It went beyond being just about a teenager being angry with their teacher, and more about struggling to fit into the world and have what you want when there’s so much more to deal with. The main storyline with the lawsuit was quite interesting. And somehow, I liked his crazed, reckless spinning.” From confusion to hate to lust to admiration to this budding crush. “Ronan was a tornado, twisting me in circles. Her relationship with Kerrigan was so great and seeing Nellie (from The Bully) again was so great. I loved how passionate and driven she was despite all the things working against her. Larke Hale (sister to Kerrigan from The Brazen) is such an interesting heroine too! She’s a great mother and a pretty good teacher, even if teaching high school students is not her idea of a good time. But he worms his way into her life and it was so beautiful watching Larke drop her walls for him and let him. Her life revolves around raising her daughter, Wren, and surviving her days as a high school teacher. But she’s got no time for him and she doesn’t have the patience or the interest for romance. As a lawyer from California, Ronan sees Larke in his first week in Calamity and he’s drawn to her in a way that he can’t quite explain. I usually (like Larke) don’t like characters who pursue and push their (future) partner to go out with them over and over, but there was something about the way Devney wrote Ronan and projected that part of him that really worked for me.

Everything from his charming personality to his relentless pursuit of Larke and even the way he was with her daughter, Wren, made him all kinds of special. Plus, she also writes awesome heroes who go above and beyond for the women in their lives. By the end of the book, I was tearing up and just so happy. This book was fun, sexy and cute but it also tackled some pretty hard topics and was handled so well. So let the brawl begin.ĭevney Perry (writing as Willa Nash) always comes up with the most unique and interesting storylines to put her characters through the wringer. Ronan wants Larke’s attention and this is guaranteed to snag it. Suddenly this frivolous lawsuit seems like a bright idea. He’s about to lecture the kid for being melodramatic until he learns that the teacher she wants to sue is Larke. Something about a bad grade and a ruined grade point average that will inevitably destroy her future. Yet Larke dismisses him without even batting those pretty brown eyes.īruised ego in check, he’s about to walk away when a teenager marches into his office and asks to hire Ronan as her lawyer. The last time Ronan was rejected was, well. Ronan is the type of man who gets what he wants, and he wants Larke Hale.Įxcept Calamity’s sweetheart has sworn off men. But he wouldn’t mind a date or two with the local beauty. On Ronan Thatcher’s first week in Montana, he spots the most beautiful woman in the world.

The Brood by Willa Nash