Some secrets have a way of coming back and haunting us, no matter how much we try to bury them.

Willow
After being left for dead, I was given a fresh start. I could go anywhere in the world, yet all I wanted was to stay where I was.
Even though I knew I was safe. I always had a bag packed and ready just in case I needed to escape again.
As they say, old habits die hard.
Being in the shadows is lonely, but lonely is safe.
No one saw me. No one really got to know me.
Except him.

Quinn
Being a cowboy is in my blood, just like my father and his father before him.
But unlike my father, the only thing that interested me was my horses.
I was the quiet one, the one who stood in the back and watched things unfold.
Yet the night I found her fighting for her life, something inside me shifted.
I couldn't stop myself from falling in love with her. Even though I knew, in the end, she would leave me.

Southern Heat by Natasha Madison was such a beautiful love story…. Quinn and Willow make each other better and each other in a way no one ever had before.

Quinn’s love of horses and the business he built weaves so magically into this story; the ranch, the healing, the new path, all of it is so much what Willow needs.

This love story is about two people who heal on their own while finding their place in the world with each other.

Quinn is everything you want in a hero.. he is strong, he is loyal and he WANTS Willow. Wants to stand by her side, wants to support her, and wants to love her the way she deserves.

Willow fits so well into Quinn’s world… though it does take Quinn some time to understand why Willow is struggling to accept what is in front of her…. Madison did a wonderful job at making sure the reader knew this was because Quinn felt so much (not because he didn’t care Willow’s perspective)

The Southern Series is such a great small town / family saga; it makes for an excellent summer binge read!

I am very much looking forward to the next read in the series Southen Secrets!

Notes:

Quinn is the son of Casey and Olivia, from Southern Comfort, book 2 in the series.

Willow is the girl in the cabin’, found by the boys when they stormed in during those final events of Southern Heart (the prior book in the series)

Side Note if mystery with your romance is your jam this is likely closer to a 5 star read for YOU!