While I enjoyed the first book of this series very much, the second one did not live up to my expectations. Even for a cliché story like this, where you know what story you get and how it will end, this was simply too shallow and sometimes downright cringeworthy.
Zoe Carrington is an ultra rich socialite and party girl, but in order not to ruin her mother's politic aspirations, she has to go into hiding for some time. In the village of Hood Hamlet in Oregon she meets Sean Hughes, the owner of a snowboard company, who gives her a lift. When he has an accident and needs a carer, she moves in with him and takes on the role of a pretend girlfriend to stop his mother's interfering.
Apart from the utterly predictable plot, I thought that a lot of the dialogue - especially towards the end - was badly written. It was also hard for me to sympathize with the problems of someone as rich and sheltered as Zoe, and her transformation was hard to believe. Unfortunately, there was almost no mountain rescue in this story and the mountain rescue team does not appear a lot.
However, I still liked the atmosphere of Hood Hamlet as well as Sean as the male protagonist. There were some chapters I really enjoyed and I do hope that book 3 is better - I will read it because the female protagonist is one of my favourite side characters. ( )