THE RANCHER'S FAKE FIANCÉE – Amy Vastine
Return of the Blackwell Brothers  – Book 4
Harlequin Heartwarming
ISBN-10: 1-335-63385-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-335-63385-9
November, 2018
Contemporary Romance

Falcon Creek, Montana – The Present

Tyler Blackwell's brothers Ethan, Jon, and Ben have been contacting his office with hundreds of telephone calls. His assistant, Hadley Sullivan, is infuriated that Tyler hasn't answered any of them. He has also been working far beyond overtime, and his employees are also upset with him. His partner in 2K Marketing, Kellen, tells him he has to take a vacation. His lawyer brother Ben calls Hadley and tells her Tyler will be served with a subpoena if he doesn't come home. Tyler inveigles Hadley to go to the Blackwell Family Ranch in Montana as his fiancée, promising her the position of brand strategist that Kellen had given to his inept nephew whose work Hadley already does. She agrees. On the ranch with its awe-inspiring views, Tyler works on a marketing plan to sell the ranch as Jon and Ben want. Hadley works with Ethan to come up with winning strategies to create a profitable guest ranch.

Tyler feels like he is the ‘unseen' child in his family, the ignored and unloved one. He knows each of his parents, who died in an accident when he was a child, had one favorite son from among their five boys. So did each grandparent. Tyler believes himself to be the left over, not-good-enough son. He wouldn't let his brothers see him as a failure in life now, or as a man unable to attract a wife when he knew they had all found their love partners. At least he doesn't have to face his judgmental and harsh grandfather. ‘Big E' left the ranch without notice several weeks before Tyler arrived back.

All her mother ever talks about when she calls Hadley is her famous brother. Asher Sullivan is an actor in a popular TV series, and Hadley knows she can't compare to his accomplishments. Now he might even win a major award. Just once she would like her parents to notice her for what she has accomplished.

Tyler and Hadley will both endure conflict, doubt, and guilt over their lies while an unsought and impossible attraction between boss and employee develops. A major clash will confront the two, and the question emerges: how can they repair such a broken, unsought, and problem plagued relationship.

All of the five books in the series are by different authors and I've already reviewed the third and fifth volumes. All the characters' personalities remain consistent throughout the stories I've read, and each author has developed beguiling plots sure to engage readers.

Robin Lee