To save her family's homestead Daisy Mosley will do whatever it takes, even if it means marrying a rugged cowboy who thinks he knows best. But though the widowed mother of two takes Tucker Barlow into her home as her husband, she isn't ready to welcome him into her heart. Tucker knows his marriage to Daisy is about convenience, not love. But after years of hiding his feelings for his childhood friend, he wants to shower her with affection and favor her twin sons with the fatherly attention he'd missed. Can he show Daisy that he is more than just a practical groom—he is a man worthy of her love? AMAZON 3 STARS
An emotional story. There was reliance on God and some scripture in the story for those that want to know. Daisy is a woman who has been well loved, both as a young girl and as a wife too. She was deeply in love with her husband, and although there was plenty of work, she was happy. The work and the grief increased after the murder of her husband, Murdock. Her twins were trying to recover as well and its a slow process. As much as Tucker wants to help, his presence also causes pain to the boys. They miss their father and its hard for them to adjust to Tucker being there "in his place". Its also hard for Daisy to adjust as well, long ago friend or not. You get to feel Tucker's longing for a family and for Daisy's love. He really was there to help them, protect them and hoped that if not love at least there could be a marriage based on friendship. Tucker was so good with the twins, helping them to feel not only valued but to help them grown into good men. It was interesting that although they were twins, their personalities are so different. James is impatient to get moving, and quick to make decisions. John is quieter, thinks ahead and is a deeper thinker.
The relationship between Tucker and Daisy is about what you would expect. They were dancing around each other. There were awkward times, some laughter and some teasing like they did as younger people. Although Tucker was making decisions to make all of their lives better, he really didn't tell Daisy any of it. He just sprung it on her and added more problems than there needed to be. I didn't like that part and understood her frustration with it. Oh course, her needing to know everything also didn't help either. She was used to being included when her and Murdock were working on something. They were a team, something that I didn't see with Tucker. He'd been alone so long that he didn't feel like sharing the most basic needed information. In fact he resented having to explain much of anything. That I didn't like in the story, I felt like it was carried just a bit too far.
I did like how the story ended though.
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