Cassandra Fairchild life couldn’t get any worse, could it? Losing her job and apartment at the same time she learns her father, the one that never wanted her, has died and left her half his ranch. With nowhere else to go, Cassandra heads to Canada on her last dime. Upon arrival, Cassandra finds the family she has always wanted only to see them slipping away just as fast. Colton hates her no matter what she does yet with each day she craves to stay at the Double H Ranch even more. Will Cassandra have a chance to stay at the home her father gave her or will she once again be alone?

Colton Harrison is angry his adoptive father has given half his ranch to the daughter that shunned him his whole life and when she shows up on the ranch ready to claim what is hers, Colton is livid. As the days go by Colton is determined to find away to buy her out so he can have what is rightfully his, if only everyone at the ranch wasn’t falling in love with her it would be much easier. Lucky for Colton, he remembers what his father always told him “women don’t belong on the Double H Ranch” so sending her away is the right thing to do. But can Colton convince his heart that she doesn’t belong beside him always?

For The Love Of A Family is a tender-hearted contemporary romance centered around two wounded souls. Cassandra is compassionate, caring to all those around her, and determined to have what she never felt she had: a happy family. Colton is an amazing father, devoted brother, and wonderful boss/friend. The delightful addition of Wolf and Willow open the reader’s eyes to a side of Colton and Cassandra that they keep hidden from each other. Big brother, Joe, will have readers falling in love with him all over again if they read Lost Lady and if they haven’t, run to get it now. This reader loves the Double H Ranch and all the unique, genuine people that live there and wishes she had an acre next door so she could visit whenever she wanted or maybe never leave. Leanne Karella is blessed with an outstanding ability to write a tremendous love story weaving in multiple characters and leaving the reader filled with the overwhelming sense they were right there beside them with each turn of the page. A must read! 5 Angels!

Reviewed by: Jessica