Joesph comes home from being on the Rodeo circuit and has plans to open a riding clinic. He runs into his old high school girlfriend Natalie who is the acting director of the community center. they each have plans for it yet no one can find his plans which were sent to the previous director months ago. now the board has decided to table everything for a while. He thinks he will help out the most of course but then realizes most people think he will take off again. Natalie has stayed in town and has worked hard to overcome her upbringing and the names people called her growing up. this all comes back when Joesph invites her over to his family's house for dinner and his brothers bring up the nickname for high school which sets her off and he does nothing to defend her. Her insecurities come up here have a lot to do with him and how he just expects to be given to deal with his idea and not hers it is not until people begin to tell him about her and what she has done for the community while he has been gone, he sees he must wake up. Turns out to be a good book.

This is a good book. The two main characters are Natalie and Joseph. They dated in high school but broke up. Joseph comes back to his hometown to start a riding program but needs funding for it. Natalie run a community center. They have been fundraising to rebuild it. Natalie and Joseph co-chair the fundraising and grants. They each have issues but together they work them out and fall in love.

Thank you to Netgalley and Relay Publishing for a copy of this ARC.

This romance was slightly disappointing. I enjoyed the moments of attraction and for the most part, they made sense, but I felt like there wasn't enough depth to the story. It was shorter than I expected it too. I definitely think I prefer long, slow-burn romances to novellas. It was a fine read, but I think there are more complete romances out there.

Read the description and if it sounds good to you, check it out! There are a lot of people out there that might love this novella length romance.

Nothing hits better then a cowboy romance. I'm not usually the biggest fan of second chance romance, but this one was so good. It was a brilliant conclusion to the trilogy - a smash hit!

another hit from Leslie north, a short and sweet second chance romance, the third in this series and as good as the previous two in the series

This is the conclusion to this three book series and is about Joseph and Natalie. They have a history as they dated in high school. Joseph ghosted Natalie when he believed rumors that she had cheated on him. Joseph is back in town, Natalie never left. The book follows them helping to lead the community in rebuilding their community center. There is a lot of good to this book and some areas that feel unresolved (her parents). All in all, though, the best book of the three.

This is the first book I've read by this author, i read this coming into book 3, now i need to go back and read about the other brothers. Natalie and Josephs story was an absolute treasure to read, second chance romances are one of my favorites. They have to work together but also figure out their feelings. I read this within a few hours because the story line just grabs you and you want to run with it.

This is the 3rd book in the “Anderson Ranch Brothers Series”. This is an entertaining read, high school hearts, drama, second chance at romance, great characters with an interesting plot that held me captive. Joseph is a sexy alpha trainer on the rodeo circuit and he is ready to come home with plans of starting his very own rodeo training business. Natalie is the interim director of the local community center. Joseph and Natalie were high school sweet hearts and the two are still very much attracted to each other. Each have their own agenda. Natalie needs to the community center renovated and she was to be the permanent director of the center. Joseph wants to set up his rodeo training business at the center. Natalie and Joseph’s chemistry is awesome.

Can Natalie and Joseph both get what they want from the community center and have a second chance at romance? #LoveNatalieAndJoseph.

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This second chance romance was ok. Joseph and Natalie as a couple were ok. I didn't get a sense of any chemistry, any passion between the two of them. Even the resolution of the misunderstanding they had (both times) was kind of anticlimactic.
Joseph's character was grumpy and defensive. Natalie's character was sweet while hiding a level of insecurity of which no one seemed to be aware. They did seem to level each other out.
The things they were trying to do for the community were interesting. The community involvement and small town atmosphere was nice.
This was not a story I read through in one sitting. This was a nice story that moved at a slower pace than I expected.

I have really enjoyed this series but for some reason, this installment just didn't really connect with me. Joseph chose to run away after high school and travel around learning about horses and the rodeo. He has a solid business plan to take that knowledge and become part of the West Heart community. He never expects to have to work with his former high school girlfriend to make his dreams happen. Natalie has stayed in West Heart even though many people in town considered her trouble when she was younger. She loves running the community center and has big plans to make it even better for the town. She isn't thrilled to learn that she will have to work with Joseph to get the rodeo program back up and running.

All of the components are there to make me really like this book. Natalie is smart, driven, and straightforward. Joseph ran due to a mistake but he's willing to own up to it. It's just that it all kind of fell flat. And I had so many questions! For example, how serious were they in high school? I only ask because he lives on his family's ranch but he had no idea she's terrified of horses. I find that super weird. He spent 9 years traveling the country and working the rodeos but he did come home to visit from time to time. How did they manage to completely avoid each other during those visits if she is a critical part of the community and his family has attended meetings at the community center during all 9 of those years? I would think that Silas would mention Natalie to Joseph during a conversation since they had dated. Maybe that's just me. Near the end of the story, Joseph does some things that made me go what?. I know it was supposed to be romantic and such but given what a control freak Natalie is, I don't know why she would accept what he did and just be happy about it (plus the other people involved might have been doing the wrong thing too).

So why did I give the book 3 stars instead of 2? Simple, it was a nice conclusion to the series. It's a nice town with nice people and the Anderson brothers found nice women to marry. I think the writing was good but could use a good editing. I will certainly read more from this author in the future because one meh book doesn't mean I won't thoroughly enjoy the next one.

A lovely final conclusion to this series about ranching, brothers and their differences. Joseph is the youngest who finally returns to set up his own business but needs the funding for it. Natalie is the community centre director who also wants funding for her own project, when they work together it brings them into a relationship at the same time, by relighting their old feelings.

Cowboy's Homecoming, is my favorite of the three books in this series. I love horses and have a heart for special needs children so this is right up my alley. It was the perfect ending to this great series.

This is the final part of this series which ends with the youngest sibling.

Joseph has returned home from the rodeo circuit. He is used to working on his own. Natalie is interim Director of the community centre. They have a past that didn't end well through gossips. Now that he is back, he sets out to set up his own business in working with kids and horses. The thing is that Natalie has her own project of starting a playground for the community kids. They need funding to do this. The board comes up with the idea of them working together to facilitate the funding. They soon find themselves working in an amicable way. As they get closer, they realise that there are sparks between them. Will they succeed in making a go of it this time?


Joseph and Natalie are hardworking and realistic. They iron the problems with the funding through sheer will and determination. There is little hiccup along the way, but the end is beautiful and the progress of the brothers shine through. A great read.