Title: Hidden Treasure

Series: Billionaire Bachelors #9

Summary

The second book in the Lost Anderson series is here, and it comes to you with a kicking and screaming heiress.

Brielle Storm inherits a dilapidated ranch in the wilds of Montana and she isn’t happy about her situation in the least. She may be moving to her new home, and she may be planning on doing whatever it takes to make her billionaire father happy, but she certainly won’t be doing it with a smile on her face.

No. Brielle plans on coming to Montana, hiring some ranch hand to do all the work, and then getting out of there before the first winter snow has a chance to hit.

Montana isn’t a state that offers predictable weather and Brielle is going to find out that the land isn’t the only thing she has to fear.

When her hotter than any city boy ever dreams of being, cowboy neighbor shows up on her doorstep, Brielle decides that maybe Montana isn’t so bad after-all.

That is until he laughs openly at her city girl ways. Then, she has something to prove…

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 Kelley’s Review

I truly adored this story.  Melody Anne wrangled me in from the very start.  She writes characters full of spunk and charm that just melt your heartstrings.  Hidden Treasure is a beautifully sassy and fun love story that will have you laughing one moment and you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what is going to happen next.

Poor Brielle drew the short stick.  She tried to live without her father’s money and fell flat on her rear.  Her father had decided to teach her and her brothers a lesson and cut off their inheritance and gave them the pick of five failing businesses to run.  Well Brielle was having none of that so she walked out and managed to survive for a year without Daddy’s help until the place where she was working got shut down.  She was so broke by the time she contacted her Dad all she had was enough money for bus fare.  Since she walked out when the business opportunities were passed out all she got to chose from was what was left.  What was left was a dilapidated Montana Ranch.  Lets just say that stilettos and manure don’t mix really well.

The first bit of trouble that Brielle runs into is a solid hunk of man named Colt Westbrook.  Talk about holy hotness.  Colt is in the running for 2014 book boyfriend status.  He is a man’s man with the abs and arms that let you know that the man knows how to put in a hard days work.  Colt was really disappointed when Richard Storm swooped in and bought that property for one of his kids to fix up and when he meets Brielle he thinks he has her figured out and starts counting the days until she gives up and just sells him her ranch.  The one thing Colt did not know is that you can never underestimate the Storms.  Brielle may have been a pampered and spoiled brat but she will do anything it takes to make her father proud and to prove to everyone that she is more than what she appears to be.

I loved the push and pull between Colt and Brielle.  He was hooked on her like a fish to a pole.  She lit a fire inside of him that drove him crazy.  The only problem is that Brielle begins to trust Colt and let him in a little bit like no one before.  She automatically assumed when she ran into Colt that he worked for her.  That is very far from the truth and Colt does not seem in any hurry to correct her assumption.  The problem is what will she do when she finds out her trusted ranch hand is actually her very wealthy neighbor.

I am very excited and looking forward to the next book in this series.  It is so nice to see the Anderson and Storm elders meddling again in the lives of their kids.  A job well done Melody Anne.  I loved it.

Excerpt

“I hate it here!” she shrieked, feeling like a fool but not caring. She hadn’t been at the ranch for five minutes and already her world was crumbling. “Spiders, cobwebs, rocks, dirt, grime, and who knows what else! Lions and tigers and bears…”

Her angry tears soon stopped, but Brielle was still in a foul mood as she sat there trying to breathe normally. After a few moments, she pulled herself together. Wasn’t she better than this? When she heard the crunch of footsteps behind her, she grimaced, not wanting to deal with anyone or anything else right then.

Whipping her head around, she got ready to tell whoever it was to go away when her tongue got stuck on the roof of her mouth. When the person who’d invaded her privacy spoke, she felt even more disoriented.

“May I help you?”

Brielle couldn’t seem to find her voice. Since she was still sitting on the ground, the man standing before her was so tall, he seemed to block out the sun. His boots looked old, his jeans dusty — like that truck — and the shirt plastered to his chest had seen better days. Brielle tilted her neck all the way back to examine his face, which was shadowed by the brim of his faded cowboy hat.

“Are you real?” she asked.

When his lips tilted up in a sardonic smile, she thought for a moment that she might be fantasizing. No, not likely. Where she was from, girls never fantasized about cowboys — she preferred a man in a suit. Still, she had to admit, if only to herself, that the guy towering over her was one hell of a hot piece of man candy.

And then he spoke again. “You must be Brielle Storm. I’m Colt Westbrook.”

About The Author

Melody Anne is the author of the popular series, Billionaire Bachelors, and Baby for the Billionaire. She also has a Young Adult Series out; Midnight Fire and Midnight Moon – Rise of the Dark Angel. She’s been writing for years and published in 2011. She hold a bachelors degree in business, so she loves to write about strong, powerful, businessmen.

When Melody isn’t writing, she enjoys spending time with her family, friends, and pets. She lives in a small town that she loves, and is involved in many community projects.

See Melody’s Website at: http://www.melodyanne.com. She makes it a point to respond to all her fans. You can also join her on facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/authormelodyanne, or at twitter: @authmelodyanne.