Bull riding is all Gavin’s known for years, but when it’s time to retire, he can’t let go of the reckless lifestyle. He finds a job that brings him to a small-town Texas ranch and face-to-face with the woman who snuck out after their one-night stand.She can pretend she’s over him, but he’s not letting her go that easily.Maize Bishop spends her days cooking and baking for her family’s bed and … for her family’s bed and breakfast. The last thing she has time for is a relationship, especially when there are no single men within a hundred-mile radius. When a mysterious newcomer flirts with her over drinks, she gives in to his mesmerizing green eyes and goes home with him.
Now that he works for her family’s ranch, she’ll avoid him at all costs.
There are only so many places to hide, and keeping her distance is easier said than done. After months of giving her space, Gavin’s tired of waiting for Maize to admit what he knows they both want—a second round between the sheets. It may only take eight seconds to win a championship, but he’ll prove to her that he can go all night long.
She’s too young, he’s too arrogant, and together, they’re electric—the perfect recipe for disaster.
**Wrangling the Cowboy is a complete standalone and can be read without reading any of the other books or series, but if you prefer to read in order, start with Hitching the Cowboy as the characters and families do interconnect.**
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5 He Fights for His Girl Stars!!!
I’m absolutely loving this series and getting all the Bishop grandkids! And I especially loved Maize’s story because she’s just so confident in what she wants and doesn’t want…she wants another experience like she had with Gavin for their one night together, but that’s it…she’s not ready to settle down and she’s not interested in giving her heart to him.
But Gavin did not reach the level in bull riding that he did if he wasn’t single-minded in goals of being the best in the world. He’s now focusing that same attention on getting Maize Bishop to be his and he’s not going to let even her get in the way!!
I loved their push and pull and the chemistry that is ever present each time they see each other. But there’s only so long Maize could hold out!! I especially appreciate that Kennedy Fox matched Maize with an older man because I think that’s what she needs in her life. Someone that’s settled and reached a lot of his goals and can be dedicated to making their life everything they’ve each always dreamed of but now they can do it together!
But Maize, once she realizes Gavin is what she wants, he doesn’t make it easy for her, seeing as how his heart is a little crushed!! I was smiling and snickering to myself when she went after him this time and her love for this man couldn’t be ignored by anyone!
There’s so many things I love about this book from our sassy heroine to her family and relationships with them to Gavin and his alpha-ness in his love for this beautiful girl and while it’s not an easy path for them it’s definitely worth the ride because their love is one for the ages!!!
Oh My! I am so in love with Gavin and Mazie! I love everything about this book! I a really sad that this is the first time I am reading anything from this series, but I will be going to read everything now! Whew! Kennedy Fox knows how to write the perfect book boyfriend! I was swooning over Gavin in the first couple of paragraphs! Mazie is amazing! I love how stubborn she is! The chemistry is off the charts! I could not put this book down and I cannot wait for the rest of this series! FIVE STARS!!
Maize Bishop is the poster child for stubborn and Gavin Fox is for persistent. The love story of these two is just so interesting and an easy read. Gavin is the kind of guy every girl wants chasing after her! If you have read other Bishop family books, you will be pleased to see a lot of family members making appearances. It’s a feel good love story!
Mazie you are one lucky young lady.
Had I been Gavin I would have written you off the first time you played “dumb”
I bet you’re glad he saw past your snark and decided you were worth the extra energy
Props to you Gavin you sexy commanding specimen of male perfection I know it takes patience and a special understanding to break bronc’s but that you carry that same determination and magic touch over into your day to day life…
*sigh* I wanted to keep you but alas your heart belongs to another
These two had me vaulting back and forth at a neck-breaking pace
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to fan their flames of desire or dump them in the nearest water trough!
It all works out in the end, but the gettin’ there is packed with hurdles and humor.
This is easily a standalone but if like me you dropped into the family here you will be wanting to go back to the beginning
Strong family ties, easy to read storyline.
If you love a cowboy romance story than Wrangling the Cowboy is perfect for you! It is an enjoyable, fun story to read. Not only will you fall for Gavin and Maize, but all of the side characters are entertaining and leave you with a sense of what it means to have friends and family who care.
Gavin is a hot ex rodeo rider who just happens to get a job on the same farm that Maize, his one night stands family owns. She is afraid of a relationship but Gavin is doing everything he can to show her that he is different and they could have something special, until he turns the table on her. Now it is Maize’s turn to win his heart.
It is time to head back to the Circle B ranch with one of my favorite families, the Bishops.
Maize Bishop is all grown up and she is the head cook at the B&B and an insanely talented at it. She has been burned in the past when it came to a relationship and has walls up to protect herself. However, one night complaining about love and relationships she meets a handsome stranger, aka Gavin, and has a one-night stand that rocked her world, until a few months later that handsome stranger is now working on the ranch. Gavin is done with the rodeo circuit and looking to settle down and lands in a small Texas down and on the Circle B Ranch.
I love Maize and Gavin. They have some insane chemistry that is just heating up the pages from the very beginning. Then add in the cat and mouse game they play and I was completely hooked, especially when it came to Maize having to chase. Maize is stubborn and frustrating at times. Gavin is sweet, swoony and so lovable from the very beginning. There are so many sweet scenes between them that just make you smile and there are scenes between them that will have you looking for something to fan yourself with. Though, there is a ten-year age gap between Maize and Gavin, it really never seems like that and doesn’t give off the traditional age gap vibes.
Wrangling the Cowboy is a great addition to the Circle B Ranch series! A MUST READ and I can’t wait to head back to the ranch already!
Wrangling the Cowboy is such a sweet book!
But I must say that is the hottest prolouge I’ve ever read…. WOW
I really want my own Gavin, he’s sweet, sexy and confident and knows how to make a woman go crazy! I’ve also never been so hungry when reading a book, oh how I wish I could try Mazies food and cakes! I really enjoyed this book, their relationship is a long time in the making but Mazie and Gavin seem like the perfect match. This book has a little angst and a whole lot of loving and really worth the read!
I’m very excited to read the next book with Elle and Dr Dickhead, it seems like there might be a lot we dont know about them!
The more I read, the more I fall for the Bishop’s. Theirs isn’t a family for the meek, the women are tenacious and independent and the men are strong and no-nonsense. That being said, they’re loyal to the core despite the tiff’s that every family has.
When your heart has been shattered, self-preservation causes a hard outer shell and building walls to act as a fortress around said heart, even years later. But what happens when someone comes along and tries to change all that, puts in the time and effort to break them down? Like a skittish horse, you bolt. By the time you realize just maybe… it could be too late, or can you prove that you’re ready to risk it? Talk is cheap, sometimes you need to step it up. Actions speak louder than words.
I enjoyed the push/pull between Gavin and Maize, the relationship between Maize, her sister and cousins, as well as the one between Gavin and Grayson. There was amusement sprinkled in with the apprehension that kept me pushing forward to see what was next.
Loved this!!!!’ All the feels. All the stars!
What do you do when your one night stand shows up at your family ranch? Act like you don’t know him? Maybe….
I though Gavin & Mazie’s story was awesome!
I loved Gavin’s tenacity!
I loved Mazie’s stubborn!
I love love love them together!
Highly recommend
I love my trips to the Circle B ranch and with the Bishop family. Seriously what more can you want, small town, hot alpha cowboys, some incredible sassy woman, and some steamy scenes that makes things a little (okay a lot) hot.
Wrangling the Cowboys is no exception, this time we have Maize, John and Milan’s daughter and newcomer and retired bull rider Gavin.
Maize will do anything to avoid being with someone who works for her family, until a one night stand with a stranger comes back to bite her when that one night stand turns out to be Gavin, the new horse trainer.
I’m not going to lie Maize is frustrating. From pretending to have never met Gavin, to pushing him away you will spend a lot of time telling her to wise up because let me tell you, Gavin is perfection!!!! I love everything about this cowboy. Fortunately Maize does wake up, but Gavin isn’t going to give in so easily. I love how he makes her work for it.
My absolute favorite from this second gen series. I cannot wait for Elle and Connor.
Mazie is a challenge. She had her heart broken by a cowboy that worked at the ranch so she has sworn off any relationships with men from the ranch. She met Gavin at the bar and had a one-night stand, something she usually never does and the last thing she expects is to see Gavin working at the Ranch. Gavin is captivated by Mazie’s spirit. He is shocked when the woman he hooked up with disappeared on him but seeing her at the Circle B Ranch gives him new hope until she denies knowing him. Gavin is up for the challenge to break through Mazie’s walls. I love the Bishop family and Mazie’s story doesn’t disappoint. She is stubborn and driven, a Bishop through and through. Gavin is fabulous in how he works to build her trust and then getting her to go for what she wants. I voluntarily read an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.
I’m rarely if ever disappointed with a Kennedy Fox book. I’ve now read every book in this Circle B Ranch series and each one has left me with the happiest of happy feelings. I don’t know if it’s the cowboys, the family setting or the glorious writing but every time a KF book from the Bishop’s arrives in my kindle I smile from page 1 ’till the epilogue and this is no different. I remember Maize’s beginning in her parents story (Chasing Him Bishop Brothers #3) so to see her grown up is a treat. She’s stubborn as heck and the push and pull between her and Gavin was everything. I cannot wait to see what happens next in this series and honestly hope I never come to the day I wont visit the Bishops. Thank you to the authors and Wildfire Marketing for the ARC and I volunteered to leave an unbiased review. All opinions herein are my own.
Wrangling the Cowboy is the third title in the Circle B Ranch series, featuring the second generation of Bishop’s to find their happy ever after. Although you can read this title as a standalone, I would recommend reading the previous books in the Circle B Ranch in order, as there are portions of the storyline that overlap. Maize Bishop first appeared in John and Mila’s story in Chasing Him, one of the titles in the Bishop Brothers series, featuring the original generation of Bishops.
Maize is completely headstrong and stubborn. When she sets her mind to something she doesn’t like to give in. She’s a talented chef who runs the kitchen in her family’s bed and breakfast. She was scorned in the past and left vulnerable, which resulted in her one rule that she doesn’t date employees of the ranch.
Gavin Fox is a sweet, sexy, patient, gentleman and former champion bull rider. Gavin is employed by the Circle B ranch to train horses and he’s incredibly hardworking, driven and determined.
The chemistry between this pair is undeniable, and the push and pull between them is constant, but keeps you completely captivated.
I highly recommend this title if you enjoy a small town romance with heat, heart, humor and strong themes of family, friendship and love.
I will be eagerly awaiting the next release in the Circle B Ranch series.
I know that I constantly say that Kennedy Fox never disappoints when they have new books releasing and that is no different this time either. I love their Circle B series and this one definitely had me swooning over Gavin. He was the total package-BULL RIDER (swoon), big hearted, mature, SEXY, and patient. Maize even though I have loved her in other stories, frustrated me the entire time until she finally came to her senses and tried to make it up to Gavin. This book was most definitely a page turner and the chemistry these two have will leave you HOT and fanning yourself for more. Outstanding job on another great book ladies!!!
Another successful Bishop story in the books!!!!!
Kennedy Fox takes us back to the Circle B Ranch for Maize Bishop’s story in Wrangling the Cowboy. Maize is John and Mila’s daughter and has grown up to be mature for her age. She is the head cook at the B&B and has dreams of starting her own catering business. Having been scorned by love in the form of a previous ranch hand she is almost living the life of a nun, which she jokes she will just become. One night she is at the bar visiting her sister and a very handsome stranger strikes up a conversation and after one very sexy game of pool a one night stand is inevitable and completely unlike Maize. Of course she freaks out and leaves without saying goodbye! Little does she know her path is about to cross with him again.
Gavin Fox is ready to settle down. After spending many years on the rodeo circuit as a champion bull rider he is looking forward to be in only one place and lands himself a job at the Circle B Ranch helping with the horse training. He has been struggling with getting the woman from his one night stand out of his mind so imagine his shock when he is at the B&B having breakfast one morning and he sees her, Maize Bishop. While he is ready to move forward with a relationship with her Maize makes it clear she wants nothing to do with him……until she realizes she does.
Gavin and Maize go at it hard in the beginning and then Gavin does whatever he can for another chance with her. Maize’s biggest issue is the doubt in her own head which she really needed to kick to the curb because she is the only one keeping her from falling in love. The game of chase these two play with each other was such a refreshing change from the usual boy meets girl, etc. The fact that Maize, at one point, is the one doing the chasing made this all the more sweeter. Gavin is definitely the perfect match for Maize.
For this being an age gap trope I really had trouble remembering there was an age difference between Maize and Gavin until it was brought up. Kennedy Fox did an excellent job writing it that way. Once again they brought us a loving, funny, and steamy story. Almost all of the Bishop family members make and appearance which always makes the story that much better. I love how they always integrate that huge family in all the books and it also gives a glimpse into which family member has the next book. I look forward to many more Bishop family books and this one, just like previous ones, couldn’t have been written any better than it was. Every time I think Kennedy Fox cannot outdo themselves…..they do!!
********AUDIO REVIEW********
An older man is just what Maize needed!!!
So far Gavin and Maize have been my favorite so I couldn’t wait to listen to this story. I love that Lia puts that touch of southern annunciation in her reading and you honestly just cannot go wrong with Stephen Dexter. I cannot wait for them to bring to life the rest of this series.
Gavin is roughly 10 years older than Maize but just what she needs. She has a hard rule against dating anyone who works on the ranch but Gavin is relentless and will stop at nothing to get her to admit she remembers him from their one night stand and have a real chance with her.
Maize is her own worst enemy and doesn’t realize SHE is the one stopping herself from having Gavin. He finally grows tired of chasing her and tells her that it is her turn to do the chasing and she sets out on a mission to land him once and for all.
While reading this it in no way felt like an age gap to me until the ages are brought up. Gavin and Maize are absolutely perfect for each other and I don’t think a man her age would have ever worked for her. She is “older” for her age and needed a more experienced man to wake her up and realize what she wanted was right in front of her for the last year.
Loved the LOL, cowboy wrangling adventure these 2 take to get the one you need and love. He chases, she runs…she chases, he plays hard to get until they finally come together with such an explosion of love that the ride was all worth it. Loved it!!! I volunteered an honest opinion for this book.
What a page-turner this was ! I’ve always been a fan of Kennedy fox and this didn’t disappoint . Maize and Gavin were two characters that brought funny , romance , laughter , and work.! Their story was so easy to read . Your gonna want to read this !
There isn’t any other fictional family that I love more than the Bishops. Every addition to this series is like a little piece of home right at your fingertips.
Maize and Gavin start with instant chemistry and a bang but since Maize is a Bishop she doesn’t make it that easy to Wrangle her cowboy. I think Maize might actually be the most stubborn Bishop amongst them all. The cat and mouse game built up the tension between them to the point of near natural combustion (I don’t know if I mean they were going to combust or I was). Their banter was engaging and as always the Bishop family members added their own brand of crazy entertainment.
I loved Maize she had a bit of innocence to her with mountains of sass. Gavin wasn’t just a cowboy, he’s the cowboy, his southern charm with the hot cowboy swagger made his swoon levels chart topping.
This was the perfect blend of sweet, witty banter, swoon, feels and steam creating a belt buckle worthy cowboy romance.
Save a horse ride a cowboy – or a former bull rider.
Mazie and Gavin‘s story has been coming for a while now and I‘m very very satisfied with how their story progressed and played out.
We got some glimpses in the previous books so we got to know both characters a little bit already.
Gavin is a retired bull rider. He moved on to the Circle B ranch to train horses. Mazie is the cook in the B&B. They met in a bar before and had a one-night stand.
But after finding out that Gavin works for the family ranch. Mazie suddenly doesn‘t remember him.
I loved how Gavin fought for Mazie from the start, but also didn‘t give in so easily once she realized her feeling.
Mazie is as stubborn as a mule and it‘s so fun to see them both together.
I really enjoyed their story. It was steamy, sweet and a little bit angsty
4.5
Amazing read. I’m going to have to go back and read all the Bishops!!!
Gavin and Maize have an instant chemistry that gets awkward when he’s the new hire on her family’s ranch.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching their relationship progress over time.