She’ll risk everything to bring her cowboy back home… One week ago, Cyrus Cahill told Ashley Jo “AJ” Somerfield that he’d be back in her arms by the weekend. He just needed to buy a bull for his ranch, and then they’d pick up where they left off after that romantic ride through the foothills. But now he’s gone missing and everyone–even the sheriff–believes he’s dead. Everyone…but AJ. She … Everyone…but AJ. She suspects foul play and she won’t rest until Cyrus is back home in Gilt Edge, right where he belongs. Because Cyrus isn’t the kind of cowboy who breaks a promise. And since she’s not the kind of woman who gives up on her man, AJ will risk anything to help bring him home…even her own life.
Don’t miss this suspenseful conclusion of The Montana Cahills series from New York Times bestselling author B.J. Daniels.
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Shy Montana Cowboy Finds Himself Shanghaied!
Cyrus Cahill went to Denver to bring a bull home to the Montana Cahill ranch. Next thing the family and his girlfriend A.J. knew, they’d received a call from the Caribbean that he’d fallen overboard from a cruise ship shortly after his onboard wedding. But what this black widow hadn’t counted on was a family of suspicious Montana cowboys and a girlfriend willing to turn over every rock in the Caribbean to find Cyrus, just knowing there was no way that Cowboy of hers would have drowned. The characters are well-developed. The Cahills and their friends feel like old neighbors themselves. The “bad guys” throw interesting surprises for the reader. This novel is a stay up all night “you’ve got to read!” Enjoy!
I thought I knew what to expect from this seventh and final book in B.J. Daniels’ Montana Cahills series, but there was no way I could possibly have expected this novel, which was completely different than any other book in this series, and I was awake for hours last night trying to figure out what to say about it that wouldn’t give away too much of the surprises and suspense that await you in this novel, which gets 4-1/2 stars from this reader.
Wrangler’s Rescue is the story of Cyrus Cahill, and AJ, who has loved him from afar, and, when he asks her to join him for a horseback ride, she comes within a hairs’ breath of getting her first kiss from him, until his horse jostle’s him and they nearly fall off the ridge they’re standing on, and that’s about as much romance as you’re going to get for some time. When they return to the ranch, Cyrus is tasked with going to Denver to pay for a new bull that the Cahill’s are buying and he promises to be back home on Saturday to enjoy Billie Dee’s special Texas style chicken and dumplings, his favorite, but Cyrus isn’t back on Saturday, and soon, his brother, Sheriff Flint Cahill, gets a phone call from the police commissioner on St. Augusta, an island in the Caribbean, and he’s calling to tell Flint that Cyrus is missing and presumed dead after falling overboard on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, and then sends evidence–a photo of Cyrus in a tuxedo, with his arm around a beautiful blonde woman, at what appears to be their shipboard wedding. How he ended up on a cruise ship when he was supposed to be in Denver is a mystery to all who love him, and totally out of character for Cyrus.
When Flint gives the sad news to the rest of the family, and AJ, no one can believe it, and that’s especially true of AJ. How Cyrus could have gone from almost kissing her, to going to Denver, to getting on a cruise ship, which couldn’t possibly have been in Denver, to marrying a total stranger, only to fall overboard on his wedding night and drown, is something so far-fetched that AJ simply cannot accept it. Cyrus does look either drunk or drugged in the wedding photo, and everyone knows that Cyrus isn’t a drinker, and he certainly doesn’t do drugs, and AJ has a gut-feeling that Cyrus is still alive, that something is very wrong with the story they’ve been told, and she decides to head for Denver, try to pick up his trail, and then heads to the Caribbean to try to find him, hopefully alive.
Unlike the other novels in this series, most of this novel doesn’t take place in Gilt Edge, Montana, or on the Cahill ranch there. Most of this incredibly suspenseful novel takes place in the Caribbean, as AJ pursues the truth of what happened to Cyrus. While back in Gilt Edge, Juliette, the blonde in the wedding photo, who claims to have married Cyrus after they fell in love at first sight in a Denver hotel bar, and suddenly decided to take a cruise, got married by the captain aboard the ship, and she’s now there there to collect her inheritance, the 1.5 million dollars that is what Cyrus’ share of the Cahill ranch is worth. To say that something is very wrong in Gilt Edge, Montana is putting it mildly.
What follows is one wild ride as AJ begins her search among the islands for the man she loves, while back in Gilt Edge, Juliette, rather than searching for her husband’s body or his remains, can’t seem to get her hands on his death certificate quickly enough, both to prove her outlandish story and so that she can get her hands on a piece of the Cahill ranch, and there are are enough plot twists and complications along the way both in Gilt Edge and in the Caribbean, that it was almost impossible not to skim ahead to see what happens, but I did resist the temptation, because this novel was such a thrill ride that I didn’t want to miss a minute of this complex and utterly entertaining romantic suspense novel.
I will warn you that this novel is rather light on the romance and heavy on the suspense, and the lack of romance is the reason I gave it 4.5 stars rather than 5, but it all made for one heck of an exciting read from beginning to the HEA ending, and what a way to end a series! If you’ve not read all the previous novels in this series, I wouldn’t worry overmuch. Wrangler’s Rescue works just fine as a standalone, although you’ll lose some of the inter-connections between the characters who’ve all been featured in the previous novels, but don’t miss this one–it’s that good.
I voluntarily read an advance reader copy of this novel. The opinions expressed are my own.
Oh, those Cahills, they are always stepping in something, they certainly seem to liven up their small rural community. This time the entire family is forced to deal with a ripping good mystery when informed by the authorities that the painfully shy and quiet Cyrus was suddenly married, missing, and presumed dead while nearly halfway across the globe. Wow, and all in one weekend. Cyrus had unwittingly tangled with a seductive sociopath/black widow. Juliette went through husbands like I go through wine. This treacherous beauty had quite the scheme and was a tenacious villain. The intriguing storylines were active, eventful, and well-crafted while the writing was engaging, occasionally steamy, and hard to put down. Ms. Daniels has been a recent discovery for me but I relish her lovably quirky yet flawed characters and clever yet easy to follow and witty tales.
Once again I turned to this author for some big time reading pleasure. When I want some good to honest intrigue with characters that will leap off the pages I know that will come from this author. Also it was a plus since I had read the ones before this. So I think to it could be safe to say I had to make another trip to Montana to see what was next. The one in this has not been that loud so when Cyrus is the center with AJ curiosity was a big factor right from the beginning. The mysteries she gives us is like a big puzzle that you must put together with looking for the pieces is only half the fun. The drama that unwinds is also pulling you forward with you wanting to wipe the “bad guys” out as soon as you can. I knew that a cowboy would have a good chance of surviving this dilemma but easy is not in the cards. Captivated right from the start I am like glue until I’s have been dotted and T’s crossed. Superb again with a adventure that took me away.
This story line was totally unexpected! I don’t want to give away the plot because of spoilers but let me just say, it’s so different than the authors other books that you will be totally intrigued, as I was! A lot of the book doesn’t happen in Montana, some of the book happens without the hero, Cyrus, all of the Cahills are in it, which I loved! and there are so many twists and turns, I couldn’t put the book down until I finished it! It’s a fantastic conclusion to the Montana Cahills series. This book reminds me why B.J. Daniels is one of my favorite authors. You just never know what she will come up with! I loved the different story and a different type of hero. It mixes things up! The heroine, A.J. Somerfield was also great. I enjoyed her back story and her character. Even if you haven’t read all the other books, I still think you would like this one but do yourself a favor and read all the books! I would definitely recommend this book!
I received this book from the publisher but wasn’t required to leave a review. These opinions are my own
A phone call was put through to his office. Sheriff Flint Cahill was shocked to hear the West Indies accent of the police commissioner on the Caribbean island of St. Augusta. Even more shocking and devastating was the reason for this call. According to the police commissioner Flint’s brother Cyrus Cahill is missing and feared to have gone overboard while on a Caribbean cruise with his newlywed wife. Flint’s thoughts are all over the place. This guy has to be talking about some other Cyrus Cahill. His brother is in Denver, Colorado buying a bull for the family ranch. But the photo of Cyrus and a strange woman emailed to him proved indeed his brother had been on that ship. When Flint gathered the family and close friends Billie Dee and Ashley Jo “AJ” Somerfield to deliver the tragic news everyone was distraught and overwhelmed except for AJ. She spoke right up and declared that she didn’t believe Cyrus was dead. She could feel that he was alive. Only a woman in love could feel so strongly. AJ was in love with Cyrus and planned to go to the islands and find him. Is Cyrus alive? Will AJ find him? What really happened on that cruise ship? Wouldn’t you like to know? I kept turning the pages of this book to find the answers.
B.J. Daniels is a master writer of suspense and romance. She manages to keep readers guessing until the very end in her stories. Wrangler’s Rescue has lots of twists and turns, action and suspense. Her characters are realistic and will have readers cheering on the good guys and booing the bad guys. Anyone who enjoys reading great romance with lots of action and suspense will love this book. I know I did.