Review: A Rancher to Remember (Cabins in the Pines Book 4) by Cassidy Carter

A wayward cow brings them together. A threat to everything they love might tear them apart.

Alexandra Brent-Collingsworth runs a tight ship at Cabins in the Pines. So when a runaway cow crashes her high-profile lakeside event, she’s furious–especially when the owner turns out to be the gruff rancher next door who can’t seem to control his livestock or his attitude. Alex has worked too hard to protect her found family and her stake in the resort bordering Cannon Ranch to let one stubborn cowboy derail it all.

To widower Maddox Cannon, the ranch is more than land. It’s a legacy. His family has lived there for generations, and he’ll do whatever it takes to defend it from the noise, traffic, and constant expansion of Cabins in the Pines. The last thing he needs is a city-bred businesswoman meddling in his way of life.

But when newly unearthed documents call both their properties’ ownership into question, Alex and Maddox must team up to protect what’s theirs. Control has always been their armor—but to find the truth, they’ll have to risk something even bigger: their hearts.

 

My Review: 

A great addition to the Cabins in the Pines series. 

Feuding neighbors, Cabins in the Pines and Cannon Ranch are possibly losing their land.  But when Alexandra and Maddox team up to fight to save their properties, they soon learn their first impression of each other was totally wrong.  This is the ultimate enemies to lovers story and such a fun book to read.

 

Review: The Kosher Conundrum (Last Girls Standing #4) by Stacey Agdern

When disaster strikes, it’s time to make a fake dating scheme with her best friend.

Wedding and event planner Naomi Nachman’s carefully planned life just went up in smoke. When her impossible boss suddenly retires, canceling a multitude of contracts, Naomi’s career and her cousin’s wedding are tanked in one fell swoop. Now Naomi must rebuild her reputation and save the wedding by turning to the one man she can trust.

Jason Greenblatt is facing his own career crisis. Thanks to one tabloid-style photo, his traditional family thinks he’s more playboy than professional chef. He needs to prove himself or his hopes to work in his family’s celebrated knish business will slip out of reach, which is the only reason he entertains Naomi’s audacious proposal.

But as they work together to fix the broken pieces of their lives, sparks fly and the fake partnership begins to feel real, Naomi and Jason discover that the toughest challenge isn’t salvaging reputations or even staging the perfect kosher celebration. It’s risking their hearts. 

A sweet and swoony Jewish rom-com perfect for anyone who loves fake dating, foodie romance, and best-friends-to-lovers sparks. 

 

My Review: 

An entertaining friends to lovers romance. 

Best friends, Naomi and Jason, finally give in and make the move from friends to more, while working on Naomi’s cousin’s wedding.  This is one of those stories where everything has to fall apart before it gets put back together.  I enjoyed watching Naomi and Jason’s relationship grow and catching up with characters from previous books in the series.  This is a well written and entertaining story with great characters and a n interesting plot.   

 

Review: The Warrior’s Vow (Unbreakable SEALs Book 3) By Charlee James

 

Can a wounded warrior and a healer fight their way to safety and find a future together?

It started as a regular team mission to rescue aid workers and children—dangerous like so many others. But it quickly derails when one of the hostages kills two of her captors and escapes by jumping into the Amazon River. Sully Carter saves her from drowning, but he’s shot, and it’s a race to the extraction point before infection can set in and endanger his life.

Internationally based traveling nurse Jane Laurier has been betrayed before and is no stranger to danger. She’s clueless about how to deal with a man who’s kind, wants to take care of her and looks at her as if she’s special. Feeling like she owes him her life, and guilty because his distinguished career might be over, she stays by his side, taking on the role of protector.

As Sully slowly heals, he starts thinking about a future with Jane, never dreaming they will face a bigger threat on the home front.

 

My Review:

An exciting and unpredictable book. 

It was supposed to be just another mission; get in and rescue Jane and the other hostages and be done.  But Sully ended up seriously injured.  Jane ended up staying with him and taking care of him.  During his recovery, it became evident he was still in danger. This time from someone he thought he could trust.  This is a high energy book with lots of twists and also a lot of passion.  I read it in record time.  It is that good.