Aiming for Love (Brides of Hope Mountain #1) by Mary Connealy

Book Description

Josephine Nordegren is one of three sisters who grew up nearly wild in southwestern Colorado. She has the archery skills of Robin Hood and the curiosity of the Little Mermaid, fascinated by but locked away from the forbidden outside world--a world she's been raised to believe killed her parents. When David Warden, a rancher, brings in a herd much too close to the girls' secret home, her older sister especially is frightened, but Jo is too interested to stay away.

David's parents follow soon on his heels, escaping bandits at their ranch. David's father is wounded and needs shelter. Josephine and her sisters have the only cabin on the mountain. Do they risk stepping into the world to help those in need? Or do they remain separated but safe in the peaks of Hope Mountain?

My thoughts:

Aiming for Love is the first book in the Brides of Hope Mountain series by Mary Connealy and it is terrific.  I find it nearly impossible to put down a book penned by this author and this book certainly was the same for me.  

The Nordegren sisters are a bit unusual, having a fear of the outside world instilled in them by their grandmother. So, imagine their surprise and curiosity when Jo meets David Warden and his family who have made their way from the lowlands to Hope Mountain.  The girls are certainly self-sufficient but Jo is curious about the family but more than that, she finds herself wanting to spend time with them much to her sister's chagrin.  Of course things are soon changed when the patriarch of the Warden family is wounded and is in need of medicine and shelter and the sisters are faced with the decision of keeping to themselves or opening up their home to David and his parents.

I absolutely adored how naïve the sisters are, it was refreshing to meet women who are truly innocent and unaffected by the trappings of the outside world.  At the same time, I admired their inner strength and the fact that they took care of each other.  Not only is this novel filled with endearing characters but as usual it's infused with humor which this authors books always are.

I look forward to reading the next book in the series to see what happens next.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher.  All opinions expressed are my own.