Proposing Mischief

(The Joplin Chronicles #2)

Maisie Kentworth is stuck on the ranch. Having fallen in love with the wrong guy, she can't risk inflaming things between her former beau and her protective family. Left to rue her mistakes, she keeps busy exploring the idle mine at the edge of their property.

Boone Bragg is also stuck. With his parents on vacation, the management of Bragg Mining falls on him, and one of his advisors wants him as a son-in-law. One wrong move, and Boone will end up either offending an associate or getting married to a woman he can't endure.

While closing up a spent mine, Boone gets two surprises. One is an untamed farm girl who's trespassing with a pickax, and the other is the amazing crystal cavern that she's discovered. Suddenly Boone sees a way to overhaul the family business. With part of the cavern on Kentworth land, Boone makes Maisie a proposal that he hopes will solve all of their problems. Instead it throws Joplin into chaos.

My Review: 9/10

When I read the previous book with Maisie as a side character, she gave me strong second hand embarrassment and frustration.

But wow, was it different reading from her POV! Maisie has definitely learned her lesson and come out better for it. She is intelligent, strong and self-sufficient. She is refreshingly direct. And she (and the shenanigans she gets into) is hilarious. Loved every minute of it.