In national bestselling author Sara Richardson’s first book in the Silverado Lake series, “the pace is fast, the setting’s charming, and the love scenes are delicious” when a risk-taking cowboy convinces a no-nonsense writer to give him a second chance (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review) — includes a bonus story by AJ Pine!
Shy and sensible romance writer Jane Harding’s carefully ordered … and sensible romance writer Jane Harding’s carefully ordered life is crumbling around her. With her latest novel due and her teaching contract at an end, returning home to help plan her best friend’s wedding is a welcome distraction. Yet when Jane discovers that the too-hot-to-handle boy who once tempted her is now the best man — and the rodeo circuit’s sexiest bull rider — her distraction is in danger of becoming a disaster . . .
First Kiss with a Cowboy
Includes the bonus novella Cowboy to the Rescue by A.J. Pine!
ally when he comes face-to-face with Jane. The kiss they once shared still fuels his fantasies, but when she walked away, he let her go. Now Toby is determined to fix his mistakes. Can this sweet-talking cowboy prove that the passion still burning between them is worth braving the odds?
Includes the bonus novella Cowboy to the Rescue by A.J. Pine!
ally when he comes face-to-face with Jane. The kiss they once shared still fuels his fantasies, but when she walked away, he let her go. Now Toby is determined to fix his mistakes. Can this sweet-talking cowboy prove that the passion still burning between them is worth braving the odds?
Includes the bonus novella Cowboy to the Rescue by A.J. Pine!
ally when he comes face-to-face with Jane. The kiss they once shared still fuels his fantasies, but when she walked away, he let her go. Now Toby is determined to fix his mistakes. Can this sweet-talking cowboy prove that the passion still burning between them is worth braving the odds?
Includes the bonus novella Cowboy to the Rescue by A.J. Pine!
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Jane comes home for her best friends wedding but has a few secrets she’s keeping. Her contract for her job hasn’t been renewed, she’s an author and has to get a new book to her publisher in just a few weeks. But her BFF has kept a secret from her, the best man is an old crush and he’s back in town because he’s been injured and is the best man. If all that isn’t enough, he’s working at her family’s business! Toby and Jane are thrown together numerous times to get things done for the upcoming wedding. The more they are together, the more sparks there are. Toby’s on to her secret job and urges her to let others know and share in her successes. He’s recovering from an injury and worried he won’t be able to return to bull riding. Together they work to help each other shed some fears and insecurities and become a couple with a happy future. Ms. Richardson is a new author for me and I did enjoy this story and look forward to reading more from her. I received an ARC from Netgalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.
First Kiss With A Cowboy is Sara Richardson’s book One of her new Silverado Lake series. Jane Harding returns home for her best friend’s upcoming wedding. No one knows she writes romances. Toby Garret, a bull rider, is back in Silverado Lake for his best friend’s wedding and to recover from an injury. There is chemistry between Jane and Toby. He has not forgotten their first kiss back in high school. He has let her get away once, but this time he’s determined to show Jane that the passion is still burning between them. Sara Richardson creates relatable characters and a sense of community in a small town in her contemporary romances. Included with First Kiss With A Cowboy is a bonus story COWBOY TO THE RESCUE by A.J. Pines—another sweet, small-town romance.
‘First Kiss with a Cowboy’ begins the ‘Silverado Lake’ series with an emotional, engaging romance between two stubborn people, each are facing big changes in their lives, their chosen careers, and now back home are given a second chance to get love right this time around – are they up to the challenge?
Once upon a time, in their high school days, Toby and Jane shared a kiss – and each, somehow, came away from that kiss with completely opposite impressions of what the other was thinking/feeling about it. (they both were wrong about that, of course) You could put that down to teenage angst, but also Jane was such a shy girl, often picked on by the ‘mean girls’ so her impression stayed strong for a very long time, even long after she’d escaped her hometown for the big city. Toby went on to a brilliant career in the rodeo, Jane became a professor and a romance writer under a pseudonym. One extrovert, one introvert. Things are about to get interesting when they both return home to be a part of a friend’s wedding and work closely together on her family ranch.
Frankly, I adored this couple equally for different reasons. They are both so stubborn, so sure they know the facts, yet that spark between them hasn’t died down after all this time, and perhaps it’s burning a bit brighter and hotter now. I had such fun watching them move beyond that first kiss that each misinterpreted so badly back then. With a great bunch of secondary characters to round out the fun ‘First Kiss with a Cowboy’ quickly won my heart and my continued following of this series. Toby and Jane are so right together, I enjoyed their journey to a happy ever after ending – and if you love a really good romance (cowboy or not) then you’ll want to pick this one up for yourself.
*I received an e-ARC of this novel from Forever (Grand Central Publishing) via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*
A book you will tell everyone to read!!! I love this author and her books. This book makes you not want to stop till you get to the end. Can’t wait for the next book.
Jane Harding is coming home to her best friend’s wedding. She is happy for her friend; she is not looking forward to being home. She also has to rewrite her new book but leave in the male hero which she was going to take out. The same one that she realized later was based on the guy from her worst night in high school ever. Hopefully, she won’t see him.
Bull rider Toby Garett is home because the last bull he rode for eight seconds did not like that and continued to jerk him around. After major shoulder surgery and PT, he is now home and his parents are driving him crazy. He hears one morning that of a job and asks the woman if she would be willing to hire him, she agrees. When Jane arrives at her mother’s ranch, retreat she comes to find out that the person who argued, challenged her in everything while in high school has taken over as the maintenance man. Now she must deal with Toby every day.
Her worst night in high school she associates with Toby, she already had insecurities and that night just made the ones she has worse. Now she was faced with Toby. She also had to now deal with actually for a longer period of time her fathers’ death. What does happen though is she begins to work through all of that. You are able to see her growth not quickly but slowly and the strange thing Toby helps her, but she also helps Toby. This turns out to be a much better book than just what you imagine from the title. The characters are all good and the story up to the end is very good. A very good story. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at
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So when I first met Jane, I was meh on her. She seemed a little uptight and how she was about Toby really turned me off. I mean she was really not nice. Her thoughts were mean and I am glad she didn’t air them to anyone because they were just really that mean to me. But as we saw her interact with those around her and loosen up we see a different side to her. Her writer’s block as she spends more time with Toby goes away and we see her gain a passion for her writing and life. Toby helps in a way to set her free and see that life is meant to live and not just sit on the sidelines and play it safe. The passion and chemistry between her and Toby heated my kindle to the sun’s heat and they sizzles with their intimate scenes. What I loved though was watching them interact in everyday situations. He was easygoing and listened and supported her. He took the time to learn about her and help with the wedding even when she was frustrated with him when he volunteered to have things done and she felt it was beyond what was possible.
Toby was laying low and trying to heal. He had surgery and hoping it wouldn’t end his career. He was also going bananas with nothing to do, so he ended up at Jane’s mom’s place working. Her mom needed the help and he wanted the work. Not what Jane wanted but she held her tongue thank heavens for that. Toby was a great guy. He was trying to deal with the fact that he would soon have to give up his career and needed to figure out what would be next.. He was kind, caring and loyal. I loved watching him interact with everyone and especially Jane because he got her goat so much. He didn’t let her attitude get to him. Watching them fall in love as they put together the wedding and help each other figure out where they would be in the future was so fun, entertaining and sexy at times. Their banter was great and you just can’t help but smile at Toby and his ways. Jane took some time but you do fall for her as she grows and becomes less uptight and unwinds. Loved this romance and how they go from Jane carrying such anger towards Toby to falling in love and keeping her mom’s business alive even after it seemed her mom wanted to retire. Watching Jane come out of her shell about her writing and get over writer’s block was fun and boy oh boy did she have an imagination especially when she thought of Toby when writing than it turned steamy…Great romance and story about love, family and second chances. About finding one’s way to where they belong and finding love with one you least expect.
This was a new author to me and I do like a good cowboy story. Jane is off to her childhood hometown help her best friend and her wedding. I wanted to give her a massive hug as she deals with her mom not knowing who she is since her dad died, the feeling of being rejected and not trusting Toby with what happened in high school. Toby is back home from bull riding due to an injury, but he is still not ing the loss of his twin 20 years earlier. Through the book we see these two waltzing around each other and denying their feelings. I really enjoyed the journey these two took apart and together to discover who they were and what they wanted. I want to read Wes’s book. A great read.
Jane Harding feels as if everything in her world is crumbling around her, her recent writing project has hit a major snag, and her teaching contract has ended, with no new opportunity on the horizon. When her friend asks her to help plan her impending nuptials she figures a trip home to help can’t really hurt at this point, it might be just what she needs to lift her spirits and lighten the load on her shoulders.
But nothing can prepare her for the handsome cowboy she finds waiting there for her, it has been a long time since she has seen Toby Garrett, and boy has time been good to him! But can she really trust him again with her heart?
Between the pages of this divine little tale readers will meet a woman in desperate need of a distraction and the handsome cowboy that promises to give her one. I loved watching Jane and Toby get reacquainted with one another, they had a lot of lost time to make up for, and a lot to learn about one another. In high school things were said, feelings were hurt, and retaliation took place, and it drove quite the wedge between them. They never really had the chance to get to know everything about one another due to their short lived relationship of sorts, so they just went by other’s impressions. Now they find themselves together again, and quickly start to learn they had things all wrong back then, and before long they find themselves opening up to one another, and develop a friendship they never knew was possible… which then leads to the steamy stuff! This was a delightful little escape, each page came brimming with all the good stuff… my heart felt the intended squeeze, as well as all the falling in love butterflies! What a perfect start to a new series, highly recommend!
I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher, and I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased opinion.
ARC for honest review with no compensation received from NetGalley and Forever
First Kiss with a Cowboy is book 1 in the Silverado Lake series by Sara Richardson.
Jane Harding, romance writer, adjunct college professor but her life starts to unravel when her teaching contact isn’t renewed and her second novel tanks with her editor. She is told the hero stays but the rest of the novel has to be rewritten in 6 weeks. She’s headed back home for 3 weeks to help plan and be the maid of honor at her best friend’s wedding only to find out the best man is none other than Toby Garrett, the man she has based the hero on in her first best selling book and they boy who’s kiss she has never forgotten…
Toby Garrett, rodeo bull rider returns home to heal from his latest injury and surgery that could be the ending of his career. Only time and therapy will tell if it heals. When he runs into Jane the memory of their teenage kiss makes him want to right the wrong he did to her back then…
Can these two work together to make their best friends, Beth and Ethan’s wedding a beautiful and special event, repair the past between them in order to find a future and love that’s everything they both want and need?
4.5 stars
Sara Richardson is my go-to author for cowboy romance. She writes well-paced plots with relatable characters and sweet romance. First Kiss with a Cowboy is the first book in her new Silverado Lake series.
I absolutely fell in love with Toby and Jane over the course of this book. They shared a kiss when they were teenagers, but it didn’t have the chance to develop into more. Now they are both at crossroads in their lives, Toby with his injury and Jane with her career as a romance novelist. They have also both returned home to Silverado Lake for their mutual best friends’ wedding, and their flirting was adorable.
Even as the spark of attraction between them reignited they also connected emotionally. Those moments they shared were some of my favorite in the whole book. They really helped each other with the losses they had both experienced when they were younger.
I can’t recommend this book – really all of Sara’s books – enough! Her writing drew me in and made me feel like I was right there in Silverado Lake with Jane and Toby.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC for an honest review.
Great start to the series! I liked both Toby and Jane and really enjoyed their sweet romance. I look forward to visiting Silverado Lake again, I hope that the next book is about Jane’s brother Wes!
I voluntarily read and reviewed a complimentary Advance Reader Copy from NetGalley.
First Kiss with a Cowboy is a great start to Sara Richardson’s Silver Lake series. Jane Harding is a quiet, shy, private and sensible. She is an adjunct professor at Cal Poly. Her contract to work there has ended and her contract has not been renewed, something she has not shared with her friends or family. She has also written a bestselling romance novel, something she has not shared with anyone. She is having major writers block and a deadline is fast approaching. Jane is hoping the return to Silver Lake for her best friends wedding will cure her writers block. When she gets to Silver Lake she finds that the best man is Toby Garrett. They were always trying to best each others grades in high school and they also shared a kiss.
Toby Garrett has returned to Silver Lake to be best man in his best mans wedding. While he is home he is recovering from a shoulder injury that could end his career in the rodeo. He needs a job while he is in town because he needs to keep busy and allows him to live somewhere other than his parents. He takes a job as handyman at Jane’s mothers ranch and it also includes a guest cabin with the job. As they start to spend time together Toby starts to feel the spark he felt for Jane in high school. Toby has to prove to Jane that his feelings are genuine and a relationship between the two of them can work.
I received a complementary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
First Kiss with a Cowboy is a wonderful start to a new series. Jane and Toby once shared a kiss. Years later when they meet again they can’t get that kiss out of their minds. This is a wonderful story with endearing characters. The fast-paced storyline flowed seamlessly and kept my attention until the end. I would highly recommend this entertaining read and look forward to reading the next book.
This book is a fantastic book that I couldn’t put down, I was hooked from the start. Jane & Toby were rivals when they were in high school and was happy to leave town after graduation. Now Jane is a college professor but also writes romance books under a pseudonym. She was happy with the way her life was til she had to return home, for a wedding. She got the shock of her life to find out not only is the best man Toby but he’s also the new ranch hand her mom hired. Toby went back home after being injured and he knows he made mistakes with Jane in the past and wants to make them right but she had no interest. I loved seeing how both had to work to overcome their emotions and what all happened in the past as well as what was going on with their lives currently.
I enjoyed this first installment in the new series by Sara Richardson.
Jan returns home to help her best friend Beth with her wedding. Jan’s career is changing – she lost her teaching job and she has a book due soon. A flood of memories washes over her. She learns that the best man for Beth’s wedding is an old love interest, Toby Garrett.
Toby is recovering from an injury on the riding circuit. When he sees Jan, he isn’t sure that is he doesn’t have feelings for her.
As the two spend time together preparing for their best friends’ wedding, they reveal personal secrets that make fresh the pain they both experienced.
This book is very well-written, and the Jan is a great character. She’s a woman who knows what she wants and needs, and is quite relatable. I can’t wait for the rest of the series!
Who doesn’t like a good cowboy book. I found this story super cute. I liked the struggle between the two main characters because it wasn’t just the struggle between each other but the struggles they faced in there every day life. They faced them without coming off as whiney. I liked Beth she was a friend everyone should have, someone willing to love you in spite of. I liked all the characters and small town of this book, I feel like it they could be friends even the old bitty’s. This book does have adult situations but over all it a really fun read and I found it hard to put down wanting to know what the characters were up to next. I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley. I was under no obligation to post a review and have given my honest opinion
First Kiss with a Cowboy is my first read of Sara Richardson’s. It follows the story of Jane, a new romance author with writer’s block, and Toby, a bull rider who is sidelined with an injury. While Toby works on recovery and Jane tries to rewrite her second book, they both return to their small hometown in Colorado. The last time the two saw each other, their Senior year of high school, was unforgettably disastrous. Now, as best man and maid-of-honor, in the same wedding they must see if they can get over past hurts and work together.
I liked this story. I’m generally a fan of second chances and old friends coming together. The setting in Colorado was right up my alley and I could see where Richardson was going with Toby and Jane’s back stories. I just wanted it to be a bit deeper. What didn’t work for me was how easily all seemed to get resolved and how saccharinely sweet the book was. It was slightly too over the top for me. Jane teared up constantly and Toby overcame some of his issues seemingly quickly and easily. That being said, I think this is a solid good first book in this series. It’s a fast read and I could recommend this to anyone who wants a nice, sweet western romance.
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this book. The opinions here are my own.
Jane Harding returns home to Silverado Lake to help her best friend plan her wedding. She has not been home in years. When she arrives at her moms ranch she does not expect to find Toby Garrett the man she had her first embarrassing kiss with in high school, now working as the handy man on the ranch. She also comes to realize that Toby is the best man in her friends wedding so she will have to work closely with him over the next few weeks. As they work together and plan ideas for the wedding they quickly realize there is still a undeniable connection between them.
Jane has been through a lot with loosing her dad she has a lot of insecurities and shuts her self off afraid of getting hurt. Toby is back home after suffering an injury on the bull riding circuit, he is passing time hoping he heals so he can get back out there. When he sees Jane again something stirs inside him and he wonders if she could give him a reason to stick around. Jane keeps pushing him away and trying to keep her distance but what she does not know is Toby has suffered a loss too and may be able to understand her pain and insecurities more than she thinks.
Will Toby be able to help Jane get over her fears and insecurities, let go of the past and look forward to the future together?
Ms Richardson’s characters always seem to draw me into the story making it hard to put it down.
*** Advanced copy provided in exchange for an honest review. ***
Once again Richardson draws you into the story and plays with your emotions. There is laughter, there are tears, and in the end all turns out the way it is supposed to.
Another book by Sara Richardson that I couldn’t put down. The chemistry and depth of feeling kept my stomach in knots and tears in my eyes. Don’t worry, that’s a good thing.
So many good stories all come down to misunderstandings. Didn’t we learn that from Three’s Company? A pivotal moment in the lives of Jane and Toby happened while they were still in high school. Both viewed the special moment they shared with different eyes and hurried to protect themselves instead of talking to each other. That’s why, years later, Toby thinks Jane dislikes him and Jane thinks Toby is careless and thoughtless. They are both dead wrong.
Toby is a sort of celebrity with his bull riding career, so he’s surely had his share of women and partying. But he’s not one to lead those women on and he’s never thought of settling down. Then he gets injured and goes back home to recuperate. He still isn’t one to thing of the white picket fence and 2.5 kids, but Jane stirs up feelings in him he’s not used to having.
Jane left town as fast as she could after graduation. Always an introvert and quite shy, she never felt she fit in with her peers, or even her town. Jane always felt as though she was a bit “other”. It didn’t help that the mean girls in school latched onto Jane’s insecurities and shyness and taunted her. When Jane’s father dies, she withdraws even more. She’s not a recluse, but she keeps her friends to a limited few who have earned her trust. Those that seem to understand her, or at least not pressure her into being something she’s not.
That Jane and Toby competed academically throughout school and always had to argue and contradict each other growing up should have been the first clue that they actually were masking what the other made them feel. Once those feeling are allowed to bloom when Jane comes back to town at the same time as Toby, they can’t seem to stay away from each other.
While the love between these two seems to move fast, it was a long time coming. Their insecurities keep things between them a bit precarious, but love conquers all…isn’t that the saying?
I’m excited to see where this series will lead and whose story we’ll get to read next.
**I received an ARC of this book courtesy of Net Galley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely**