Harrison Hyde and the Runaway Bride
Maggie Shayne
Contemporary Romance
Maria Michelle Brand Monroe
She’s a newly licensed vet, and will take over her mom’s clinic in their dusty, Southwest Texas town. She’s getting married, too. Her perfectly planned-out life is finally underway!
Then, on the morning of her wedding, she learns something about her groom that hits her plans like a freight train.
Harrison Hyde
He’s a scientist whose life’s work is done… and he has no idea what comes next. His solitary drive across Southwest Texas to a demonstration of his ultra-efficient solar tile will give him time to think about what he wants.
Whatever it is, it’ll be back east, where his family is, where he’d grown up, and where his mother is buried. A year ago, he’d promised his dying mom he would keep the family together. And it isn’t going well.
Uncaged Review: This book starts out fast, with our two main characters meeting by Maria plowing into Harrison and grabbing his keys, with a torn up wedding dress on. As Harrison rides with this runaway bride, he sees she’s not as broken up about as she should be. There were a lot of characters to keep up with and it was a fun time to watch two people from completely different backgrounds have so much more in common then they would think. Harrison is a scientist and on his way to a meeting in New Mexico for his latest invention, and Maria is from a large family, well known in the state, with the land, money and name.
It’s been a while since I read a Maggie Shayne novel, and this one had danger, many twists, some easy romance and a group of people that were easy to like. As a person that used to live in Texas, a couple of things stood out as a stretch, (bluebonnets don’t bloom in June – they are a spring wildflower), but even though the author took a few liberties, it was still a fun read.
Reviewed by Cyrene
4.5 Stars
