Haskell, Wyoming has a rich and vibrant history, dating back to the Old West. But with the opening of Paradise Space Flight, an aeronautics company and brain-child of Howard Franklin Haskell IV, the entire town is looking to the future. All except cowgirl, Casey Flint. Daughter of one of the original Paradise Ranch families, Casey is reeling from all of the change in her hometown. Even more so … when project manager Scott Martin moves into town and turns her world upside down.
Scott is more than ready to embrace the quieter pace of life that Haskell represents while helping a new and exciting company to launch…in more ways than one. His life gets even better when he meets and falls hard for local girl, Casey. But Casey proves to be more of a challenge than he anticipated when she seeks to block his efforts to buy land from her father. Scott and Casey rub each other the wrong way, but the sparks they create are irresistible.
But just as the two rivals are tempted to give in to attraction, the infamous Bonneville family causes trouble for both Scott and Casey’s family. When they threaten to buy out Casey’s family’s ranch, everyone’s futures are in jeopardy. Hearts are on the line as the cowgirl and the engineer must work together to preserve the past and protect the future.
The Nerds of Paradise series take place in the modern-day world of Haskell, Wyoming. Want to read about the founding and history of the town? Check out The Brides of Paradise Ranch historical western series!
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This an entertaining read. Amusing, more or less light hearted yet with the conflict provided by the nasty Bonneville family. The family tries to use their political power to twist the town’s laws – supposedly to protect the heritage of the old ranches – so the Bonnevilles can enrich themselves. (Sound familiar?) Nice series.
looking forward to reading more books by Merry Farmer – great writer
Book one in the series gives a nice background to the town and inhabitants of Haskell. I enjoyed reading about Scott and Casey’s journey to love and acceptance. Moving story.
I really enjoyed this book. I liked the way the characters were developed, and the story progressed well.
This is the first book in the Nerds of Paradise series. Nerds of Paradise looks like it’s going to be a quick, fun, and light series. That’s perfectly fine for summer reading, or really, anytime reading. I doubt it will evolve into one of my favorite series, but it does have some entertaining moments.
Casey is too one-dimensional. She’s so bent about her father and brother selling off five acres of a far portion of their ranch that she’s willing to give up the whole darn thing. Sort of the “I’ll cut off my nose to spite my face” syndrome. Her family, like many other ranching families in Haskell, WY, are having difficult times. In order to ensure they’ll be able to operate until beef prices pick up, the five acres is sold for a premium price to one of the new PSF engineers. That engineer, Scott, has had a decade’s long dream of designing/building a totally green house. His building will have minimal impact on the ranch. Over half of the book is spent on Casey trying to get Scott to give up his dream so that the ranch stays intact. It gets tiring. You want to shout at her to get her head out of her backside and realize the predicament they’re in. She, especially, should be able to figure that much out. She does the finances for the ranch, after all. She should also be one of the first to realize the lowest impact on the ranch is selling those five acres out on the back forty. She’s like a spoiled kid who isn’t getting what she wants.
Like I said, this is a very light read that’s entertaining and quick to get through.
Although this book had some interesting moments, I found myself frustrated by the immaturity of the heroine. The conflicting aspects of her personality just didn’t ring true to me, even with the explanation of her mother’s death.
I tried to read this book twice and did not finish both times. The female lead was really frustrating and unbelievable. Maybe someday I’ll try for a third time because I really like the premise of the book.
Like this book very much!
To hard to follow for a quick read.
This is the type of book that’ll leave you in tears of sadness, laughing, or worrying about the characters future, which in my opinion is the best kind.
Couldn’t finish it
Didn”t care for this book – read 4 chapters and deleted it.
I enjoyed this first book in the series, Nerds of Paradise, by Merry Farmer. Taking place in contemporary Haskell, Wyoming, Ms. Farmer paints her setting so well, you want to live there. I liked all of her primary and secondary characters. I did feel, however, that maybe Casey’s opposition to change could have been a little more developed. It is a balancing act, between creating a character who is driven by passion to protect a way of life and one who recognizes an underlying need for change. The story works. It is a HEA, although you want to know what happens next to the secondary characters and the entire town. Nicely done!
Was hard to get interested at first but grew on me
I couldn’t get into this at all. The main characters were not appealing at all.
High Tec nerd meets small town. Witty and humorous. The author did a great job showing how a nerd see the world differently then a person from a small town. But no matter where you come from or how you think love conquers all.
enjoyed, would recommend
Hard to get into the story.
Fun easy read
boring