Book Review: A Cowboy's Salvation by Megan Ryder

Redemption Ranch Book 1

He wanted to be left in peace…

West Morgan knows all about second chances. After bouncing from foster home to foster home, he finally landed at the Rawlings Ranch as a teenager. There he found a home, something he’d never thought possible. Now an adult, he realizes he’s been given much more: a family and, most importantly, peace. But when his mentor dies and leaves the property divided among his foster brothers and his mentor’s daughter, Tara Rawlings, the fragile future he’s built for himself is threatened.

She wanted to be free of her past…

Tara Rawlings swore she’d never end up with someone like her father, a man completely focused on the ranch to the exclusion of his loved ones. She created a new life for herself in San Francisco, running an interior design company and getting married, then divorced. When she returns to settle her father’s estate, she finds that her birthright is in jeopardy. And the only way to save it is to work with West Morgan, the one man she has always resented—and always found irresistible.

Can they save the ranch without killing each other … or falling in love?

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My Review:

This story put me through an emotional wringer. I wasn’t taken to a place of full-out ugly crying, but it was a near thing. It’s still going to be a little while before I level back out. Tara was such a complex character to read. Every time one of the townsfolk made assumptions about her, my heart hurt just a little bit more for her. I both loved and hated West. When he was behaving like a jerk he was in a whole new class of alpha-hole. But when he was being sweet and caring, he was everything my best book boyfriend fantasies are made of. I’ve started to fall in love with Chase and Ty now as well, and I can’t wait to read their stories.

I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from the author.