He’s chasing a championship. She’s chasing a place to belong. Love was never part of the plan.

Rodeo cowboy Boone Telford is running out of time. By his age, his father was already a legend, and Boone is tired of living in the shadow of everyone else’s success. This season is his shot to prove himself. No distractions, no detours, and no attachments.

Then a wrong turn leads him to the beach… and to Piper Wiley.

Piper is a masseuse with roots nowhere and bags always half-packed. Raised by an Army colonel, she’s spent her life moving, adapting, and leaving before she gets too comfortable. Boone was meant to be another brief stop. Until one unexpected connection changes everything.

When Boone heads back to his family’s Montana ranch, Piper makes the one choice she swore she’d never make: she follows him. But loving a man whose heart is tied to the rodeo means risking the one thing she wants most—a place to belong.

This time, coming home might cost him everything—or finally give him what he’s been missing all along.

Titles in The Telfords of Montana series include:  Cowboy Come Home ~ Rogue Cowboy’s Secret Bride ~ Bull Rider’s Baby Surprise ~ The Cowboy’s One-Year Bride ~

Titles in the 79th Copper Mountain Rodeo series include:   The Cowboy Meets His Match by Sarah Mayberry ~ The Bull Rider’s Return by Joan Kilby ~  Cowboy Come Home by Sinclair Jayne ~ The Cowboy’s Last Rodeo by Jeannie Watt ~ The Rodeo Cowboy’s Baby by Heidi Rice ~

Title: Cowboy Come Home
Series: The 79th Copper Mountain Rodeo #3 & The Telfords of Montana #1
Author:  Sinclair Jayne
Published: September 4, 2018
Publisher: Tule Publishing
My Rating: 4 stars

I’m frankly a bit conflicted on Cowboy Come Home, mainly with Boone.  I understood his frustration at coming from a family of successful parents and siblings – you might even call the Telfords a family of overachievers.  I got that he wanted to make his own mark in the career he’d chosen, yet the way he treated Piper once arriving in his hometown of Marietta was far less than stellar and not what I expected from a Marietta cowboy, to be frank.

I had real trouble connecting with Boone, and even his actions at the end of the story couldn’t save this cowboy in my eyes.  I felt Piper was the stronger, more mature one of this couple.  She went into her relationship with Boone with her eyes wide open, yet she eventually hoped for far more from him.  Still, she had a plan, a goal, and even with the treatment she received from Boone at times, she still held on to that dream of belonging somewhere, with someone.  I liked Piper; she got some raw deal moments from Boone… and I hope that Boone is worth it for her in the end.  Of the two, it’s Piper that I wanted to see happy… with or without Boone.

I enjoyed Cowboy Come Home. I don’t want to give a different impression – I was simply disappointed in one character, but that didn’t take away from the overall enjoyment of the story.

*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.*

Do you love anything (any story) that’s even slightly connected to Marietta, Montana?  Yeah, me too.  Be sure to visit our Marietta, Montana pages (this link to where this series is located – there are three pages :)) to catch up on the series that you might have missed over time.  It’s quite an amazing and diverse community, with happily-ever-after endings guaranteed.

(I originally reviewed this title in September of 2018.  It’s now the beginning of The Telfords of Montana series, so I’ve brought this post forward a bit.  My opinion hasn’t changed, and I have done a re-read to be sure.)

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