About the Book
When Cory Stone discovers the
father he never met is gravely ill, he brings the ornery man to his
Montana ranch, along with his round-the-clock nurse. Once again Cory
finds himself falling for the wrong woman—a city slicker, like the
ex-fiancée who broke his heart. But in Eloise LeBlanc, Cory also finds a
kindred spirit. The caring beauty knows firsthand about love and loss.
Neither of them is looking for a new romance, and Cory certainly isn't
searching for love. But can the independent city girl heal the heart of a
broken cowboy?
This book was released in January, 2015
This is a well loved library book that was used for review
My Review
“The Rancher's City Girl” by
Patricia Johns is a wonderful story of healing. Healing from
different areas of life, like being left behind, being lied to, and
our own fears. These facets of the story were told in such a way
that one could almost feel as if it had happened to them, if they
didn't already live part of the story themselves.
Pain and heartache is part of life
there is no denying that, and these characters are no different. I
have to say that it was so nice to see the different characters
experiencing what they were without things being overly exaggerated.
Sometimes these kind of issues can be made too understated or
overstated to help make a point in the story while pushing the limit on when it is too much or not enough, but here there was a
nice balance of emotions. With that balance it made it so easy to put for this reader to put herself in the characters shoes.
There are three main characters in this
story, while we only see the point of view from our hero, Cory Stone
and our heroine, Eloise LeBlanc which seems to cover the third
character quite nicely. The third character I have to say is quite
complicated, with more layers than an onion it seems
like. At first I wanted to dislike the third character for there
didn't seem a whole lot to be liked about them, but as the layers
came off, this character began to change in my eyes. By the end of
the book I was just sad for this character, plain and simple.
Cory is a man who knows what he wants
out of life, and when life throws him a major loop he works with it,
instead of fighting it. Here is a man who is hard working, has some
issues to deal with, continues to work while finding time to deal
with the issues that have come up without bitter feelings taking
over. This is a man who is sure of himself while at the same time
completely unsure of himself, which though might seem contradictory it happens with this young man.
Eloise is a woman who has decided to
follow God into a job that most might seem as depressing, but she has
this incredible heart and does her job wonderfully even if she does
step over the bounds at times. Eloise has her own issues and looking
for answers while she goes about things without bitterness that could
so easily over take her. She seems to have this ability as to when
to step in and then when to step back and let things happen on their
own. She is searching for answers when she has time and at times she isn't all that sure of the answers she is getting.
So many times in the story I thought
bitterness might overwhelm one of the characters but thankfully it
never does. I think if it had overtaken one of the characters it
would have distracted something from the story, for this is a story
of hope. Hope for understanding. Hope for a future that is better
than the past. Hope for forgiveness. Things are not easy by any
means for there are some pretty big issues that need to be ironed
out, and it was through discovery that things finally fell into
place.
Things don't go smoothly at all for
anyone but in the end it all works out wonderfully. I hope all who
read this book enjoys it as much as I did. I look forward to reading
more by Ms. Johns for she is a wonderful author who knows how to keep
a reader interested in a story with characters who are down to earth.
