Coming Home to the Cowboy

Megan Ryder

Sept 2019 · Redemption Ranch Book 2 · Tule Publishing

About this eBook

The town bad boy with hidden pain…

Champion bull-rider and all-around fun guy Chase Summers is everybody’s friend, but his affable personality hides a lifetime of pain. Having been abandoned as a young child at the steps of a church, he learned young that he was unwanted. The only thing that saved him from isolation was his foster dad and life on Redemption Ranch. Now he spends his time on the rodeo circuit, sending home his winnings to help the ranch succeed, and his nights with buckle bunnies, making sure no one gets close enough to touch the pain deep inside. 

The town good girl who saw the good in everyone…

When accountant and small business advisor Hailey Spencer is hired by Redemption Ranch to implement their dude ranch ideas, she and Chase are thrown together. It's not long before he is introduced to the son that she had with his best friend. The best friend who would've followed Chase anywhere...even the bull riding circuit with its deadly potential. With Hailey hanging on to resentment and Chase racked with guilt, the two try to fight their age-old attraction – in vain. Chase knows Hailey deserves more than a broken-down cowboy for her son and her heart. 

Can Chase resist the call of the rodeo and man up for a woman he's loved for years or will he leave for the allure of the road?

Ratings and reviews

A rodeo cowboy, Chase is a champion bull-rider with trust issues. He grew up with his foster dad on Redemption Ranch, but has never let anyone get too close. Now he's been put together with accountant, Hailey to see if they can make the ranch into a guest resort. Liked the twists and the ending.

I love Redemption Ranch so much!!! I was so curious about Chase in the first book. Why is always on the road, why does he seem to avoid home, who is going to be the woman to make him put down roots? Everything about Chase's story made my heart ache and want to wrap him up in a hug. I can't think of a woman more perfect for him than Hailey. I wanted to wrap her up in all the hugs too. She's been through so much by the time she takes on the job at Redemption Ranch that I wanted to cry for her. I loved Chase and Hailey's story. Their friendship from their teen years and the growth they experience as they get to know each other again as adults was beautiful. I was rooting for them from the very beginning. I love this family and I can't wait to return to Redemption Ranch.

This is another new author for me, and she gave me just what I needed right now, a really sweet, heartwarming tale with likeable, engaging characters. Both the main characters, Hailey and Chase, have had troubled pasts which have left them psychologically scarred, making any possible romance between them fraught with obstacles. I was really rooting for them to each overcome their baggage so they could have their happy ever after. This is the second part of the Redemption Ranch series, but can be read and enjoyed as a standalone, as I have - but I will be picking up the first book to read West and Tara's story, and am looking forward to book #3 too. All of the characters are very well drawn, including all the supporting characters, but particularly Chase's family, who are great. Oh, the horses are pretty adorable too, and Hailey's son, AJ. The author writes well, and this was a really easy read. The story was paced just right, and as well as great character development, she is also very good at painting a word picture of the setting so you can see it vividly in your mind's eye. The story itself has depth and this is quite an emotional read, but a really enjoyable one.