He’s built like a fortress… and just as locked down.
Dane “Bear” McKenna knows exactly what he’s capable of when his temper snaps, and he refuses to let it happen again. A former combat medic with a dishonorable discharge, Bear came to Valor Ridge to work and stay the hell away from anything that might set him off, relying on his dog, King, to keep him grounded.
Then his carefully controlled life explodes.
When the ex-wife who kept his son from him dies suddenly, Bear is thrust into single fatherhood. Logan is fifteen, angry, grieving, and convinced his father is the violent monster everyone warned him about. Now Bear has eight weeks to prove he’s more than his worst mistake, or he’ll lose his son forever.
She’s fueled by obsession… and she doesn’t know how to quit.
Greta Dougherty is entirely too comfortable poking the bear. The wilderness outfitter has spent fifteen years searching for her missing twin sister, and obsession has taught her one thing: fear gets you nowhere. She doesn’t do caution. She pushes. She challenges. And she refuses to be intimidated by the massive, growling man across the street who insists he wants nothing to do with her… even as he watches her like he’s desperate for a taste.
Together, they’re a disaster in the making.
Bear tells himself to stay away. Greta makes his pulse spike and his control strain in ways that terrify him. But when her search puts her in real danger, and someone starts sabotaging her expeditions, walking away isn’t an option. As threats escalate and a custody battle looms, Bear must decide what scares him more: losing control… or losing the people who are finally starting to feel like home.
Bearing His Sins is a grumpy/sunshine, single-dad romantic suspense with fast-burn chemistry, high stakes, loyal dogs, and the found family Valor Ridge is known for. Expect to be up late turning pages.
Review:
Ohmygoodnessthisbook. Bear, Greta, Logan, King, and Atlas’s (yes, I’m putting the dogs in there–they’re vital to the story) story was outstanding. It kept me on my toes–initially there were all kinds of unknowns happening (who is terrorizing Greta, will Bear and Logan ever be able to make a family together, is there any way that Greta’s sister could actually still be alive after 15 years? and of course, will Greta and Bear stop dancing around each other and get together already???) and just as you think one thing is resolved and phew, now I can take a breath and relax a little something else happens to remind you that no, everything *hasn’t* been resolved yet. And the stress ratchets up once again.
Not to mention this book had me full on crying three times–happy crying as well as sad. Darn you, Ms Burrows. My eyeliner was NOT prepared.
As always, I love seeing all of the Valor Ridge people come out en masse to help our MCs–they embraced Logan like he’d always been there, and were there for Greta and Bear every time they needed them, for as long as they needed them–seeing them all come together to celebrate the good parts just made my heart happy.
Evander’s story is next ( Breaking His Exile ), and we get a taste of what it will be like in the epilogue–needless to say, I’m ready for it yesterday. It’s not due out until July, though, so if you by chance haven’t read all of the Valor Ridge books up to this point, you’ve got time! Personally, I can’t think of a better way to spend it <3
Rating: 5 stars / A+
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
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