Happy Friday! I’m so excited to be sharing this book with you today. Wyatt, the fourth book in Susan May Warren’s Montana Marshalls series, just came out this week, but I had a chance to read it early. It was just as amazing as the rest of the series has been! I’m linking up with First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books, and sharing the first line:

“Usually Wyatt, goalie for the Minnesota Blue Ox NHL team, could shrug off his mistakes. Ignore the horn blaring behind his ears, block out the cheering – and occasionally the gloating of the opposing players.

Not today.

Wyatt Marshall hadn’t come all the way to Russia only to fail.”

Wyatt by Susan May Warren

Okay, so that’s more than one line… but you need a few to really set the stage for how the book starts. Keep reading for my review!

The Basics

Title: Wyatt by Susan May Warren

Series: Montana Marshalls (Book 4 of 5)

Genre: Contemporary Christian Romantic Suspense/Adventure

My Rating: 5/5 Stars

From the Back Cover:

He’s lost her twice…he’s not going to lose her again…

NHL Hockey Goalie Wyatt Marshall has everything–fame, money and a thriving career. But he’s hiding the two things that matter most…a career-ending injury, and his broken heart. He’s been in love with Coco Stanley since she walked into his life at age fourteen, a foster child for the Marshall family. She stole his heart years later, when, after a secret tryst, she returned to her home country of Russia. But she won’t let him back into her life—and he can’t figure out why. 

She’s harboring a secret that could cost lives…

Coco Stanley is tired of living her life undercover. Or at least, with an assumed name, always pretending to be someone she’s not. And that’s not the only secret she’s harboring. If Wyatt discovers the real reason she left him, it might just destroy him. She’s resigned herself to loving him from afar… 

But when he discovers she’s in danger…

Wyatt is horrified when he learns Coco has been shot and left in Russia, her fate unknown. There is nothing—nothing—that will stop him from finding her. So what if he’s not one of his super-heroic brothers, not a Ranger, not a SEAL…Wyatt is a hockey goalie, a special kind of crazy brave. Except, is he brave enough to face the secret Coco is keeping, or will it destroy everything he’s hoped for? 

What will it cost them to save her? 

What Wyatt and Coco don’t know is that revenge is stalking her and bringing her home just might cost them their long-awaited happy ending. 

My Thoughts

In this fourth installment of the Montana Marshalls series, we are officially introduced to Wyatt, the second youngest Marshall brother. He is a star hockey player, loved by the world but wanting to prove he’s as tough as his brothers. Coco, one time Marshall foster sister and Wyatt’s longtime crush, is hiding some big secrets of her own – ones that will change the Marshall family forever.

This book picks up where Ford left off, with Wyatt in Russia trying to find Coco, bring her home, and clear his sister Ruby’s name. While the story has plenty of action, like the others in the series, there’s a little more time for reflection as we learn more about Wyatt and Coco’s history. In the midst of nail-biting suspense is a beautiful story about second (or third) chances at love. Missed connections are brought to light, secrets are revealed, and the stakes become even higher as Wyatt and Coco travel across Russia and try to make it home. I really enjoyed getting to know Gerri Marshall better in this book – she’s just the grounding, encouraging matriarch this crazy family needs!

Each one of the Marshall siblings is so unique, and Susie May has done a great job of writing their stories in ways that fit them, but that still bring them together in one overarching plot. She has a unique way of getting into the characters heads and bringing us along for the ride. If you’re a fan of romantic suspense, you won’t want to miss Wyatt, or Ruby Jane, which is sure to be an explosive finale to the series, when it comes out next month!

I received a complimentary e-copy of this book from the author. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.