The Ryker Ranch Collection: Books 1-3

By: Kim Loraine

Narrated by: Aaron Shedlock, Stella Hunter

Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's Summary

Three swoony cowboys, three best-selling stand-alone romances, one collection from Kim Loraine's Sunrise, Montana, world with duet narration from Aaron Shedlock and Stella Hunter.

Saddle Up

He's a handsome cowboy trying to save his family's ranch.

I'm a reality TV producer with a brilliant plan.

Sparks fly when Clint Ryker strikes a deal with me that brings me to the ranch to learn the ropes. But when we get snowed in together, with only one bed, everything changes. 

Bucked Off

A word of advice. Don't fall in love with your fake fiancee.

When the producer of my family's reality show, Saddle Up, tried to get me to participate in an on-screen scripted romance, I saw only one way out. I told them I was unavailable - engaged, to be exact. That meant I needed a fake fiancee, pronto. 

Enter spitfire, and the girl who got away once upon a time, Penny Callahan. It should be harmless. Pretend to be together until the show is done shooting, then move on with our lives. But living with the woman of my dreams and playing the part of lovesick fool is easy for reasons I don't want to admit. And I don't want to let her go.

Ridden Hard

Baby daddy (noun); slang: the cowboy who knocked me up after one night together.

They call me the wild one.

The Ryker brother who'd rather have more notches on his bedpost than rodeo championships.

I'm good with horses, even better with women. I've been warned that sowing my oats might have consequences, but I'm always careful. And there's nothing wrong with having a little fun.

But the truth is, I want more than fun. I want it all. With the right girl.

So when the most beautiful woman I've ever seen shows up at my ranch, it should all fall into place. Except she's got a big surprise for me. She's pregnant, and the kid is mine, but she wants nothing to do with me.

©2021 Kim Loraine (P)2021 Kim Loraine

Swoony, Spicy Cowboys? Yes Please!

All 3 of these books were FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC! I love these cowboys so much! And the women that tamed them were all sassy and totally worthy of them. This family is such a joy to hear about and I could totally get lost in the world of Ryker Ranch. Mama is awesome and I just want to give her the biggest hug! I will totally be getting the other books in the series and even the spin off series! The narration was top notch! Could not have asked for better voiced to bring these wonderful characters to life!


Story 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Spice 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Swoon 😍😍😍😍😍
Angst 💔💔💔💔
Narration 👏👏👏👏👏

Great stories

Loved this series. The author knows how to tell a story that keeps you reading. I finished these three stories in two days.

excellent series

love all the books. swooning for hot cowboys. sweet, loyal, true to their hearts. can't get enough

WOW WOW WOW

I have never wanted a cowboy as much as I do now and I live in freaking TEXAS 😂 these stories are amazing and I am HOOKED.

Love this 3-book intro to the Rykers!

Ok, I started the Ryker Ranch series, and was interrupted by ALCs and ARCs, so it took me a while to finally finish. I'm so happy I met these beautiful men and their equally beautiful and feisty women.
Clint, Buck, and Tristan were so effin swoony! Each story had such depth and meaning, but wasn't so heavy, and the humor between the Ryker family was so great. Mama is a sweetheart, and I just wanted to hug her all through this series.

Kim Loraine is a goddess, and I can't wait to make my way through all her cowboys!

Stella Hunter and Aaron Shedlock are perfect in their narration of these three books.

Save a horse, ride a cowboy indeed!

LOVED all 3 books and the bonus novella. Stella is such a phenomenal narrator and always keeps me utterly engaged in a book. Aaron's drawl though??? Fire! Have a big pitcher of iced tea on standby because he brings the thirst! I fell in love with all the Ryker men and their fiesty, sassy ladies. Mama was a hoot and I definitely saw a lot of her fierceness in the women they fell for.

Unnecessary

I bought this series because who doesn’t love cowboys and duet narration. Apparently this combo can go wrong. Aaron Shedlock is fine for most of his performance but when keeps emphasizing weird tones to his “l love you”, which all three Ryker brothers enjoy saying, it just comes off a little creepy with Clint (possibly bc Aaron uses a deeper voice), and laughable with Tristan.
The plots are also all the same, the characters each seem to harp on some baseless idea about why the relationship can’t or won’t work between them and then spend the entire book constantly fretting about their own worries when it is abundantly clear to every other character how ridiculous it is (and it isn’t until some other character tells the main character how stupid he or she is being). Also, I love a hot alpha male as much as the next reader/listener, but constantly getting churlish and riled up because your brother is talking to “your woman” is just weak.
Last there are a lot of holes in the plots, which bother me because it seems like the story could have been better explained or more intense, but many things are just forgotten or glossed over as non-issues when six chapters earlier it was the end-all for the characters. For example, Penny has a sister or twin sister (not very clear) that Tristan cheated on (possibly with the twin), but later it’s just that Tristan broke her heart, so how could Penny possibly love Buck, and then without any kind of communication or other, she’s in love with Buck and no longer seems to care what her sister will think or say. Why all the angst about it at the start and apparent anger at Tristan (truthfully, I thought she was just mad at Tristan bc of the bet with Buck when she was 16), but the angst about her sister continues for many chapters. until the end, and then it’s like no one cares about that.

Loved how the story continues

I loved having all three of these books together. The story just continued on. Plus a teaser at the very end. The spice was excellent, every scene was different so it didn’t seem repetitive. HEAs for the win! Worth the read…or the listen rather.

Awesome!!

This series is amazing!! I’m not sure which brother I liked the most. Maybe Buck. They’re all so good. Aaron Sherlock is perfect for this series- or any series. I think this is my first time hearing Stella Hunter. She was perfect for this series too! Now, to find more of this family!!

ABSOLUTE MUST READ!!

This Whole Series Has Been Outstanding!!! I Am New To This Author And Absolutely Love Her Books. Stories, Writing Style, Characters And Every HEA Is Fantastic. The Narration Is Spot On Perfection!!

Brilliant box set

Brilliant cowboy box set

Each story in this box set tells the story of how each one of the Ryker boys fell in love. There's even a bonus addition of how George and Sandy Ryker their parents fell in love.

I listened to each book in audio and loved the swoon-worthy voice of the male narrator.

SADDLE UP
Saddle Up begins where Clint is picking up the pieces after his ex-fiance had pretty much left the family broke after doing away with all their money, although it doesn't go into details of this so the story felt lacking in that respect and needed more depth. I do love a swoon-worthy cowboy though and Clint Ryker definitely ticked all the right boxes. I thoroughly enjoyed this insta love story

BUCKED OFF
Buck and Penny's story starts off as a pretend romance for the production company filming on their ranch. The tv series being filmed on the Ryker ranch first starts in the first book in this series and the theme continues even though Penny and Bucks story is completely new and can be read as a stand-alone.

Buck needs a woman. Specifically, any woman the production company hasn't picked for him, just so the production company can add romance to the series. Bucks won't be told who he has a relationship with and draws the line at that so he spins a line saying that he's already spoken for.

Penny has known Buck most of her life. She hates him, they have history, and initially, she agrees to Buck's crazy proposition only because she's out if work and needs somewhere to work and live.

What starts off as a pretend romance becomes real and a slow burn romance evolves.

RIDDEN HARD
Tristan is the playboy of the bunch, he's also the least you would expect to fall in love so quickly given his reputation but when Hazel turns up with a surprise baby bump he's so done for. She's the one woman he's had a one-night stand with and couldn't get her out of his head. Fate played a part in bringing them back together.

Swoon-worthy hero. Likable heroine and a happy ending what more can you ask for.

BONUS EDITION - HARD LOVE
This book takes you back to where it all began before the Ryker boys and their sister were born. How George and Sandy fell in love. This short story is also free on Amazon if you want to try it out before delving into the series. The only disappointing thing was at the beginning of each of Sandy's Chapters it says for example Chapter 2 Sandra? that was confusing. Did the narrators get the name wrong?

Recommended swoon-worthy box set

SAVE A HORSE, RIDE A COWBOY