8. Montana Creeds: Tyler

by Linda Lael Miller

Lily Kenyon has returned home, with her daughter Tess, to take care of her father while he's recouperating from a heart attack. It's a quirk of fate that brings Tyler Creed home at the same time, the boy who broke her heart years ago. It doesn't take them long to realize the connection between them is still sizzling. But before they can be together, they both have to deal with demons from their past, including a waitress from Tyler's past who may, or may not, have had his son; an ex-mother-in-law who's threatening to take Lily's daughter away from her; and a crazy drunk who demolishes Tyler's cabin with a semi.

This was a book passed on to me by a friend, who regularly passes bags of books on to me. I think there's method to her madness - she doesn't have a lot of room to keep them herself and she knows I'm a pack rat. So by passing them on to me she knows where to come if she ever wants to re-read them. :-)

Anyway, the worst part of this book was realizing it was the third of a series. Now I won't be satisfied as until I find the other two!

The main character, Tyler, has a lot of emotional baggage and this is dealt with skillfully and logically. He and his estranged brothers went through hell growing up and he needs to face this before he can move on. Lily, too, has some emotional baggage to deal with before she can let go of the past and realize she's a small town girl at heart.