Bailey Hart, known as Wild Hart, is sick and tired of being
the target of malicious gossip, of being taken for granted
by her own family, and most of all being treated like a
child by her overprotective, older cousin Justin. She's
been the
lead singer for a band for some time, there's a record deal
on the horizon, and she cannot wait to get out of this
stifling small town. Bailey has had a crush on Chase McKee
for as long as she can remember, but he doesn't seem to see
beyond the tomboy she once was. Chase is back from Oakland
and is now the town deputy; it's a step down, but after an
unfortunate incident in Oakland, he's come home to lick
his wounds and make a new start. He wishes his
friend Justin Hart weren't so overbearing so Chase could
tell Bailey how he feels about her...
Bailey Hart is an extremely interesting character, and I
was
dying to read her story, but she is not easy to warm up to!
Bailey is one of the peculiar instances when you need to
read the character's story, even though she is not very
likeable, but especially intriguing, and this is all the
author's doing. And you could cut the tension with a knife!
Bailey is so on edge, it's palpable, and understandable as
well. Her cousin Justin, who is almost her surrogate
father,
nearly treats her like a servant; he means well, but the
execution leaves much to be desired. Bailey's career move
is
more a means of escape than a need to express her artistic
side; she needs some space, some freedom, and trying to
make
it with her band is the only way she sees to have room to
breathe. She is sarcastic, cynical, even more so with
Chase,
who would like nothing more than to be more than friends
and he
starts flirting with her, to no avail; she rebuffs him over
and over because she feels they are simply too different,
and besides she's leaving soon.
WILD AT HEART is not precisely what I anticipated for
Bailey's story, but then again, Bailey up until then was
quite an enigma. Slowly, Ms. Kline reveals bits and pieces
of Bailey and Chase's past, which explain a lot about why
having this relationship almost seems like mission
impossible. It is such a difficult road to opening up, for
both Chase and Bailey, as well as making Justin understand.
Justin may have mellowed a tad, but he is still very
much the überalpha! As always, with the Healing
Hearts series, we revisit
the whole Hart cousins and their
partners, and their participation as a family in Bailey's
struggle for independence, which is stronger than before.
WILD AT
HEART is yet another fascinating incursion in the lives of
the Hart family.
Sometimes the place you’re trying to run from is exactly where your
heart needs to be…
Bailey Hart has never felt like she measures up to her cousins at
Heart Fire Ranch. It doesn’t help that her rocker attitude has made
her a black sheep in her small town. So when her band gets their big
break in Los Angeles, “Wild Hart” can’t run fast enough…If only there
weren’t so many reasons to stay.
After a harrowing stint in the Oakland Police Department, sheriff’s
deputy Chase McKee has returned home a hero, and yet he feels anything
but. And when he finds out Bailey might be leaving for good, the
feelings he’s always harbored for his best friend’s cousin just won’t
stay hidden. He knows she wants to get the heck out of Dodge, but he’s
hoping to show her where she really belongs—with him.
Will this Wild Hart turn her back on love, or will she realize her
heart really belongs closer to home?
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