Tuesday, April 26, 2022

**BOOK REVIEW- THE RANCHER'S SECOND CHANCE by Brenda Minto


Pregnant and running scared, Grace Thomas turns to the one man she knows she can count on: rancher Brody Martin. The charismatic Texan promises to protect her, but she knows he'll never forgive her for breaking his heart and taking up with his former best friend. Given Brody's own unsettled past, Grace understands that the guarded cowboy needs time to trust her again. Yet as he helps her prepare for the baby's arrival, Grace knows she's found the perfect father for her child. But can she dare to dream of a second chance with the man she's never stopped loving?  AMAZON

4 STARS 

This was a sweet AND emotional story with the challenges of a woman (Grace) that Brody was in love with.  He wanted a future with her but his intensity scared her and so she let herself be charmed by Lincoln (Brody's best friend at the time.) Turns out Lincoln is not the good guy that he portrayed.   He let Grace down big time but even with their painful past Grace knew that Brody would help her. She was trying her best not to hurt him again but she did need his help.

Brody has his own plateful of challenges.  The pain from his rodeo days added with the pain from his rheumatoid arthritis was just the first one.  Add in his pain of his failed romance with Grace and then  of the old family pain of his mother abandoning the family years ago. 

Both Brody and Grace have a lot of things to work out and they do with the help of God and family.  The plot is good, with no preaching which will help for those not interested in that.  Faith in God is beautifully and subtly added to the story though.  

I liked how the story ended with a H.E.A. and hope for the future.

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