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Rancher to the Rescue and A Cowboy in Shepherd's Crossing
A new path for the cowboy?Rancher to the Rescue by Arlene James Coming to the aid of a woman in her broken-down car, Jake Smith finds the answer to his childcare problems. Kathryn Stepp needs a job, and the widower needs a nanny for his son. As they help each other, Jake is caught between attraction and his refusal to marry again. But sometimes a woman doesn’t just fall for a hero—she rescues him right back.A Cowboy in Shepherd's Crossing by Ruth Logan Herne Cowboy bachelor Jace Middleton was ready to leave Shepherd’s Crossing for good—until he learns his family’s unspoken secrets. Now Jace finds himself not only caring for his twin baby nieces, but working with beautiful, strong-willed designer Melonie Fitzgerald to renovate his grandmother’s run-down estate. Love wasn’t part of the plan…but Jace soon finds himself wishing Melonie could become part of his unexpected family.USA TODAY Bestselling Author Ruth Logan Herne
420 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 27, 2021
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Arlene James
214 books88 followersArlene James has written romance for four decades, and has published 100+ novels. A mother of sons and now a happy grandmother to the brightest, most talented, and lovely of all granddaughters, she is finding her sixth decade to be great fun.
She and her very supportive husband of 45 years (whom she agreed to marry on their first date!) enjoy a busy social life and have visited much of the world. After calling Texas home for three decades, they now live in beautiful NW Arkansas.
Arlene grew up on a ranch in south central Oklahoma and still maintains strong ties in that area. She firmly believes that writing has afforded her the best of all possible means of earning a living, and credits a junior high school English teacher with proving to her that her dream of being an author was entirely achievable.
After 4 decades of deadlines and multiple-book contracts (for which she is deeply grateful), she is enjoying the ability to write exactly what she feels led to write on her own schedule.
She and her very supportive husband of 45 years (whom she agreed to marry on their first date!) enjoy a busy social life and have visited much of the world. After calling Texas home for three decades, they now live in beautiful NW Arkansas.
Arlene grew up on a ranch in south central Oklahoma and still maintains strong ties in that area. She firmly believes that writing has afforded her the best of all possible means of earning a living, and credits a junior high school English teacher with proving to her that her dream of being an author was entirely achievable.
After 4 decades of deadlines and multiple-book contracts (for which she is deeply grateful), she is enjoying the ability to write exactly what she feels led to write on her own schedule.
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May 3, 2022
Two enjoyable reads.
In "Rancher to the Rescue", Jake is supposed to be a 'cowboy' in a joint venture ranch with his two brothers, but he's more mechanic and ex army. Kate is shy but very creative and crafty. I enjoyed her journey, and I loved Jake's kid. So adorable.
I loved the start of "Rancher to the Rescue", but things got painfully realistic as Jake started messing everything up about halfway through the book. It all works out eventually, but I liked the start better than the end. Men can wish that their actions will explain everything to a girl, but at some point, she needs some words of explanation for his confusing behaviour. Jake works it out eventually. I just cringed in the meantime.
"A Cowboy In Shepherd's Crossing" was a good story too. I will say that having this as a joint venture threw off my mental picture. The cover reflects only book 1. I was several pages into the second story when the author said the hero had bronze skin. I was then scrambling my mental picture trying to figure out if I was supposed to be picturing an African American, Hispanic, Native American, or just a very tanned cowboy. Eventually, I worked out he was African American, but I did not enjoy the many pages it took before that was made clear. That ended up causing me problems throughout the book just trying to keep a clear picture of what the guy looked like.
That aside, I enjoyed the story. Jace is a carpenter/sheepherder who was burned by a girl with stardom aspirations. Melonie wants to do a TV renovation show but is stuck in the middle of nowhere Shepherd's Crossing thanks to the stipulations of a will. They get to renovate a great big house together. It was fun.
Jace starts looking after a little girl, and while I loved her in the story, the custody arrangement seemed forced at the end. I liked the rest of the book though.
Both are enjoyable reads, and the second book in their respective series. For "Rancher to the Rescue" I didn't feel like I needed either book 1 or 3 to complete the story, but it did make me want to read them. In "A Cowboy in Shepherd's Crossing" there were a few people that were introduced as if I knew who they were (like Rose), and I didn't. I did enjoy the story by itself, but I got the feeling I'd have enjoyed it better if I'd read Book 1 first.
In "Rancher to the Rescue", Jake is supposed to be a 'cowboy' in a joint venture ranch with his two brothers, but he's more mechanic and ex army. Kate is shy but very creative and crafty. I enjoyed her journey, and I loved Jake's kid. So adorable.
I loved the start of "Rancher to the Rescue", but things got painfully realistic as Jake started messing everything up about halfway through the book. It all works out eventually, but I liked the start better than the end. Men can wish that their actions will explain everything to a girl, but at some point, she needs some words of explanation for his confusing behaviour. Jake works it out eventually. I just cringed in the meantime.
"A Cowboy In Shepherd's Crossing" was a good story too. I will say that having this as a joint venture threw off my mental picture. The cover reflects only book 1. I was several pages into the second story when the author said the hero had bronze skin. I was then scrambling my mental picture trying to figure out if I was supposed to be picturing an African American, Hispanic, Native American, or just a very tanned cowboy. Eventually, I worked out he was African American, but I did not enjoy the many pages it took before that was made clear. That ended up causing me problems throughout the book just trying to keep a clear picture of what the guy looked like.
That aside, I enjoyed the story. Jace is a carpenter/sheepherder who was burned by a girl with stardom aspirations. Melonie wants to do a TV renovation show but is stuck in the middle of nowhere Shepherd's Crossing thanks to the stipulations of a will. They get to renovate a great big house together. It was fun.
Jace starts looking after a little girl, and while I loved her in the story, the custody arrangement seemed forced at the end. I liked the rest of the book though.
Both are enjoyable reads, and the second book in their respective series. For "Rancher to the Rescue" I didn't feel like I needed either book 1 or 3 to complete the story, but it did make me want to read them. In "A Cowboy in Shepherd's Crossing" there were a few people that were introduced as if I knew who they were (like Rose), and I didn't. I did enjoy the story by itself, but I got the feeling I'd have enjoyed it better if I'd read Book 1 first.
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