After eating up Loving Romeo, I was SO excited to be back with this small town gang and seeing River as our main man this time around!

Wild River follows River and Ruby, the daughter of one of River’s clients who comes back to town to help run her father’s bar after a health scare. There’s an immediate dislike among the two with River’s unattached nature, and Ruby’s feisty black cat energy, but the way they couldn’t avoid each other in Magnolia Falls really amped up the tension and eventual angst between the two. The constant tension finally gives way that leads to a no strings attached arrangement, but that only lasts so long until somebody catches feelings and things start to feel real.

Ruby is such an independent, caring heroine that would do anything and everything for her family. There’s a scene involving River manhandling Ruby’s brother after he speaks so rudely to her, and I was SCREAMING!! I love a protective man 🙏🏼

I will say, this didn’t have nearly as much groveling as I hoped from River, but I can’t deny my soft spot for him.

I loved seeing the band of brothers interact but again, I just wish we got more of their interactions like we did in book 1. The friendship banter is truly top tier!

I can’t wait to see what’s in store for Kingston because the way this ended has me eager to see it all play out 😍😍

✨𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭—
black cat energy
enemies to lovers
he falls first
found family
touch her & 💀