{"id":64683,"date":"2022-05-14T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=64683"},"modified":"2023-02-15T22:32:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T03:32:05","slug":"review-snowbound-tattered-torn-0-5-by-catherine-cowles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=64683","title":{"rendered":"Review: Snowbound (Tattered & Torn, #0.5) by Catherine Cowles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally titled Escape to Mistletoe Mountain<\/i> and published in a Christmas anthology, this novella is now available free in ebook and audiobook.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Free on the author\u2019s website<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

4 stars!<\/b><\/p>\n

This is such a cute story! It\u2019s a novella that fits in as a sort-of prequel to the Tattered & Torn<\/i> series, but can easily be read as a standalone. It\u2019s super-short, but still packs an emotional punch as a woman running from danger runs right into the arms of her brother\u2019s best friend, the man she\u2019s loved for years.<\/p>\n

Emery is driving through snowy rural Oregon, on the run and seeking safety and solace with her oldest and dearest friend, Cooper. Her older brother\u2019s best friend, she has loved him for as long as she can remember, but he left their home town of Nashville years ago, and they haven\u2019t seen each other since.<\/p>\n

What she doesn\u2019t realise is that Cooper left Nashville to escape his feelings for his best friend\u2019s little sister, and when she turns up on his doorstep in the middle of a snowstorm, desperate and seeking his help, he welcomes her with open arms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThought about you every damn day. Hell, sometimes it felt like every moment.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a really quick read, so there\u2019s no time for too much drama or mucking about. After reporting Emery\u2019s threat to local Sheriff, Hayes (a fun cameo from the hero of book #1, Tattered Stars<\/em><\/a>), Emery and Cooper waste no time in catching up on their years apart, and confessing their long-avoided feelings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI missed you,\u201d I croaked. \u201cI don\u2019t want to lose you again.\u201d
\nFire blazed in those emerald depths. \u201cIt may have taken seeing you scared out of your mind and frozen half to death to knock some damn sense into me, but I don\u2019t want to lose you either. Never again.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s sweet, sexy and swoony, and even in 50ish pages, Cowles manages to bring the emotion, and I loved watching these two so naturally and effortlessly come together.<\/p>\n

\u201cLove you, Em. Always have, always will.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is such a sweet read, I loved it. 4 stars.<\/p>\n

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Tattered & Torn<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Tattered Stars (#1)<\/strong> (Hayes & Everly)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Apple Books<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Nook <\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Kobo <\/a><\/p>\n

Falling Embers (#2) <\/strong>(Calder & Hadley)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 \u00a0Apple Books<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Nook<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n

Hidden Waters (#3) <\/strong>(Beckett & Addie)
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\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> | \u00a0Apple Books<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Nook<\/a><\/p>\n

Shattered Sea (#4)<\/strong> (Boden & Laiken)
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy: Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Apple Books\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Nook<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n

Fractured Sky (#5) <\/strong>(Ramsey & Shiloh)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy: Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Apple Books\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Nook\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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About Catherine<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Writer of words. Drinker of Diet Cokes. Lover of all things cute and furry, especially her dog. Catherine has had her nose in a book since the time she could read and finally decided to write down some of her own stories. When she\u2019s not writing she can be found exploring her home state of Oregon, listening to true crime podcasts, or searching for her next book boyfriend.<\/p>\n

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