Harper by Katy Regnery

Harper is the amazingly well written second installment of The Stewarts of Skagway series. This is Harper and Joe's story, which was hinted at in the first book Tanner. These two were together since they were young, but they've been apart for years by the time the book begins. It's clear that there are still feelings there, but there's a HUGE secret standing in their way. What happens when these two have the chance to be together again and the truth finally comes out?

Katy Regnery is one of my OG favorite romance authors, and it's her way of writing complexities in characters and the situations they encounter that makes her books what they are. Both of the MCs have such depth and are well written. Harper's the sort of closed off grumpy type when it comes to Joe, and while she had her moments where I really questioned her and her motives, I wound up loving her in the end. I never went through what she went through (you'll know what I'm referring to when you read it), but my heart hurt for her at times. Then there's Joe. He's such a loveable, loving cinnamon roll MMC, and I love his character so so much. He's loyal and wears his heart on his sleeve and loves so very hard. He couldn't be more of a doll.

And Harper and Joe's book is so much more than I thought we were getting when we were first introduced to them in book one, and I loved all of it. This book truly is an emotional rollercoaster that sucked me in from the very beginning. I felt all the feelings and smiled, cried, swooned, and ultimately fell in love with Harper and Joe's romance. I was a mess at times reading this book, but that's okay. Regnery made sure the ending was well worth it.

So, if you're a fan of emotional second chance romances, then this book is for you! It's well thought out and written, and that ending left me very satisfied. I definitely recommend it.