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Tempted: An Enemies To Lovers Western Romance
Some lines should never be crossed… but men like this are worth the risk.
When Aubree Weber returns to Grizzly River Ranch in South Dakota heartbroken and pride bruised, the last person she expects to fall for is Jesse Nelson. Her brother’s best friend. Her former protector. The cowboy who kissed her on her eighteenth birthday… then walked away.
Now twenty-seven and reeling from a failed relationship, Aubree can’t ignore the way Jesse watches her across the ranch. He’s no longer the safe, steady boy she once knew. And when she catches him sneaking off with his brothers, stealing cattle for their own operation, she sees just how dangerous he’s become. His threat should scare her. Instead, it lights a fire she thought had died.
With her brother Truett, the only family she has left, injured in a ranch accident, Aubree is forced to rely on Jesse. The man who once pushed her away now looks at her with raw hunger. And when he finally admits he’s tempted, she realizes she’s been playing with fire.
Loyalty runs deep on the ranch, and secrets can destroy everything. If Aubree falls for Jesse, she risks the only family she has left. But some cowboys don’t ask permission—they take what they want.
A scorching enemies-to-lovers ranch romance about forbidden attraction, found family, and the cowboy who’s always wanted the one woman he shouldn’t have. Consequences be damned.
When Aubree Weber returns to Grizzly River Ranch in South Dakota heartbroken and pride bruised, the last person she expects to fall for is Jesse Nelson. Her brother’s best friend. Her former protector. The cowboy who kissed her on her eighteenth birthday… then walked away.
Now twenty-seven and reeling from a failed relationship, Aubree can’t ignore the way Jesse watches her across the ranch. He’s no longer the safe, steady boy she once knew. And when she catches him sneaking off with his brothers, stealing cattle for their own operation, she sees just how dangerous he’s become. His threat should scare her. Instead, it lights a fire she thought had died.
With her brother Truett, the only family she has left, injured in a ranch accident, Aubree is forced to rely on Jesse. The man who once pushed her away now looks at her with raw hunger. And when he finally admits he’s tempted, she realizes she’s been playing with fire.
Loyalty runs deep on the ranch, and secrets can destroy everything. If Aubree falls for Jesse, she risks the only family she has left. But some cowboys don’t ask permission—they take what they want.
A scorching enemies-to-lovers ranch romance about forbidden attraction, found family, and the cowboy who’s always wanted the one woman he shouldn’t have. Consequences be damned.
248 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 23, 2025
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December 30, 2025
Family Loyalty and Devoted Love, Cowboys Skirting Grey Areas Make This Scrumptious!!
I really LOVED this Cowboy Romance!! I was drawn in by living life in the grey area because they’ll lose the ranch if they don’t.
Two families, two ranches, and one chosen family. Their parents were best friends and they were all really close as children, but then both sets of parents went out for the evening and never came home. They were killed in a car accident. The older boys in both families, Truett and Jesse, have been best friends since kindergarten. They do everything they can to save their ranches, working together and busting their butts and barely making ends meet. They know they’ll lose everything that was their parents, and they’ll never be able to afford to take care of their siblings, so they get involved in risky grey areas to save it all. They’re in their thirties now and still struggling to stay afloat.
This book was all-consuming for me, I fell hard for these characters and wanted to see their lives come together. They’re are fighters and don’t give up easy, and you have to admire them for that. But when Truetts sister comes home from Chicago things get even more complicated. Aubree has been through some really awful things in Chicago and needs to come home for a breather. But there’s Jesse, the boy she’s loved forever, grown into a man and the bad feelings between them are actually hurt and they’re going to have to work things out.
An absolutely addictive start to this new series by Briscoe, I am seriously dying for the next book!!
I really LOVED this Cowboy Romance!! I was drawn in by living life in the grey area because they’ll lose the ranch if they don’t.
Two families, two ranches, and one chosen family. Their parents were best friends and they were all really close as children, but then both sets of parents went out for the evening and never came home. They were killed in a car accident. The older boys in both families, Truett and Jesse, have been best friends since kindergarten. They do everything they can to save their ranches, working together and busting their butts and barely making ends meet. They know they’ll lose everything that was their parents, and they’ll never be able to afford to take care of their siblings, so they get involved in risky grey areas to save it all. They’re in their thirties now and still struggling to stay afloat.
This book was all-consuming for me, I fell hard for these characters and wanted to see their lives come together. They’re are fighters and don’t give up easy, and you have to admire them for that. But when Truetts sister comes home from Chicago things get even more complicated. Aubree has been through some really awful things in Chicago and needs to come home for a breather. But there’s Jesse, the boy she’s loved forever, grown into a man and the bad feelings between them are actually hurt and they’re going to have to work things out.
An absolutely addictive start to this new series by Briscoe, I am seriously dying for the next book!!
December 30, 2025
I am a huge fan of Laramie Briscoe and have read all of her books. This is a new twist to her writing and I am here for it!!! Who doesn’t love a good Western Romance!
Aubree has been through a lot…losing her job, her home, and her relationship! She decides it time to leave it behind and head home. What she doesn’t expect is to run into the person that stole her heart all those year ago. Jesse! Her brother’s best friend. Her childhood crush. The one she kissed on her 18th birthday before she turned and left Grizzly River Ranch behind.
The feels she had for him coming rushing back but is she willing to act on them? She knows he is hiding something from her. Once she learns the truth, can she look past it? Can she make a choice between saving the ranch and following her heart? Can the two exist together? Will the ranch survive? Will Aubree and Jesse find a HEA?
5/5 Highly Recommend!
Aubree has been through a lot…losing her job, her home, and her relationship! She decides it time to leave it behind and head home. What she doesn’t expect is to run into the person that stole her heart all those year ago. Jesse! Her brother’s best friend. Her childhood crush. The one she kissed on her 18th birthday before she turned and left Grizzly River Ranch behind.
The feels she had for him coming rushing back but is she willing to act on them? She knows he is hiding something from her. Once she learns the truth, can she look past it? Can she make a choice between saving the ranch and following her heart? Can the two exist together? Will the ranch survive? Will Aubree and Jesse find a HEA?
5/5 Highly Recommend!
Review of advance copy received from Author
Unrequited love still burns.
Aubree and Jesse are intense, passionate, complicated characters.
Jesse needs Aubree like he needs oxygen. Aubree thought she was over Jesse. Aubree returns home after leaving her job in Chicago. She comes home to figure out what to do next. But Jesse is still there, her brother’s best friend helping to run the ranch. Aubree is shocked that Jesse has missed her. She ran after she kissed him and he didn’t respond. Could she have been wrong about his feelings?
But the deputy sheriff is sniffing around when cattle rustling has increased. Is her brother and Jesse stealing and selling cattle to make sure they don’t lose their ranches? If they are, what will Aubree do; leave again?
Aubree and Jesse are intense, passionate, complicated characters.
Jesse needs Aubree like he needs oxygen. Aubree thought she was over Jesse. Aubree returns home after leaving her job in Chicago. She comes home to figure out what to do next. But Jesse is still there, her brother’s best friend helping to run the ranch. Aubree is shocked that Jesse has missed her. She ran after she kissed him and he didn’t respond. Could she have been wrong about his feelings?
But the deputy sheriff is sniffing around when cattle rustling has increased. Is her brother and Jesse stealing and selling cattle to make sure they don’t lose their ranches? If they are, what will Aubree do; leave again?
January 2, 2026
Tempted is an amazing read!!
Tempted by Laramie is an amazing story. Aubree left town after she kissed Jesse when she was 18 and he turned her down. Now she is back and has to see Jesse and doesn’t know what to do. Jesse has waited for Aubree to come back and now that she is back and Jesse and her brother have to keep a big secret from her but will she find out before they are ready for her to know? Will they be able to overcome the dangers that they are in? Go one click this is a different story than what Laramie usually rights but I love it! She writes amazing stories that keep you hooked and this one is no different. Go one click now!!
Tempted by Laramie is an amazing story. Aubree left town after she kissed Jesse when she was 18 and he turned her down. Now she is back and has to see Jesse and doesn’t know what to do. Jesse has waited for Aubree to come back and now that she is back and Jesse and her brother have to keep a big secret from her but will she find out before they are ready for her to know? Will they be able to overcome the dangers that they are in? Go one click this is a different story than what Laramie usually rights but I love it! She writes amazing stories that keep you hooked and this one is no different. Go one click now!!
December 27, 2025
Aubree has always loved Jesse and after they kiss when she’s 18, she leaves to attend college and now years later she’s back home at Grizzly River Ranch. Although it’s awkward with them at first, Aubree and Jesse are now older and wiser and still have crazy chemistry. Jesse is hiding a secret that involves the ranch and Aubree’s brother, Truett that can effect their new romance. I thought this was a good start to a new series. I like how it takes place on a ranch and there’s crime, romance and suspense in this book. I can’t wait to read the next in the series.
Review of advance copy received from Indie Reviewers
4.5/5⭐️
After many years away, Aubree is finally back home. She finally meets Jesse again, seven years after their unforgettable kiss. As they find their way back into each other’s lives, Jesse is also forced to relook how he conducts his “businesses”.
There was a solid romance plot here along with some suspenseful moments which were weaved into the story seamlessly. This was a wonderful introduction to the series and I can’t wait for the next book to be here.
After many years away, Aubree is finally back home. She finally meets Jesse again, seven years after their unforgettable kiss. As they find their way back into each other’s lives, Jesse is also forced to relook how he conducts his “businesses”.
There was a solid romance plot here along with some suspenseful moments which were weaved into the story seamlessly. This was a wonderful introduction to the series and I can’t wait for the next book to be here.
December 23, 2025
What a way to start off this series!! Aubree and Jesse have a past and when she kissed him and he didn’t respond, she fled to Chicago. Now, 7 years later she is back in her hometown and come to find out Jesse has missed her. Even though their chemistry is intense, she isn’t going there again because he is her brother‘s best friend. Will they cross the line? I can’t wait for the next book in the series!!
December 31, 2025
A fairly simple and straightforward story but with some charm. Aubrey's return home is under circumstances she would rather get over. But coming back to Jesse and rediscovering her desires and her passion for the older man was only the beginning. A secret kept could destroy the tentative relationship and tear asunder the life she finds on the family ranch.
January 7, 2026
Jesse is Aubree's brother's best friend...and the man she kissed and ran from. Now she's back with a broken heart and Jesse and Truett are in a dangerous situation. Lots of other romances bubbling away with other characters. Nice set up for the next book as well with ongoing danger for all the Nelson brothers.
I received a copy of this book from the author for an honest review.
I received a copy of this book from the author for an honest review.
hard-dnf-s
January 15, 2026DNFd on January 14th, 2026, at 27 pages in (10%).
I got really tired of hearing the FMC be berated for leaving when she was 18, after her parents were killed. She was called spoiled for it. She hated herself for it. And the gist of what I got, her life crash and burned where she ran away to and she came back licking her wounds - but like, it was annoying.
I got really tired of hearing the FMC be berated for leaving when she was 18, after her parents were killed. She was called spoiled for it. She hated herself for it. And the gist of what I got, her life crash and burned where she ran away to and she came back licking her wounds - but like, it was annoying.
January 16, 2026
Tempted
This was a romance with a lot of cattle rustling going on in the background.
A sheriffs deputy determined to solve the mystery of missing cattle.
All of a sudden near the end the story we switch from two couples deciding to be together but nothing else solved, to a whole new situation!
Maybe book 2?
This was a romance with a lot of cattle rustling going on in the background.
A sheriffs deputy determined to solve the mystery of missing cattle.
All of a sudden near the end the story we switch from two couples deciding to be together but nothing else solved, to a whole new situation!
Maybe book 2?
December 31, 2025
DNF halfway through book.
January 1, 2026
First book of the New Year
I am a fan of Laramie Briscoe and have been waiting to read this one. I don’t often read Western influenced books, but this one was good.
I am a fan of Laramie Briscoe and have been waiting to read this one. I don’t often read Western influenced books, but this one was good.
January 21, 2026
I really wanted to like this book but it fell flat. It seemed like it was all over the place and the timelines didn’t always line up. I won’t be reading the next one.
January 6, 2026
What a great start to a new series. I loved Jesse and Aubree and their dynamic. The two have been in love with each other for years but neither wanted to admit it. With Aubree back in Grizzley Peak, they both realize love is better than avoidance. I am excited for more in this series. An enjoyable read with the right amount to drama and spice.
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