Inventions of the Heart

A sprightly, spunky story, just like I expect from Mary Connealy! She manages to keep her signature western flavor in her books but constantly tosses new and varied adventures to her heroes and heroines. This one is very much tied in with what happened in book 1 and it adds a few new crimes to the record of the villain and his friends.

I loved Zane and Michelle's relationship from their first meeting in the previous book. They are so clearly meant for each other and very well matched. This one builds on it, introducing Zane's siblings and letting us hear more of Michelle's family along the way. Both families are almost as spitfire as Zane and Michelle are!

I am very eager to get book three and see how they get rid of the bad guy!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free reading copy. A favorable review was not required.

Ooh, I can hardly wait to read the final book in this scrumptious trilogy!

I love that this series is completely intertwined. Each book builds upon the previous one, and each features all three sisters, though one takes the lead every time. It's wonderful to see such intelligent sisters learning to rely not only upon themselves but on men (and, more importantly, God) for protection and assistance. So far, this has been on beautiful display, and I'm eager to see how it plays out in the next book.

This book, like its predecessor, was loaded with family, faith, adventure, and danger. And I loved every second of it! Between the family issues and the gold find, there were lots of things to enjoy. I especially enjoyed that the leading lady was a scientist putting her hands to inventions. How this was presented was lovely and consistently pushed the story forward. I liked the nuggets of mathematics in one of her sisters. I'm hoping that comes into play even more in book three.

The danger and adventure in this one were spectacular. Attacks, kidnappings, an almost-gold rush... My, my, it was quite difficult to catch my breath at times! That is not a complaint, because I loved every inch of adventure that caused the breathlessness.

The ranch was a beautiful setting, and I also enjoyed the scenes in the city. Each new scene built wonderfully to create a memorable adventure that I'm hoping to revisit many times in the coming years.

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