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A Cowboy Under Her Tree
320 pages
A heartwarming marriage-of-convenience romance where a pragmatic business deal blossoms into unexpected love under the wide open skies of a guest ranch.
What it feels like
This cozy contemporary romance offers a heartwarming escape into rustic ranch life, driven by the beloved marriage-of-convenience trope. The narrative unfolds at a steady, engaging pace, balancing the pragmatic, business-minded origins of the protagonists' arrangement with the gentle, inevitable slide into genuine affection. Readers are immersed in a hopeful, sun-warmed atmosphere where a fish-out-of-water heiress and a capable cowboy must navigate their blurring boundaries. The prose is accessible and earnest, focusing heavily on the shifting emotional dynamics between two people who thought they had everything figured out. It is a perfect read for those who delight in trope-driven, home-and-family-centered love stories where practical solutions unexpectedly pave the way for true romance.
- Mood
- cozy
- rustic
- heartwarming
- hopeful
- Tone
- earnest
- lighthearted
- romantic
- pragmatic
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- marriage of convenience · fish out of water · unexpected love · rural community · business to romance
- The writing
- Accessible and engaging, focusing on character dynamics and the rustic charm of ranch life.
- The arc
- Moves from pragmatic desperation and business-minded boundaries to unexpected vulnerability and genuine romantic connection.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love cozy, trope-driven contemporary romances featuring capable cowboys and marriages of convenience.
About the book
Hotel heiress Melanie McFarlance thought running the Hopping H guest ranch would be a breeze. But after one crisis too many, she realized she needed to ask for help and came up with a crazy solution--marrying a bona fide rancher Russ Chilton.Both Melanie and Russ know their wedding's purely a business arrangement: Melanie gives Russ half the Hopping H, which he's always coveted, and Melanie gets some hidden help running her brand-new property--a property she's bound to lose without cowboy's Russ's expert touch. What the newly married couple don't expect is for their stricly professional arrangement to quickly turn personal. Stay tuned to see if this marriage of convenience is actually one for keeps!
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