Cowgirls don't cry. They get even. London, Paris and Holland are stronger than they look. With a will of iron and the heart to match, this band of sisters give women something to be proud of. Steadfast is the ultimate battle of hearts. Holland and Reid have been throwing barbs since Stetson (Iron Horse Book 1) and during Slow Burn (Iron Horse Book 2). It's their turn to settle the score. Underneath all the anger a fire burns bright. Can they let go of their pride long enough to fall in love? Heart and heat collide is this sizzler. Well worth the wait.

Jude lost everything one spring day when he crashed his car into an apple tree on the side of the road. A man is dead, and there's no way he can ever right that wrong. He’d steer clear of Colebury, Vermont forever if he could. But an ex-con in recovery for his drug addiction can’t find a job just anywhere.

Sophie Haines is stunned by his reappearance. After a three year absence, the man who killed her brother and broke her heart is suddenly everywhere she turns. It’s hard not to stare at how much he’s changed. The bad boy who used to love her didn’t have big biceps and sun-kissed hair. And he’d never volunteer in the church kitchen.

No one wants to see Sophie and Jude back together, least of all Sophie's police chief father. But it's a small town. And forbidden love is a law unto itself.

Jude lost everything one spring day when he crashed his car into an apple tree on the side of the road. A man is dead, and there's no way he can ever right that wrong. He’d steer clear of Colebury, Vermont forever if he could. But an ex-con in recovery for his drug addiction can’t find a job just anywhere.

Sophie Haines is stunned by his reappearance. After a three year absence, the man who killed her brother and broke her heart is suddenly everywhere she turns. It’s hard not to stare at how much he’s changed. The bad boy who used to love her didn’t have big biceps and sun-kissed hair. And he’d never volunteer in the church kitchen.

No one wants to see Sophie and Jude back together, least of all Sophie's police chief father. But it's a small town. And forbidden love is a law unto itself.

Steadfast - Sarina Bowen Entre la enfermedad y el insomnio, me hacía falta una buena novela de romance para levantar el ánimo y sacar a cabeza de la nada absoluta.

Más o menos me vino bien. Incluso en un día trágico como hoy, en el cual nos desayunamos con la noticia de que la pareja más pareja del siglo se acaba de separar.



Hay que cerrar Hollywood después de éso.






En fin


Ejem


Me gustó la novela. Creo que la autora supo manejar bien la trama, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta lo dificil que debe ser llevar a buen puerto una premisa de este estilo (con una muerte de por lado, y un muchachito que no termina de recuperarse de una adicción jodida.) Sin embargo, con todas las de perder, Steadfast es una historia gratificante y muy entretenida. Para levantar el ánimo y enamorarse un poquito de sus personajes.

4.2

3.5 stars

I liked this slightly better than the first one, mainly because of Jude. I have long-distance cousins who died because of drug addictions. I loved that Jude's chapters were marked with his cravings status. It showed that some days were good and some days were bad, and what he was going through. I rooted so much for Jude to succeed. Heck, I was upset for him when the hospital gave him the drug when he was unconscious, knowing that he worked so hard to avoid it in the first place.

Because of that, I was also annoyed with the whole Jude being framed issue. For me, it kinda wiped out the whole idea of "Jude wanting to be a better man because of one horrible mistake of his past". I thought it would be better if Jude indeed did it, owned his mistakes, and learned from it. I mean, one person can still be good despite of his faults. It will make Jude's story more of an achievement, and his romance with Sophie to be, well, a triumph against all odds, you know?. I would've rated this book higher if not for that one fact. I just don't agree with the author for taking this path.

As for Sophie, she was okay. I admired her steadfast loyalty (hah, see what I did there with the title reference) for Jude. But let's face it, I read this book for Jude, not for Sophie. Oh, and I didn't dig the sex scenes at all. Skimmed all of them. But that was probably also due to my mood these days *shrugs*