Review: Hidden Away by Jennie Marts (Hearts of Montana #2)


Note: This ARC was provided by Entangled Publishing in exchange for an honest review.


All it takes is one phone call to throw Cherry Hill's life into limbo. The deaths of her cousin--her best friend--and her cousin's husband have left Cherry the sole guardian of their son, eight-year-old Sam. She isn't prepared to take care of a young boy and certain members of her family, especially her cousin's brother, don't deem her fit to have custody of Sam. But Cherry refuses to simply turn Sam over to them and she finds an unlikely ally in her ex-boyfriend and her first love, Taylor Johnson. The town's new sheriff is ready to provide Cherry and Sam a home and his name if it'll mean that Cherry gets to keep the little boy. They slowly become a family and the love Cherry and Taylor have always had for each other comes back to life. But will Taylor still be by her side when he learns the deep secret she's kept from him?

Hidden Away is the second novel in the Hearts of Montana series from author Jennie Marts and is a second chance romance between Cherry Hill and Taylor Johnson, both of whom were introduced in the first book, Tucked Away. The secret Cherry is keeping from Taylor is one I guessed from the moment I read the blurb and I was actually pleasantly surprised that it was revealed early on in the story. Of course, that revelation is reserved for the eyes of the readers, and it's that one vital revelation involving Taylor that you'll want to see play out. Admittedly, I liked this second story more than I did the first one and it had a great deal to do with the fact that the focus was mostly on Cherry and Taylor's story. There weren't a myriad of other side stories trying to vie for the reader's attention unnecessarily, so kudos to the author.

Cherry and Taylor were a good couple, but their parting was particularly painful for Cherry and I would have wanted Taylor to, at the very least, have made more of an effort to win her affections again rather than Cherry giving in too easily. The secret she keeps from him is pretty easy to figure out and I understood why she kept it from him for as long as she did, but then when everything happened, I would have expected her to have told said something when they were engaged. The supporting characters were pretty good as well, and I definitely liked seeing the ones I was familiar with from the first book. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that Cash Walker will get his story told. All in all, I enjoyed Hidden Away and will keep an eye out for future installments in the Hearts of Montana series. I'm giving this one four stars. ♥

Release Date: 16 November 2015

Date Read: 15 November 2015

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