More suspense as things continue to heat up. Charlotte will not give up the fuel but her children are not having it as the wedding says. Look for several different plot lines. Great set up for the next book in the series.

This book was full of Romeo and Juliet type family drama set in ranch life. It even had a bit of a love triangle. It would have been interesting to see more details of that in the story. It was a little slow of a start and took me longer to get through then most books. It seemed to drag a little, but the ending chapters made up for it. The author did a good job of revealing information at the right times to answer questions that made the reader think “who did it” throughout the book. The book was only a 4 star for me because it was so slow to grab my attention.

I enjoyed this book. It was thrilling and romantic. The ending was better than I thought it would be. I am grateful that netgalley and the publishers let me read this in exchange for an honest review.

I didn’t like this book as much as the first one. I thought there were a few too many POV characters and the story was a bit choppy and jumped around a lot because of that. I do however like the multiple mysteries that the author has crafted. I’ll definitely be reading the next book in the series in order to get some answers.

Normally I can fill in the blanks when I pick up a book that is within a series. This story is book number two and I do recommend you read book number one for the full experience.

The author did a pretty good job tying in everything, but there were parts that seemed very jumpy to me and that didn’t flow very well because I lacked knowledge from book number one.

The plot of the story was very unique and interesting. We have a trio of best friends with one developing romance. We have some bad guys that truly have some evil behind them. Plus, we also have some family integrations that really make you feel for the characters. Some of these people are wicked!

The story leans more into the suspense line along with the building romance. We get a little intrigue with our emotional tension. The heat level in this one is rather low and while I wouldn’t call it a clean romance, there’s only one interaction that adds a little bit of spice.

Overall, River Strong was engaging and a page turner. However, I really missed the deeper physical connection between the characters as I felt the story needed that to balance out the intrigue and the romance more.

Daniels is a strong cowboy romance author who is dedicated to telling stories with deep ties to the Western culture and hometown Americana life. She always delivers a refreshing, feel-good story with the great happily ever after we love.