Manda Collins's Reviews > Summer Days

For the past two years I've spent at least part of my summer vacationing (in my mind) in Fool's Gold, California. Now that the Hendrix triplets are married off, it's time for some of the other peripheral characters to get their HEAs. First up is Heidi, the "goat girl," so nicknamed because she keeps a herd of goats and sells cheese and soap made from goat's milk. Her hero is Rafe, a business tycoon whose mother has been swindled by Heidi's grandfather, who "sold" Rafe's mother Heidi's ranch to pay for his friend's cancer treatment. It's a complicated set up. But in a plot development that could only happen in a sitcom or a romance novel, the judge orders Heidi and rafe's mother, May, to share the house until she can make a ruling. So May, and of course Rafe, move in to the old Castle Ranch with Heidi and her grandfather.

I thoroughly enjoy these Fools Gold novels. Susan Mallery has a way of making me love tropes that from another author I'd roll my eyes at. I loved the quick chemistry between Heidi and Rafe, and the way that Heidi brought out the protector in Rafe. And in turn, how Rafe brought out the businesswoman in Heidi. This was a funny, sweet, poignant addition to the Fools Gold series.