5 SMOOCHES!
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SYNOPSIS:
As Calamity’s newest resident, Everly Christian thought life in small-town Montana would be dull and tame–and she needs a little mundane after the last few chaotic years. But one night, boredom drives her to the local bar, where she finds herself sitting beside a handsome and mysterious artist.
The man is anything but dull and tame, especially in the bedroom, and when she steps out of his shower and overhears his conversation, life gets interesting again.
Reese Huxley needs a wife.
And why shouldn’t Everly be the bride?
She’s got her reasons for agreeing to the hasty nuptials–reasons she’s keeping to herself. As long as she can stop herself from falling in love with her husband, she’ll make it out of this sham marriage in one piece. But Everly has a weakness for wayward men, and the more Hux pushes her away, the more she realizes this bluff is anything but a lie.
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REVIEW:
The Bluff is the second book in the Calamity, Montana series from Willa Nash, the alter ego of USA Today Bestselling Author, Devney Perry. All of the emotion, heat and suspense of readers love about Perry’s storytelling is present in Nash’s, and the feel of these books is as wonderfully familiar and captivating as any of Perry’s other releases.
The Bluff features ex-con, single-father and talented artist, Reese Huxley, who’s just trying to build a connection with the troubled teenage daughter who has been kept from him. His reputation in Calamity took a serious hit, thanks in part to the scheming and lying of his ex-wife, when he went to prison. He’s been out for years, and he’s just trying to pick up the pieces of his life as his ex is trying just as hard to make sure they remain shattered and scattered on the ground. Living in the small town where he grew up is even more difficult since he’s shunned by nearly everyone because, thanks to her lies, they believe the worst of him. He keeps to himself, he withstands their judgment, focusing all of his energy on getting to know his daughter, Savannah, and on his art.
Everly Christian followed her best friend, country superstar Lucy Ross, to Calamity in search of the peace and serenity that Lucy found there. In the aftermath of the nightmare that she and Lucy endured, Everly is consumed by fear and at a crossroads in her life. Overcome with loneliness and a rare surge of bravado, she wanders into the near empty bar across the street from her apartment one night and strikes up a conversation with the only other patron—Hux.
Hux and Everly’s attraction is undeniable, intense and instantaneous. Neither one of them was looking for it, but what they found in each other was as natural and brilliant as the Montana landscape in one of Hux’s paintings. Both insist they have nothing to give the other beyond the physical, but that doesn’t change the fact that their attraction bursts to life like the riot of colors on Hux’s canvases whenever they’re near each other. Brooding and grumpy, Hux is the quietly commanding presence Everly needed in her life. She’s lost and alone, she’s mentally and emotionally exhausted from all that’s she’s been through, and she’s unsure of her purpose in life. While Calamity offered her a much needed respite from the pressure of pursuing a singing career and the terror she experienced in Nashville, she’s finding that the safety and comfort she found in this town isn’t quite enough—she needs a focus.
As a huge fan of Devney Perry’s, I had high expectations for her Willa Nash works, and I have not been disappointed. The Bluff is a heart-racing, heat-fueled, high-emotion fake-marriage-to-love story that was low on the angst but high substance. Hux and Everly’s romance was uputdownably addictive and an absolute pleasure to read—I basically inhaled it in a single sitting. Five smooches from me for The Bluff by Willa Nash!
~Danielle Palumbo
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