Montana Mine

Vanessa Vale

Sep 2018 · Small Town Romance Book 5 · Bridger Media

About this ebook

Daphne Lane leads an uncomplicated life as a travel journalist. After spending a week visiting her crazy Aunt Velma in Montana, she's more than ready to escape to her next assignment. But Fate has other plans in the form of JT McCade, a sexy detective with a sensitive trigger finger.

Pulling over a car for speeding should've been quick and easy for JT. Hand over a ticket and move on to his summer vacation. But Daphne was a force of nature and destroys his plans. When he finds himself on a road trip across the west with Daphne and three other women, he doesn't know what hit him. Oh yeah, Daphne Lane in a vintage RV.

Can JT and Daphne survive everything three geriatric matchmakers dish out on this road trip from hell?? Will the insanity lead Daphne to the one place she's never really been...home.

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Ratings and reviews

A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY The fifth story in the Small Town Romance series has many characters from previous stories, and it packs a punch within the pages. Yes, Goldie and her sex shop, Goldilocks play a role in this story and of course, the Garden Gnome, George will be involved. The story is part mistaken identity, memories from the past, part comedy of error, and a little bit of romance, plus two people learning more about themselves. “Goldie West was a force of nature. A few years older than Aunt Velma, she owned and ran the only adult store in this part of Montana. She knew everyone within a hundred-mile radius and their secrets, too. She was like a doctor, a lawyer and a priest combined. Not only did she keep people’s proclivities confidential, but she also ensured customers a healthy sex life, kept the city’s divorce rate down and knew which folks were going to he**.” Daphne Lane grew up in Montana, was dumped on her Aunt Velma by her selfish parents when she was five, but left as a teenager and went away to boarding school and then on to college. She took a job as a traveling journalist and rarely comes to Montana. A return from her latest assignment will discover her boyfriend has moved on, and so a quick trip to her aunt is in play between assignments. There is only so much of her crazy Aunt Velma she can handle at a time. “Maybe I was a just a late bloomer and had to grow into my craziness. Whatever the reason, looking back, crazy might not be so bad after all.” The plot will have Daphne on her way to the airport for her next assignment in Thailand when she is pulled over by Detective JT McCade. He believes her to be a famous porn star, Silky Tangles and believes she is lying about her name. Things go from bad to worse quickly, with him tasing her and her punching him in the nose. “His picture was next to tall, dark and handsome in the dictionary.” When Aunt Velma comes to the jail to get Daphne, she will need to see Goldie and learn about who this Silky Tangles person is and why JT believes it is her. It doesn’t take long watching the porn stars video to see the similarities, and before you know it, others believe her to be Silky also. “No one understood. I was in a parallel universe full of people who were off in their own little worlds. In other words, everyone was crazy. Even the uber hot detective.” The story had me laugh out loud so many times at the various antics, actions, and mishaps that will take place. From accidents to the road trip, to the crazy senior citizens and their idiosyncrasies, proclivities, and just plain craziness, it is a wacky adventure you don’t want to miss. “This road trip—I’d known it would be an adventure, but it had been insane. It made me realize that life was insane, not just Aunt Velma. What you did when it got crazy was what mattered.” The road trip with Goldie, Velma, Thelma, Daphne, and JT to Sturgis takes many detours, hiccups, and adds so much humor to the story. It will give JT and Daphne time to get to know each other a little better, and what makes them tick, and what they want out of life. They even share the painful truth of their childhood and what has led them to where they are today. “Not an outcast really, more of life a cast-off.” The story has so much angst between JT and Daphne but eventually these two, even if while under the influence of moonshine, connect. Has he finally accepted that she is who she says she is? What about the woman, Sarah, that he was supposed to meet in Sturgis? Will Daphne accept a new assignment and leave Montana for months in Brazil?

good laughs but think the book could have been longer them getting to know one another atleast. JT could have apologized as he was quite harsh and cruel with Daphne at some points as he thought she was a porn star and even when she said she wasn't no one believed her. the book could have ended with them atleast declaring their love and JT treating her better by being a gentleman eating his words he really should have apologized. I mean caring for her so although it was fast passed and a lot of laughs it needed more and it could have ended better. this book needs atleast 3 more chapters for both of them. hopefully there will be a follow up and another adventure maybe a surprise baby and marriage 💑 it was good but I was disappointed it sidnt have that HEA feel and in love ending as the other Montana series. Mike and Vi story was my favorite but also could have given more..... need follow ups on these books please and more detailed endings.

This book is absolutely hilarious! A riot of laughs from beginning to end. Book 5 in the Small Town Romance Series by Vanessa Vale, JT, Daphne and their motley crew had me laughing out loud, unable to contain myself. Daphne is a traveling reporter. She travels the globe, in search of ......something. She had a very unconventional childhood, brought up by her aunt, after being abandoned by her parents. She doesn't know where she belongs, or what she wants from life. After a trip home, she is off to her next assignment....until she isn't. And there begins the comedy of errors that is this book. One thing leads to the next, nothing going as it should. I've enjoyed each of the books in this series, with all of their mishaps, crazy characters, and a gnome that shows up in the strangest places! But I think I've enjoyed Montana Mine the most, because I never knew what was coming next! Totally unpredictable, this is a fun, crazy read that is totally a must read!

About the author

A USA Today bestseller, Vanessa Vale writes tempting romance with unapologetic bad boys who don’t just fall in love, they fall hard. Her 75+ books have sold over one million copies. She lives in the American West where she's always finding inspiration for her next story. While she’s not as skilled at social media as her kids, she loves to interact with readers.