A Rancher's Heart (Heart Falls #1)
by Vivian Arend
Blurb:
Caleb
Stone is wearing too many hats and it’s making him crankier than usual. He’s a
cowboy, a father, and the head of his large family—and has been since tragedy
claimed his parents over ten years ago. The ranch is struggling, but it's the
title of single dad that’s got him tangled up in knots. He needs a full-time,
live-in nanny at the Silver Stone homestead in Heart Falls, Alberta, to help
with his two little girls, but the woman about to arrive on his doorstep?
Tantalizing, tempting, and trouble with capital T’s.
Tamara
Coleman doesn’t regret the choices that led to losing her job, but she
definitely needs a fresh start. When a friend recommends her for a nanny
position in a new town, she swears this time it’ll be different. No more acting
on impulse—except sexy, gruff Caleb is exactly the kind of man who pushes all
her buttons. And what’s more, it’s so much fun to push his in return. Sparks
fly between Tamara and her gorgeous boss, but she can’t risk her position, and
he doesn’t dare risk his heart.
With
two people fighting their true natures, something’s going to give. Luckily, there’s
more than one way to capture a rancher’s heart.
Themes: Contemporary
Rating: 4.25 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
A new and sexy spin-off of the much beloved
Coleman Clan series has arrived from Vivian Arend. In the finale of the Rocky Mountain House series Jesse
Coleman fell in love with the sweet and loving Dare and we got to meet her
family, the Stone’s, and in this new series we will get to see the Stone men
fall in love. A Rancher’s Heart brings the Coleman and Stone families together
once again with Tamara Coleman traveling to the Stone Ranch to serve as nanny
for Caleb’s two little girls. Caleb is the kind of rancher that every man wants
to be; he is the leader of his small family and worries constantly about
keeping them healthy and happy. Caleb is
determined that Tamara be nothing but the nanny that he needs for his girls,
but the longer she is in their lives, the more he begins to wonder if she might
be needed even more in another role.
Tamara came to the Stone’s as a way to get away from the small-town gossips
in Rocky Mountain House, even though she doesn’t really know if she can handle
the job. But the moment she meets Caleb
and his two girls, Emma and Sasha, she begins to fall for them. She is determined she won’t make another
unforgivable mistake on the job, but giving and receiving love is so natural to
her that soon she is trapped by her own wants and needs. I loved getting to
know both Caleb and Tamara, but my favorite moments were when they were working
together to improve the lives of the Stone family. Tamara is the kind of woman that I strive to
be, dedicated to both work and family, but unwilling to overlook injustice just
because it’s a rule. She is brave,
sweet, and loving to all those she finds worthy of love, and it was obvious
that she was just what Caleb and the girls needed to get over the trauma of the
woman that broke all their hearts. It was also amazing to see her helping with
the ranch and making Caleb accept that she will have to be his partner if they
are going to have a future together. Caleb
was the kind of rugged and sexy rancher that every woman has imagined for herself
as some point in her life, but he is even more than just that. His heart is certainly broken, though he
refuses to admit it, and his girls need him to truly find a way to heal his
heart so he can be there fully for them.
He is resistant to giving into the emotions and lust that Tamara
inspires, not just because of his fears about heartbreak, but mainly because
she is his employee and living under his roof as such. Afraid to take advantage, it is only after an
eye-opening moment that he decides she is worth the risk, and Caleb jumps in
with both feet. The passion between Caleb and Tamara was hot enough to melt all
the snow in even the Canadian Rockies these ranchers call home, and there was
no way they were going to be able to fight that heat for long—THANK GOODNESS! I
enjoyed every second of this story and am looking forward to the next in the
series for sure. I am not sure if we
will be seeing more of the Coleman clan, since of course there are a few
single gals (Tamara’s sisters) that need to find love still, but I can only
hope that we do get to see them. If you
need a sexy and fabulous read for a long cold winter day, I highly recommend A Rancher’s Heart along with a good cup
of hot cocoa (whiskey optional of course).
*eARC provided by author for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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