Callie can’t resist the advertisement for a ranch manager in Montana. Only thing is, it also stipulates marriage. Down on her luck with more debt than she can manage after the death of her parents in a vehicle accident, she takes the plunge and commits for twelve months.
Chance is sick of the high life he’s led for years as a top International Bull Rider. The glitz and glamour aren’t what he … what he wants. After an accident leaves him unable to return to the tour, he decides now is the time to do what his heart has been yearning for – marry a down to earth country girl and raise bulls on his ranch, with the hope of bringing his brothers back together.
Little did he know that an advertisement would bring him a sassy talking Australian bride to turn his world up side down… Will Callie return home after her contract is up, or can Chance convince her to say I do forever?
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Starting Again
He can’t ride bulls anymore after an injury. He decides its time to settle down on his ranch. Callie lost both her in an automobile accident. Finding out they will loose everything she answer a mail order bride. They had a 1year contract. She left her twin sisters in Australia, she’s doing it to help them.
I like stories with strong women, and this is one of them. In an effort to save her own ranch in Australia, she agrees to be a ranch manager for a man in Montana. Only one glitch: she must marry him. That’s where the fun begins. The guy’s brother is a royal pain, but she handles him well.
Well, what the heck. That’s pretty much what I said when I read the blurb about this book before I decided to read it. I was looking for something light and quick. That is what I got. Now, mail order bride? Umm, this is the 21st century, right? Anyway, Chance for Love has decided to go back in time with a modern twist. For the most part, Chance’s reasons for doing the mail order thing made sense…as long as you didn’t think about it very much. What you get is exactly what you’d expect. A woman who is desperate to pay off debt and help her younger siblings out, a guy who had a way out of an abusive situation and left home way too early, leaving his brothers behind, and riddled with guilt for doing it. Everything falls neatly into place and life is grand. As long as you’re not looking for anything deep, meaningful, and earth-shattering it’s OK.
Weak Plot.
I thought the first third of this book was quite good but then things started to unravel. The reasons for the marriage, then the secrecy, the insta-lust/love, the unexplained venom of the brother. The story became rushed with a strange timeline – ie. she had a 12 month contract and arrived in the spring, but then she wasn’t going to be there for the fall; he wanted time for his brothers to get to know her but they never have a social get together (and she meets only one of them) it just didn’t make sense. There was no sense of time passing, which might have made the story feel more believable, instead she appears to have only been at the ranch for a week.
I would have been unhappy had I paid for this book but it was free at the time I purchased it.
I read this series of books totally out of order. DON’T DO WHAT I DID! It is a lovely series to read, but makes more sense if you read it in order.
After Chance Watson’s mother died, leaving 4 sons behind, their father became a mean drunk, and took most of his anger out on Chance. So, as soon as he could, he left home, guiltily leaving his brothers behind. Working his up in the IBR (International Bull Riders), he had been the champion bull rider for the last 12 years, until his last injury has ending his career. But he had long ago grown weary of the tour circuit, fame, rodeo bunnies and other hanger-ons and had already prepared for his future, breeding bulls on the ranch that his grandfather had left him in Montana, . Along the way, he had been able to amass a fortune, sending money home to his brothers. He needed help at the ranch and also discourage the shallow women who had been using him, he posted an ad in a magazine, looking for a female ranch manager and a wife (for a year). Meanwhile in Australia, Callie Lister not only lost her parents in a car accident, but then she, her younger twin sisters and grandparents found out that the station was in deep debt and the bank took everything. She saw the ad and saw it as the answer to their problems. She could make enough money to restore her parent’s reputation and to pay for her sisters’ education. From the minute he meets her, Chase knows that this is the woman for him. He’ll just have to convince her and his brothers of that.
The plot is strangely quite believable, the way it is written, the scenery beautifully described and the characters engaging. Read the whole series, just try to read them in order to get the most out of the reads.
It was a pretty good story, but some parts didn’t make sense to me. Also needed better editing. There were a few times when words were left out or reversed.
Enjoyable
Very good book. I purchased the entire series and read them.
Engaging. And heart warming!
would recommend
Too much sex
A mail order bride and ranch manager all in one.
It was a sweet story
I really enjoyed reading this book. Kept my attention, too.
Great premise and a wonderful family to follow. Loved the series!
Loved it.
already reviewed on kindle
Enjoyed reading and will buy others in this series
Easy read and warm fuzzy romance for a quick escape in reading.
Good read