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The Heirs To The Triple M #1
The Rancher's Surrender
WAY OUT WEST
COWGIRL IN THE MAKING
Zoe Martin vowed not to let her newly inherited ranch slip into Ty Jackson's hands. Although his smooth charm brought most women to their knees, Zoe didn't trust him. But would the sexy rancher fulfill her secret desire…for hearth, home and husband?
Not only had Zoe and her foster sisters acquired the land Ty wanted, the greenhorns had begun duding it up! Although Ty had sworn never to love again, feisty Zoe drove him to distraction. Maybe he could never give her his heart, but he would do almost anything to have her in his bed….
Because there's nothing like a cowboy.
COWGIRL IN THE MAKING
Zoe Martin vowed not to let her newly inherited ranch slip into Ty Jackson's hands. Although his smooth charm brought most women to their knees, Zoe didn't trust him. But would the sexy rancher fulfill her secret desire…for hearth, home and husband?
Not only had Zoe and her foster sisters acquired the land Ty wanted, the greenhorns had begun duding it up! Although Ty had sworn never to love again, feisty Zoe drove him to distraction. Maybe he could never give her his heart, but he would do almost anything to have her in his bed….
Because there's nothing like a cowboy.
248 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 1999
About the author
Jill Shalvis
390 books13.9k followersJill Shalvis is a NYT, USA Today, and Amazon Top 100 bestselling author of small-town romance and romcoms, known for big feels, found family, and plenty of shenanigans.
If you love small-town chaos, meddling friends and neighbors, sizzling chemistry, and heroes who fall hard for the one woman they absolutely did not plan on, you’re in the right place. Jill’s books blend laugh-out-loud moments with emotional gut punches, slow-burn tension, and deeply earned happily ever afters.
She writes the stories she loves to read: small-town romance and romantic comedies packed with heart, heat, second chances, grumpy/sunshine sparks, and the kind of found-family vibes that make you want to move right into the pages. Many of her series are perfect for binge-reading, and a number of her books are available in Kindle Unlimited and at major retailers.
When she’s not writing, she’s probably plotting new ways to torture her characters, avoiding laundry, or daydreaming about fictional men and the strong, complicated women who bring them to their knees—and then making them work for it.
You can follow Jill here on Goodreads to keep up with new releases, add her books to your shelves, and discover which small town you want to get lost in next.
If you love small-town chaos, meddling friends and neighbors, sizzling chemistry, and heroes who fall hard for the one woman they absolutely did not plan on, you’re in the right place. Jill’s books blend laugh-out-loud moments with emotional gut punches, slow-burn tension, and deeply earned happily ever afters.
She writes the stories she loves to read: small-town romance and romantic comedies packed with heart, heat, second chances, grumpy/sunshine sparks, and the kind of found-family vibes that make you want to move right into the pages. Many of her series are perfect for binge-reading, and a number of her books are available in Kindle Unlimited and at major retailers.
When she’s not writing, she’s probably plotting new ways to torture her characters, avoiding laundry, or daydreaming about fictional men and the strong, complicated women who bring them to their knees—and then making them work for it.
You can follow Jill here on Goodreads to keep up with new releases, add her books to your shelves, and discover which small town you want to get lost in next.
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August 21, 2011
Rating 1.5 stars
It was a pain finishing The Rancher's Surrender, I had to force myself to keep reading since I don't like unfinished books. Ugghh...how I hated the heroine Zoe, she was horrible, selfish, pessimist, a jerk, constantly arguing and thinking the worst of people, hell she wasn't the only one who had gotten a bad deal in life.
Zoe inherits a ranch along with her foster sisters Delia and Maddie, so they leave LA, to come to a ranch left them to a woman who may be the grandmother of any of the three. It's always been three against the world, poverty, hunger and more. They find the ranch is worse than they expected and then are greeted by Ty, the manager and neigbour, from the start Zoe acts like an ungrateful child, biting him and punching him and not being honest about her feelings to herself. Even with her sisters she keeps a part of herself away, fine she had issues with her parents abandoning her but so did her sisters and Ty, who had the worst gene pool and then saw his brother dying.
He wanted the ranch but he still helped finance their search. Honestly, why Ty kept banging his head on Zoe I didn't get, she never thanked him for his help, loan or anything instead she always said the worst things to him.
I have never read about such an immature heroine, I wonder how she could be 26, she was such a unhappy person.
I will still try and read Cade and Delia's book.
It was a pain finishing The Rancher's Surrender, I had to force myself to keep reading since I don't like unfinished books. Ugghh...how I hated the heroine Zoe, she was horrible, selfish, pessimist, a jerk, constantly arguing and thinking the worst of people, hell she wasn't the only one who had gotten a bad deal in life.
Zoe inherits a ranch along with her foster sisters Delia and Maddie, so they leave LA, to come to a ranch left them to a woman who may be the grandmother of any of the three. It's always been three against the world, poverty, hunger and more. They find the ranch is worse than they expected and then are greeted by Ty, the manager and neigbour, from the start Zoe acts like an ungrateful child, biting him and punching him and not being honest about her feelings to herself. Even with her sisters she keeps a part of herself away, fine she had issues with her parents abandoning her but so did her sisters and Ty, who had the worst gene pool and then saw his brother dying.
He wanted the ranch but he still helped finance their search. Honestly, why Ty kept banging his head on Zoe I didn't get, she never thanked him for his help, loan or anything instead she always said the worst things to him.
I have never read about such an immature heroine, I wonder how she could be 26, she was such a unhappy person.
I will still try and read Cade and Delia's book.
August 19, 2017
Read this as part of the on-going project to help a friend compile a reading list for her group, Adult Children of Parents with PTSD.
This novel has characters with PTSD in spades. There are five recurring characters and all of them came from traumatic childhoods or traumatic backstories. we don;t know all the details of each person's history because, of course, this is a series, and something needs to be lept in reserve for future volumes.
The series revolves around a central mystery: who is the actual heir to the Triple M? It is one of the three women and as this book weeded out one of them, I guess the big finish will be in vol 3 of the series.
As far as I am concerned, all five of these people need the services of an excellent psychologist and maybe a psychiatrist because I don't know how they managed to get through the trauma of their childhoods. Oh, I know the author would say that the three women bonded at such an early age that their mutual interdependence is what got them through it. I would hope true friendship would have that effect. Ty got through his by his faithfulness to his brother Ben. We don't know about Chase yet.
Something that irks me every time I see it in a novel is the irresponsibility of the author to claim that the love of a good woman/good man will cure the lover's PTSD. It's just NOT that simple, people, and no one should be led to believe it happens that way. PTSD makes love very difficult to give and receive.
This novel has characters with PTSD in spades. There are five recurring characters and all of them came from traumatic childhoods or traumatic backstories. we don;t know all the details of each person's history because, of course, this is a series, and something needs to be lept in reserve for future volumes.
The series revolves around a central mystery: who is the actual heir to the Triple M? It is one of the three women and as this book weeded out one of them, I guess the big finish will be in vol 3 of the series.
As far as I am concerned, all five of these people need the services of an excellent psychologist and maybe a psychiatrist because I don't know how they managed to get through the trauma of their childhoods. Oh, I know the author would say that the three women bonded at such an early age that their mutual interdependence is what got them through it. I would hope true friendship would have that effect. Ty got through his by his faithfulness to his brother Ben. We don't know about Chase yet.
Something that irks me every time I see it in a novel is the irresponsibility of the author to claim that the love of a good woman/good man will cure the lover's PTSD. It's just NOT that simple, people, and no one should be led to believe it happens that way. PTSD makes love very difficult to give and receive.
May 8, 2018
A re-release of one of Shalvis's early books, you see a lot of the themes that are familiar in her later works: fractured sibling groupings, families of choice, turning a broken down place into some sort of hospitality industry building. But you also get great heroes. It was okay, but I wouldn't bother reading it unless you must read everything Shalvis has ever written.
March 1, 2018
Very good book.
September 23, 2016
Sweet western style romance between two lost orphaned souls. Ty leaves Chicago after the death of his brother, his last living relative to start the horse ranch they dreamed of.
Zoe, and the two girls she grew up with in the orphanage came to claim an inheritance one of them was left by a paternal grandmother.
Zoe and Tyler clash but find all manner of connection between them, including the sparks each feel for the other.
Zoe, and the two girls she grew up with in the orphanage came to claim an inheritance one of them was left by a paternal grandmother.
Zoe and Tyler clash but find all manner of connection between them, including the sparks each feel for the other.
November 28, 2015
Zoe is one of three girls who might be the heir to a ranch in ... Idaho? I've already forgotten. The neighbor guy tries to help them out but she's resistant.. blah, blah, blah. Anyway, this was obviously meant to be a trilogy and the third book never got written. This is very much a 90s Temptation book. Not as good as Shalvis' current work but not hideous either.
August 8, 2011
Great heart string pulling story!!
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