Resisting
the Rancher
Series:
Three River Ranch #4
Book Synopsis:
Country veterinarian Celia Gamble is in trouble.
A misunderstanding from her past is rearing its ugly head and the only person
she can turn to is Jonah Clarke—her family’s lawyer and, as it turns out, her
brother Zach’s best friend and her childhood crush. She always wanted Jonah to
see her as a bona fide woman, but as a woman who’s being wrongfully blackmailed
for seducing a married man? Not on her life.
Jonah is happy to help little CeeCee Gamble, if
only she’d come clean about why she’s being blackmailed. But with Zach’s
wedding on the horizon and Zach’s fashionista fiancée Desiree giving CeeCee a
makeover, the little duckling Jonah remembers is turning into a definite swan.
And the unwritten law on sisters is clear—hands off. Jonah must resist Celia or
lose the only true family he’s ever known.
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Review:
Celia has recently moved
back home to start her veterinary practice after graduating college. She has always wanted to practice where she
grew up and couldn’t wait to start, even if she was nervous of failing. She had so much pressure on her from her
brother to succeed, that she was terrified to let them down. The last thing she needed was to run into her
older brothers’ best friend, Jonah and dredge up all the feelings she has for
him.
Jonah is a lawyer in their small town and he
feels pressure to succeed for his parent’s sake. He thinks his parents sold their farm in
order to put him through law school and the least he could do is be successful. He doesn’t go out and enjoy himself and he doesn’t
let himself get close to anyone. When he
sees Celia for the first time since she moved back, he is struck by her
beauty. He has always cared about her
and to be honest, he has had more than friendship feelings for her for a
while. However, he doesn’t want to act
on them because he doesn’t want to lose the relationship he has with her
brother and the rest of her family.
The more they are
around each other, the harder both of them are having to fight off what they
feel for each other. When they finally
do break down and have the best night of their lives, they are not sure where
to go from there. Celia has hired Jonah
to help with trouble from her past and he feels guilty for getting involved
with her. Celia starts to realize that
no matter how much she wants to be with Jonah, he will never see her as anyone
else than a friend. As much as it hurts,
she decides to let him go and move on with her life. She also decides to tell her family about her
past and how she has brought trouble home with her.
What she doesn’t
realize is that when she let Jonah go, he realized that he loves her. He knows he is going to have to fight to get
her back and he is determined to do it.
He wants to be the one to stand by her side day in and day out for the
rest of their lives.
When she
confronts her family and explains what is going on and the troubles she brought
with her, needless to say her brother is furious. He can’t believe she would not come to them
when she needed them back at school and now bring her troubles to her family. Her mother is devastated with the news and
can’t believe how much Celia has suffered on her own. The family vows to stand by her and help
her.
Will Celia be
able to overcome her past? Will the
trouble threatening her and her family go away?
Will Celia and Jonah finally get their HEA? If you like stories about sexy cowboys, this
is a good story for you. Celia grew up in this story, not physically,
but emotionally. She was finally able to
conquer her fears and have the life she always wanted. She was a strong character, who was
wonderfully written to be a bright woman.
I even loved all her quirky shirts.
Jonah also grew up in this story.
He finally realized he is a great person and when he tries, he can truly
make a difference in people’s lives. I
was so happy when he finally gave in to his feelings for Celia. It killed me having to wait for Celia, but I
understood why she was hesitant to be with him.
It is truly a sweet story about childhood friends who became so much
more. Don’t just take my word for it, to
out and get your copy today!!
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Author Bio:
Roxanne Snopek has been writing professionally
for more than two decades and her work has appeared in publications varying
from The Vancouver Sun and Reader’s Digest to newsletters for Duke, Cornell and
Tufts Universities. She’s done corporate copywriting on topics ranging from pet
food for Iams/Eukanuba, to employee profiles for VersaCold to air-conditioner
maintenance for Home Depot. (That’s right. Air conditioner maintenance.)
But she’s also had a bunch of other stuff published, including one mystery novel, a
couple of literary short stories and a non-fiction series. One summer, she
wrote video game dialogue and narrative for Silicon Sisters
Interactive, a project that combined
her two favourite genres – mystery and romance – with the world of casual
gaming.
In 2012 she sold her first
romance novel to Entangled Publishing. THREE RIVER RANCH made the Barnes & Noble Top Ten list, The Amazon
Top 100 list and is now the foundation of a multi-book series. Recently, the
first three books sold to France.
Author Website: http://www.roxannesnopek.ca/
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Great review! I just purchased Resisting the Rancher this morning. I haven't read the rest of the series yet (purchased book1 recently), but they are on my TBR. Can this be read as a "stand-alone" or is better to read the series in order?
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yes, it can be read as a stand alone. I haven't had the opportunity to read the other books in the series and I had no problem with reading this one. It is mostly about Jonah and Celia, but the people from the other books are in it as well. I hope you like it!
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