This is my favorite of the Made Marian series for several reasons. Number one, I'm an amateur nature photographer so Teddy's job spoke to me. Number two, I'm enthralled with wildlife so Jamie's job spoke to me as well. Number three, the way they were together and their love story was simply wonderful. :)

I understand holding someone at arm's length at first only to have that ultimately fail in the end and end up falling head over heels in love. There's nothing like it in the world, especially when that person loves you back.

The characters in this series are just wonderful. They're well-rounded, complex, and developed. The author has thought about it enough to give them all adequate back stories and it's a joy to read.

The descriptions of the settings are great. I never have any trouble imagining where we are and yet they're not so descriptive that they're boring. Ms. Lennox does an excellent job with that balance. The plot line moves along at a steady pace. I never felt that it was dragging, but I never felt that it was going too fast either.

All in all this book is just about perfect! While it can be read as a stand-alone, I highly recommend reading the series from the beginning, starting with Borrowing Blue. Try it and have fun with the Made Marian crew! ( )

This is my favorite of the Made Marian series for several reasons. Number one, I'm an amateur nature photographer so Teddy's job spoke to me. Number two, I'm enthralled with wildlife so Jamie's job spoke to me as well. Number three, the way they were together and their love story was simply wonderful. :)

I understand holding someone at arm's length at first only to have that ultimately fail in the end and end up falling head over heels in love. There's nothing like it in the world, especially when that person loves you back.

The characters in this series are just wonderful. They're well-rounded, complex, and developed. The author has thought about it enough to give them all adequate back stories and it's a joy to read.

The descriptions of the settings are great. I never have any trouble imagining where we are and yet they're not so descriptive that they're boring. Ms. Lennox does an excellent job with that balance. The plot line moves along at a steady pace. I never felt that it was dragging, but I never felt that it was going too fast either.

All in all this book is just about perfect! While it can be read as a stand-alone, I highly recommend reading the series from the beginning, starting with Borrowing Blue. Try it and have fun with the Made Marian crew! ( )

This is odd - I felt sure i'd already rated this book, as I rarely break out the 4.5 stars, but this one, loved it! Very memorable, even to the title, which at first sounds silly, but in the context of the novel, is a good title.

Theodore Kodiak, wildlife photographer, is itching to meet wildlife consultant living in Alaska, Dr Jamie Marian, Teddy's passport to a major wildlife photography prize. Jamie is feisty and rejects Teddy's advances on the fauna photography front, but not however, on the hot man in the lonely wilds of Alaska front. It's a delicious romcom, but it also manages to be super heartfelt and wildly romantic. Lots of 'wilds'.

Lennox captures the electricity between the two leads, reminding me very much of NR Walker's Outrun the Rain.

But on a serious note, I like how often romance novels delve into the universal problem of loneliness - not location, simply the human condition. There's a lot to tackle there.

Lucy Lennox gives us a richly layered romcom and I'll be returning to her again. I'm surprised to see this is the first book of hers I've read, has I've seen her name constantly when I comb the 'shelves' for my next read.

Michael Dean is fantastic. After listening to this I've picked up Borrowing Blue, the first book in the series, and it's also read by Michael Dean - at times I was thrown back into Jamie and Teddy's story, but it didn't matter too much when his narration is so right for these books. ( )

This, the second book, features the eldest Marian brother Jamie, a veterinarian and wildlife expert living in Alaska. I first met this author with her wonderful book, Borrowing Blue. As almost any book, there are things that I liked and some things that I didn’t. The author did a wonderful job of defining these characters, their dialogue and the storyline...so much so that it made it hard to stop listening. You will meet and absolutely love Jamie's Aunt stilly; and his granny will provide several chuckles. I liked the slow development of Jamie and Teddy’s relationship. It fit perfectly considering both men were reluctant to enter into anything too serious for very different but understandable reasons. Jamie had been betrayed by an ex-fiancé, and Teddy’s profession had him traveling a lot preventing him from forming any lasting bonds with anyone and his fear of being hurt or hurting anyone else. Neither man was looking to fall in love, but as we all know, life doesn’t always turn out the way that you plan. When they finally meet, their attraction to each other is too strong to ignore.
Although I liked the story a lot, but I did become frustrated with Jamie’s ex showing up unannounced and uninvited with his family in tow. That entire scene was more of an odd "who in the heck does that?", type of situation. Also, I got jetlag watching Teddy fly all over the country trying to reconnect with Jamie to tell him how he feels only to find that Jamie had traveled on to somewhere else. I wished he had waited for Jamie and let him explain the ex's family all being in Jamie's cabin. Jamie not being there should have told him something. Those things aside, I did truly enjoy the story. Michael Dean did a wonderful presentation with the voices...even the aunt and granny:) Lucy Lennox tells a good story, and she’s quite a talented writer. Overall, I felt that this series is definitely worth reading, along with other works by Lucy Lennox. ( )

My favorite of this series. ( )