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Return to Cowboy Creek #1
The Rancher Inherits a Family
Unexpected Father
The pretty redhead Seth Halloway pulls from a derailed train has surprising news for him. The children she’s accompanied to Cowboy Creek aren’t hers—they’re his, thanks to the last wishes of a late friend. Busy rancher Seth must suddenly cope with three rambunctious boys…and try to ignore his growing feelings for independent Marigold Brewster.
Marigold hopes to start over as the town’s new schoolteacher. She’ll choose her own path, and stay aloof from the adorable Radner boys—and their guardian. But the man who rescued her from a wrecked railcar might just be the one to save her from loneliness…if she dares to let him in.
The pretty redhead Seth Halloway pulls from a derailed train has surprising news for him. The children she’s accompanied to Cowboy Creek aren’t hers—they’re his, thanks to the last wishes of a late friend. Busy rancher Seth must suddenly cope with three rambunctious boys…and try to ignore his growing feelings for independent Marigold Brewster.
Marigold hopes to start over as the town’s new schoolteacher. She’ll choose her own path, and stay aloof from the adorable Radner boys—and their guardian. But the man who rescued her from a wrecked railcar might just be the one to save her from loneliness…if she dares to let him in.
281 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 3, 2018
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Cheryl St. John
71 books552 followersCheryl is the author of more than fifty historical and contemporary romances. Her stories have earned numerous RITA nominations, Romantic Times awards and are published in over a dozen languages.
In describing her stories of second chances and redemption, readers and reviewers use words like, “emotional punch, hometown feel, core values, believable characters and real-life situations.”
With a 4.9 star rating on amazon, her bestselling non-fiction book, Writing With Emotion, Tension & Conflict by Writers Digest Books is available in print and digital.
In describing her stories of second chances and redemption, readers and reviewers use words like, “emotional punch, hometown feel, core values, believable characters and real-life situations.”
With a 4.9 star rating on amazon, her bestselling non-fiction book, Writing With Emotion, Tension & Conflict by Writers Digest Books is available in print and digital.
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July 30, 2023
3.5 stars. I liked it. But it felt like we didn't get much time with the romance piece. It's a fun book but they say "I love you" and the book ends. They don't talk much. They treat each other well, but I would have liked them to have more conversations.
April 20, 2018
I can't believe this is my first visit to Cowboy Creek! Clearly I have been missing out on a lot! Love this growing town and the way they draw together to become a community of faith and grace. What a great backdrop for a cowboy romance...speaking of which...Seth Halloway! If you made a list of all the swoonworthy characteristics we all love in a Western wrangler you could put his name in as the definition. Including being endearingly awkward in the wooing department. And intensely stubborn when it comes to sharing his feelings...or even acknowledging them.
Mind you, Marigold isn't much better. Still reeling from a series of losses, she's determined to make a life for herself on her own -- pouring her love into her young scholars instead of seeking romance and a family of her own. But that's before three little rapscallions get under her skin and their quietly steadfast guardian opens his home....and heart.
A heartwarming love story that celebrates the miracle that comes from creating a new family out of unspeakable loss and heartache.
Mind you, Marigold isn't much better. Still reeling from a series of losses, she's determined to make a life for herself on her own -- pouring her love into her young scholars instead of seeking romance and a family of her own. But that's before three little rapscallions get under her skin and their quietly steadfast guardian opens his home....and heart.
A heartwarming love story that celebrates the miracle that comes from creating a new family out of unspeakable loss and heartache.
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April 4, 2018Miniseries: Return to Cowboy Creek
September 16, 2021
3.5 stars rounded up. This is the first of Cheryl St. John's historical romances for the inspirational Love Inspired line that I've read, but having read and enjoyed her regular HR before, it was more or less everything I expected it to be.
It's just as it says on the tin, although I'd consider "rambunctious" a bit strong as a way to describe the perfectly sweet Radnor boys. The trio are traveling to meet their parents' good friend Seth Halloway after their mother's death, and they meet Marigold Brewster on the train to Kansas. Marigold has been hired as the new schoolteacher in town, and she feels a lot of compassion for the orphaned Radnor boys, especially given that they are so young - seven, five, and two - and travelling alone.
Unfortunately, their train is derailed close to town, so they have to be rescued from the wreckage. As luck would have it, it's Seth himself who pulls them to safety. It's only when he goes back for Marigold's cat, Peony, that he's hurt due to some falling debris. Marigold feels guilty that he was hurt saving her cat, and readily agrees to stay with Seth and his mother at their ranch, and help out while Seth recovers.
The boys have been through a lot, but show very little trauma, quickly adapting to ranch life. As is usually true of small town/inspie romances, everyone is perfectly nice and polite and easygoing and successful, and there's very little interpersonal drama. Even what's here is swept aside pretty easily. It's unbelievable, but at the same time, the author has created a lovely little western outpost and it feels like a peaceful escape to spend time with this cast of characters.
Marigold and Seth are slowly but surely falling in love with each other, but are fighting themselves about it. Marigold has endured a lot of loss in her life, and she's fearful of reaching out, only to lose again. Seth has responsibilities up to his eyeballs, including now 3 very young boys, and he is fairly quick to come around to the idea of having a wife, as a partner, to assist him with his goals and dreams.
As an inspie, this is of course a kisses-only book, but boy can Ms. St. John write a kiss! The perfect amount of emotional gut punch and sweet love. Kisses are so often the first in a series of physical encounters in a romance novel, so for them to truly feel like something authentic and real as an expression of love in and of themselves truly takes talent. Even in her non-LI romances, this author writes beautiful kisses, so it was a joy to have them sprinkled throughout this story. The romance is very quiet, very sweet, and very mature.
As far as the "God stuff" goes, it never really feels out of place in the narrative. I have an easier time with historically-set inspirational romances, just because there was a much stronger tradition of attending church in the past, even if only to pay lip service as a non-believer. These days, if you don't want to go to church, you just don't go, but in centuries past it was just as much of a social expectation as a truly religious/spiritual one.
There is a lot of explicit praying (especially in stressful times), with a prominent minister character/family, and plenty of Biblical references, but it never feels preachy. My sense is that these are characters who take their religion seriously and treat it with due reverence and respect. It fills the nooks and crannies, but is never the center of attention. It's a nice balance, IMO.
This is the first book in a series about the Halloway brothers, which I'm curious to read about. This is also a sequel series to the original Cowboy Creek miniseries, of which, amusingly enough, I also have the first book. I'm diving right into that one (it contains my favorite trope!) and I'll definitely keep an eye out for the other books in this series.
It's just as it says on the tin, although I'd consider "rambunctious" a bit strong as a way to describe the perfectly sweet Radnor boys. The trio are traveling to meet their parents' good friend Seth Halloway after their mother's death, and they meet Marigold Brewster on the train to Kansas. Marigold has been hired as the new schoolteacher in town, and she feels a lot of compassion for the orphaned Radnor boys, especially given that they are so young - seven, five, and two - and travelling alone.
Unfortunately, their train is derailed close to town, so they have to be rescued from the wreckage. As luck would have it, it's Seth himself who pulls them to safety. It's only when he goes back for Marigold's cat, Peony, that he's hurt due to some falling debris. Marigold feels guilty that he was hurt saving her cat, and readily agrees to stay with Seth and his mother at their ranch, and help out while Seth recovers.
The boys have been through a lot, but show very little trauma, quickly adapting to ranch life. As is usually true of small town/inspie romances, everyone is perfectly nice and polite and easygoing and successful, and there's very little interpersonal drama. Even what's here is swept aside pretty easily. It's unbelievable, but at the same time, the author has created a lovely little western outpost and it feels like a peaceful escape to spend time with this cast of characters.
Marigold and Seth are slowly but surely falling in love with each other, but are fighting themselves about it. Marigold has endured a lot of loss in her life, and she's fearful of reaching out, only to lose again. Seth has responsibilities up to his eyeballs, including now 3 very young boys, and he is fairly quick to come around to the idea of having a wife, as a partner, to assist him with his goals and dreams.
As an inspie, this is of course a kisses-only book, but boy can Ms. St. John write a kiss! The perfect amount of emotional gut punch and sweet love. Kisses are so often the first in a series of physical encounters in a romance novel, so for them to truly feel like something authentic and real as an expression of love in and of themselves truly takes talent. Even in her non-LI romances, this author writes beautiful kisses, so it was a joy to have them sprinkled throughout this story. The romance is very quiet, very sweet, and very mature.
As far as the "God stuff" goes, it never really feels out of place in the narrative. I have an easier time with historically-set inspirational romances, just because there was a much stronger tradition of attending church in the past, even if only to pay lip service as a non-believer. These days, if you don't want to go to church, you just don't go, but in centuries past it was just as much of a social expectation as a truly religious/spiritual one.
There is a lot of explicit praying (especially in stressful times), with a prominent minister character/family, and plenty of Biblical references, but it never feels preachy. My sense is that these are characters who take their religion seriously and treat it with due reverence and respect. It fills the nooks and crannies, but is never the center of attention. It's a nice balance, IMO.
This is the first book in a series about the Halloway brothers, which I'm curious to read about. This is also a sequel series to the original Cowboy Creek miniseries, of which, amusingly enough, I also have the first book. I'm diving right into that one (it contains my favorite trope!) and I'll definitely keep an eye out for the other books in this series.
April 1, 2018
Of all the stories I have read in Cowboy Creek I think this is my favorite.
When Marigold Brewster arrives in Cowboy Creek or should I say almost arrives there as the train derailed, she was really hoping that this new town would be just what she needed. But the first thing to happen is the train derailing about a mile or so outside of town. She had three boys that she found on the train traveling alone so she just became their guardian. They were being sent out to rancher Seth Halloway but he doesn’t know it.
Seth is in town picking up supplies when the bell starts ringing indicating that there is an all-out emergency and finds out that the train derailed and then he drops everything even taking all his supplies out of his wagon to have it available for people who are injured or worse.
Several men and woman went out to the derailed train to help and when Seth comes into one of the cars he hears a woman’s voice and has to move train seats to find her. Then he finds three boys with her and a cat that she refuses to leave behind. As Seth was getting the cat unstuck he gets injured and is taken off the train and rushed to the doctors with Marigold and the boys and cat.
While on the train Seth finds out that the boys are his best friends and his wife’s kids and both parents are gone so the mother writes a note before she dies to Seth with all the correct paperwork for him to raise them. He plans on doing just that even if he is a busy rancher and has no clue about kids.
Marigold is the new teacher in Cowboy Creek and is invited to live at Seth’s ranch by his mother to help with the kids and his healing. Now starts the marry go round as they sort of dance around each other with feelings popping up between them that neither want.
This story has it all. The adventure, the attraction, both falling for the boys, and so much more. Oh, and Seth sees Marigold as the most beautiful woman inside and out that he has ever known and Marigold sees Seth as the most attractive and caring man she has ever known. Problem is neither want a partner in life. Also, both have ghosts in their pasts that they can’t get past. How will their relationship work and turn out?
I highly recommend this story as you will find it hard to put it down.
I was given this ARC by the author to read and I was not pressured at all or given any compensation for my review which I wanted to give and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
When Marigold Brewster arrives in Cowboy Creek or should I say almost arrives there as the train derailed, she was really hoping that this new town would be just what she needed. But the first thing to happen is the train derailing about a mile or so outside of town. She had three boys that she found on the train traveling alone so she just became their guardian. They were being sent out to rancher Seth Halloway but he doesn’t know it.
Seth is in town picking up supplies when the bell starts ringing indicating that there is an all-out emergency and finds out that the train derailed and then he drops everything even taking all his supplies out of his wagon to have it available for people who are injured or worse.
Several men and woman went out to the derailed train to help and when Seth comes into one of the cars he hears a woman’s voice and has to move train seats to find her. Then he finds three boys with her and a cat that she refuses to leave behind. As Seth was getting the cat unstuck he gets injured and is taken off the train and rushed to the doctors with Marigold and the boys and cat.
While on the train Seth finds out that the boys are his best friends and his wife’s kids and both parents are gone so the mother writes a note before she dies to Seth with all the correct paperwork for him to raise them. He plans on doing just that even if he is a busy rancher and has no clue about kids.
Marigold is the new teacher in Cowboy Creek and is invited to live at Seth’s ranch by his mother to help with the kids and his healing. Now starts the marry go round as they sort of dance around each other with feelings popping up between them that neither want.
This story has it all. The adventure, the attraction, both falling for the boys, and so much more. Oh, and Seth sees Marigold as the most beautiful woman inside and out that he has ever known and Marigold sees Seth as the most attractive and caring man she has ever known. Problem is neither want a partner in life. Also, both have ghosts in their pasts that they can’t get past. How will their relationship work and turn out?
I highly recommend this story as you will find it hard to put it down.
I was given this ARC by the author to read and I was not pressured at all or given any compensation for my review which I wanted to give and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
April 6, 2018
SOMETHINGS ARE WORTH THE RISK
I enjoyed this emotional story and a visit back to Cowboy Creek, a quaint town that has been growing by leaps and bounds. With the present school teacher expecting, they town has advertised for a new teacher, and Miss Marigold Brewster applied and accepted the position. She will sell her family home in Ohio and travel by train to Kansas.
The plot will have the train derailing before arriving in town, and a call goes out for everyone available to help. Rancher Seth Halloway was in the process of loading his order when the emergency bell rang, and he will head to the wreckage with many others from town. Crawling into a passenger car that is on its side will lead him to a woman with three little boys, but she also has her beloved cat in a cage, and in the process of Seth freeing the cat, he will be hit and pinned by falling debris and injured.
What a shock to learn that the three little boys, Tate, Harper, and Little John were not Miss Brewsters, but were on their way to Cowboy Creek with papers of guardianship for Seth Halloway. These three young boys were the children of his friends from Missouri and with their deaths, his responsibility now. Then his mother, Evelyn, insist that Marigold also come to the ranch and stay.
“Thank you, Lord. Give me strength and fortitude for the days ahead.”
The story takes the reader on a journey of loss, choices, and new beginnings. While Marigold has lost both parents, her sister, she also recently lost custody of her niece, Violet, and is struggling with accepting it all. For Seth, he must accept that he has a great responsibility to his late friend’s children, and while a wife wasn’t in his immediate plans, that may need to change. Then to have Marigold to contend with comes with another challenge.
“Isn’t that just like God to provide what we need?
Marigold wants to have choices and yet she witnesses how many of the wives around Cowboy Creek have their own occupations, and husbands who are accepting. That is what she truly wants, to be able to have her choice to teach and fall in love, but is that part of God’s plan for her? The loss of Violet haunts her, but even in this, God is moving.
“I want it all. The love, the career, the right to choose.”
The story is not preachy but does share prayers, Bible verses, and has a beautiful view of God’s mercies and grace. It is realistic in that things happen to both the just and unjust, good and bad.
I enjoyed this emotional story and a visit back to Cowboy Creek, a quaint town that has been growing by leaps and bounds. With the present school teacher expecting, they town has advertised for a new teacher, and Miss Marigold Brewster applied and accepted the position. She will sell her family home in Ohio and travel by train to Kansas.
The plot will have the train derailing before arriving in town, and a call goes out for everyone available to help. Rancher Seth Halloway was in the process of loading his order when the emergency bell rang, and he will head to the wreckage with many others from town. Crawling into a passenger car that is on its side will lead him to a woman with three little boys, but she also has her beloved cat in a cage, and in the process of Seth freeing the cat, he will be hit and pinned by falling debris and injured.
What a shock to learn that the three little boys, Tate, Harper, and Little John were not Miss Brewsters, but were on their way to Cowboy Creek with papers of guardianship for Seth Halloway. These three young boys were the children of his friends from Missouri and with their deaths, his responsibility now. Then his mother, Evelyn, insist that Marigold also come to the ranch and stay.
“Thank you, Lord. Give me strength and fortitude for the days ahead.”
The story takes the reader on a journey of loss, choices, and new beginnings. While Marigold has lost both parents, her sister, she also recently lost custody of her niece, Violet, and is struggling with accepting it all. For Seth, he must accept that he has a great responsibility to his late friend’s children, and while a wife wasn’t in his immediate plans, that may need to change. Then to have Marigold to contend with comes with another challenge.
“Isn’t that just like God to provide what we need?
Marigold wants to have choices and yet she witnesses how many of the wives around Cowboy Creek have their own occupations, and husbands who are accepting. That is what she truly wants, to be able to have her choice to teach and fall in love, but is that part of God’s plan for her? The loss of Violet haunts her, but even in this, God is moving.
“I want it all. The love, the career, the right to choose.”
The story is not preachy but does share prayers, Bible verses, and has a beautiful view of God’s mercies and grace. It is realistic in that things happen to both the just and unjust, good and bad.
August 5, 2018
Drek. The kind of book that gives westerns a bad name.
April 30, 2023
I've read a few of St. John's books before and they were proper good! But this one... man was it boooring. I admit I hard skimmed the last 35% because the romance in this book moved slower than a drunk snail. I was a bit confused by our h who kept turning away from the H, running off, pushing him back, because... he made her happy and feel good? And that's dangerous because.... why? I ran away from scary gross boys when I was 13, but it seems odd for a 23 year old woman to act in the same immature, scared of kisses way.
Another issue I had was there are *so many* side characters in this book. I get that a whole other series of books came before this one, I h'aint read em, so I'm just baffled and annoyed that we are forced to meet every single couple from god knows how many previous books. At one point the h is reeling and thinks to herself 'there are just SO MANY new people to meet' and I'm like 'yeah I KNOW'.
I also think this is my first run-in with Christian romance. I'm pretty cool with Christianity being super important to people in historical romance because it WAS super important to historical people... but this is the first time I've had whole prayers, bible readings, religious teachings and so on written into the prose... I think this is par for the course for Christian romance so people into it will be happy, but I found it a bit much will be avoiding that tag/sub-genre from now on.
Another issue I had was there are *so many* side characters in this book. I get that a whole other series of books came before this one, I h'aint read em, so I'm just baffled and annoyed that we are forced to meet every single couple from god knows how many previous books. At one point the h is reeling and thinks to herself 'there are just SO MANY new people to meet' and I'm like 'yeah I KNOW'.
I also think this is my first run-in with Christian romance. I'm pretty cool with Christianity being super important to people in historical romance because it WAS super important to historical people... but this is the first time I've had whole prayers, bible readings, religious teachings and so on written into the prose... I think this is par for the course for Christian romance so people into it will be happy, but I found it a bit much will be avoiding that tag/sub-genre from now on.
December 2, 2023
The Rancher Inherits a Family (Return to Cowboy Creek #1) was a delightful read. I was impressed with the kindness of the characters and their love for life and others. The spiritual references remind us that God is with us no matter what the situation. The story shows us that family is so much more than the people who share the same bloodline.
I was having difficulty falling asleep last night and couldn’t remember the end of the prayer that kept running through my mind. This morning, while finishing this book, the prayer appeared in the story. Proof positive that God does work in mysterious ways.
“Sleep my child and peace attend thee, all through the night. Guardian angles, God will send thee, all through the night. Soft the drowsy hours are creeping, hill and vale in slumber sleeping. I, my loving vigil keeping, all through the night.”
This book is filled with love, kindness, adventure and Christian values. I highly recommend it.
I was having difficulty falling asleep last night and couldn’t remember the end of the prayer that kept running through my mind. This morning, while finishing this book, the prayer appeared in the story. Proof positive that God does work in mysterious ways.
“Sleep my child and peace attend thee, all through the night. Guardian angles, God will send thee, all through the night. Soft the drowsy hours are creeping, hill and vale in slumber sleeping. I, my loving vigil keeping, all through the night.”
This book is filled with love, kindness, adventure and Christian values. I highly recommend it.
May 19, 2018
Easy light clean read.
Major cons for me with this book
-Introduces way too many characters. You meet the whole town and everyone in between. I started skimming a lot half way through the book because I got confused of who’s the doctor, dressmaker, town leaders, German translater or whatever and other characters that did not really move the story much.
-Relationship development really drags. They both fight it, then they have other suitors, then their life resumes and stubbornness sets in. He realizes it first, although I’m not convinced it’s love. Then violet gets hurts and all of a sudden she gets in epiphany in the last few pages and she realizes she’s a chicken and that she’s in love with Seth. She also seems flakey cuz she seemed more interested in that other suitor.
Major cons for me with this book
-Introduces way too many characters. You meet the whole town and everyone in between. I started skimming a lot half way through the book because I got confused of who’s the doctor, dressmaker, town leaders, German translater or whatever and other characters that did not really move the story much.
-Relationship development really drags. They both fight it, then they have other suitors, then their life resumes and stubbornness sets in. He realizes it first, although I’m not convinced it’s love. Then violet gets hurts and all of a sudden she gets in epiphany in the last few pages and she realizes she’s a chicken and that she’s in love with Seth. She also seems flakey cuz she seemed more interested in that other suitor.
March 18, 2022
nice
Marigold’s so many things happen to her in her short life time. Her parents die leaving the house to her and her sister. Her sister is married and has a daughter while her husband has run of to the gold mines. Marigold’s sister dies and her sister husband returns taking his daughter away. Instead of living in an large old house on her own Marigolds sells it and moves to another town to be there teacher. A train wreck happens. Seth arrives to help with train wreck and pulls Marigold from the train along with cat and three boys with her only to find out an old friend died and he inherited the boys. What happens next? Well there are a lot in this book you will enjoy reading. Cheryl St. John is a very author and this is a well written book. You will enjoy it very much.
Marigold’s so many things happen to her in her short life time. Her parents die leaving the house to her and her sister. Her sister is married and has a daughter while her husband has run of to the gold mines. Marigold’s sister dies and her sister husband returns taking his daughter away. Instead of living in an large old house on her own Marigolds sells it and moves to another town to be there teacher. A train wreck happens. Seth arrives to help with train wreck and pulls Marigold from the train along with cat and three boys with her only to find out an old friend died and he inherited the boys. What happens next? Well there are a lot in this book you will enjoy reading. Cheryl St. John is a very author and this is a well written book. You will enjoy it very much.
April 4, 2018
I love Cheryl St. John’s books and The Rancher Inherits a Family the first in the Return to Cowboy Creek series has now become my favorite! Her books make you want to be there and feel a part of the action.
Seth is a confirmed bachelor and yet wants to leave his ranch to a son, finds himself with a unique situation. Marigold is to be the new school teacher. When the train she is coming on derails Seth helps clean the cars leading to a series of events that will surprise you and keep you reading until the end. God can bring into our lives what we least expect and make it into a beautiful bouquet.
Seth is a confirmed bachelor and yet wants to leave his ranch to a son, finds himself with a unique situation. Marigold is to be the new school teacher. When the train she is coming on derails Seth helps clean the cars leading to a series of events that will surprise you and keep you reading until the end. God can bring into our lives what we least expect and make it into a beautiful bouquet.
April 25, 2018
Marigolds Brewster was headed to Cowboy Creek to be a school teacher. She had lost all her family and decided to just be a teacher. Other women were also headed to Cowboy Creek on the same train to become brides. Just as the train was close there was an accident and and Marigold and three little boys were trapped in the derailed train car. A rancher named Seth Holloway rescued them getting hurt in the process. Seth assumed the children were here children but it turned out that they were children of his friend from his former home. The parents were dead and Seth just inherited three little boys and maybe a school teacher.
May 19, 2018
The Rancher Inherits A Family is number one of Return To Cowboy Creek this one is by Cheryl St. Johns. The next two are different authors. Takes place in 1869. A train derails in a small town. Marigold Brewster is on it with three small boys. Rancher Seth Halloway rescues them from the train car. Marigold just met the boys on the train. With a letter saying the boys mother wants Seth to raise them. Seth knows the parents and accepts taking care of the boys. Marigold is going to be the school teacher. She says at the ranch with Seth, his mother and the three boys. Romance happens. This is a very good read.
April 9, 2023
wanted to love it
Marigold….I honestly couldn’t hardly stand her. Oh my goodness, I wanted to shake her and say “Wake up!” She was so insecure, and blind to what was right in front of her.
Seth needed to man up and not keep his feelings locked up so tight. But at least he finally loosened up and began showing Marigold how much she cared. But all she could think about is when she could finally leave and be rid of Seth and those precious boys.
I’ve enjoyed this authors stories in another series, but I had to force myself to finish this one. However, I did appreciate the Christian theme interwoven throughout the book.
Marigold….I honestly couldn’t hardly stand her. Oh my goodness, I wanted to shake her and say “Wake up!” She was so insecure, and blind to what was right in front of her.
Seth needed to man up and not keep his feelings locked up so tight. But at least he finally loosened up and began showing Marigold how much she cared. But all she could think about is when she could finally leave and be rid of Seth and those precious boys.
I’ve enjoyed this authors stories in another series, but I had to force myself to finish this one. However, I did appreciate the Christian theme interwoven throughout the book.
April 12, 2018
I was so happy to hear they were going to do another series set in Cowboy Creek. I loved the first set in the series & this one just made my love for the people in this town grow. I know the next two in the series will not disappoint. Sherri & Karen did a great job in their stories first time in the town so I can't wait to read theirs too.
April 15, 2018
Happy to return to Cowboy Creek
Loved the heroine and hero, they both had been hurt. He from the war and she by the loss of everyone she loved. Three little boys, a cat and the heroine's niece bring the two together. Happy to catch up with characters from the previous Cowboy Creek series.
Loved the heroine and hero, they both had been hurt. He from the war and she by the loss of everyone she loved. Three little boys, a cat and the heroine's niece bring the two together. Happy to catch up with characters from the previous Cowboy Creek series.
April 10, 2018
Wonderful Book
I loved this book so much I didn’t want to put it down and it was a nice fairly long book.One of my favorite parts was Peony the cat because I am one of those crazy cat ladies.The book had a couple subtle messages and I can’t wait to read the rest of the series.
I loved this book so much I didn’t want to put it down and it was a nice fairly long book.One of my favorite parts was Peony the cat because I am one of those crazy cat ladies.The book had a couple subtle messages and I can’t wait to read the rest of the series.
June 19, 2018
I loved this return to cowboy creek .Enjoyed this book . Very well written and loved the steady and fast pace of the story. Having read the previous books this was like a reunion with previous friends and I loved the new group of people that were introduced in this story.
April 12, 2019
I enjoyed the story—I love historical fiction. But the dialogue had some problems. A character would say something, and the author would continue with what he/she was thinking, and the next dialogue would have nothing to do with what had been previously said. Kind of jarring.
July 20, 2020
Eye rollingly boring. Way too many secondary characters and scenes upon scenes of stuff I didn't care about. Needed more Seth and Mari and their lives together with the children. I may not continue with this series.
September 23, 2022
A Rancher , School Teacher a Niece and 3 Orphans
I really enjoyed this book so very much . THE RANCHER INHERITS A FAMILY , RETURN TO COWBOY CREEK BOOK 1 BY CHERYL ST.JOHN . I recommend teens and up .
I really enjoyed this book so very much . THE RANCHER INHERITS A FAMILY , RETURN TO COWBOY CREEK BOOK 1 BY CHERYL ST.JOHN . I recommend teens and up .
March 20, 2018
Marigold and Seth’s story is an uplifting, wholesome love story about two people finding love and compassion-ship when that least expecting. Great book!
December 5, 2018
Lovely Christian read. Well written and highly recommended!
March 20, 2019
Great story
This is a quick read for everyone, storyline draws you into the story. This is a clean Christian heart felt book.
This is a quick read for everyone, storyline draws you into the story. This is a clean Christian heart felt book.
April 25, 2021
4.5 🥰✨
Will definitely be a re-read
Will definitely be a re-read
August 11, 2022
Good Read
Love, Love, and Loved the Return to Cowboy Creek Book 1. Looking forward and Can not wait to read next addition.
Love, Love, and Loved the Return to Cowboy Creek Book 1. Looking forward and Can not wait to read next addition.
December 3, 2022
3.5 star rating.
May 8, 2024
Awesome story. Very loving and romantic. I really enjoyed it.
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