These sexy mountain men from the imagination of Amy Daws are so much fun to read and fall in love with. I loved the first book, Nine Month Contract, and honestly, I might even have loved this one more! Calder was a grumpy tattooed kinda bad boy, the lovable middle brother of the 3 that live on the mountain together. Dakota we met back earlier with their first brother's story, Last on the List. She is friends with Cozy the heroine in that tale. Dakota inspired me and made me wish I was willing and able to start a bookstore, my passion, the way she started her t-shirt shop.

I don't remember a ton about her and her husband from before, but that's okay as we get flashes back to it in this story, and that may be the only actual times we got it, they may not have been any more in the other books. Once again Everly, Max from the 1st book's daughter, was busy trying to matchmake her uncles. She's got two left when this story begins. And she gets started with Calder and Dakota right away. 

It starts with the one bed trope when they go away for Wyatt and Trista's wedding in Mexico. As you'd expect, eventually the two of them have to give in. Even if they have also started the book with their enemies to lovers trope, because they are enemies after things that happened when Calder did the renovations on Dakota's house and had a bunch of things go wrong. Things that I love getting more details about at the end when things start to get cleared up in our big dramatic act. They take it and turn their connection into an enemies with benefits relationship and set up a list to help Dakota get moved on from her divorce. 

Their first run in for the story is at a sex club. One that Calder frequents, and Dakota has just decided to check out after her ex-husband called her boring in bed. And when Calder sees her there, he wants to know why. But of course she is embarrassed and doesn't want to let him know, which his trying to find out leads them down the path to hooking up and more. Through their enemies with benefits relationship, obviously things start to change. They talk more, share personal things, and both definitely catch feelings. But both are too stubborn to either share THOSE feelings, or believe things said or done by the other could mean they might feel the same way. Of course that is what led me here on my blog to drop it to a 4.5 stars instead of a full 5 because that always bugs me.

It also though, leads to Calder having to figure out a way to tell her and get her to believe him. And one thing I love about the way the author brings all that about, is that there is still yelling and irritation between the two. Even though they can solve it, it is done realistically based on how their personalities and relationship has always been. And I mentioned things we learned about the renovation and some of the wedding troubles when things are getting sorted at the end, and those things made me fall in love with Calder more.

I am adoring this series, and am so ready for book 3. I need to see Luke get his HEA and I'm wondering if it will be with the girl he spent time with in this story, or if there is someone else on his horizon! And I still need to find and watch Seven Brides for Seven Brothers!