Thank you to Harlequin Trade Publishing | Canary Street Press and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this title to read and review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
I love a good romance, And give me a bit of an age gap, even if it's not huge, and I'm hooked. Make it enemies to lovers, and you've drawn me in even more! Plus, a series set around brothers who hole up on a mountain to live in peace is a great back drop for lots of fun things to happen! While you do see characters from the previous book, this could be read as a stand alone. Though it will spoil the couple that you meet in the first book and what happens for them. So I suggest reading these in order.
Calder Fletcher keeps his walls up and his relationships at a distance. His been burned before and doesn't want to be burned again. So when he needs a plus one to his brother's destination wedding, he's reluctant to ask anyone. He just wants to be at peace. Of course his niece is a meddler and purposefully creates situations where he must be in the presence of Dakota, a woman he's sworn as his enemy after their encounter seven years ago.
Dakota is a recent divorcee who is just trying to get back in the saddle. She wants to take back her life and feel good about herself and her business. She has no intention of getting involved in a relationship, especially with a Fletcher brother. But she also can't deny her attraction to Calder. It was always there, even when she was getting married seven years ago.
I really enjoyed the forced proximity theme of the first half of this book. It was fun watching Dakota and Calder dance around each other. Daws did a nice job with building their relationship slowly at first until they came together with a bang.
But what happens in paradise stays in paradise, or does it? Dakota and Calder are obviously attracted to one another but neither wants to open their hearts. I love that Calder wants to help Dakota become her best self, even if that leaves him with a broken heart in the end. 
It was great to see the re-appearance of the characters from book one. Dakota is a character from a previous series Daws wrote, the best friend of the oldest Fletcher brother's wife. I have not read the previous connected series, and I don't think you need to (though it will spoil the oldest brother's relationship, but not their story as I have no idea how things came to be in that book). 
Overall, this was fun. I liked it more than the first book. I'm looking forward to the next book and Luke's story!