it does take two to tango. His leaving should have been handled differently. Rather, he chose to be a young and irresponsible coward. Did he EVER wonder about what he did and the son he left behind?
I found myself hoping that pot of gold at the end of Luke’s rainbow turns out to be fools gold. It also would help for his dreams be nightmares of all the hurt and pain he bestowed upon those he was suppose to love and protect.
I have read all of the ‘Colorado’ series and look forward to the next to publish. I received an advance copy and am leaving my voluntary review. Another good job, Milan
I received a complimentary copy of this book and I am voluntarily reviewing it.
I so enjoyed reading Tansy’s story. Tansy is the manager of the local diner. She had Tanner at the early age of 17. She just became a gammi to J.T. a few months ago. She figures the “happily ever after” wasn’t for her when her young husband left when Tanner was a baby. John is a partner at a law firm in Denver. He suffers a heart attack while in court. After spending a week in the hospital with no visitors, he realizes that life is passing him by. Being a lawyer like his father was going to kill him. He needed more. He had wanted to be a chef but he father shot that down. While in the hospital, John see an ad for a diner in a small town. When these two meet, sparks fly.
This is a wonderful story with the more mature characters. I adored both of the characters as I also am in the more mature age group.
Reading this story with the dual POV format, which is a personal favorite, was great. Getting into the mind set of Tansy and John really help me to connect with them and make them more human than characters in a story.
This is not quite a clean romance but the writer really left 99% of the sexy scene to the reader’s imagination.