Loving Ellie is an interesting tale of "falling for my brother's girl" but there's also a second romance to confound. Also, the girl seems to be just a bit too stubborn but not like completely unreasonable. Add it together and you end up with a novel that's just a bit too long.
To recap: Lucas Tanner returned from Brazil to handle his late brother's estate. He did not expect to find his brother's very pregnant fiancee living in the ranch house, tending to the animals, AND running the coffee house in town. Lucas had borne the burden of watching his wife die with their child... She had a heart condition she refused to disclose. And watching his brother's girl with child brought out all of his protective instincts. But Ellie does not want his help. Everybody she loved left her. Her father ran off. Her mother left her at grandmas. When grandma can't handle it she was left at her aunt, who sent her into the foster system later. She loved Jarett, and one night lead to... pregnancy. And Jarrett didn't love her but want to make things right. And Ellie refused to be made a charity case... i.e. marry not for love, but for the child. She believed herself to be incapable of love that a child needed. And her decision to give the child up for adoption sent Lucas' blood boiling... for a different reason... Lucas may have fallen for his brother's girl...
There was a secondary romance, between Blaine (the sheriff) and Victoria (his love, but with a son not by him). The son was being unreasonable, but one talk with Blaine fixed that (wow, great for a guy with no kids)
There really wasn't much of a darkest hour or grand gesture. Basically, it's Ellie holding out and finally gives in to Lucas's love. The book just felt too long and the extra elements are a bit meh.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Brother falling for his dead brother's pregnant girl, but she believes herself incapable of love and refused him
Tropes: sibling problem, pregnancy, forced proximity
Overall Rating: 3/5
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