Ride with he Moonlight by Andrea Matthews
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

So, the second instalment in the Thunder on the Moor series, and I was chuffed. It really kept the feel of the first one going nicely, and I was instantly tugged back into the world without any of the massive reading pains of not remembering who was who and what the actual jeff was going on. Obviously, I think a lot of that enlightenment had to do with the fact I had actually read the first book instead of doing my usual trick of jumping into a series mid-way. Still, I think it says something about the strength of the world and the characters that Matthew has created, that even after a few months of not having some quality time with the ole chaps, I still sunk into this book as if no time had passed, all the characters having the familiarity of an old friend that I had just forgotten to message for a while.
This story picks up pretty much where the other one left off Will and Maggie, who swooningly ended up falling in love with each other after a trifle load of misunderstandings threatened to get in the way. Now though, they have a teeny tiny problem as, while they knew that Maggie’s family might be a smidge angry with her for taking the side of an Englishman and falling in love with him to boot, they had not prepared for trouble on Will’s end as well. The arsy warden decides that he doesn’t like an Englishman galivanting with a Scottish lass and effectively sends out a warrant for his arrest and while Maggie and Will do everything to evade capture, it becomes impossible. Once again separated, Will faces almost certain death, and Maggie faces a fate almost on par with death – being married to Ian, the massive dick from the first book, who I wish someone would just bonk on the head and do us all a favour. Anywho, Maggies family are dead set on the union regardless of what Maggie herself wants, and you know the fact that Ian is the devil incarnate who happened to murder her father. Meanwhile, news has reached Will’s family of his unfortunate predicament and they begin to formulate a plan to put a stop to his execution.
It’s a good strong second book, sometimes I find that the second instalment of a series can feel a little bit weak and limp, grinding to a halt because all the momentum from the first book just isn’t there, but Matthews keeps the pace going nicely and all of the awesome things I loved about the first book were present in this one too. Awesome writing and some gorgeous description that made me want to go and stand majestically on a hilltop somewhere. A wonderful write that I thoroughly enjoyed, even if Ian did piss me off something rotten.

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