

I’ve made it no secret that I love Mignon Mykel’s stories. I’ve read her Prescott/hockey books all at least twice. I’ve read all of her other stuff at least once as well. I’m always excited when she has a new release, and this one didn’t disappoint. I don’t want to spoil anything, but certain people need warned of certain subject matter, so if you have any topic issues, maybe skip to the bottom of this post where I’ll mention the tough topics. Age gap has never been my preference, but Kate is (mostly) mature beyond her years, so 97% of this book, it’s a non issue.
Mignon Mykel writes these beautiful, damaged, strong heroines that you can’t help but love and root for. She’s done it again on this one with Kate Freemont. Kate is not what people think they know of her on the surface. She’s protecting herself from trauma from her teen years. There are heavy topics discussed that may be a struggle for some to read, but the story is so good, hopefully readers aren’t put off. I don’t have any “trigger issues”, so I had no problems with the topics. It took a hard moment for Tanner to see beneath the surface, but once he did, he was all in. I loved their story, even though they were brought together for horrific reasons. I loved seeing the groundwork for the Douglasses, who we first heard of during Playmaker, and again in Butterfly Save. The first sex scene was pretty great, definitely not a cookie cutter scene. Also, there is some levity in the book, it’s not all dark, traumatic and dramatic. I actually found myself smirking and chuckling a few times. I definitely want to see more of Forever, Montana! If you don’t have any plots that may be disturbing for you, you can stop reading here if you don’t want spoilers.
Spoiler warning, stop now if you’re like me and like to go in blind.
There is a major plot line concerning rape, underage sex, sexual assault, date rape, drugging and abortion. It’s a lot, but the overall story isn’t all heavy like this. There are some lighter moments, and a lot of positive that comes from it.