Providence (The Midnight Gang Book 2)

I couldn’t put this down once I started reading! I was so excited that I could dive right back in with these amazing characters as soon as I finished Adversity. Looking forward to book 3!

I'm just so so tremendously glad we got to see the start of Cypress and Aiden! If you've read the first book of the Midnight Gang, you already know that these two revolve around each other, but I just adored watching how that all played out. Aiden remains a big favorite for me. The way he plays it as broody and irritated, but he's really...well he is really those things BUT he's also a caretaker at his core and truly just does not want to add anyone else to his life, because he's just so worried that he may lose them one day. But luckily, Cypress has never met a challenge that he gives up on. He was the surprise star of the show for me. Of course I loved him in adversity, but he truly shined here. The way he brought about the wit and levity, but also the epic yearning, the way he loved so hard so fast, and just how he put 100% into everything he did, even when he scared him. I loved him so so much and I love that he has Aiden to protect him now too. It's high action, high stakes, lower heat in terms of number but just as high in terms of intensity. The ending was pure perfection, bringing us right to where we started in adversity, with the guys on their way to getting their little bird.

🌵“Cy…” I murmur, inching closer so that my forehead is pressed to his as I wrap an arm around him, tight enough to hold us both together. “Will you tell me?” ☀️“Why?” he mutters. “So you can be burdened instead?” 🌵“So I can keep my word to you,” I tell him. “I want your future, Cypress, but I want your past, too. So when you go back to visit it, you’re not alone there anymore either.” 5 ⭐ 1.5🌶️ I had no idea what I was walking into with this book…but I am not the same person walking out I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am seriously so blown away by Ren Browne’s writing!!! This was EXCEPTIONAL and I already have Adversity downloaded and ready to go the second I hit post on this review hehe! The banter is what completely sets this book apart... It’s so beautiful watching Cypress want Aiden so badly while being (somewhat) patient LOL as he waits for Aiden to catch up to what he already knows The grumpy x sunshine dynamic shines SO well here!!! Cypress is the sunshine! he loves out loud, so deeply, and his quick witted humor had me giggling and blushing right alongside Aiden. I love that he’s been through SO MUCH and still chooses to wear his heart on his sleeve And when he buys Aiden that gift… omfg my heart just melted into a puddle 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 His love language making Aiden feel seen and loved no matter how hard Aiden pushes back was everything TO ME!!!! Aiden is our grumpy, no nonsense type… but underneath? A total teddy bear He’s exhausted from…

I loved the first book in this series, Providence, but this one just fell flat for me. I think it was just toooo slow a burn for my taste. That said, Ren's writing is great and I will certainly be reading the next

"Loving you is not something I needed to decide, wolf. I was looking for you for so long. In every face I passed I looked for you, hoping that when I saw you, I would know. And I did. I saw you and knew who you were in this life and in the next and in all the ones that came before, because you were mine in every single one of them. I saw you and I knew that I would gladly go through it all again, that I would relive every single moment of my life just to have one single moment where I mattered in yours. To have one single moment where you let me." Once upon a time...two outlaws cross paths, and fate refuses to let them walk away. I didn't expect this story to feel as tender as it did, considering it was an MM love story between a gambler and a gunslinger. The two men are the definition of rough and tumble with survival and morally grey choices always close at hand. What surprised me most was the quiet tenderness they showed each other. Neither wanted to be the first to admit their true feelings while also never quite hiding the pull between them. Truly, Providence is the perfect 'sweet' to balance the 'spicy' of Adversity. Ren Browne has quickly become one of my favorite western romance authors of all time. She captures the grit of the western frontier while grounding it in deeply emotional, character-driven romance. Her work feels like a balance between Janet Dailey and Elsie Silver - classic grit with a contemporary emotional core. The heated, intimate scenes are filled…