Cash by Jessica Peterson Series: Lucky River Ranch #1
Published by Bloom Books on August 22, 2024
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My dad and I have been estranged for years. But as his only living relative, it’s no surprise I inherit his massive cattle ranch when he dies. Something that is a surprise? The stipulation in his will, which requires me to live on the ranch and actively manage it for a year before I can access my inheritance money.
I haven’t stepped foot in Hartsville, Texas, population one thousand, since my parents split when I was six. Now a city girl through and through, I never imagined having to move back to cowboy country. But I need the money to invest in my company, and a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.
There’s just one giant roadblock to my plan: the ranch’s foreman, grumpy cowboy Cash Rivers. I don’t care how good he looks in his Wranglers and chaps. He’s rude, he’s growly, and he wants me gone. I’d fire him in a heartbeat, but I need this cowboy to teach me the ropes of running a ranch.
We’re enemies from the get-go. But turns out, Cash is really good at this ranch thing. He’s got strong hands, an intelligent mind, and let’s just say everything really is bigger in Texas. Working alongside him leads to conversations beneath the stars. Throw in some cheek-to-cheek dancing at the local dive bar, and it all feels so right that I start to fall in love with life on the ranch. And maybe with him, too.
But my stay in Hartsville is only temporary. And you know what they say about cowboys: they may break horses, but they also break hearts. If only Cash hadn’t already lassoed mine…
A downhome, sexy romance that will leave you yearning for more cowboys! Cash is the first in the Lucky River Ranch series by Jessica Peterson and I was hooked quickly. It is an enemies to lovers story that takes place in Texas with delightfully sinful cowboys around every corner. We are quickly entrenched into Mollie’s story as she returns to settle the affairs of her estranged father after his death and finds herself thrust into a situation she wasn’t expecting. Foreman of her dad’s ranch Cash can’t stand her city girl vibes and particular dislikes the way she treated the man that was like a second father to he and his brothers. The characters both have interesting back stories and plans for their futures that have them settled in far from each other places, but the more time she spends connecting with her inner cowgirl, the more she finds herself aching for the cowboy who she loves to hate! Great characters with a supporting cast that has the ranch and town feeling like family that this reader wants to revisit quickly. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a steamy cowboy romance with lots of heart and several more cowboys who already steal your heart in this book. Three more books are already released in the series and one more is on the way to finish off the line up of Cash’s brothers!
