Series:
Bravo Family Ties: The Next Generation (Book 5)
True love might be patient…but how long is too long?
Ethan Bravo had been in love with Matilda Hunt
since…well, since before she was Matilda Hunt, actually. Because he and Gabe
Hunt had been best friends since high school. So Matty was off-limits to Ethan.
Even now, after Matty has been a widow for three years, he considers her
forbidden fruit. It was easy when she lived in LA, but now Matty's moved home
for good. And instead of betraying his best friend's memory and revealing his
heart, Ethan settled for being her confidant.
Except Matty is pregnant with the child from her now
ex-boyfriend -- a man who wants nothing to do with Matty or the baby. So Ethan
is stepping up, becoming the one man Matty can trust. Sharing his true feelings
now would shatter that trust. And Ethan can't risk losing Matty -- again. He
can be the one man she deserves, even if keeping his secret could break his
heart.
Terrific friends to lovers story. Three years after the
death of her husband, Matty heads home to Wyoming. Her attempt to move on after
Gabe's death leaves her pregnant with the child of her ex-boyfriend, who has no
interest in the baby or Matty. She moves back to Medicine Creek to raise the
baby in her hometown and run her mother's bookstore. She looks forward to seeing her best friend,
Ethan.
Ethan was Gabe's best friend throughout school, and that
friendship extended to Matty when she and Gabe became a couple. They hung out
together in college, with Ethan a frequent visitor after Gabe and Matty married.
He returned to Wyoming to attend law school and set up his practice in their hometown.
He never let on to them that he was in love with Matty. To him, she was, and
still is, off-limits.
The first person Matty wants to see when she gets home is
Ethan. She feels overwhelmed, and Ethan is her anchor. They spent more and more
time together, from cooking to watching movies. Ethan insists on helping her
prepare for the baby, including volunteering as her labor coach. Ethan realizes
quickly that his feelings for Matty have grown. He keeps quiet about them
because Matty is emphatic that she will not marry again, and he doesn't want to
ruin their friendship.
Matty does her best to ignore the attraction she feels
for Ethan until the day the sparks burst into flame. Once they recover from the
shock of the experience, Matty suggests a pre-baby fling. Take advantage of the
lull before the storm, and when the baby arrives, go back to being friends
only. She firmly believes that she can keep her heart safe. She was clearly fooling
herself, and I ached for Ethan, who wanted so much more. I cheered for him when
he stood up for his needs and hoped Matty would finally realize the truth of
her feelings for Ethan. I loved the emotional ending and seeing her let go of
her fears.
There was a secondary story about Matty's cousin Heather
and her husband Billy. Heather frustrated me through most of the book - I just
wanted to shake her. I liked that Matty didn't give up on her, but I could feel
her frustration.
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