It’s 1916, and Idaho rancher Cleo Arlington knows everything about horses but nothing about men. So when charged with transforming English aristocrat Sherwood Statham from playboy into cowboy, she’s totally disconcerted. So is Statham, who’s never encountered a woman succeeding in a “man’s world.” Their bumpy trot into romance is frustrating, exhilarating, and ultimately heartwarming.
I am sitting here with a smile and a Hugh sigh at the end of this delightful story!! I also wish I was younger and raised on a farm in the early 1900 and was a horse wrangler like the heroine!
This author just gets better and better if that is possible and the narrator did a fabulous job! Cannot wait to start the next book in this series!!
This is a kind of story has ends with a reader’s craving for sequels. Sometimes those do not meet expectations, but those readers are usually be grateful for the chance to find out.
I typically enjoy this author’s books, but this one I absolutely adored. Cleo is such a fun heroine and Woody is a hero you can’t help but cheer on. A great read!
This book is definitely better than the first. The characters are better, the development is better, and it didn’t grate on my nerves so much.
Cleo is a strong, independent woman, who doesn’t need anyone to take care of her, but she yearns to love and be loved. I liked Cleo quite a bit in the first book and wanted to see how her story panned out. She’s still the same spitfire in this book that I loved in the first. I enjoyed watching her grow a bit and her development is definitely the strongest. I admit I thought she was too quick to judge and pretty rude to Sherwood about the first half of the book, but she improved and didn’t fall back into old ways (like Gwen had a propensity for doing in the first book—and, just for the record, Gwen is much more tolerable in this book than the first).
Lord Sherwood is the fourth son of an English Duke, who has pushed his luck too far and his father sends him to America to straighten him out. I felt like his character was pretty one-dimensional overall. His background wasn’t fleshed out as much and his development felt a little flat. Basically, he was supposed to be a “bad boy” and came to America and got all straightened out within a matter of a couple weeks. Yeah, just a bit superficial.
Still love Griff and Morgan. I find myself not caring about Sherwood’s parents or Daphne and have no interest in reading the third book, which is about Daphne.
This book has a lot more Christian leanings than the first book did. This doesn’t bother me at all—in fact, I enjoy reading about people’s religious beliefs and how it shapes their lives, characters, and decisions. So I quite enjoyed that aspect. It didn’t feel trite or forced to me and I liked Woody’s gradual turning to God.
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Read by: Kathy Garver. I’m sorry, but I still don’t like this reader. I think overall I would have enjoyed this book more if I’d read it than listened to it. I still don’t like her male vocal portrayals and the poor woman absolutely cannot produce a believable British accent. Also, I’m from Idaho. Even us back-woods, rancher type do not sound like we’re from the South. I think she was trying to make Cleo sound “cowboy,” but that does not equal Tennessee. And again, that wasn’t consistent. Sometimes she sounded Southern, other times not. Just a little pet peeve that got me throughout the book.