Swift and Saddled | Lyla Sage
"you're the moon and i'm the tides. you pull me in without even trying, and i come to you willingly. i always will."
The second book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series follows Weston Ryder, Emmy's brother. He is the more reserved sibling, taking care of his business and steering clear of drama. And then a hurricane blows through town, changing his life forever.
Finally making his dream come true, Wes is remodeling the old Big House on his family's ranch in order to attract tourists to the area. His designer is Ada, a tattooed divorcee with a tender heart. Reeling from the end of her relationship with a domineering an controlling ex, she is happy to pursue her dream of designing houses and seeing them refurbished. Arriving to Meadowlark, she never expected she'd get more than another bullet item on her resume. But she goes to the local bar on the same night and locking eye with a handsome cowboy, she is unable to resist kissing him in a secluded hallway. But she cools down when they're interrupted and scurries away.
You can imagine both are surprised when they meet the next day to talk business and realize their new boss/employee is the person they had locked lips with just hours before. The happy-go-lucky Wes is thrilled that she has another chance with a woman who feels like the one. Too bad she wants nothing to do with him as she's jaded from her previous experience.
This book is comforting and sweet, but also full of steam. The character dynamics, not just between Ada and Wes, but within the whole Ryder family, as well as Ada's slow integration in the women's friendship circle was so sweet to witness. I love seeing the toughened, jaded characters who are made gruff by their circumstances receive love and acceptance and finally learn they are worthy of love. Wes' mental health issues made him even more endearing, in the way he was fighting them but it made me sad that he thought himself unworthy of Ada's affection because of them. He is such a cinnamon roll of a character.
All in all, another great story by Lyla Sage. I love her cowboys and honestly just wish they were real and on of them actually wanted me. :D Can't wait to get to the text book in this great series.
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