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THE HEARTBREAKER OF ECHO PASS – Maisey Yates
A Gold Valley Novel, Book 12
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ISBN: 978-1-335-44808-8
June 29, 2021
Contemporary Romance

Gold Valley, Oregon – Present Day

Iris Daniels is shy and has mostly stayed home and in the shadows of her siblings. Their parents died tragically in a plane crash when Iris was fourteen, and the oldest brother stepped in to take over raising the younger girls, with Iris doing the cooking and taking charge of the household chores. Now past the age of thirty, she has watched her brother and sisters find love. Iris now feels adrift, so decides that she wants to open a business using the one skill she does best: cooking. There is a vacant building in Gold Valley she can rent, but first, she must convince the owner to rent to her. This requires tracking him down, which she does. He lives in a remote area outside of town. Iris pays him a visit with a tray of cookies in her hand. Things don’t go well.

Griffin Chance once lived the good—and wealthy—life in San Francisco, but he left it all behind after his wife and child were killed. He’s currently living in a cabin that is barely habitable and a place that he rarely leaves. But he’s content living like this because being around people only reminds him of what he has lost. Griffin didn’t take kindly to Iris showing up unexpectedly to ask him about renting the building he owns, but he must admit that she has balls. She offers to clean his “house” and cook meals for him in exchange for letting her rent from him. He agrees, mainly because he’s intrigued by her. Griffin hasn’t had much contact with people, but suddenly Iris is always around. It’s inevitable that their shaky friendship soon turns into an explosive attraction. But can Iris bring Griffin off the mountain?

In the past few books in the Gold Valley series, readers have come to know the Daniels’ family. In THE HEARTBREAKER OF ECHO PASS, we have reached the final tale about Iris, the middle child and oldest daughter. Iris took on the role of mother and caretaker after her parents died, but she never had time to be a young woman experiencing life. Iris is shy and doesn’t have any dating experience. Her sister, Rose, recently found her a guy while trying to act as a matchmaker for Iris. But it wasn’t successful, so Iris figures it’s time to start having a life of her own without looking for a man. Meeting Griffin, she is both appalled and intrigued by him. She is curious about what drove him to live in a hovel in the mountains. Slowly, his background comes out, and now, Iris wants to mother him. But Griffin is much more than a man to be mothered. He could become the first man she’s ever been intimately involved with.

Griffin is annoyed at Iris’s interruption of what he considers his retreat, which is living in a cabin with no electricity or running water. He still owns his company in San Francisco, and occasionally checks in with his personal assistant. Everyone wants him to return to the “real world,” but he prefers life out in the boonies. Griffin’s interactions with Iris are contentious at first, but they soon develop a friendship, and later, an attraction. Will their attraction not only end up with them making love but will it also bring him off the mountain?

As always when reading one of the Gold Valley novels by Maisey Yates, readers are in for some entertaining characters and fun bantering. THE HEARTBREAKER OF ECHO PASS hits all the right notes and is an exquisite addition to the series. Don’t miss the fun and be sure to grab a copy of THE HEARTBREAKER OF ECHO PASS.

Patti Fischer
Romance Reviews Today

I am a huge fan of Maisey’s books and this one did not disappoint. I’ve read a few of this series but not them all and I love seeing the characters grow and develop. And Gold Valley sounds like my happy place.
Iris is one of my fav characters of the series, so I was glad to finally see her story come to life. She is a shy people pleaser, who lost her parents when she was younger and doesn’t realize all she has to give.
Iris wants to make her dream of owning her own bakery a reality but the owner of the building is a recluse and his manager wants more rent than she can afford so she approaches him with a sample of her cookies and ends up making a deal with him that benefits them both. Griffin is living alone, trying to survive but definitely not healing after major loss devastated him.
Griffin and Iris did not see coming what the other brought to their lives and how they could each help the other grow and heal and become all that they can be by bringing out the best in the other.
This book gave me all the feels and the ending was so satisfying that I couldn’t help but smile.
Thanks to Harlequin and Netgalley for this Arc in exchange for my review.

I've been waiting for Iris's story and I'm so happy the way it turned out. When her parents died she was a young teen but Iris became like a mother to her siblings. Now that they are all paired up and happy, she feels like a third wheel. It's time for Iris to make her dreams come true so she decides to open a bakery. The only problem is that the rent is way out of her price range. So she decides to locate the owner and negotiate with him. Griffin is a hermit who wants everyone to leave him alone. Their relationship is rocky but wonderful. It reminds me of the saying "there's a lid for every pot." Recommended.

I haven't met a Maisey Yates story I didn't like and this was no different. I was interested from start to finish and always look forward to a story with this author's name on the cover.

Maisey Yates is a must read and this book is no different. I love this series and love the fact there are more to come!

This is a Cowboy Romance, and this is the 12th book in the Gold Valley series. I have been wanting a book about Iris. I have really enjoying getting to know Iris better, and I love her character so much. I also feel we got to know more about her parents before their death in this book. I also loved the Griffin character, I loved getting to know him slowly during this book. I really enjoyed this book, but I think I enjoyed it so much because I read some of the other book in this book series. I want to add that this book covers some hard to read things like death. Maisey Yates as became one of my favorite authors. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher (Harlequin) or author (Maisey Yates) via NetGalley, so I can give honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that. This book is schedule to be release on June 29-2021.