Sweet Home Cowboy

Sweet Home Cowboy by Jackie Ashenden, Maisey Yates, Caitlin Crews, and Nicole Helm is a wonderful, connected compilation of romance stories reminding the characters of the strength and love of family. This anthology has the theme of siblings; actually, four half sisters who have come together to create their own version of home after their paternal grandfather suffered a recent health scare. Each sibling’s story is written by a different author and each story is of novella length. Four local cowboys in Jasper Creek, Oregon, have no idea that “old” Jack Hathaway's recent illness is going to change their lives, forever. When Grandpa Jack gets sick, his four granddaughters come together in the small town to take care of him and his uncultivated ranch. These four young ladies, all fathered in the same year by Jack's ne'er-do-well son, met when their four different mothers sent them to the same summer camp at age 13, so they could get to know each other. Bonded as sisters for the past dozen years, they decide to join forces and help each other set up their dream jobs on their grandfather's dilapidated ranch. Now they are finally ready to support each other as they each find the cowboy of their dreams. Each sister has a unique personality and passion, and it was really enjoyable getting to know them one by one. They each have their own creative outlet, all of which blend together beautifully to create their "Four Sisters Farm" store a profitable place. It is difficult to pick a favorite sibling story; they each have their own strengths and the author develops them in weird, wonderful ways. Each of these novellas are wrapped up in a truly charming epilogue, and what these 4 authors have created is a joyous, magical, funny, charming, and touching homage to sisterhood, womanhood, family and friends, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Bravo, ladies! I can't wait until the next collaboration. Ms. Ashenden, Ms. Yates, Ms. Helm, and Ms Crews wrote wonderful and moving romance anthology that is not to be missed. Each story gives you warm tingles, emotion, and charming characters and the magic of family, that, by the end, you feel as if you know the minds and hearts of each of its characters, understand their loneliness, their hopes and their dreams. I highly recommend Sweet Home Cowboy to other readers. I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.

Sweet Home Cowboy Jasper Creek #3 Standalone quartet of splendid stories that put a smile on my face today as I watched four half-sisters find their happily ever after cowboy partners in Jasper Creek. The four women settle into their new home, soon to be The Four Sisters Farm, and in so doing the bonds that began to form at camp when they were thirteen only become stronger. I liked all four of the sisters and the men that they ended up with. Every couple had issues to contend with and did so admirably. TEDDY by Nicole Helm: Teddy ends up with Beau but only after she feels ready and he deals with some past demons from childhood. Teddy is a bee whisperer and loves chickens…sweet and charming but with a backbone JOEY by Maisey Yates: More mechanically minded, Joey likes to learn from experts when tackling new projects. Hollis is the man to help with the old farm equipment and perhaps he will help with a few other things, too. GEORGIE by Jackie Ashenden: Con is best friends of Georgie’s brother and has been there pretty much always until one day things begin to change and prickly Georgie is not sure what to think…even though Con is sure what he wants. ELLIOT by Caitin Crewes Elliot is the sister with the freest spirit and she openly embraces what she wants, Colt. Colt’s sense of duty almost derails the couple’s budding romance…until he sees the light. All of the characters have some growing to do as individuals and as couples. It was fun watching them interact as I got to know them and the men they ended up with. Thank you to NetGalley and HQN for the ARC – This is my honest review. 5 Stars

These cowboys don't know what hit 'em! Four local cowboys in Jasper Creek, Oregon, have no idea how old Jack Hathaway's recent illness is going to change their lives. When Grandpa Jack gets sick, his four granddaughters converge on the small town to take care of him and the ranch he's let fallow. These four young ladies, all fathered in the same year by Jack's ne'er-do-well son, met when their four different mothers sent them to the same summer camp at age 13, so they could get to know each other. Bonded as sisters for the past dozen years, they're now able to join forces and help each other set up their dream jobs on their grandfather's dilapidated ranch. And they're ready to support each other as they each find the cowboy of their dreams. Each of the sisters are unique in personality and passion, and I really enjoyed getting to know them one by one. I loved how each one had a special "flower" designation, and that was especially well incorporated into the story with Joey and Hollis, which, for that and many other reasons, is my favorite of the four. They each have their own creative outlet, all of which blend together beautifully to make their "Four Sisters Farm" store a place that I wholeheartedly wish existed in real life. The four authors must have copiously shared notes throughout the writing process to achieve such an amazing level of cohesiveness throughout each story. Each of these four authors are consistently on my Must Read list, and when they collaborate the result is pure magic. This is the third such collaboration, and is connected to the previous two in that all three take place in Jasper Creek, Oregon, and there are some crossover characters - several of the brothers and sisters of our main characters were featured in the earlier compilations. I don't know if it was by design or just a coincidence, but all four romances follow the same trajectory: attraction, intimacy, feelings, then as soon as one of them expresses their feelings, the other feels trapped and unworthy due in some way to their family history. Once they're convinced - usually by someone in their family - that they're wrong, we get the inevitable groveling and reconciliation scene. Not that they aren't written beautifully with strong characters and deep, heartfelt emotions, but in a set of four I would've liked a little variety. The epilogue was told from the viewpoint of a secondary character in all four stories, and it was simply brilliant. It brought together all the things we loved about each story and gave us a very satisfying HEA for all involved. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.