This library doesn’t purchase paperbacks but they are donated to them. This is a book I would purchase for myself and enjoy. This is a book with two stories in it. The first is regarding Cassandra (Cassie) Reed television writer turned waitress when she moved from Atlanta, Georgia to Benton, Colorado. Cassie was raised as a lady and had no experience with men. Cassie met J L Denton because of lies told by J L’s cousin Cary. Cassie was in Benton because of lies told regarding her father and Cary continued causing problems for the family by his lies. Good story with a good ending.

The second story Colorado Cowboy is about a young woman Esther Marist who’s saw her mother murdered and she ran from fear of her mother’s killer. She ran and ended running to a wildlife rehabilitates Butch Matthews cabin. Esther is hiding from her mother’s boyfriend for fear of what he would do to her. Butch Matthews was interested in Esther but had difficulties with the wealth that Esther had. Enjoyable story that had its sad sides and interesting sides.

Cassie, a script writer on a hit TV series, has moved to a small town in Colorado. Her father has been accused of sexual harassment. She and her totally innocent father are being hounded by Me Too-like movement people to the point where Cassie’s mother kills herself. Benton Colorado seems like a good place to hide and create new lives. There she meets local rancher JL and they begin to fall for one another.
I personally did not care for it. It featured a wimpy woman and a multimillionaire man. She was touted as a complete “innocent”, even going so far as to having her not know anything about touching a man. On the other hand, she was supposed to be a savvy successful screenwriter. Surely she would need to have heard something about sexual relationships if she included it in her scripts.
The story also felt like a thinly veiled platform for criticism of the Me Too movement. All this said, Diana Palmer is a favorite of many of our patrons so I will purchase it and include it on book talks and romance newsletters.

This was an easy read, mostly because I read almost all the stories in this book before. The only one I didn't read was Colorado Cowboy. All in all it was a good book. I am grateful that netgalley let me read this in exchange for an honest review.