MONTANA CREEDS: TYLER

Montana Creeds: Tyler

by

Linda Lael Miller

7/9/2009

(Third story in Montana Creeds trilogy)

Whether winning championship belt buckles or dealing with Hollywood types for endorsement deals, former rodeo star Tyler Creed can handle anything. Except standing on the same patch of land as his estranged brothers. Yet here they are in Stillwater Springs, barely talking but trying to restore the old Creed ranch—and family.

Lily Kenyon knows all about family estrangements and secrets. The single mom has come home to set things right, to put down roots for her daughter. What she doesn't expect is Tyler Creed, whom she's loved since childhood. Now the handsome, stubborn cowboy who left home to seek his fortune just might find it was always under the Montana sky.…
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****(4 Stars) Ahhhhh…..there is nothing like a good book that makes you laugh, tear up a bit, and give a deep, satisfying sigh when it is over. Tyler’s story was one of these books. In fact, the whole trilogy was one of the most enjoyable series I ever read.

Ms. Miller really stepped up the steam on this book. Tyler and Lily like it hard, fast, and often—but it was done in such a way that it was more charming and fun, then crude and profane. Their relationship started in their high school years, much like Dylan and Kristy, but whereas Dylan and Kristy had been intimate as teens, Lily and Tyler had been platonic.

The romance aside, this story has a great family story. Tyler is the last to give in and make up with his brothers, and, he has the saddest story of the three boys. His parents both committed suicide (at different times) and he was really a lost boy trying to find his way. In addition, he learns he has a 13 year old son he fathered when he was fifteen (via a generous older woman who was busy teaching him the “ropes” at night, after teenage Tyler dropped virginal Lily off at home after their dates.) The relationships that Tyler builds with his son, develops with Lily’s daughter, and mends with his brothers were so well written that I actually teared up. I am sad to see the series end—but happily adding them to my Linda Lael Miller Keeper Shelf”.