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Giddy Up, Gorgeous
Lights, Camera... YeehawHollywood starlet Sadie Clark has it all—beauty, talent, and a phone that never stops ringing. That is, until her cowboy-actor boyfriend dumps her in a viral social media post, and her red-hot career goes ice-cold overnight.
Now, the only job she’s offered is a low-budget film on a Wyoming dude ranch. It’s not what she planned—but she’s surprised by how much she loves it… and by the real cowboy who’s impossible to ignore.
Somewhere between heartache and “yeehaw,” she discovers her worth doesn’t come from headlines, and that God’s script is always better than her own.
A Clean, No-Spice Christian Romcom!
Now, the only job she’s offered is a low-budget film on a Wyoming dude ranch. It’s not what she planned—but she’s surprised by how much she loves it… and by the real cowboy who’s impossible to ignore.
Somewhere between heartache and “yeehaw,” she discovers her worth doesn’t come from headlines, and that God’s script is always better than her own.
A Clean, No-Spice Christian Romcom!
299 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 7, 2026
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May 17, 2026
✨“𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮,” 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, “𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.” -𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐡 𝟐𝟗:𝟏𝟏✨
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This book was amazing!! All her books are literally SO good!! I loved Rhett and Sadie so much!! She has the best names for her characters they are so unique and pretty!! This book is so funny and Molly is hilarious and I was laughing at what she was saying like constantly!!🤣 Pat was literally so sweet and she definitely wanted them to like each other so bad!! She reminded me of Mrs. Bennet a little😆
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𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔:
💗 Insta Love
🎥 Actress FMC
🤠 Cowboy MMC
⭐️ Dual POV
🦝 Fish Out of Water
🎬 Small Town
𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔:
⚠️- Spice level: Non descriptive kisses
⚠️- No swearing
I definitely recommend this book!! It was sooo good!!🎬💖⭐️🎥
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This book was amazing!! All her books are literally SO good!! I loved Rhett and Sadie so much!! She has the best names for her characters they are so unique and pretty!! This book is so funny and Molly is hilarious and I was laughing at what she was saying like constantly!!🤣 Pat was literally so sweet and she definitely wanted them to like each other so bad!! She reminded me of Mrs. Bennet a little😆
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𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔:
💗 Insta Love
🎥 Actress FMC
🤠 Cowboy MMC
⭐️ Dual POV
🦝 Fish Out of Water
🎬 Small Town
𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔:
⚠️- Spice level: Non descriptive kisses
⚠️- No swearing
I definitely recommend this book!! It was sooo good!!🎬💖⭐️🎥
May 18, 2026
This was my 3rd book by Cassandra Joelle, and was by far my favorite so far. I didn't love her last release (mainly because of the FMC), but this one was SO good! I loved the characters, the plot, the setting, and the faith in this story. This will be a hard story to beat!
Sadie (such a cute name!) is a new-to-Hollywood starlet with a hot actor boyfriend and budding career. That is, until her cowboy obsessed boyfriend tries to push her purity boundaries and then spreads lies that ruin her career. Left with no job prospects she heads home, only to have an indie Christian film company offer her a role filming in Wyoming on a ranch. Sadie eagerly accepts, and it's love at first sight when she steps foot on the ranch, and love at first sight when she first lays eyes on Rhett, the ranch owners' son. She tries to avoid her attraction to Rhett, because the last thing she needs is another romantic entanglement causing a scandal. But Rhett is a REAL cowboy– entirely too masculine and genuine compared to her sad excuse of an ex-boyfriend. While Rhett teaches Sadie how to ride horseback for her movie role, she teaches him to open his heart to love and take a risk when it's easier to stay safe. As the movie wraps, Sadie has to decide between a future in film or a life in Wyoming with Rhett.
The characters in this story were superb. I loved Sadie and Rhett and their romance. I loved Pat, Rhett's mom, and her warm-hearted meddling. Sadie's phone conversations with her best friend, Molly, were so sweet, and even Sadie's agent Janie had her back. Tommy, Sadie's actor boyfriend at the beginning of the book, was such a great example of someone claiming they are a Christian, while bearing zero fruit that show they actually follow Christ. He was entirely unlikable, and I loved that Sadie ditched him early on as soon as his true colors started to show. I also really liked that Sadie saw the dark side of Hollywood in general, and instead of chasing fame, she chose to use her talent in a God-honoring way. The ending to the story was so sweet and wholesome, and I really enjoyed it!
As usual, the story had moderate to strong faith content, and it was genuinely central to Sadie's thought life and actions. Rhett also had a strong relationship with God, and was willing to sacrifice his desires to honor Sadie's calling. Sadie demonstrated what it looks like to go through hardship with grace, and not to lower yourself to retaliation and resentment, but to instead pray for those who hurt you. It was entirely convicting to a personal situation currently going on in my life, and God used this story to reaffirm what He asked me to do (or not do) in response to the situation. A mark of a great book is that it has applications and takeaways for our own lives, and this book did that.
What I enjoyed:
🦝 Cowboy/ranch characters & setting
🦝 Themes of Hollywood shallowness
🦝 A kind, humble FMC
🦝 Strong, masculine, protective MMC
🦝 Pat & her cooking
🦝 Horseback riding training
🦝 Pink sweater wearing raccoons
⚠️ Content Warnings:
- Ruined reputation/defamation
- Mentions of past alcohol use
My Rating: 4.5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫
Writing: 4.5
Story & Characters: 5
Faith & Content: 4
Enjoyability: 4.5
If you are new to Cassandra Joelle books, I highly recommend this one as a great place to start. All of her books are adorable and faith-filled, but this one really checked of all of the boxes for what I love in a Christian rom-com!
Sadie (such a cute name!) is a new-to-Hollywood starlet with a hot actor boyfriend and budding career. That is, until her cowboy obsessed boyfriend tries to push her purity boundaries and then spreads lies that ruin her career. Left with no job prospects she heads home, only to have an indie Christian film company offer her a role filming in Wyoming on a ranch. Sadie eagerly accepts, and it's love at first sight when she steps foot on the ranch, and love at first sight when she first lays eyes on Rhett, the ranch owners' son. She tries to avoid her attraction to Rhett, because the last thing she needs is another romantic entanglement causing a scandal. But Rhett is a REAL cowboy– entirely too masculine and genuine compared to her sad excuse of an ex-boyfriend. While Rhett teaches Sadie how to ride horseback for her movie role, she teaches him to open his heart to love and take a risk when it's easier to stay safe. As the movie wraps, Sadie has to decide between a future in film or a life in Wyoming with Rhett.
The characters in this story were superb. I loved Sadie and Rhett and their romance. I loved Pat, Rhett's mom, and her warm-hearted meddling. Sadie's phone conversations with her best friend, Molly, were so sweet, and even Sadie's agent Janie had her back. Tommy, Sadie's actor boyfriend at the beginning of the book, was such a great example of someone claiming they are a Christian, while bearing zero fruit that show they actually follow Christ. He was entirely unlikable, and I loved that Sadie ditched him early on as soon as his true colors started to show. I also really liked that Sadie saw the dark side of Hollywood in general, and instead of chasing fame, she chose to use her talent in a God-honoring way. The ending to the story was so sweet and wholesome, and I really enjoyed it!
As usual, the story had moderate to strong faith content, and it was genuinely central to Sadie's thought life and actions. Rhett also had a strong relationship with God, and was willing to sacrifice his desires to honor Sadie's calling. Sadie demonstrated what it looks like to go through hardship with grace, and not to lower yourself to retaliation and resentment, but to instead pray for those who hurt you. It was entirely convicting to a personal situation currently going on in my life, and God used this story to reaffirm what He asked me to do (or not do) in response to the situation. A mark of a great book is that it has applications and takeaways for our own lives, and this book did that.
What I enjoyed:
🦝 Cowboy/ranch characters & setting
🦝 Themes of Hollywood shallowness
🦝 A kind, humble FMC
🦝 Strong, masculine, protective MMC
🦝 Pat & her cooking
🦝 Horseback riding training
🦝 Pink sweater wearing raccoons
⚠️ Content Warnings:
- Ruined reputation/defamation
- Mentions of past alcohol use
My Rating: 4.5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫
Writing: 4.5
Story & Characters: 5
Faith & Content: 4
Enjoyability: 4.5
If you are new to Cassandra Joelle books, I highly recommend this one as a great place to start. All of her books are adorable and faith-filled, but this one really checked of all of the boxes for what I love in a Christian rom-com!
May 1, 2026
Such a cute, quick read full of Jesus, banter, & cowboys 👏🏻
I absolutely loved the Molly & Sadie text threads & phone calls. Molly was so funny.
Insta-love is one of my least fav things, but this was still super cute!
📖: 1st person, dual POV
🤬: no foul language
🌶️: kisses only
⚠️: defamation of character, talk of past alcohol use (nothing drawn out or anything, just mentioning here)
Huge thank you to Cassandra for allowing me to be an early reader 🫶🏼
I absolutely loved the Molly & Sadie text threads & phone calls. Molly was so funny.
Insta-love is one of my least fav things, but this was still super cute!
📖: 1st person, dual POV
🤬: no foul language
🌶️: kisses only
⚠️: defamation of character, talk of past alcohol use (nothing drawn out or anything, just mentioning here)
Huge thank you to Cassandra for allowing me to be an early reader 🫶🏼
Did Not Finish
June 15, 2026DNF at 30%
"I was drawn to him like a fly on a horse's rear end."
I didn't say it. She insulted herself.
Man, it's the same trope as in Howdy, handsome: I am attracted to him/her, I don't know why, and I have these dirty thoughts kind of trope 😩.
I knew it was going there, but I wanted to give it a chance. It let me down once more. It seems that A New Leash on Life and Fetching Love were an exception to what Mrs. Joelle usually writes.
"I was drawn to him like a fly on a horse's rear end."
I didn't say it. She insulted herself.
Man, it's the same trope as in Howdy, handsome: I am attracted to him/her, I don't know why, and I have these dirty thoughts kind of trope 😩.
I knew it was going there, but I wanted to give it a chance. It let me down once more. It seems that A New Leash on Life and Fetching Love were an exception to what Mrs. Joelle usually writes.
May 21, 2026
I feel like this sounds cringe but her writing is actually really good
May 28, 2026
Book Review: Physical TBR
Giddy Up Gorgeous by @cassandrajoelle
This book was fantastic! Light yet deep, funny yet also reflective. So many good quotes!
I've read every single one of Cassandra's books and this one might just be a new fav. Heartwarming would be my overall description.
Rhett was such a solid fella and so sincere, Sadie's faith was phenomenal loved that portrayal even amidst the doubts and sabotage, her faith stayed firm. 🩷
Giddy Up Gorgeous by @cassandrajoelle
This book was fantastic! Light yet deep, funny yet also reflective. So many good quotes!
I've read every single one of Cassandra's books and this one might just be a new fav. Heartwarming would be my overall description.
Rhett was such a solid fella and so sincere, Sadie's faith was phenomenal loved that portrayal even amidst the doubts and sabotage, her faith stayed firm. 🩷
May 22, 2026
Absolutely. Amazing.🙌🏼
Definitely a new favorite by Cassandra, and you guys know how much I love all of her books. This one could even rival Howdy, Handsome. Although…hmm, I don’t know, because that one still might hold the top spot.🤭
Everything about this story just worked so well. The faith themes were woven in beautifully, the characters were SO lovable and genuine, and the setting absolutely stole my heart. I could literally read about Wyoming forever and never get tired of it.🫠❤️
Rhett? Goodness. Absolutely swoony. (I mean, not only is this man a cowboy, but he also plays guitar and sings. You guys have no idea how devastated I was that I couldn’t actually hear him doing that.🤪🤧🤣)
But anyways! I loved Sadie as well, and I really appreciated the way her story and struggles were handled throughout the book. Everything was just really well done.❤️
It must also be noted that I absolutely LOVED the side characters as well.🫶🏼🙌🏼
This is one of those books that is honestly hard to review because all I want to say is: it was SO good! I enjoyed every moment of it and would absolutely recommend it.🫶🏼
And as always, it has become tradition for me to read every Cassandra book with my friend Keren, so getting to buddy read this one with her was awesome.❤️
Definitely a new favorite by Cassandra, and you guys know how much I love all of her books. This one could even rival Howdy, Handsome. Although…hmm, I don’t know, because that one still might hold the top spot.🤭
Everything about this story just worked so well. The faith themes were woven in beautifully, the characters were SO lovable and genuine, and the setting absolutely stole my heart. I could literally read about Wyoming forever and never get tired of it.🫠❤️
Rhett? Goodness. Absolutely swoony. (I mean, not only is this man a cowboy, but he also plays guitar and sings. You guys have no idea how devastated I was that I couldn’t actually hear him doing that.🤪🤧🤣)
But anyways! I loved Sadie as well, and I really appreciated the way her story and struggles were handled throughout the book. Everything was just really well done.❤️
It must also be noted that I absolutely LOVED the side characters as well.🫶🏼🙌🏼
This is one of those books that is honestly hard to review because all I want to say is: it was SO good! I enjoyed every moment of it and would absolutely recommend it.🫶🏼
And as always, it has become tradition for me to read every Cassandra book with my friend Keren, so getting to buddy read this one with her was awesome.❤️
May 8, 2026
Absolutely loved it!!!!
I love how Christian values are throughout the story! The Characters were perfectly written and executed! I will always read a Cassandra Joelle novel. This one such a beautiful love story that feels like real life.
Thank you for continuing to have standards to write clean romance that even I would let daughter read some day. Thank you also for allowing me the opportunity to be an ARC on this book!!💕✝️
I love how Christian values are throughout the story! The Characters were perfectly written and executed! I will always read a Cassandra Joelle novel. This one such a beautiful love story that feels like real life.
Thank you for continuing to have standards to write clean romance that even I would let daughter read some day. Thank you also for allowing me the opportunity to be an ARC on this book!!💕✝️
May 16, 2026
Always 5 stars!
I love how the author addresses realistic temptations from the world and instead of letting her characters succumb to those temptations, she has them be realistic but stand strong and glorify God.
Also, the scenery in this book was written so well I felt like I could hear the river, smell the fresh air, and see the sunrise.
I love how the author addresses realistic temptations from the world and instead of letting her characters succumb to those temptations, she has them be realistic but stand strong and glorify God.
Also, the scenery in this book was written so well I felt like I could hear the river, smell the fresh air, and see the sunrise.
June 13, 2026
What an absolutely beautiful book. Cassandra truly enveloped romance in a way that felt cute and meaningful, while keeping it closed door, and full of the Lord. Honestly, this book inspired me to pray about every decision I make and to look to the Lord in the mundane, and in the big moments. This was such an exceptional read for me.
June 26, 2026
Such a cute book about loving yourself and not letting the opinions of others affect you. I LOVED Sadie’s best friend Molly, and all their conversations. Rhett and Sadie had the absolute cutest interactions and moments together. Watching their growth journeys was so good. Christian themes and no-spice! 🫶🏻
Review of advance copy received from Author
I always love Cassandra’s book and this one was no different! I love how God is always the center of the relationship in her books. Rhett and Sadie were so sweet, I loved how they grew in their own lives and also into their relationship.
May 20, 2026
I loved this book so much! It was so cute and relatable, I was able to connect to the characters and understand how they feel in certain moments. And… OMG the ending was AMAZING! Get a copy right now!
May 7, 2026
Yet again another wonderfully wholesome romance 💕 Cassandra Joelle will forever be an author I will automatically buy/read without hesitation!
May 8, 2026
Oh I absolutely adored this book
May 10, 2026
One of my favorites from this author! Loved the setting and the characters.
July 30, 2026
Cute and fun! I had a good time reading it!
July 28, 2026
this book was super cute, a really great cowboy read, clean and Christian.
it was a good pallet cleanser especially since it is on the shorter side.
it was a good pallet cleanser especially since it is on the shorter side.
May 22, 2026
Giddy Up Gorgeous
I am really loving how Cassandra Joelle’s writing is developing. Each time I read one of her books, I think she can’t top it, and then she does. The characters are real, entertaining, Christian people that I want to learn more about. It is such a joy to spend my time reading her stories. In this book the FMC is an actress in Hollywood and the MMC is a small town cowboy. Also, pet raccoons…now you have to read it 😂. 5⭐️
I am really loving how Cassandra Joelle’s writing is developing. Each time I read one of her books, I think she can’t top it, and then she does. The characters are real, entertaining, Christian people that I want to learn more about. It is such a joy to spend my time reading her stories. In this book the FMC is an actress in Hollywood and the MMC is a small town cowboy. Also, pet raccoons…now you have to read it 😂. 5⭐️
June 8, 2026
My favorite book by this author so far. Sadie is a young and promising actress…AND has firm values on her faith and what that looks like for her future in the industry. After being humiliated and hurt by Hollywood’s up and coming Actor she decides to take a role for a Chritian movie company in Wyoming… far from Hollywood. There she discovers so much more than fame and stardom. She is challenged, changed, and possibly swept off her feet by a REAL cowboy, not a Hollywood wanna-be. Not only does going to a Wyoming awaken new dreams, but will she let herself fall for cowboy Rhett Reed?
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