Twin Opinions: LEANN'S REVIEW: Meeting Miss Mystic (Katy Regnery) Heart of Montana

BLURB:

Both emotionally and physically scarred from an

accident, Zoe Flannigan must take a journey to meet Paul Johansson—and to

discover a love as beautiful and boundless as the wide Montana sky.

SYNOPSIS:

INSIDE & OUT

High school principal Paul Johansson has never

been lucky in love, which is too bad, because few men in Montana are more

naturally romantic. Then his friend Maggie signs him up for Internet

dating, and while Paul is initially furious, he’s soon blown away by Holly

Morgan, a blonde, blue-eyed art teacher from Connecticut. She might just be

the girl of his dreams.

Zoe Flannigan—aka Holly Morgan—totally forgot

about the account she set up two years ago on Meet-the-One.com. In

fact, after an accident that left her physically and emotionally scarred,

she hasn’t been up for meeting or dating anyone. Until Paul. Handsome,

sweet, and too-good-to-be-true... But while the built-in anonymity of

the Internet offers a buffer, she can’t hide in cyberspace forever, either

from Paul’s expectations or from herself. There’s a journey she must take,

and at the end of it will be a love as beautiful and boundless as the wide

Montana sky.

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EXCERPT:

Zoe

didn’t realize she’d been holding her breath until it came out in a rush. Her

heart pounded in her chest as she turned over the phone. How could something as

impersonal as an e-mail be so affecting?

Her lips turned up in a slight smile

as she savored the warmth and sincerity of his words. She was not surprised –

Maggie had been so effusive, there was no way Paul was going to be another jerk

– but, she was unprepared for the impact of reading his e-mail. She had assumed

the physical distance between them would make him feel far away. Instead, it

was like she’d just spent ten intimate minutes inside his head.

She sat back in the chair and let

her damaged face bathe in the warmth of the sun for a moment as he had

suggested, even though she knew it wasn’t a good idea. Until her final surgery

in early October, it wasn’t smart to discolor the puckered, violet skin any

further.

She

thought about the girl in the photo that Paul must have finally seen last

night. It had been taken three years ago at Sandy and Rob’s wedding even though

Zoe knew it would have been far more honest to upload a recent picture of

herself. In fact, she’d found a photo taken in the past few months – she wasn’t

smiling, but at least it was in profile and didn’t show her bad side – but when

she’d held the newer photo up to her computer screen, staring at the two

incredibly different girls that were both Zoe, she couldn’t bear to do it. Swap

out the photo of the trim, blond, sunny girl who used to be Zoe? For the

heavier, black haired, dark eyed, tattooed, scarred disaster she’d become?

Right. She’d never hear from him again, and for whatever reason, it really

mattered to Zoe that she hear from him again.

She sighed. She knew she should

delete Paul’s message, disable her account and leave him alone. He was a nice

guy looking for love and she had no right to lead him on even the littlest bit.

Yet when she visualized deleting his sweet e-mail and disabling her

Meet-the-One account, a terrible heaviness threatened to edge in on the little

bit of light she’d been enjoying.

Was

exchanging a few e-mails really

leading him on? It was more like being pen pals, especially if she was upfront

about her intentions to be friends. She could tell him about her life in

Connecticut and he could tell her about Montana and Yellowstone – get to know

each other, just as he suggested. No more, no less. They couldn’t very well get

romantic from so far away, could

they? No, of course not. His e-mail only felt

intimate because it had been so long since a man – a nice, decent man – had

been so kind to her. It was impossible to be

intimate from two thousand miles away. There was no reason to overthink it.

Halfway convinced that she wasn’t a

horrible person for writing back and ignoring the guilt that wouldn’t quite

leave her alone, Zoe picked up her phone and pressed reply.

Review:

There are so many words I would use to describe Katy Regnery and her books. Time and time again I am blown away and caught up in her stories. Like all good romances and especially Katy's books, I found myself giddy and hugging myself after the last page.

Paul... Wow. I really liked the little bits of Paul I seen in previous books, but holy cow! And oh Zoe! I loved her. Together they are perfect. The chemistry is off the pages. I think one of my favorite things about this read is the fact that they met online. I haven't seen many writes incorporate this aspect into their writing.

Again a really great read. Most of the time I find myself saying if you like romantic or comedy then read this book. It is not the case for this wonderful read. I think all readers should pick this one up and check it out! If you haven't read the other books in the series then I highly recommend those as well.

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