Maverick Holiday Magic

Montana Mavericks: Six Brides for Six Brothers #5

by Teresa Southwick

Santa brought a nanny for Christmas!

Widowed rancher Hunter Crawford will do anything to make his daughter, Wren, happy—even if it means hiring a live-in nanny he thinks he doesn’t need. Merry Matthews quickly fills their house with cookie cutters, pine wreaths and true yuletide spirit. These two lonely hearts clearly belong together, but it may take an extra push from Wren for Hunter and Merry to find holiday bliss in Rust Creek Falls…

Genres: Christmas

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 17, 2019

About the author

A four time National Readers Choice award finalist, Teresa Southwick is the author of more than 65 romance novels. She's also been a finalist for Romance Writers of America's prestigious Rita Award and a winner of Romantic Times Book Reviews Magazine's Reviewer's Choice award for best Silhouette Romance.

Teresa grew up in Southern California, one of six children--four of them boys. That gave her a lot of experience with the male point of view and has served her well in her writing career. Living in Las Vegas which she considers just a little east of her childhood stomping grounds, she loves to hear from readers and can be contacted at www.teresasouthwick.com.

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some great banter here. Will read more.

[Janie · Rating 5 out of 5]

2nd time reading it. I love Teresa Southwick's "Maverick Holiday Magic (Montana Mavericks: Six Brides for Six Brothers Book 2725) Kindle Edition." It is a continuation of the series, which I highly recommend, but if you were to pick up this story and read it you would not get lost in what is going on. This is Hunter Crawford's story. He is a widower with a little girl named Wren, who reminds me of a bird because she is just a sweet little girl. He hires Merry Matthews to be a live-in Nanny who needs a place to live, but she also loves being around children. She brings joy back into their lives, but Hunter who lost his first wife because of complications after giving birth is leery about putting his heart on the line again.

[Summer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the characters, there were just a couple things that didn’t quite work for me.

First off, while this book is part of a series, I had no problem reading it as a standalone.

I thought Hunter and Merry had solid chemistry, however, I wasn’t really a fan of the pacing of their romance. It was kind of an all or nothing approach whereas I prefer a gradual build up, advancing little by little, but here they go from completely resisting even brushing hands to, well, brushing up against everything and to me the transition was incredibly abrupt.

While I did like that the ending features a grand Christmas gesture, the pacing issue prevented me from enjoying that gesture as much as I wanted to when again their relationship escalated from seemingly zero to sixty in a flash. I think I would have been more accepting of that moment had it occurred in say the epilogue with some time having passed.

The one bit of pacing I was really able to get on board with was the bond formed between Hunter’s daughter and Merry. I know there are romance readers out there who would prefer child characters very much in the background, but for me to buy into the happy ever after for this newly formed little family I want interactions between the kid and step-parent and this book captured those moments convincingly, plus I just enjoyed this little girl and her obsession with all things princess.

[Janie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Teresa Southwick's "Maverick Holiday Magic (Montana Mavericks: Six Brides for Six Brothers Book 2725) Kindle Edition." It is a continuation of the series, which I highly recommend, but if you were to pick up this story and read it you would not get lost in what is going on. This is Hunter Crawfords story. He is a widower with a little girl named Wren, who reminds me of a bird because she is just a sweet little girl. He hires Merry Matthews to be a live in Nanny who needs a place to live, but she also loves being around children. She brings joy back into their lives, but Hunter who lost his first wife because of complications after giving birth is leery about putting his heart on the line again.

[Harlequin Books]

Categories
Western Romance, Small Town & Rural Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Holiday Romance

Miniseries
Montana Mavericks: Six Brides for Six Brothers

[Sharon Helfrich · Rating 4 out of 5]

The characters in this series are realistic and enjoyable to read about.

[Eeeps :) · Rating 1 out of 5]

The characters were so bland and unoriginal that I spent most of the book bored. I also don't think it helped that nanny romances are not my favorite subgenre of Harlequin books. This was pretty much a paint-by-numbers example of a live-in nanny romance.

[Karen Mcnicol · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Hunter gave her a thankful look, then rested the ax handle on his shoulder with one hand. He grabbed the trunk of the fallen tree with the other and dragged it back to the truck". This is from page 158, and if it did not grab your attention then I don't what will, when I read this I could picture it so clearly in my head! This book was so good, so enjoyable, it is one of those books that plays like a movie in your head because you can picture everything that is happening. I was very sad when it ended and can not wait to read the next one in the series!

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love it

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have normally liked most of these maverick books. I thought the chemistry between the 2 adult was pretty good but Wern was what made it all come together.