Bold Fortune by M.M. Crane – Review & Giveaway

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Description:
Quinn Fortune is the official protector of all the unspoiled beauty in Lost Lake, Alaska, as the head of the community trust. A rugged frontiersman through and through, he doesn’t do soft. But he can’t help his fascination with the pink-clad professor who shows up in Lost Lake seeking his approval for her cheerful outsider’s proposal about land that isn’t hers. Still, he agrees to consider it–if she can handle a month of good old-fashioned Alaska living. He’s betting she’ll head back to the safety of the Lower 48 within the week.

Violet Parrish is a thinker, not a doer, but desperate times call for extraordinary measures–like taking on the Alaskan wilderness. In January. Off the grid. With a mountain man hot enough to melt a glacier. The frozen Alaskan tundra should be no match for Violet’s determination, but the sheer immensity of the Last Frontier takes her by surprise–as does her attraction to gruff, impossibly handsome Quinn, and the unexpected heat that burns between them during the freezing Alaska nights…

Review:

Bold Fortune by M.M. Crane is the first book in her new The Fortunes of Lost Lake series. We meet our heroine, Violet Parrish, who finds herself in a dilemma; her boyfriend was using her to steal information on a project that Violet was working on. Facing embarrassment, Violet comes up with a different idea to make up for the fiasco she caused; she decides to head for the Alaskan wilderness, in the midst of winter; especially since the man in charge refuses to talk to her. When Violet arrives in Lost Lake, a small town, and comes face to face with a huge mountain man, who is hot and rugged.  She meets Quinn Fortune, the man who ignored her, and the entire town watching inside the lodge she enters. 

Quinn is the leader and protector of their town, Lost Lake, and he is determined to force this lady in pink, to leave.  Violet is a strong, fierce, smart and independent professor, who loves the color of pink, and does not plan to allow Quinn to force her leave, until she can present her proposal.  All the townsfolk watch as Violent manages to hold her own against Quinn.   He eventually makes a deal with her that she can’t last a month in living in the deep winter weather of Alaska; she accepts, much to his surprise.  Quinn finds himself intrigued by Violet, as she continues to prove him wrong. He begins to find himself attracted to her, as she is to him, but he has no plans ever have a permanent relationship, having been burned before.

What follows is a wonderful delightful adventure, with Quinn trying everything to make Violet want to leave Alaska, with all the snow and cold.  I loved how Quinn knew he was falling hard for Violet, slowly opening his cold heart. Violet was the perfect match for Quinn, as she stood up to him against so many odds. The banter between them was amazing, and I so wanted them to be together; even if they were very different, yet so great.    The secondary characters of this series are awesome.

Bold Fortune was a wonderful, cozy, fun, book to read, even in the blustery cold Alaska weather.  Bold Fortune was very well written by M.M. Crane, and look forward to what she has in store for us in future books of this series.  If you enjoy romance, great couple, wonderful characters, then you need to start this series. 

Reviewed by Barb

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