Restless Rancher

Wild Rose Ranch, Book 2

De: Jennifer Ryan

Narrado por: Coleen Marlo

If you like bad-boy heroes, western settings, and a sexy, sassy heroine you will love Jennifer Ryan's newest Wild Rose Ranch book! Perfect for fans of Diana Palmer, Linda Lael Miller, and Jodi Thomas.

One minute down-on-his-luck rancher Austin Hubbard slept soundly, the next, a sassy spitfire dumped a pitcher of water on his head and woke him up - in more ways than one. Hired to help him rebuild his ranch, Sonya Tucker ends up helping him put the tattered pieces of his life back together. The capable, all-business accountant is on a mission to get the ranch up and running, but can he convince the temptingly beautiful woman to take a chance on him?

Sonya was dismayed that Austin had lost it all: money, family, respectability. Things she - who’d been raised by her mother at Nevada’s notorious brothel Wild Rose Ranch - only dreamed about. But working with the long, lean cowboy shows her that Austin is honorable to his core. Together they slowly grow to see what the love between them might bring.

But then Austin’s powder keg of a family feud explodes, exposing long-buried secrets, and threatening their new-found love…

©2019 Jennifer Ryan (P)2019 HarperAudio

Enjoyed the story

Book 2 of the series kept the interest going from book 1. Looking forward to book 3. Narrator good.

Recommended

An excellent story. I continue to enjoy the characters. I also like the way the various prejudices are dealt with. They are so predominant in life today seeing it called out is good. I also enjoyed watching the ranch come back together with a lot of hard work and taking it one step at a time. With the availability h labor I would say the was pre-pandemic.

Great story line

Awesome read!! This is a great series so far!’ Looking forward to the next book

Another rose gets her man

Austin had one thing in the world that was truly his. The land his grandfather left him. His father wanted that land. He went to extremes to get it. But why?? That was the questions many and. Sonya was the oldest of the Wild Rose Ranch girls. She was number smart and could organize. She was the one that was appointed to come in and watch over her sister rose investment. She also had a past that could change peoples perception of her. Sonya knew who and what she was all about. She did not need anyone telling her a thing.

This Wild Rose Ranch installment had an added mystery to discover. Why does Mr. Hubbard want Austin's land to the point that he would shame fire and harm others to get it. Narcissistic was not the only word that comes to mind when think of Mr. Hubbard. He was just one of the secondary characters that make an impact in this story.

JR. makes some of the most interesting stories and makes her women strong determined and independent. Coleen Marlo brings them to life through voice tone diction and pitch.

Great book

Typical soap opera book. Steamy and good. I was disappointed in the person who read the book. Can’t there at least be an actual male voice for the male parts? It was a bit distracting.

Good book!

Just like the first book, this one was just as good. I liked the storyline and the twists. I would recommend it to anyone. Jennifer Ryan is a great writer

Whole series is great.

I loved the twists and turns this story takes and the little drama in all these books.

Not For Me

Nothing about this book made me like it. I didn't like the story, how quickly everything happened, or the narration. Especially the narration. It took me two years to finish this book. I listened to around 65 books between starting this one and finishing this one and the narration for this one was one of the worst I've heard. Parts were incredibly rushed. I have book 3 in this series but I will not be finishing. I didn't like book 1 and I especially didn't like book 2 so there's no reason for me to continue to waste my time.

Also, this is a slight spoiler but I can't get over the fact that Sonya's mom June was abused by her uncles as a child and into adulthood and very clearly has mental health issues. She's portrayed as childlike, even as an adult. And this book ends with a surprise wedding after June abruptly moves to be closer to Sonya, meets the local bank manager, and decides to start a family with him, all within what appears to be mere weeks. She's pregnant immediately and has an incredibly abrupt wedding. If Sonya had been taking care of her mom for so many years and knew that her mother had a childlike mind, why on earth would she be so happy to find out, on her mother's wedding day, that she's pregnant and getting married to a man June never once mentioned to Sonya? I just don't see it. I understand wanting to be happy for someone, especially your own mother, but when you've spent your life taking care of your mother because she couldn't take care of you or herself, in my opinion you wouldn't be ecstatic about any of that. You'd be cautious and want to ask that your mother slow down and take some time. The reasoning for the speedy baby and marriage is that her mother isn't getting any younger, and while I can understand that, her mental health should have been the priority of everyone involved. It just doesn't sit right with me that it wasn't.