The Cage Family series #4

Carrie Ann Ryan

"Who Hurt You?”

When Hudson Cage asked those words, I shut him out just as I did the rest of those who cared for me. It’s been a year since I made one of the worst choices of my life but now I am stronger and following the path I’ve carved myself.

As manager of the Cage Resort, I want to bring the company into a new era and show the larger than life family that I worth so much more than what my father and ex said I was.

Only to do that, I have to deal with Hudson. The man I can’t get off my mind.

And my neighbor in this small town of ours.

We fight more than we speak to one another, and his over protectiveness is starting to become far too attractive. He holds secrets within those stormy eyes and the part of me that knows it’s a mistake wants to dive deep and know more.

When one lack of control turns to another, there’s no turning back from what we could have. Yet the darkness on each of our paths are closing in.

I don’t want to love Hudson Cage, but if we don’t give in and learn to trust, we both could risk losing it all before we even have a chance.

**One Quick Obsession is an enemies to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, small town romance featuring Hudson and Scarlett. Each book can be read as a complete standalone. An HEA is guaranteed!**

Hudson has scars from his time in the military. He hides in their small town, preferring solace to crowds, silence to noise. But his family does their best to pull him in, to require him to check in on the various group texts, and to join them in rebuilding their family during the last 3 years. He is protective and caring, but held up by guilt from his past.

Scarlett wants to prove to the Cages and to the town that she can handle her management duties and help make the resort better than ever. The pressure is self imposed though, as echoes of her childhood and her past chase her. She is strong and resilient and has worked hard for everything she has today. Her neighbor is Hudson Cage, and though he isn’t her boss, he is growly and they argue nearly every time they speak.

I loved watching these two circle each other from next door. Their proximity made it nearly impossible to avoid each other, and because Scarlett is friends with Hudson’s sisters they have to interact more often than just as neighbors.

There was a lot going on that surprised me in the ways the events play out towards the end of Scarlett and Hudson’s story. I was not expecting some of the late story twists that happened, but loved the way they made these two face their true feelings. Both characters are holding on to hurts from previous relationships and events that left them with unresolved trauma. Watching them face their pain was both heartbreaking and full of healing.

The teaser of Sophia’s story is heartbreaking in a way I wasn’t expecting and I can’t wait for her story. Carrie Ann Ryan has a way of writing these family sagas that has me laser focused on the main couple for each story, but all the while she is weaving a thick thread of stories that shine on each character in turn.

Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Wilder Brothers, Promise Me, and Elements of Five series, which have sold millions of books worldwide. She’s the winner of a RT Book of the Year and a Prism Award in her genres. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over one hundred novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.