Gathering Storms by Lex Martin
Wild at Heart #4
Contemporary Romance
July 9, 2026
🔥single dad + nanny
💜marriage of convenience
🔥cowboy romance
💜country music star
🔥romantic suspense
💜forced proximity
🔥opposites attract
What’s more complicated than a marriage of convenience? Falling for your husband.
After losing my apartment and librarian job in the same week, I’m one bad day away from hitting rock bottom. That’s the only reason I consider Jace Walker’s offer to be his toddler’s nanny while he goes on a national tour.
I don’t even like the man. But he recently had a baby he didn’t know about dumped on his doorstep, and for once in his charmed life, he’s as desperate as I am.
The plan seems simple — until his label says only spouses can join the tour. And Jace Walker, it turns out, would rather lose the chance of a lifetime than leave his daughter behind.
So when he asks if I’d consider marrying him, I know exactly what I am: his last resort.
I agree to his four-month marriage, convinced he’d never tempt me. Besides, he’s too charming, too handsome, too talented to look twice at a quiet bookworm. I have rules and walls up for good reasons.
Except life on the road with this rugged cowboy has other plans—bandmates who resent me, his conniving ex who joins the tour, and a deranged fan who leaves us creepy gifts.
And nothing prepares me for Jace himself. The man underneath the charm. The father who’d give up everything for his daughter. The one who makes me feel things I buried a long time ago—and the storm building between us reminds me exactly why I buried them.
If you enjoy reformed playboys, swoony cowboys, single dads who adore their daughters, or prickly, closed-off librarians who would rather read than hang out with country stars, this one is for you!
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Gathering Storms by Lex Martin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Jace has been trying to become the next best thing in Country for the past decade and just when things seems to be working out for him and his band, he gets a gift he never saw coming.
Rory needs a break. Seriously if there ever was a person in need of a break it her. First her ex cheated, then she loses her apartment and her job, so when a job offer comes in a for nanny she takes it. Even if it means she needs to spend time with Jace.
These two were just waiting to happen. Even if they seem like total opposite, they just fit. Jace was driving me crazy with the shit he let slide in order to secure the contract, but when he finally realized he might lose the best thing that happened to him, he did everything right.
These two were fun to get to know and root for. I can’t wait to see how the next brother finds his HEA.
*Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of Lex Martin Review Team*
Gathering Storms by Lex Martin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
ARC REVIEW
Solid 4.5 stars rounded up to 5 because it is not a 4 star story.
This series has been a #win for me from the very beginning so of course I knew this story would be a good one. Spoiler: IT WAS MORE! Stop the madness with all the swooning!
If you’ve been here from the beginning, Jace Walker might just be a surprise to you. I mean, let’s be honest, of all the Walker men, he’s pretty much the playboy of playboys. Feel me? Life had other plans for our love ‘em and leave ‘em Walker and with what seemed like a snap, life got real real and so did he! #swoom From the very beginning, he was waving green flags for me, and I was here for it.
Rory Anderson is one of the greatest FMCs that I have ever read. This chic! Listen, I was rooting more for her than their HEA and I really wanted a HEA for them. She’s lived a whole lot of life but none of it has tainted her spirit. She is a strong, resilient, selfless person who wants only the best for everyone. And she does all of that before she does for herself. MY GOD, she took my breath away at times!
Rory & Jace didn’t exactly have a rainbows and gumdrops start to their relationship, but they are a true yin and yang! Their connection is like puzzle pieces. My heart was so happy throughout this story that even right now, as I type this, I have a huge smile on my face over the story as a whole.
I’m not going to say that every single plot point in this story was hearts and flowers for me because there were quite a few that made me twitchy. (view spoiler)
I’m really looking forward to seeing what Lex has up her sleeve for Isaiah and Liberty’s story and the audiobook of this story!
Lex Martin is the USA Today bestselling author of Varsity Dads, Texas Nights, and the Dearest series. She writes contemporary romance novels, the steamy kind she hopes readers love but her parents avoid.
She’s always been obsessed with writing, starting in elementary school when she would pen short stories and make her father read them. (Afterward, he’d have to take her tests, but he was a good sport and did them without complaint.)
In high school, when she wasn’t playing basketball, she wrote emo poetry (that won awards, go figure) and worked on the school newspaper.
She later became a nationally-certified high school English teacher and freelance journalist but decided she’d rather write romance novels than tests or city hall articles.
Lex loves coffee, rom coms, pen hoarding, planners, and college football. She married her almost college sweetheart (they met right after graduation), and she’s still obsessed with him, especially when he writes her songs.
She currently resides in her hometown of San Antonio with her husband, twin daughters, a bunny, and their new puppy. Drop her a line at lex (at) lexmartinwrites.com. She loves hearing from readers.
Lex is represented by Kimberly Brower of Brower Literary & Management.
Connect with Lex Martin: https://shor.by/6VIR
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