Ross by Lynn Raye HarrisMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I truly enjoyed this entry into the 7 Brides for 7 Blackthornes series. This story focuses on Ross, one of the middle siblings and cousins in the Blackthorne family, and how he and Holly find common ground even though the initially are at odds with one another.
After a horrific and fiery crash of his racecar, Ross is ordered by Graham, the Blackthorne patriarch, to go to their distillery in Kentucky and learn the whisky business. There he meets Holly who begrudgingly shows him the ropes of the business. Holly is frustrated by the fact that she had hoped to be the master distiller in her own family's distillery until her hopes went up in smoke when their warehouses caught fire and all of their whiskey was destroyed. The Blackthornes bought the last distillery remaining in her family.
Sparks fly when Holly's preconceived ideas of Ross get turned upside down. He turns out to be nothing like she imagined and, as they work more closely together, she also draws him in even though she is nothing like the women he is normally drawn to.
Ross befriends a teen named Billy whose muscle car gives Ross the push he needed to pursue his dream of providing transportation to people who otherwise could not afford it and to create a place that would teach technical skills to those interested in learning auto-body and auto mechanics in a hands-on environment. And, along the way, Ross discovers that he does have an interest in the family whisky business after all.
Kudos to the author for wading into the NASCAR fan base to get racing terms, rankings, and the fan obsession if both the sport and drivers. I also enjoyed that Hannah had a healthy circle of friends who supported rather than competed with her.
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.
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