I'll admit it is hard for me to resist cowboy stories - and a collection of cowboy stories always makes me happy! This collection of stories is a great one to read - I liked them all - but I loved the last story by Rebecca Zanetti - when is that series coming? Can I read it now please???

Each story in this collection focuses on independent people letting others in - and finding their way. In some respects the stories are all about letting down your guard and moving forward with love. Diana Palmer, the queen of western romance, writes about Butch and Esther. Butch has appeared in other Diana Palmer stories and I have always wanted him and his wolf two-toes to find someone special. Esther is such a sweetheart. She's lived a sheltered and crazy life all at the same time. But she and Butch are clearly meant for each other.

Kate Pearce writes about Beth Baker and Conner O'Neill. Beth is a resident in a town Kate Pearce has written a lot about. Her brother Ted had a short story of his own recently. Beth is a single mom to two young adult men - and still struggling with rebuilding her life after the terrible abuse from the boys father. Conner is a retired Navy Seal who is also still struggling with PTSD and finding his feet after the military. I loved them together and had been hoping to find out more about Beth. I loved that Kate Pearce didn't give Beth and Conner and immediate HEA in the short story (even though you can see them getting there). It was more of a happy-for-now ending, but I was totally on board with that!

Rebecca Zanetti introduces us to a group of 12 ex-military cowboys that I am now DYING to know more about. Please Rebecca Zanetti - write more about these boys ASAP. The guys have a cowboy version of an Motorcycle Club - filled with retired military of many different varieties. The pacing of the relationship between Trent and Hallie is just right - and I was totally invested in finding out more about this crew.

Overall - these are good stories that connect into larger universes (or at least I really really hope Rebecca Zanetti's book connects to one eventually) - but you don't have to read any of those to enjoy these stories.

I received this as an ARC from NetGalley, but these opinions are all my own.

I enjoyed the book each of the stories were sweet, interesting, and the characters were enjoyable. The storylines i found were a bit fast but well written. I did find the first story in the book to be a bit to youngish but well worth the read. Over all the book was very good it is definitely worth a read.