Colters’ Legacy Series

The Colter family consists of three brothers: Adam, Ethan and Ryan.  They were raised in a very unconventional family.  One mother, three dads, as has happened for several generations in the Colter family.  And they are looking for the same.  One woman to share their lives with.

Colters’ Woman – Book 1

Adam, Ryan and Ethan are successful ranchers and hunting guides.  One snowy morning, Adam goes outside to discover a lifeless body in the ditch out by the road.  As soon as he scoops her into his arms, he knows she is the ONE.  Holly Bardwell is running from her new husband.  On her wedding night she discovered he wasn’t what he appeared to be.  She witnesses him murder another man.  He is a mafia type and will track her mercilessly.

Holly doesn’t know quite what to make of the brothers.  They all have such different personalities.  She is initially scared but knows that they will protect her with their dying breath.  Over time, their love grows for one another. Once she discovers their love for her, and hers for them, she starts to feel comfortable in her own skin again, and realizes she has to take care of her past before she can have a future with these three gorgeous men.  They discover she has left and think that she has left them for good, until six months later, when she appears on their doorstep.  VERY pregnant.  She is finally free of her past and ready for her future with them.

Colters’ Lady – Book 2

Seth, Dillon and Michael Colter are the sons of Adam, Ethan, Ryan and Holly Colter.  They love their “dads” and mom fiercely, but have no intentions of following in their footsteps when it comes to marrying one woman.

Seth is in Denver, serving in at a homeless shelter when he sees a homeless woman, Lily Weston, in line at a soup kitchen.  He follows her after she eats and discovers her hovering in an alley, her home for the night.  He immediately feels protective and convinces her to accept help from him. He takes her back to Michael’s apartment, where Michael is immediately drawn to her as well.  They all head back to their mountain where they encounter Dillon, who is, you guessed it, drawn to her too.  They soon discover that she has suffered horrible tragedy and has been homeless for three years.  She lost her baby daughter to SIDs and her husband blamed her.  She meets the dads and Holly and is immediately welcomed.  Needless to say, she is a little surprised at the boys’ parent’s relationship.  She comes to understand when she starts having feelings for the boys herself and realizes their feelings for her.  Like Holly before her, she has to face her past before she can bask in a future with the Colter boys.  She faces her ex-husband and gets the closure she has needed for so long and lets go of the pain she has carried for so long.  And looks forward to her life as Colters’ Lady.

Colters’ Daughter – Book 3

Callie Colter is the youngest and only daughter of the Colter clan.  She has always been a restless spirit, traveling the world for one adventure after the other.  Then she meets Max Wilder and falls hopelessly in love.  After spending endless days and nights together in Europe, he disappears, saying he will return.  Callie waited, eventually figuring out he wasn’t coming back.  Heartbroken, she heads back to the mountain, to the love of her family.

Callie’s family knows she’s is hurting, but give her the space and love she so desperately needs.  One night, while working in her brother Dillon’s bar, Max strolls in and her world is turned upside down again.  She soon discovers that a plot of land, known as Callie’s meadow (where she was born) had been bought by her dads from a family they didn’t really know anything about.  Max’s family.  Max blames Callie for his family losing the meadow.  However, he didn’t plan on falling in love with Callie.  Once he realizes that the land was bought from his mother on the best of terms, and that Callie’s family hadn’t wrangled it from them, he knows how bad he has mucked things up.  A little too late though.  Callie leaves without a word. Unsurprisingly, he meets with the ire of the ENTIRE Colter family.  He convinces them that he loves Callie with his heart and soul and waits on the mountain, with her family’s blessing, until she returns.  And when she does, she discovers that he has built a home for them in the meadow.  She realizes that he truly does lover her and they have their happily ever after.

Colters’ Promise – Book 4

Even though Lily Colter has faced losing her baby daughter, she is devastated to learn she is pregnant.  All of her fears come flooding back.  She doesn’t know what to do.  Fortunately, Holly Colter, who is a DISASTER in the kitchen, (her 3 hunky husbands do all of the cooking), has decided that she wants to prepare a Thanksgiving feast for her family and turns to Lily for help.  Lily’s husbands see how distant Lily has been and know that something is upsetting her and they wonder what she and their mom is up to.  No one is allowed at Lily’s during Holly’s cooking classes.  Unfortunately, the boys think the worst and are afraid that Lily has decided that she doesn’t like having three husbands, who by the way, worship her like a goddess.

In the middle of all of this, Max receives upsetting news from his sister, Lauren.  She has been horribly abused by her boyfriend.  Max and Callie fly to New York to bring her home with them.  She is hesitant at first, but Callie convinces her that the Colter family is just what she needs to heel.  She hides herself away at Max and Callie’s, until Holly Colter shows up and talks to her.  She explains that she, too, had been in an abusive relationship and that she can heal from it.  Holly is just what Lauren needed.  A mother figure, who is fierce about protecting her children, which Lauren discovers that she is now an honorary member.

Once the Colter boys confront Lily with their fears, she confesses, in a harsh way, that she is pregnant.  The boys realize that she is scared to death and finally convince her that everything will be okay this go around.  They will be with her every step of the way.  Thanksgiving arrives and at the large dinner table, she announces to the family that she is expecting.  The family celebrates and realize just how blessed they all are.

When I first started reading this series, I wasn’t sure if I would like it or not.  Boy, was I wrong.   You can’t help but fall in love with this family.  It’s a family that anyone would be blessed to be a member of.  The loving tenderness in Colters’ Woman, was for me, breathtaking.  The protectiveness and undying love in Colters’ Lady is inspiring.  I am glad that Colters’ Daughter didn’t have Callie in a relationship with multiples though.  She is such a strong young lady, until in the privacy of their bedroom, where she submits to Max in every way.  The scenes in Colter’s Promise with Lily sitting beside the monument her husbands made for Rose, the daughter she lost, are heart wrenching.  And the pain and humiliation Lauren feels is palpable.  I love the interaction of the entire Colter family in every book.  Love this series!!!  And highly recommend it.  Have I mentioned lately that I love Maya Banks??  😉

Reviewed by Vickie M.