"Happy Trail was a feel good, funny and heartwarming adventure with the usual Daisy Prescott charm.."-- T. Gephart, USA Today bestselling author
Happy Trail, an all-new opposites attract standalone romance from USA Today bestselling author Daisy Prescott, is available now!
A man of few words, Ranger Jay Daniels values the calm, quiet solitude of the Great Smoky Mountains. Never quite fitting in with either side of his family, he prefers the company of birds and trees to people.
Yeah, he’d most definitely prefer a bird—any bird, any bird at all, take a vulture for instance—to the human-tornado hybrid that just blew onto his peaceful stretch of the Appalachian Trail.
The path of true love never has run smooth for Olive Perry. After getting dumped and promptly abandoned in the middle of her multi-month hike, Olive swears off men. Determined to finish the long trek by herself, she doesn’t need a prince—or broody and taciturn ranger—to save her.
Yet, when an early snowstorm threatens the mountains, and Ranger Daniels is charged with getting hikers to safety, that includes hot-tempered Olive Perry. Snowed in and forced to share an abandoned cabin, can Olive’s heated intensity melt Jay’s cool reserve?
And if so, will this happy trail lead to true love? Or will their time together be just another bump in the road?
'Happy Trail' is a full-length contemporary romantic comedy, can be read as a standalone, and is book#1 in the Park Ranger series.
REVIEW:
3.5 stars
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Happy Trail by Daisy Prescott is the first book in the Park Ranger series, which is a spin off of the Winston Brothers series by Penny Reid and part of the Smartypants Romance world. This book focuses on Jay and Olive. Jay is a forest ranger in the Green Valley, TN area, where Drew Runous works. Olive is a rich socialite who has never been very outdoorsy, but when her boyfriend convinces her to hike the Appalachian trail with him, she's game. But her trip goes wrong when her boyfriend dumps her, leaving her alone but determined to finish her months-long trek. Olive soon finds peace and an inner strength on the trail. At one point, a winter storm comes through and part of Jay's ranger duties it to warn hikers of the weather and escort them to safety. He finds Olive and the storm has them spending time together in the woods, getting to know each other and finding a connection.
I liked Olive. She was found herself and matured as she hiked the trail. Jay was a little harder for me to like, at first. He was prickly and gruff, with a bit of a chip on his shoulder. I did like him by the end as his character grew some. Overall, I enjoyed this story. I just found that the first half was too slow. I understood why it needed to start off slowly, so that we could understand the characters, but it made it hard for me to connect to the story. Still, I liked the second half of the book much more. Once the story picked up and the couple started to get together, I thought they made a good match. There is a long separation that I didn't totally love, but I was okay with the way everything wrapped up. I would have liked a little more concrete HEA and more resolution, as well. But I did enjoy the hiking tidbits included and learning about the Appalachian trail. I also enjoyed the glimpses of Green Valley and characters we already know from there.
Overall, Happy Trail was a pretty good book, if not my favorite by Ms. Prescott. I was happy to see Olive and Jay find happiness with each other. I like the idea for this series and I look forward to more from the rangers in the future!
I liked Olive. She was found herself and matured as she hiked the trail. Jay was a little harder for me to like, at first. He was prickly and gruff, with a bit of a chip on his shoulder. I did like him by the end as his character grew some. Overall, I enjoyed this story. I just found that the first half was too slow. I understood why it needed to start off slowly, so that we could understand the characters, but it made it hard for me to connect to the story. Still, I liked the second half of the book much more. Once the story picked up and the couple started to get together, I thought they made a good match. There is a long separation that I didn't totally love, but I was okay with the way everything wrapped up. I would have liked a little more concrete HEA and more resolution, as well. But I did enjoy the hiking tidbits included and learning about the Appalachian trail. I also enjoyed the glimpses of Green Valley and characters we already know from there.
Overall, Happy Trail was a pretty good book, if not my favorite by Ms. Prescott. I was happy to see Olive and Jay find happiness with each other. I like the idea for this series and I look forward to more from the rangers in the future!
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About Daisy Prescott
Born and raised in San Diego, Daisy currently lives in a real life Stars Hollow in the Boston suburbs with her husband, their rescue dog, Mulder, and an imaginary house goat. When not writing about herself in the third person, Daisy can be found traveling, gardening, baking, or lost in a good book.
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