Tending Tyler (On the Ranch Book 1)

Jodi Payne and B.A. Tortuga has again done what they do best, written an incredibly sweet contemporary cozy romance filled with a huge supporting family and horses, and cute little goats on a Texas, ranches, and of course more cowboys than you can shake a stick at. You can’t go wrong with these things or with these two writers. Their love and knowledge of the people and this region adds a richness and truthfulness to each story. There are lots of good things filing these pages. The instant love between the two main characters and the relationship, all are written realistically. Tyler McKeehan starts the story as a New York City bartender who’s had a lifetime of grief and loss and had recently undergone yet another one...the death of show more his best friend, Will. I loved Tyler and how he just handled everything that life threw at him...then got up and went on...just one day at a time. The tragedy behind his friend, Will’s death was part of the storyline that I felt wasn't explained very well, but I'm not writing the book and there was more "good stuff" yet to come. Texas rancher, Matthew Whitehead, had come to NYC for the book fair and ends up with not only boxes of books, but found himself in Tyler's bar where he met Tyler with whom he shares an immediate bond and much more. An emergency drew Matt back to Texas before much other than attraction could take place...but that attraction made Tyler realize that he was tired off the loneliness, working his fingers to the bone and starting the whole thing over again, and again and again...and most of all he was tired of missing his cowboy and seeing where they could have gone with one another. So... the New York bartender gets on his first ever airplane and takes his first, but hopefully nor his last, taste of ranch life and Texas. He had walked into what his dreams were made of. Matt's entire family and the entire ranch overwhelmed him with their welcome...but he knows he's homeat last! Tyler and Matt just worked without too much effort. They worked as an adorable, sweet and delightful couple that readers of almost any genera of romance, and especially lovers of cowboy romances, will slide into and make themselves at home. show less

3.75 stars

I enjoyed this one.

Matt and Tyler were cute together. I liked watching them get to know each other in NY and spend some time together. It was cute seeing Matt being the fish out of water in the big city. Then it was Tyler's turn on the ranch.

I enjoyed watching Tyler learn about life on the ranch. I would have liked to have seen him deal with what had sent him there in the first place, that seemed to disappear the moment he stepped foot on the ranch. He did step up when required. and it was nice to see how he contributed to the day to day by the end.

Only a couple of niggles - Every one is so nice in this one and it's kind of freaky. Even the kids are, and no matter how good a kid behaves day in and day out they are going to show more throw a tantrum occasionally. And the use of "sister" throughout the book as a name didn't work well for me either.

All in all a nice afternoon's read. I'd definitely read more from this series.

***ARC provided by GRR. This is my voluntary and honest review*** show less

2.5 stars

This was a super sweet, fluffy over the top read that I finished but for authors who have been around a while there was a heap of basic errors that should have been picked up in edits.