Tessa is on the run from her abusive ex and has been living a quiet life in Sutter Lake for the last 2 years. Liam is a world famous musician who moves to Sutter Lake to get away from it all. 

I am unsure how I want to rate this because it is essentially the same story as the first book but with a few details changed. Traumatized woman meets man who wants to save her. Woman is kidnapped. Man saves her. They live happily ever after. The only big difference is that her kidnapper is her ex and not a murderer. 

Liam is incredibly sensitive, compassionate, and protective. He never pushes Tessa past her point of comfort and is sure to take things slow. 

Tessa has endured so much trauma. She grew up in the foster care system after her father abandoned her and her mother passed away during birth and she lived with an incredibly abusive fiance. She is so brave and strong. She manages to escape and start over. She is understandably skittish and nervous around new comers. Though she doesn't get therapy until the end of the book, the horses act as a version of therapy for her. 

Tropes: friends to lovers, heroine on the run, famous MMC, found family