The Wrangler Rides Again

by Stella Bagwell

Love’s lightning strikes twice in USA TODAY bestselling author Stella Bagwell's latest book in her beloved Men of the West miniseries!

A loner by choice…

Now a lover, by chance?

For years, rugged cowboy Jim Carroway has been more at home with horses than with people. But when stunning nanny Tallulah O’Brien arrives to wrangle the kids of Three Rivers Ranch, she soon tempts him from the barn back to life. After Jim lost his pregnant wife, he thought he’d closed his heart forever. Can the vibrant, vivacious Tally convince him that it’s never too late for love’s second act?

Genres: Harlequin

282 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 22, 2022

About the author

At seventeen, Stella married her high school sweetheart: Harrell, and they had a son Jason. She began her writing career almost by accident. She was a hairdresser and worked in her sister's beauty shop. Ironically, Stella developed a severe allergy to hairspray and was forced to resign. With time on her hands, Stella wanted to do something creative. She remembered a high school English teacher telling her she could be a writer if she wanted. Although she always loved reading romances, she never thought to write one herself. Armed with that now notion and an old, manual typewriter, she went to work, attempting to create a story similar to those she liked reading. The result‚ her first book, purchased by Mills & Boon and issued under the Harlequin imprint. After that, she became a full time writer and today, has close to forty published novels. Her for the future is to continue writing romance novels as long as there's an audience to enjoy her work.

Next to writing, traveling is one of her most favorite activities. Yet, because the southwest is dear to her heart, she sets most of her books there in rough, rugged ranch country. She feels it's essential to know a place before writing about it; that philosophy gives her more reason to plan trips! The marriage has always lived in southeastern Oklahoma. But, they purchased a portion of a twenty-two hundred, acre ranch; they now make their home there. Before moving onto the ranch, she had a swimming pool in her back yard and spent most of her summer evenings in the water. Her husband has promised to put in another pool, but for now she has to make do with the creek that runs through their property. The closest town of three thousand is fifteen miles away; she says she loves the seclusion, living among the woods and horses and wildlife. The only thing she doesn't like is making the thirty mile round trip to the post office or grocery store. Worse still, is the eighty-five mile trip to get office supplies!

One of her greatest joys was to see Jason, her only son, graduate from college with degrees in math and physical education. He now lives in Port Lavaca, Texas, where he teaches high school algebra and geometry and coaches football and weightlifting. Family has always come first with Stella and she enjoys spending time with her son when he visits Oklahoma. Sometimes, she and her husband drive down to the Texas coast to see him. However, her mother, step-father and siblings all live nearby and they have routine get-togethers. In her spare time, she enjoys practicing violin and guitar, both of which she can play by ear. She claims to need years of practice before calling herself a musician. Stella also enjoys gardening and being outdoors.

Reviews

[Harlequin Books]

Categories
Romance, Contemporary Romance
Miniseries
Men of the West (Book #49)

[Becky Tatar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story in the Hollister Family Saga. Tallulah O'Brien, Tag's sister, has been hired by the Hollister family as a nanny to the 4 + preschoolers in the family. And she meets cowboy Jim Carroway, one of the cowboys who works with the horses on the ranch. And sparks are there. But Tally is coming off an ugly divorce, and Jim is still grieving for his wife and unborn child who died as a result of a freak accident years before. And now, with the mystery of Joel Hollister's death solved, Maureen and Gil married, Maureen is focusing on the Hollister Family Tree, and has found a heretofore unknown branch of the Hollisters in Utah. More mystery about these folks as more people on the Hollister ranch continue to pair up.

[Jean Katchmar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tallulah O'Brien left Texas when her husband cheated on her and she divorced him. She now is the Nanny of the Hollister brothers and wives during the day at Three Rivers Ranch. She got a flat tire and Jim, head horse wrangler at the same ranch, stops on his way back to the ranch to help her and the children. Jim is a widower who lost his wife and baby when there is an accident at a rodeo. So he is reluctant to fall in love again. But Tallulah starts out with a thank you dinner and soon they are seeing more of each other. It seems like a rocky road for awhile but Jim soon admits that he really cares for Tallulah. Complications threaten their happiness till Holt Hollister explains to Jim that love is a risk but it is the only way to find happiness.

[Hailey Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story. Sad pasts lead to bright futures full of hope.

[Amy Goshen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book actually had more pages than what good reads has it listed as. Maybe they need to update it or something

[Kathy Church · Rating 5 out of 5]

An enjoyable book set on a ranch with cowboys.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it