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Blue Thorn Ranch #2
Coming Home to Texas
Ellie and the Lawman Leaving behind her big city life, Ellie Buckton can't wait to return to Blue Thorn Ranch—the place she's always considered home, and the perfect place to mend her wounded heart. But she's unprepared for the instant sparks she feels with the town's new lawman, Nash Larson. Strong and steady Nash doesn't want any attachments in his temporary posting. Not with the troubled teens he and Ellie are drafted to work with. And especially not with Ellie or the undeniable feelings she inspires within him. Nash likes to play by the book. But law and order can't always rule when love is concerned…
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224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 15, 2016
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Allie Pleiter
116 books619 followersAn avid knitter, coffee junkie and firm believer that “pie makes everything better,” Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four novels at a time. The bestselling author of over fifty books, Allie has enjoyed a twenty-year career with over 1.5 million books sold. In addition to writing, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on the creative process, publishing, and her very favorite topic—The Chunky Method of time management for writers. Visit her website at www.alliepleiter.com to learn more.
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April 22, 2018
I knew I had read a book in the subseries Blue Thorn Ranch previously and that, coupled with the description on the back cover, had me mistakenly thinking that this subseries was the one where teens got sentenced to time on a ranch. That is not the case--I now suspect that I may have read a bit about Ellie and/or this book at the end of the first book in the subseries.
This book contains many characters struggling with trust issues.
Ellie has fled home to Blue Thorn Ranch after finding her fiance in the arms of her best friend and she has trouble trusting her own judgement of people as well as trusting her heart in letting anyone get close to her (beyond family).
Nash has taken a job in Martin's Springs after being shot twice by a teen he'd befriended in LA. Nash fears that anyone who gets close to him has the potential to tear him apart.
The church kids in the program struggle with adults who don't give enough of themselves (parents, teachers, etc.) The two kids most featured are Mick, whose father doesn't even care enough to be present when the police question his son, and Marty, who is trying to reconcile the views of her father (who blames the Bucktons for the loss of construction jobs) and what she knows of Ellie through her involvement in the after school program.
The story leaves several questions unanswered.
1. What will Ellie do about her Atlanta job? She stated to Nash that she wanted to uphold her commitment or promises to them, but she also wants to stay in Texas. In the end, we see her setting up the website for her family's bison products--but we aren't ever told if she returned to her job briefly to fulfill the obligations she had with the fundraiser, or found a capable replacement, or did her part of the job remotely from Texas over the internet, or found another solution.
2. What happened to Mick and Marny after they were charged? Did they go to trial? Did they plead guilty and throw themselves on the mercy of the court? Did they do any time? Did they get probation or community service? Did the Bucktons drop the charges? (We do learn that Mick got a strike against him and chose to join the miitary.)
3. How did Ellie and Marny end up making up? And how did Ellie convince her family to allow her to hire Marny to help out with the store? I can see Ellie forgiving Marny as part of her new found trust restoration. How would that translate to Gunner and Audie? Did Marny apologize? Did she get some counseling to help with it happening again?
This book contains many characters struggling with trust issues.
Ellie has fled home to Blue Thorn Ranch after finding her fiance in the arms of her best friend and she has trouble trusting her own judgement of people as well as trusting her heart in letting anyone get close to her (beyond family).
Nash has taken a job in Martin's Springs after being shot twice by a teen he'd befriended in LA. Nash fears that anyone who gets close to him has the potential to tear him apart.
The church kids in the program struggle with adults who don't give enough of themselves (parents, teachers, etc.) The two kids most featured are Mick, whose father doesn't even care enough to be present when the police question his son, and Marty, who is trying to reconcile the views of her father (who blames the Bucktons for the loss of construction jobs) and what she knows of Ellie through her involvement in the after school program.
The story leaves several questions unanswered.
1. What will Ellie do about her Atlanta job? She stated to Nash that she wanted to uphold her commitment or promises to them, but she also wants to stay in Texas. In the end, we see her setting up the website for her family's bison products--but we aren't ever told if she returned to her job briefly to fulfill the obligations she had with the fundraiser, or found a capable replacement, or did her part of the job remotely from Texas over the internet, or found another solution.
2. What happened to Mick and Marny after they were charged? Did they go to trial? Did they plead guilty and throw themselves on the mercy of the court? Did they do any time? Did they get probation or community service? Did the Bucktons drop the charges? (We do learn that Mick got a strike against him and chose to join the miitary.)
3. How did Ellie and Marny end up making up? And how did Ellie convince her family to allow her to hire Marny to help out with the store? I can see Ellie forgiving Marny as part of her new found trust restoration. How would that translate to Gunner and Audie? Did Marny apologize? Did she get some counseling to help with it happening again?
May 27, 2017
This was a hard book to stay glued to. Ellie, Tha main character, comes home to heal her broken heart and in the process meets Nash, the deputy of the town. The two get paired up doing volunteer work with kids all while trying to find a culprit to the slaying of a bison on Ellie's brothers farm. During the book Ellie plays a heart broken woman but I felt it became too much. For example, when the bison was killed and she found out who the culprit was she cried and asked why me. The bison belonged to her brother, was a direct sale for her brother especially when he is an expecting father. I also didn't care for the fact that she compared her heart break to Nash being shot, two completely different entities. For a home town country girl I expected her to have that grit and attitude but it just fell short.
December 31, 2016
Lovely story of people struggling with life's issues but with the help of others and faith in God, they find confidence and solutions.
June 30, 2017
It was a sweet, clean book with very likeable characters.
May 16, 2016
This is second book in the Blue Thorn Ranch Series. I really enjoyed this book. The story is well written, humorous, and heart warming. I know you will enjoy it.
Ellie Buckton finds her fiancee in the arms of her best friend; brokenhearted she runs home to heal. She is picked up for speeding on her way to the ranch. Crying and unable to control herself, the law enforcement officer lets her go with a warning. She soon meets the man again when there is attacks on the herd of bison at her brother's ranch. She can't believe that she is attracted to this man after all that she has been through.
Nash Larson has taken a temporary job in a small town in Texas. When he picks up the beautiful Ellie he is immediately attracted to her but he doesn't want a rebound relationship. They just simply didn't work. Nash was just here for a time to heal. He had been involved with at-risk kids in LA and the one he cared for the most had shot him twice. The emotional scars were much worse than the ones to his body.
When the pastor asks Nash and Ellie to lead an after school program neither one want to do it but the pastor talked them into it. Would history repeat it self? Was one of their kids the one who was causing all the problems at the ranch? Forced to spend a great deal of time together the attraction between them continues to grow. God has a plan for these two. It wasn't what they thought it would be but it was far greater than they had dreamed of. God is like that for you and me too. His plan is always more than you could imagine. Give God control of your life and watch Him turn everything around.
Ellie Buckton finds her fiancee in the arms of her best friend; brokenhearted she runs home to heal. She is picked up for speeding on her way to the ranch. Crying and unable to control herself, the law enforcement officer lets her go with a warning. She soon meets the man again when there is attacks on the herd of bison at her brother's ranch. She can't believe that she is attracted to this man after all that she has been through.
Nash Larson has taken a temporary job in a small town in Texas. When he picks up the beautiful Ellie he is immediately attracted to her but he doesn't want a rebound relationship. They just simply didn't work. Nash was just here for a time to heal. He had been involved with at-risk kids in LA and the one he cared for the most had shot him twice. The emotional scars were much worse than the ones to his body.
When the pastor asks Nash and Ellie to lead an after school program neither one want to do it but the pastor talked them into it. Would history repeat it self? Was one of their kids the one who was causing all the problems at the ranch? Forced to spend a great deal of time together the attraction between them continues to grow. God has a plan for these two. It wasn't what they thought it would be but it was far greater than they had dreamed of. God is like that for you and me too. His plan is always more than you could imagine. Give God control of your life and watch Him turn everything around.
April 10, 2016
Coming Home To Texas by Allie Pleiter. A Blue Thorn Ranch Series. Ellie Buckton's leaves the city when she sees her boyfriend cheating on her. She goes back home to her brother's family ranch. Ellie is trying to forget what her boyfriend did with her best friend. Nash Larson is the new lawman in town. He is trying to forget the troubled teenager who shot him after all the help he gave the kid. Now he is trying to help another set of teenage boys and Ellie is helping teenage girls. It shows what troubled children will do when they don't have support from home. A very good story.
August 5, 2016
Ellie was heartbroken and heads home to mend her wounded heart and the story that comes is a wonderful story of faith, healing and romance. By helping a group of teenagers she finds a way to help herself and the town's new lawman. I read this all in one setting, didn't want to put it down and I'm wanting to read more of this families story!
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March 22, 2016You can read my review in the April 2016 issue of RT Bookreviews Magazine.
April 26, 2016
loved this story i just have a question about Mitch and Marnie that was skated over n not resolved for me.
May 30, 2016
Nothing too memorable. A cute little story to wile away a few hours poolside
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April 3, 2016Miniseries: Blue Thorn Ranch
April 24, 2016
Love this book. Can't wait for the next book in the series.
April 27, 2016
Great second book in the series. if you haven't read book 1 read it first.
July 9, 2016
I liked it but not as much as some of Allie's books.
December 30, 2016
Cute and heartwarming.
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April 3, 2016Miniseries: Blue Thorn Ranch
May 18, 2016
My friend gave me this and it was the perfect easy, quick, clean read for an overwhelming week.
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