GRR Reviews Montana Maverick (Big Sky Mavericks) by Debra Salonen

Montana Maverick featured older protagonists with interesting backgrounds, including they used to be on opposite sides of a big issue.

Meg Zabrinski is a scientist, an environmental advocate, and a tenured professor. Henry Firestone is a rancher, a grandfather, and a desperate man trying to keep his grandchildren safe. The two were on opposite sides of the Montana wolf issue... almost twenty years ago. She wanted to reintroduce wolves to the wild but in controlled conditions, he wanted them eradicated as they could destroy ranching in Montana. Since then, the issue had mostly settled, but the two had a secret soft spot for each other. Now, Henry, with a sick baby and three more kids in tow, was forced into a decision... make a desperate helicopter flight to seek medical attention in the middle of Christmas blizzard. Unfortunately, due to mechanical failure, his helo crashed not far from Meg's mountain cabin, where she was trying to write and think. Henry was glad for the rescue, but he's in a bitter custody battle with his daughter's step-in-laws over custody of one of the children. His daughter gave up her life to give birth to the baby and made him promise that the children will not be split up. It happens that Meg was considering having a baby on her own, with just sperm donation. Now a ready-made family, complete with a man from her dreams, had dropped into her lap...

Slight technical inaccuracy at the beginning (please look up "autorotation") didn't mar the romance much. Delivery is smooth, and this is definitely different than most contemporary romances without too much angst. If you are looking for somewhat older protagonists in a romance without too much-damaged personalities, this is a fun and sweet romance.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Professor debating starting a family found one dropped near her cabin in middle of a snow storm

Tropes: enemies to lovers, orphan, single parent, sudden family

Overall Rating: 4/5