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Callahan's Clan #3
The Rancher's Cinderella Bride
Old friends, pretend lovers--from
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bestselling author Sara Orwig! Meg Aldridge needs a fiancé. Her family's demands that she marry have become unbearable. But a monthlong pretend engagement to her best friend, Gabe Callahan, should shut them right up. After all, they've been feuding with the Callahans for years. Gabe's willing to give up the ladies temporarily and focus his attentions on Meg. She's his best friend; there's no danger of complications. But a made-over Meg is wearing sexy clothes and makeup...and stirring up new feelings. Will a month of being lovers for appearance's sake become a lifetime of the real thing? The Rancher's Cinderella Bride is part of the Callahan's Clan series.
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published May 9, 2017
About the author
Sara Orwig
510 books115 followersUSA Today bestselling romance author, Sara Orwig, has over sixteen million copies of her books in print. Internationally her books have 200 translations of her novels into 26 languages. She has written 97 books and was one of the first 6 inductees into the Oklahoma Professional Writers Hall of Fame and 2-time winner of Oklahoma Writers Federation awards for Best Oklahoma Novel. Sara is winner of eight ROMANTIC TIMES awards which include the Award for Best Western Historical Romance Writer and the Award for Best Contemporary Fiction Writer. aka Daisy Logan.
Sara currently is writing books that are a published by Harlequin Desire.
Sara currently is writing books that are a published by Harlequin Desire.
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January 17, 2022
This is a Fake-Dating Friends to Lovers Romance, and this is the third book in the Callahan's Clan series. I liked the characters in this book, but I felt the romance in this book was a lot cheesy and over the top. I did liked the storyline and the fake dating thing going on in this book. I would have loved this book better if the romance was done better.
June 10, 2017
This book wore me out. So repetitive! I was skimming by the end and don't think I missed too much.
May 31, 2017
Meg and Gabe have been friends all their lives...When she comes to him with a proposal will they get through it unscathed? She wants a fake engagement from him so that the guy her parents are trying to marry her off to will leave her alone..Things are going great..the first time Gabe kisses Meg she sees stars..has she been missing this from him all along? As they go about deceiving her family feelings start to come into play!! This was a really great page turner..love how it ended!
April 22, 2017
This was the first Sara Orwig book that I almost did t finish! I kept hoping that it would get better.
August 29, 2017
Plot: 3/5
Characterisation: 3/5
Prose: 3/5
How much I enjoyed it: 3/5
Characterisation: 3/5
Prose: 3/5
How much I enjoyed it: 3/5
November 29, 2018
De eerste keer dat ik (letterlijk) in slaap viel van een boeketreeksje. Wat een volslagen oninteressante mutsen.
July 3, 2017
Good friends to lovers story. Gabe and Meg have been best friends since they were kids. They haven't seen each other often in the past few years, staying in touch mainly through social media. But when Meg needs help, Gabe is the one she turns to. Her family is pressuring her to marry a man she doesn't love, just because they want grandkids and he's the son of good friends. They aren't listening to her, and neither is Justin, whose own family is applying pressure of their own. Meg is certain that if she can produce a fiancé of her own, they'll finally leave her alone.
Gabe is well known as a playboy and for being a bit reckless. He has no plans to marry any time soon, preferring to enjoy his bachelor status. But he can't turn down Meg's plea for help, even though he has a feeling that he may come to regret it.
Something neither counts on is an intense attraction to each other. They can't understand why it is happening; after all they are so very different. Gabe is anti-commitment and all for casual relationships and Meg prefers that her emotions be engaged before indulging in intimacy. Gabe loves his fast cars and motorcycles, airplanes, and bull-riding, and Meg hates anything smacking of reckless behavior after losing her younger brother when he crashed his plane. From the very beginning of their pretend relationship, they have a nearly impossible time keeping their hands off each other.
I really liked Gabe. He's willing to help her out, even though he suspects that it may damage their friendship. He makes no secret of the fact that he wants Meg. He's a bit confused over why he's suddenly attracted to her, but he's willing to go with the feelings. I thought he had an incredible amount of patience with her, when she would really get into kissing him, then suddenly back off. It didn't happen just once or twice, but over and over again. Most guys would get really angry, but he just takes it. It was rather fun to see the way that she got past his "no commitment" defenses and invaded his thoughts night and day.
I had a harder time liking Meg. I felt bad for the way her family and Justin were pressuring her, even though she kept telling them no. Her desperate plea for help was completely understandable. She had a clear picture of the differences between her life and Gabe's and was certain that they could pull off the deception with no trouble. My biggest problem with her was her constant hot and cold treatment of Gabe. She would make the first move, kissing him silly, then pull back when it started to get intense. She knew it was wrong, but she kept doing it. I also understood her fears about Gabe's lifestyle, but I really felt like she was taking it too far. She was afraid of everything he did, never giving him the benefit of thinking that he might be a little wild, but he wasn't stupid.
I enjoyed the development of their relationship. In spite of their differences, they still had a lot in common. Their friendship had survived for so long thanks to the way that they really did understand each other. I did enjoy seeing how Gabe teased her the way he had when they were kids. Then Meg got a little ticked at thinking he still saw her as a child and decided to show him that she was a woman. His reaction was priceless, but it did open up a new level of difficulty for them. When Meg finally stopped pushing him away, she knew she was asking for heartache, but she took the risk anyway. When the end of their fake relationship came, both of them had to look at their lives and decide if they wanted to take a chance on each other. I liked seeing that both were ready to make changes rather than expect the other to do it all. The ending was sweet and romantic.
Gabe is well known as a playboy and for being a bit reckless. He has no plans to marry any time soon, preferring to enjoy his bachelor status. But he can't turn down Meg's plea for help, even though he has a feeling that he may come to regret it.
Something neither counts on is an intense attraction to each other. They can't understand why it is happening; after all they are so very different. Gabe is anti-commitment and all for casual relationships and Meg prefers that her emotions be engaged before indulging in intimacy. Gabe loves his fast cars and motorcycles, airplanes, and bull-riding, and Meg hates anything smacking of reckless behavior after losing her younger brother when he crashed his plane. From the very beginning of their pretend relationship, they have a nearly impossible time keeping their hands off each other.
I really liked Gabe. He's willing to help her out, even though he suspects that it may damage their friendship. He makes no secret of the fact that he wants Meg. He's a bit confused over why he's suddenly attracted to her, but he's willing to go with the feelings. I thought he had an incredible amount of patience with her, when she would really get into kissing him, then suddenly back off. It didn't happen just once or twice, but over and over again. Most guys would get really angry, but he just takes it. It was rather fun to see the way that she got past his "no commitment" defenses and invaded his thoughts night and day.
I had a harder time liking Meg. I felt bad for the way her family and Justin were pressuring her, even though she kept telling them no. Her desperate plea for help was completely understandable. She had a clear picture of the differences between her life and Gabe's and was certain that they could pull off the deception with no trouble. My biggest problem with her was her constant hot and cold treatment of Gabe. She would make the first move, kissing him silly, then pull back when it started to get intense. She knew it was wrong, but she kept doing it. I also understood her fears about Gabe's lifestyle, but I really felt like she was taking it too far. She was afraid of everything he did, never giving him the benefit of thinking that he might be a little wild, but he wasn't stupid.
I enjoyed the development of their relationship. In spite of their differences, they still had a lot in common. Their friendship had survived for so long thanks to the way that they really did understand each other. I did enjoy seeing how Gabe teased her the way he had when they were kids. Then Meg got a little ticked at thinking he still saw her as a child and decided to show him that she was a woman. His reaction was priceless, but it did open up a new level of difficulty for them. When Meg finally stopped pushing him away, she knew she was asking for heartache, but she took the risk anyway. When the end of their fake relationship came, both of them had to look at their lives and decide if they wanted to take a chance on each other. I liked seeing that both were ready to make changes rather than expect the other to do it all. The ending was sweet and romantic.
October 26, 2018
This is one of those books that I didn't realize that I would like it as much as I actually did. But I do love a story where friends who are male and female, become more than just friends. Meg Aldridge comes to her childhood best friend, Gabe Callahan to ask him to be her pretend fiance. Mainly to get a guy she's been dating, off her back. She doesn't love Justin but her family wants her to marry him. So to basically shut them down about getting her and the other guy to be married, she begs Gabe to have a pretend romantic relationship then pretend to get engaged. At first, Gabe us not keen on the idea. Doesn't like it. However he does warm up to the idea and agrees. What complicates things is that Meg's family and Gabe's family have been feuding for years. Gabe wants to prove he is nothing like his father.
Things with Meg and Gabe change after she gets a make-over. Gabe starts seeing her in a whole new way. The more they date and spend time together, the more they are attracted to each other. And the more their feelings for each other deepen. Both feel they are not right for each other. However, they can't help feeling the intimate connection they have. I love how they were both willing to compromise and sacrifice some things for each other. Loved this story and the characters.
Things with Meg and Gabe change after she gets a make-over. Gabe starts seeing her in a whole new way. The more they date and spend time together, the more they are attracted to each other. And the more their feelings for each other deepen. Both feel they are not right for each other. However, they can't help feeling the intimate connection they have. I love how they were both willing to compromise and sacrifice some things for each other. Loved this story and the characters.
January 15, 2021
😕 really she had to change her color hair for him to notice. No just no.
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January 23, 2025
It felt shallow to me. Quick read though.
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