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How to Cowboy

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Not a fan of this book. Too emotional and dragged in my opinion. I hope future books in this series are better.

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How to Cowboy (Creedence Horse Rescue #3). Jennie Marts. 2021. Sourcebooks Casablanca (eBook ARC)

In addition to the cowboys, horses and other rascally animals, How to Cowboy reunites a father and daughter, ex-bull rider Cade and Allison; and introduces them to Nora, a physical therapist. There is chemistry for the romance and some heart to the story of Cade and Allison reconciling. But Allison was pretty bratty (which yea, understandable, but still annoying). And Cade and Nora were a bit too speedy in starting up. I always look forward to a Creedence story from Marts, and while this was not my favorite of the Creedence Horse Rescue series, it was overall an enjoyable read.

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Wow this was an amazing book. I loved every second of this book. From the very Start the book drew me in and I was flipping pages fast and fast to find out what was going to happen next. This book was very well wrote and kept my attention throughout. The story line was just brilliant and the characters were realistic and very lovable. It really made me smile and feel good reading this book. I'm just so glad I found this book as it really picked me up. If you love heartwarming romance stories then this book is definitely for you. I really can't recommend this book enough. Although this book is Parton a series it works so well as a standalone as I really felt attached to the characters and never felt lost or that I had missed out. I was emotionally invested in the story and characters. I have the next book in this series and just can't wait to read it. I'm desperately looking for a gap in my reading list to slot it in so keep your eyes peeled for the next review. For me this was the perfect type of romance novel especially if your love horses aswell. This book is brilliant for ages 18 plus due to some love scenes. 

Only the highest of praise goes out to the author and publishers for creating such a wonderful unique story that is so easy to connect with and love. I call these book the nice warm hug books. I will definitely be looking out for more books by this amazing author. In the days since writing this a review I have actually be given another of the authors books to read eek.

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Another wonderful addition from Jennie Marts! I seriously love her cowboys and how she tells a story with emotion! I love the dynamic of our former rodeo single dad hero and our physical therapist heroine. Cody isn’t doing rodeos anymore and is time to step up to the dad plate. But his daughter is grieving and hurt. Nora is kind and caring but just came from a bad break up. She helps Allie(daughter) so much along with the ranch animals! I love that for her! Cody and Nora have an instant connection and amazing chemistry! I loved seeing them fall in love, letting go of past hurst and making a family together!! This book really has a lot of heart and was sweet! I’m so excited for the next one!

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This was a good read. It wasn't my favorite of the series, and I struggled with the rating. I give it 3.5 stars. I liked Cade and Nora for the most part, but this is very much an insta-love kind of story. It was a little weird too because Nora had just broke up with her fiancé right before coming to the ranch. Nora's thoughts about jumping in with both feet or not thinking about consequences got a little old. For such a short time period, she repeated it to herself several different times. I KNOW Allie was going through a lot in this book, but I had a hard time liking her. She was very rude and the fact that she called Cade "SD" several times and in front of people was ridiculous (I did know what that meant as soon as she said it).
I did love getting glimpses of the other couples from previous books, and the animals as well. Like I said, not my favorite in this series, but this author never writes anything bad. I'm hoping we get Jillian and Ethan's story :)
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced readers copy of this book.

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After too many injuries and the goal of reconnecting with his estranged daughter, Cade Callahan, returned to his grandfather's ranch to help his cousin Bryn with the Heaven Can Wait Horse Rescue Ranch, though it is not only horses they rescue. Bryn has such a large heart that she welcomes all creatures, even the two legged ones. But after a tragic accident that left this wife dead and his daughter seriously injured. Cade finds himself the custodial parent. He had been convinced by his ex that he was a no good parent and she had pushed him out of their daughter,Allie's life, also lying about doing so and claiming that he was abusive and did not want to be a parent. Not aware of this, he tries very hard to help his daughter and show her unconditional love. Enter, Nora, a physical therapist, who he hired for Allie. Nora has her own issues, but bonds immediately with both Allie and Cade, not only helping Allie physically, but helps heal the rift between daughter and Dad. Lots of humor, great characters, amusing animals and beautiful scenery descriptions. The two things I didn't like was, considering the relationship that Nora had just escaped, I think that they "got naked" too early. Also, Cade should certainly know better than to take a shower during a thunderstorm. Otherwise, I really enjoyed it.

I read an ARC from the publisher, via NetGAlley.com. This is my unbiased and voluntary review.

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The previous books in the series were 5-star reads for me, so of course I dived right into this story when it became available. I knew of Cade from the previous books, but I didn't know his story. A former rodeo star sidelined by his injuries, Cade is at his cousin's rescue farm looking out for his estranged daughter who is recovering from her injuries and wants nothing to do with him.

I am always weary of children in romance books because they can either detract from the romance or they add nothing to the story. Thankfully, the author did a great job with Allie's character. I enjoyed the development of her relationship with both Cade and Nora and how it added to the story as a whole.

As with the previous books in the series, the author did a great job balancing humor with a wide range in emotions. The blossoming romance between Nora and Cade was sweet and charming with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. I enjoyed their candid conversations and shared camaraderie. It helped that their attraction to each other was obvious and that their chemistry sizzled whenever they interacted. I appreciated the fact that although these two were attracted to each other from the get-go, their romance didn't read as insta-love. Their connection was evident and I soon found myself invested in their romance.

I also appreciated the chance to visit with Bryn and Zane, Elle, Brody and their daughter and getting to see the animals on the farm. This cast of characters (animals included!) helped to add lightness to the story while at the same time bringing forth healing for Cade and Allie relationship.

Although this is book 3 in the Creedence Horse Rescue series, it can definitely be read as a stand alone since it focuses on Cade, Allie and Nora and the bond that is growing between them.

All in all, a fantastic addition to the series. I can't wait to see what Jennie Marts comes up with for Ethan's story!!

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How to Cowboy is the third book in the Creedence Horse Rescue series by Jennie Marts. Former rodeo rider Cade Callahan has left the circuit and settled in at his cousin Bryn’s horse rescue ranch. He has spent his free time renovating the bunk house, creating two apartments. He has also created a nice bedroom for his 13 year old estranged daughter Allie with hopes his ex Amber will grant him the hoped for visitation.

What Cade never hoped for was the tragic loss of Amber and injuries to Allie. But it happened and now he is responsible for his young teen daughter and anxious about building a new relationship. With physical therapist Nora Fisher joining them at the ranch soon after their own arrival, she first becomes a cushion for the intense emotions of her employer and patient, then becomes an integral part of their lives.

The rescue animals on the ranch become key to new relationships, making inroads for communication and understanding. The open and loving hearts of family and friends may rescue them all. This is a well written story with lovely family undertones and a wonderful father-daughter relationship developing. I very much enjoyed this book and I do recommend it!

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Nora and Cade's story. When Allie comes to live with Cade after her mother's death, things take a turn. How cruel to be referred to as SD (sperm donor). Not the best way to try to get the girl to accept him. Didn't like the grandparents trying to cause problems too. Good story overall though, and liked the sparks between the main couple. Would recommend this series and author.

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This is the kind of book i go out and buy after i read it. It was also a book club read for me. Ib adored this book. The characters, the situation, the romance everything was so perfectly enjoyable.

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This is a voluntary review of an advanced copy.

Wow, the emotions were all over the place with this heart breaker story of Cade who finds he is now the guardian of his daughter after his ex-wife dies. There are parts that are so happy and parts that are sad but in the end, there is a resolution for Cade and his daughter.

Add in Nora, and the chemistry is sizzling between them. Cade and Nora just seem to fit each other and they both are a bit damaged from their past relationships.

It just hurt reading all the things Cade's ex-wife put him through and how she kept their daughter away from him. She really was emotionally abusive to him and the things she said to their daughter about him was just evil.

I loved that we see the other couples from previous books and new faces which I hope we get to read about in up-coming books. The community was just so supportive and caring that it makes you want to move there and be part of it!

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I thought that this was a great book!

It had a good and strong storyline and the characters were fantastic – really well developed and they had some great interaction between them – I loved following the story.

The book had hope, true feelings and love which really helped bring the characters and the story together. It was a wonderfully romantic story packed with feelings and it was a pleasure to read.

It is 5 stars from me for this one, very highly recommended and another fab book from Jennie Marts!

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4 / 5 stars

Tropes:
- Small town romance
- Grumpy hero
- Single dad

I really loved this book! We got Nora and Cade's love story. Cade is a recent widower who must take care of his 13 year old daughter who has in an accident. Nora is a physical therapist who will help Allie in her recovery. The spark and tension between Cade and Nora was instantaneous and was really lovely. Both of them have their own problemas and have trough them to be together. It was such a tender story and I loved all the characters involved.


Thanks NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca for giving me an ARC in exchange of an honest review.

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3/5 Stars

** I received this as an E-ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review, Thank you!**

This was just an okay read for me. while I didn't mine the romance between Cade and Nora, I found the romance a little boring. I think my favorite parts were of Cade trying to reconnect with his 13 year old daughter following her accident and loosing her mother. There was a lot of emotion there and felt like it would be a great place for character growth. Unfortunately, the book just fell flat for me,. As much as I wanted to enjoy the book, I just couldn't connect to the story or the characters so I didn't really have any strong emotions towards this book.

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I've really enjoyed this series and "How to Cowboy" was a great addition to the lineup. I love getting updates about all the rescued animals they have living on the farm and hearing about their hilarious antics. And this time we get even more adorable animals added to the mix. So it's a win-win with cute animals and some romance.

Cade is the cousin of Bryn (Book 1) and is living and working at the rescue after retiring from the rodeo circuit. He was once married and has a 13 year old daughter named Allie that he hasn't had much to do with over the last 9 years. Now he's the sole parent for Allie after she and her mother were in a car accident that killed her mom. Nora is a physical therapist who has been hired to rehabilitate Allie after the accident. She's living next door to Cade/Allie on the ranch in their shared duplex, so pretty convenient for a romance. She was in a pretty bad relationship prior to coming to work with Allie, so she's not exactly trusting of her own judgment when it come to men. Yet that doesn't stop her from crossing the line with Cade, the guy who is paying her to provide PT for his daughter. I could overlook this line though since they had a patient/provider arrangement, but it was a pretty lax arrangement it seemed.

I went into this book not liking Cade after learning he had not been part of Allie's life for 9 years, at least not in a significant sense. It's hard to respect a guy who decided rodeo was more important than being around his daughter. At least that was my thinking until I learned his story. Basically, his ex was a toxic lying, manipulative, and verbally abusive woman. She did everything in her power to make him feel like he wasn't good enough to be a dad and when something happens, she makes him feel less than the dirt on the bottom of your shoe. So he decides that maybe she's right and he doesn't deserve to be a dad and he stays away. He believed the toxic crap she was spewing and it took away his relationship with Allie. Now, I still fault Cade for not fighting back (legally) and for staying away so long. He could have done something to fight for his chance to see his daughter, even when his ex tried her best to keep him away from Allie. So he does bear responsibility for the prolonged absence, but his ex bears the brunt of the responsibility given how she mentally abused Cade for years.

This book was a bit emotional at times when we saw how bad Cade was hurting when trying to deal with a grieving teenaged daughter who hated him at times. I just wanted to give him a big hug. And then the hate spewed by his ex's family also hurt my heart. But what's a book without a good villain (or two)?

My biggest complaint is that the ending seemed a bit rushed. It was a little too sunshines and rainbows to be realistic and we're left with just assuming everything will resolve itself with Cade's ex-wife's family. We get a HFN for Cade, Nora and Allie and it felt incomplete since they go from not together to together in the span of a few pages. At least give us an epilogue! I'll keep reading the series since I'm interested to see if Jillian and the Deputy are next up.

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How to Cowboy is the third title in the Creedence Horse Rescue series, and it brings us such an emotionally gripping romance between an unlikely couple trying to help a young pre-teen whose entire world has just imploded.

Cade suddenly finds himself back in his pre-teenage daughter’s life when she is injured in the car crash that killed her mother. Allie has been told a lot of things about her absent father during her life, little of it actually true. When Allie was tiny, Cade made a mistake, one his ex-wife never let him forget and after their divorce kept him out of his daughter’s life by refusing to allow him to see Allie or by moving constantly so that he has no idea where they are. He could have fought harder, and he admits that but guilt let him believe all the lies his ex-wife was saying about him and he didn’t want to disrupt his daughter’s life. Now they have to somehow come together as a family as Allie heals physically and emotionally… and for that Cade’s going to need professional help like Nora.

Nora has just come out of a bad breakup, is living in her mother’s basement, and desperately needs a job and a new direction. As a traveling physical therapist, she’s perfect for the job of tending to Allie’s physical needs, and her emotional ones as well. She didn’t count on an intense, instant attraction to Cade but this job and these people could change her life… if she’s willing to take a few risks in trusting her heart. We’ll also run into some familiar faces, citizens of this small town… and the most adorable, cantankerous animals imaginable on the ranch. I love returning to the Creedence Horse Rescue world.

How to Cowboy was a fun, emotional, sexy romance with each of the three main characters having some serious issues to be dealt with… Allie in particular. How do you reach a young girl who feels abandoned by her father, was lied to for years, and has lost the security of her mother? Not by calling her dead mother a liar that’s for sure. I loved how Cade stepped up into his father role, faced the past, and worked to earn his daughter’s trust and eventual love. Nora had a lot to do with that happening, and their relationship was a bumpy road to the happy ending they both deserved. I enjoyed returning to this world, the story is smooth and well-written, the plot interesting, the secondary characters make the world come alive, and the animals are always good for some adorable and mischievous moments. If you enjoy a good story, believable characters, and unique situations then this one should be on your need-to-read list.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*

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This is a sweet, entertaining book. I especially liked Cade and Allie's part of the story. I think this will be a really good series.

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This was a sweet read with some steam to make things a little spicy! I loved all the characters – from ex-rodeo rider, Cade Callahan who is suddenly thrust into single fatherhood; to Allie Callahan, a young teenager whose life was turned upside down with a car crash that killed her mother and now has to connect with absentee dad, Cade; to Nora Fisher who was looking for work after an epically failed relationship that left her penniless. Throw in some rescue animals antics and the camaraderie of some small town characters, you have a heartwarming, easy read for a rainy afternoon.

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This novel is an emotional roller-coaster and definitely worth the ride. Bring Kleenexes because Marts will have you laughing and crying in equal measure. This must read author just keeps getting better and better.

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Cade is suddenly thrusted into the role of being a full-time father to his daughter, Allie, after her mother, his ex-wife, is killed in a car crash. Allie has been injured, both physically and emotionally. Cade brings her back to his ranch to recover. He hires a live-in physical therapist to help since the ranch is a good ways from the nearest town.
Cade has not been the father he needed to be as his daughter grew up. An accident when Allie was little convinced him he wasn't competent and his ex-wife didn't help keep the relationship with his daughter close. He is convinced now that he can change and make himself a better dad. He has left his rodeo days behind and is concentrating on helping horses get adopted, among other things.
Nora, the therapist, helps Allie progress, but tries to keep Cade on a professional level. She has suffered recent trauma that left her heartbroken and broke. She is afraid to jump into a new relationship and get hurt again. Can she keep from getting close to Allie, Cade and all the wonderful people in the area?
The author shows the difficult journey all three of the main characters have had to navigate. They all have trust issues that are explored and quite relatable. I feel Cade shows the most growth during the story. He has to learn new ways of looking at life and setting the right priorities.
I loved one of the secondary characters, Aunt Sassy. She brought humor and extra loving advice to the plot
The romance has the right amount of spice and tension to make it just perfect. Although I am a fan of many sub-genres of romance, there is just something about a cowboy. Cade knows "how to cowboy" and shares his knowledge with those he cares about.
How To Cowboy was a pleasure to read. I highly recommend it any other by talented author Jennie Marts. I look forward to more new novels in the future

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