The way I ATE THIS UP 🙂‍↕️

Cole and Ginger were the epitome of best friends falling into shenanigans while not realizing how in love they are with each other! They literally were orbiting each other for years, always within reach but just not close enough to go further. The tension between them built up in such a way that left me absolutely feral for them.

And don’t get me started on the way that Ginger seamlessly integrated herself into Cole and Mabel’s family. The way this trio went through the summer and became more family without even realizing was so precious, so sweet.

I just loved how organically everything happened throughout the story. It didn’t ever feel like anything was forced or added for sake of plot device. The addition of flashbacks from Cole and Ginger’s past really added another layer to how far their friendship went, showing that they really were best friends - always holding out for the other 🥹

Seriously - if you haven’t read this series, do yourself a favor and get to it!!

Paisley did it again! Another absolutely amazing addition to the Silver Pines Ranch series. I have been waiting for Cole and Ginger’s story since book one, and it was so worth the wait. 

Ginger has been keeping her friendship with her best friend's brother, Cole, a secret for years. After a wild night in Vegas results in a drunken wedding, things start to change between them. 
I loooved their friendship, and watching it slowly turn into more was so satisfying.

Cole is a single dad and the brand-new Sheriff. Ginger agrees to stay married for the summer to avoid scandal. She also becomes a caretaker for his daughter, Mabel. I loved their relationship, and how they bonded over gardening and being “daddy’s girls”. 

Definitely check this one out if you like a little forbidden friends to lovers vibe. It’s perfect!

What to expect
🤠Small Town 
🩵 Single dad
👮‍♂️“Law daddy”
🩷Best friends brother
💍 Accidental Vegas wedding

Cole and Ginger were perfect together. They had great chemistry and I loved all the tension leading up to them getting together. But they also had such a great friendship especially with all the banter.

I loved the town and all the friendships they have!

Whew, is it hot in here or is it just this book because damnnn Mr. Cole Ashby do you have a way with words?
This was a hot af friends to lovers situation.
After going to Vegas to celebrate a bachelor/Bachelorette party Cole and Ginger wake up the next day married and with a situation on their plates. Cole is the new sheriff in town and after the last sheriff's scandal, this town doesn't need another. And ginger is the daughter of the state congressman who is up for re-election. Basically, neither of these 2 can afford to have a drunk wedding in Vegas scandal. They both agree to just fake a marriage for a few months and then get divorced......what was not discussed was these feelings they have both been harboring.
God the Pining, the filthy words I'm not gonna lie I would've buckled for both of them. Ginger is confident and sassy asf with everyone and her banter with Cole is like on another level. And Cole 🥵🥵 lord Jesus this man can talk a nun out of her panties 😂😂
But the relationship they have is beautiful. They were true friends who were essentially each other's ride or die. Anytime they called they would show up for each other. I loved this story and just seeing them become a family better yet a team, oh my heart was full by the end.

Accidental marriage? Sign me up!!! Cole and Ginger did not disappoint. This is the third book in the Silver Pines Ranch series and can be read as a standalone.

I absolutely loved their friendship, banter, and chemistry. They developed such a good foundation for a relationship without even truly realizing it, so I love that they accidentally got married. Their secret friendship really showed their connection. Also, Ginger was great with Cole's daughter, and Cole was a great dad who tried his best.

I love Paisley's writing and this series. This was a fun and spicy read, and I definitely recommend it.

⭐️Single Dad
⭐️Accidental Marriage
⭐️Secret friends to lovers
⭐️He's the cop but she handcuffs him
⭐️Found Family
⭐️Sister's best friend 
⭐️Spicy small town
⭐️My wife moments

This book was literally everything and more! I love this series! Paisley is an amazing writer who gets it right every time!

4.5 stars 3 peppers

- small town
- single dad
- sheriff
- friends to lovers
- accidental marriage
- little sisters best friend

I loved this story. It was sweet and easy. Cole and Ginger have been friends for a long time. He's a single dad- HOT- and the town sheriff- also HOT. They go to Vegas for a bachelor/bachelorette weekend and accidentally get married.

I loved Cole so much, even when he was going through his playboy phase I still loved him. The deep friendship that he and Ginger have is so beautiful. Ugh and when she watches his daughter all summer- I melt.

Absolutely loved being back with the Silver Pines gang. I loved Cole and Ginger and the fact that they had been hiding their feelings for each other but finally decided to act on their feelings.

4.5 stars

I'm such a sucker for a single dad romance and I knew I was going to love this one instantly because it was written by Paisley Hope!

My absolute favorite thing in this book was the banter between Cole and Ginger! I was laughing out loud at the dynamic between the two characters! I loved how that played into how bossy Cole could be and how Ginger helped to balance him out.

I really enjoyed that there was a little more suspense I this book! It wasn't a ton, but it definitely helped to move the story along and made it hard to out down!

I will forever be in love with the Silver Pines series and this was an excellent addition! I highly recommend!

I was really really hoping to enjoy this one, because I love the premise. Unfortunately, Ginger & Cole's relationship was just incredibly shallow. I wanted more intimacy without sex, if that makes sense. My favorite part of this whole story was Mabel & Ginger's relationship.

Oh. My. God. Cole and Ginger were everything I ever wanted from them. I have been WAITING for their story since their banter in Holding the Reins and Paisley did not disappoint.

Cole, aka Law Daddy, is single dad to little Mabel and best friend to Ginger… (GASP I did not see that coming). He is the new sheriff and focused on his job and his daughter. He loves his community, his family and his friends. He’s protective and he is the BEST daddy to Mabes.

Ginger is a spitfire and I have loved her from the beginning. She is hilarious and always has her girls’ backs. She is a full time teacher and part time bartender. She is super independent and doesn’t need a man in her life, well other than her BFF Cole.

Their banter and friendship was perfection and I loved their chemistry. I’m obsessed with the Vegas trip and their accidental marriage, but I especially loved that their little tryst led to them realizing their chemistry and opened the door to their feelings. When Ginger moved in for the summer to help with Mabes I was kicking my feet excited because we all knew what was going to happen.

On top of Ginger and Cole’s amazing friendship, the bond that Mabel and Ginger developed was the sweetest. Their little garden was so cute and I’m so happy that Mabel gets an amazing role model in Ginger. The fact that Cole was worried that Ginger wouldn’t want them as a pair was so thoughtful, but we all know there was no question that Ginger wanted them both 🥹

Each book in the series has gotten better and better, and I can’t wait to read the rest of the series.

i was sadly not able to finish this book by its pub date today but i absolutely love the series and highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for their next cowboy romance fix!!

Things I Loved:
Truth or Dare
They’ve had each others back for a long time
He brings her flowers
Nash and CeCes wedding day
Tell me something true
He calls her Vixen
My wife
We’re a team - Me, you, and daddy

I just loved Cole and Ginger’s story. From the snippets of their past to the way they have always been there for one another. Their chemistry is undeniable. The way Ginger loves Cole’s daughter, Mabel, is so special. Getting to see their friendship evolve to more was so fun! I couldn’t get enough of them. This is the third book in the Silver Pines series, if you haven’t read these yet, you’re missing out!

A really cute small town romance. The single dad/live in nanny trope always does it for me no matter how many times I read it. If you love Heartless by Elsie Silver and Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage definitely give this a try.

I loved Cole and Ginger’s dynamic and how she respected his boundaries with his child but also kept him in check when he needed to loosen up a bit. That is always a balance that I find hard to pull off in fiction and Paisley Hope did a great job. The writing was quick and funny with lots of banter and years long jokes between the two characters.

The only thing that didn’t work for me is the police officer “law daddy” thing but that is more of a personal issue and nothing against the author’s writing.

Thank you Paisley Hope, Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Dell, and Netgalley for the ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

This book is another STEAMY small town romance that takes place in the heart of Kentucky! This is the third book in the Silver Pines Ranch series! This book is expected to release on May 6th, 2025.

➼ small town
➼ best friend's brother
➼ single father
➼ accidental marriage/marriage of convenience
➼ secret relationship
➼ friends to lovers

Trigger warning(s): none

I feel so bad to say this, but I was very disappointed. I gave the previous book 3.5 stars and I was truly anticipating this book and their story, it's why I applied for the ARC, but I was just so let down. I don't want to talk bad about it, cause it has such a great concept for a storyline, but I just could NOT get into it 😭 Everything about this book just kept dragging and I truly wanted to DNF it but I wouldn't let myself since it was an ARC. I thought the previous book was too much with the $mut, but this one just felt like it depended on it. I HATE when the only "chemistry" for characters is when they have to have $3x. Like it has to be more than that for me, it needs to be emotional and make me feel like I am living in their moment, ya know? OMG AND THE WORD DADDY WAS USED WAY TOO MANY TIMES if I ever see that word again I swear 😭

Cole Ashby is the new sheriff in his hometown, and a scandal like getting married in Vegas is NOT what he wants on his record. He has apparently crushed on Ginger for years, even though in the past books it didn't feel like that long but who knows. He is also a great dad to Mabel.

Ginger Danforth is CeCe's best friend (book 1) and has had the BIGGEST crush on her bestie's older brother for years. She's a high school teacher who is looking to make some extra cash over the summer, so what better way than with the man she accidentally married in Vegas? She knows and loves Cole's daughter, Mabel, and is just a great fit for that family dynamic.

Book boyfriend? uhhh I'm gonna say no on this one, but thats also because of the overuse of "law daddy" 🤮

★★.5
🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️

Paisley Hope infused so much heart, yearning, and fun into this story. Such a sweet friends-to-lovers, marriage of convenience, single dad romance.

Loved everything about this book, very lovable characters, great plot, especially no third act break up.

i was so excited for this book after reading the first one. i just knew there was something between cole and ginger. then finding out about their secret friendship. really enjoying this series!

I’m sorry, did Paisley Hope just make me fall in love with the Friends to Lovers trope?! Cole Ashby gives the king of single daddies (Kai Rhodes of course) a run for his money! Honestly, I could not tell you who I love more.

This is a small town single dad nanny story with a BIG TWIST setting it a part from all the others. I was laughing, crying, and kicking my feet 😉 the entire time. And the squeals! I squealed so much my dogs thought I was losing it. No one does it like Paisley Hope. “Title of your sex tape.” This is easily one of my favorite romances of all time. Cole and Ginger’s story is utter perfection.

P.S. Paisley I SCREAMED when I saw H.O.L.Y. perfect choice!

Thank you Net Galley, Dell Publishing, and Random House for an ARC of this book.

Riding the High delivers everything I love in a small-town romance—an accidental Vegas wedding between secret best friends, a swoon-worthy single-dad sheriff, and the most adorable 8-year-old sidekick. Ginger and Cole’s slow-burn chemistry had me hooked, especially with their years of unspoken pining finally coming to a head. While I would’ve loved more emotional depth in their relationship (and fewer lust-driven moments early on), their dynamic was undeniably charming. The found-family feels between Ginger and Cole’s daughter, Mabel, melted my heart, and the lack of a third-act breakup was refreshing. Though the sheriff election subplot added mild tension, I mostly just wanted more quiet, domestic moments between the leads. Still, this was a fun, low-angst read with plenty of humor and heart—perfect for fans of small-town settings and best-friends-to-lovers tropes!