Can the brother left behind and a woman without hope work together for the good of two precious children?Nick Stafford stayed in central Washington, working his family’s large ranch after his brothers left to pursue other passions—but his toughest job is being a single dad. As a child he watched his father fail at marriage and parenting, so Nick was determined to show him up. He’d be a better … He’d be a better husband, father, and ranch manager than Sam Stafford ever was. Despite that commitment, three years after Nick’s wife left him, he has a daughter in trouble at school and both of his girls are facing issues that force him to rethink his stubborn plans.
For Dr. Elsa Andreas, life fell apart when tragedy caused her to abandon her family therapy practice and retreat to the backwoods of Gray’s Glen. Her school principal sister believes Elsa can guide the Stafford girls and that working with kids will draw Elsa out of her protective bubble.
Summer on the Double S teems with life and adventure. Amid the bounty of God and land, will Nick and Elsa find the courage to build futures based on faith rather than fear?
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I’ve been so eagerly awaiting this book by Ruth Logan Herne—and it’s even better than I’d hoped. An overprotective cowboy daddy and the therapist masquerading as a woodland fairy princess called on to help his daughters… What could possibly go wrong? Just everything. The whole delightful story is full of fun twists and poignant turns. Home on the Range is a great new installment in the Double S Ranch series.
Home on the Range showcases Ruth Logan Herne’s ability to write wounded, damaged characters grasping for grace with both hands. My heart ached for Nick’s loss, Elsa’s guilt, and little Cheyenne’s desperate need. As always, Herne’s story is sprinkled with hope and gives the reader glimpses of the One who came to save. A satisfyingly happy ending left me sighing with contentment.
In Home on the Range, the finely crafted second story in the Double S Ranch trilogy, Nick is caught in a downward spiral of repeating his father’s mistakes and no amount of cowboy gumption is going to fix things. But Elsa, a family therapist who sought refuge in Gray’s Glen to escape her own tragic past, defies her fears and conventional wisdom to connect with Nick and his daughters, bringing a soothing balm to this hurting cowboy’s wounds. Ruth Logan Herne explores the darkest recesses of her characters’ souls and bring light into the shadows, giving hope to the lost and healing to the broken. This latest story is no exception and one of her finest!
couldn’t put the book down.
Great book
Ruth Logon Herne at her finest! She captures each complex character and each equally complex situation with tremendous clarity that the reader can understand. Faith is the ingredient that eventually calms the storm. A true page-turner with fast-paced situations that transports the reader to the Double SS Ranch.
If you’ve been following each of the books you know that the brutish builder of the sprawling ranch is ill, awaiting a transplant. All three sons have come home to be with Sam and to work the ranch. Brother Nick is the middle son. He is a single parent of two daughters, ages six and eight. Their baggage is great, mostly resulting from his ex-wife, and the girls’ mother having run off with another man three years before with no later contact. In walks Elsa, a child psychologist with a big secret, a tragic crime that rocked her world, from which she silently suffers. The older daughter’s belligerence causes a scary accident and she’s failing school. A romantic interest begins,…just before the run-away mother re-enters throwing a wrench in everyone’s life. Got the picture? And that’s only four of the troubled characters…! Don’t miss this book!!!
Well written. a lot of interesting child psychology, happily ever after
Loved the characters’ as described. They seemed believable– like real people.
A child in crisis, a hunky but clueless single father, and a reclusive therapist with a big secret… Intrigued? I sure was. Home on the Range is a fabulous story of hope, faith, and real-life family drama. Filled with heart-tugging emotion, delightfully sassy bantering, and a cowboy to die for—what’s not to love? I loved it so much I quickly ordered the first book in the series. Well done, Ruth Logan Herne!
Home on the Range was a nice change for me to read. It had little romance. It did it through family then set it all on romance like normal romance books. Ruth Logan Herne doe a wonderfully good job with her book.
This book is based on a single father raising his two daughters. Will he better than his father Sam Stafford. Nick wants to outdo his father and learn it hard to do. Being there for his girls is more important than it is being a ranch hand or owner.
Nick got to deal with this oldest daughter anger and to do that he goes to start therapy to help his daughter. He learns a lesson as well as help out a woman named Elsa as well. There seems to be secrets and twist and turns that ever page turned from binging to end. There seems to be forgiven and courage throughout the book. Will they get what needed or will it all fall apart?
Book 2 in Author Ruth Logan Herne’s Double S Ranch Series, this can be read as a stand-alone. I haven’t read Book 1, but was able to follow the story line. It did refer to some happenings in Book 1 but it was fairly easy to figure out what had happened.
Believable characters who draw you in, this story confronts both the good and bad of life. The author does a great job of handling what is really PTSD in one individual, explores the dangers of substance abuse, and shows the healing possible after divorce when God is allowed to work.
Summer is a busy time on a ranch and children and baby animals abound to help make this an enjoyable read. I loved the different personalities in this story and am looking forward to reading Book 3.
I received a complimentary copy of this book but was not required to leave a review.