When Sunshine Patterson loses her Chicago home, job and boyfriend in one day, she needs a backup plan, fast. Luckily her Aunt Cecily has provided her with the perfect combination living and restaurant space to start over. Even though the building is located in small town Chance Creek, Montana, Sunshine is certain it’s only a matter of time before she’s back to take the big city by storm. When she … she arrives in Chance Creek, however, she gets a surprise. Her restaurant space—and apartment—are occupied by a rival to her inheritance: the incredibly sexy, incredibly wrong for her, Cole Linden.
Cole’s been struggling to save his family’s holdings for far too long. The indoor rifle range he inherited from his father barely pays its rent, but it’s all that’s keeping his other concerns—two apartment houses—afloat. If he was smart, he’d walk away from all of it and start over, but if he does, several dozen of Chance Creek’s inhabitants will find themselves without a home. He thought Cecily meant to leave him the range building in her will. Instead she’s set him up in a four-month-long competition with her big-city niece to see who will win the place. A niece whose knockout looks are making it damn hard for him to concentrate on the job at hand.
Sunshine can’t believe she’ll have to open a vegan restaurant in a rifle-range waiting room, and she can’t believe she’ll have to share her apartment with Cole, either. Cole can’t believe his friends are falling over themselves to help Sunshine succeed—and get a date with her.
Now the competition is getting hot, but the sparks flying between them are even hotter. Can Cole and Sunshine find a way they both can win?
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Quite lovely story of coming across one’s love and life!
Like cowboy books
Love Cora Seton’s stories and this series is really good.
Enjoyed the whole series
It’s the beginning book of the Cowboys of Chance Creek series. You are introduced to several of the characters who will be in later books of that series,
This is one of those romantic comedies that should be a train wreck, but it turns adorable! Its a great novella to start the series! Happy Reading!
Sunshine is looking forward to a new beginning after losing just about everything to her ex. The inheritance of a restaurant with an apartment from her Aunt Cecily is a godsend. That is until she finds out there are a few underlying provisions to be met.
Cole wasn’t happy with the provisions either, he had been led to believe that he would inherit this building from Cecily so he would be able to carry on like his father had.
To say the provisions were a bit over the top is an understatement, since not only do they have to share the business space, the small one bedroom apartment and show a profit for their respective businesses. Four months and no more than one night spent away or they lose everything to the other.
Their first night Sunshine has to admit she can’t move his stuff out of the bedroom and would have to stay on the couch. If that wasn’t enough her ex calls her to yell something about keys.
Now a vegan restaurant sharing the space with a firing range isn’t something you see in small town Montana. Sunshine has her work cut out for her and Cole isn’t going to make it easy on her.
I loved the way this relationship grows from animosity, to friendship, to love. That journey is filled with so much emotion on both sides, with others seeking to possibly date Sunshine.
This is so much more than a simmer to sizzle relationship and the resolution of Cecily’s will is such a surprise. I can’t wait to read the next book in this series.
“The Cowboy Inherits a Bride” (nook) was an enjoyable story. The conflict between Sunshine and Cole is a bit funny at first because of their individual goals with the building. I liked how they resolved their differences and, of course, that they fell in love.
There is a minor error in the Epilogue: Rather than reading “But how could Abe know . . . ” it reads “But how could Able know . . . “
Great fun! Loved the story. Didn’t need the steamy bits to make it thoroughly enjoyable.
I was long past due for reading about a cowboy! What a fun story and what an funny Aunt Cecily! Cole and Sunshine were great characters and so were those that frequented the restaurant and range!
Really enjoyed this story. Disappointed that these characters did not show up again until many books into the great series. Found that confusing.
Sunshine and Cole unknowingly inherit the love of a lifetime from Aunt Cecily in this fun to read romance!
Love this book so much have read all the other books waiting for the last 3 books to come out.
I’ve read this series. This series is great. I enjoyed getting to know the characters and meeting new ones and keeping up with everyone. When I start a book in the series I have to keep reading till I’m done. Good characters and story lines.
Enjoyed the whole series, was a great read and page turner. Loved all the characters and the way they flowed together.
An excellent start to a new series. The characters are well developed and fun. Each with a little something extra to offer. The rivalry between Sunshine and Cole while feeling the pull of attraction makes me want to sit back and laugh. Highly entertaining.
Good God it was awful. LA meets Montana and mixes with hipsters. She is a stereotypical vegan, until even that is let go in order to move the story forward. He’s a stereotypical alpha male, Elliott off Leverage but with less depth. There really is no plot or pacing to speak of. Their dream is what every travel writer lauds simple great tasting indigenous dishes. I’d love shrimp ceviche too if I was eating it on a South American beach. His photos were about beauty found in the ordinary–that was interesting.
Inheritance
A great story about how to people who are totally different can come together and be happy. Love is in thee air in Chance Creek.
A cute quick sweet story. I enjoyed the plot and the hero. The heroine was a little bit stuck up but I warmed up to her. They had a cute love/hate enemies to lovers kind of story. There was a few funny moments and a little heat too. Over all a good easy going feel good read!
This a good book. I liked the characters and their storyline.
Sunshine’s grit and determination is impressive considering the circumstances of her moving to Chance Creek, Montana from Chicago. This woman refuses to be defeated.
Cole, however, has his own resolve to maintain his home and livelihood and not allow Sunshine to take it away.
The secondary characters of Chance Creek, Cole’s friends, add the humorous touch to the Sunshine and Cole’s obsure situation.
I enjoyed their story and it sets up the series well with the introductions.