Booking a trip to Montana asap! Devney Perry has done it again with an excellent start to her new series. This second chance romance delivers angst, emotion, and spice in droves. The dual timelines are *chef’s kiss* giving the reader the chance to get to the see the couple fall in love in the past and present simultaneously. As for the couple, I loved Indya and West. They both have been through things and despite spendings but have found their way back to each other. They understand and see each other in a way no one else has. The mutual pining in this book is off the charts just like their chemistry. I honestly could not put this book down because I couldn’t wait to see what would happen next. Also loved that there was no third act breakup in this one, our babies had been through enough. I am excited to see where this series will go next. Fans of The Edens series will enjoy this first installment in the Haven River Ranch series.

𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧…
🤠 cowboy romance
💜 second chance
🤠 childhood friends
💜 she’s his boss

𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜: ★★★★

𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙤𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙨…
Indy spent all of her childhood summers at West’s family ranch in Montana, slowly falling for her childhood friend. Now, years after her last visit, she returns not as a guest, but the ranch’s new owner.

𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨…
Although I’m still in mourning for Quincy and the Edens, I loved the setting of Devney’s new cowboy series! 🤠 The ranch / resort was perfect, and I’m so excited to come back and get to know the side characters better!

Both West & Indy were such easy characters to love - they start out “enemies”, and understandably so, but each clearly still harbours strong feelings for the other 💜

Second chance romance is my favourite - and I loved learning about West & Indy’s childhood friendship (& relationship) through the dual timeline chapters 🫶🏼

Personally I would have loved to work harder for their reconciliation, as I love the angst & pain that comes with second chance 😅 Whereas these two could not keep their hands off each other 👀🥵

As always Devney has set up the next book so well, and I can’t wait to return to Haven River Ranch this summer! 🤠

Super quick fast read. I love me some summer romance. West and Indya meet when they are young and continue with a one-week summer relationship every year. As these two get older, so do the feelings. Alot of not being on the same path makes these two lovers lose sight until later when Indya comes in and saves the day. West doesn't like it but gets use to it. When the real reason comes out as to why Indya did what she does, West is grateful. Loved this small town cowboy read.

Crossroads by Devney Perry 💜
Haven River Ranch, Book 1
Interconnected Standalone

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Adult • Romance
ARC Review
300 pages
🗓️ June 4th

⛰️ second chance(ish)
💜 summer flings to more
⛰️ childhood friends to enemies to lovers
💜 close proximity
⛰️ cowboy romance
💜 small town romance
⛰️ no third act breakup

📌“I wanted to stay. For once, I just wanted to stay.”

📌“Is this real?”
“We’ve always been real, Indy.”

I usually write my reviews the moment I finish a book as I try to remember all the feelings and thoughts. But sometimes I can’t.

With some books, like Crossroads, I need to close my eyes and fall asleep with it all still inside. With some books, I can’t put everything I’m thinking in writing for fear it will disappear. For fear it will end. For fear it will never come back. They will never comeback.

And I needed Indya and West to stay.
I needed Indya and West to be trapped inside my heart and to live in my mind just a little bit longer.

But now I realize they don’t have to leave. That this is not a goodbye. Because they’re mine. They were mine while I was reading Crossroads. And they’re mine even if they’re not.

Crossroads is more than a story about stolen summers and family ties. It’s more than a first kiss, a first love, and desperate attempts to move on. Crossroads is a story about love and finding home. Of heartbreak and heart mending. Of lost ones and what connects us forever. Of paper planes and wild flowers.

Crossroads is the story of a little girl who found a little boy to play with. 💜

Love love loved. Absolutely adored. Could not get enough of. Did not want to put down. This book was just so damn good!

I loved the glimpses of the past building up every few chapters. It just made the story so much more.

I loved Indya and West. I loved how clumsy she was and how stoic and grumpy he was. They seriously just fit together perfectly. My heart broke for them in their individual things. Especially Indya. I definitely cried for her.

Their chemistry was 😮‍💨 and I may have melted every time his cowboy self was described.

It was just a beautiful book. Heartwarming and funny as well as a bit of drama and hitting you in the feels. Definitely recommend.

Crossroads is the debut novel in Haven River Ranch, a new series from Devney Perry.

Indya is in Montana for a very specific purpose and she doesn't quite know what her reception will be like.

Indya Keller and West Haven have known each other for many years, as the Kellers visited Montana during summers for family holidays.

Taking over the ranch resort that was once a thriving holiday destination for Indya and her family is equal parts nostalgic, frustrating and hard work. The hardest of which is dealing with the Haven men.

This is a story of love. Family love, first love, the love of hard, bad breaking work and the love of doing what is right for those you love...simple enough eh? If only that was the case!

You will be entranced by the family dynamics of the Haven family. The secrets, the lies, the bad decisions and the victims of these.

You will be blown away by the sheer work ethic of Indya. You will be humbled by her dedication to the task at hand and be blown away by her motivation.

Her struggles will become part of your struggles as you experience her days through the words and world created by Devney Perry and you'll wish you were part of what Indya is building.

I can't wait to return to Haven River Ranch for the next installment, if this is what will be served up with my morning coffee!

📖Review📖

Book Title: Crossroads Author: Devney Perry
Series: Haven River Ranch #1
Star Rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 Steam Rating:🌶️🌶️🌶️

I enjoyed this so much! Devney Perry definitely knows how to suck you into a new series! I couldn’t put this down.

Indya is moving to Montana to take over running a resort/ranch. It’s not the first time she’s been there though, having spent quite a lot summers there growing up and falling for the owners son.

West is the son of the former owner of his ranch/resort and he is not happy to hear or see the new owner.

There’s a lot of hate, hurt and past feelings that come up for Indya and West but neither could keep denying those feelings when they have to constantly see each other all the time. My heart was hurting for Indya, you could see she bottling everything up and she had no one to turn to.

I loved that we got to see how their friendship/love started with the past chapters, they really added so much to the story as we got to see how they fell for each other and what happened to them in the end.

There was a lot of mystery surrounding why she brought the ranch and the deal that was made with Wests father. I had my suspicions and I was somewhat right but it was so fun to watch West and Indya fall in love again.

I don’t want to give too much away but I loved this! It was a fantastic start to a new series and the ending was perfect!

Perry didn’t disappoint. This is a feel good story filled with loveable and witty characters, some drama and emotions but not too tense and as always there is a beautiful HEA ending. I loved it.

There is just something about Deveny’s books and her style of writing that suck you in! I was blessed to be able to snag an arc for this and I gobbled it up!

It checks all the boxes!

Small town
Cowboy
Childhood friends
Enemies to lovers
Forced proximity
Second chance

Indya and West’s story was written so seamlessly. The way that you were able to hop back in time, and experience the emotions and feelings and then quickly come back to present day was perfection. This couple is the epitome of wrong timing. But when it is the right time, it’s fantastic.

Indya and West have a lot of similarities. They’re both very strong on the outside. They need to ensure that they are the rock for those around them. But deep down, they each need someone to be their rock.

I am so happy to be in the Haven River Ranch world! As quickly as I read this book, I wanted to stay there forever so much so that I almost googled a place like it to visit. But let’s be real if West is not there it’s not worth it.

I wouldn’t say I’m obsessed with this book but it kept me entertained and I loved the small town vibes of Montana.

Everything felt very surface leveled and I wish it would have dug a little deeper into the situations happening between Indya and West. I’m happy we got some dual POV because at least we knew West’s feelings throughout the book.

I honestly didn’t really care for the flashbacks when they were kids. I don’t think it provided much (for me personally) to add to the story. Besides realizing how clumsy Indya has always been.

Trigger warning dealing with a parent having cancer.

Overall, I am excited for Jax’s book and will continue this series.

Thank you NetGalley and Brilliance Publishing for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This was such a brilliantly enjoyable escape to a ranch in Montana! Rooting for West and Indya was a given from the very beginning and the epilogue is so extremely heart-warmingly fulfilling that I am already looking forward to what comes next as well. Not only is the love handled realistically in this one, but so is the grief. This might have been my first read from the author but it certainly won’t be my last.

Till we get to return to the Haven River Ranch, thank you NetGalley for my advance copy!

Crossroads is the perfect introduction to the new Devney Perry series and I could not put it down! This was such a beautiful and emotional story moving through decades - and even though I'm not always a fan of flashbacks in this book they worked extremely well.

Crossroads is a book about love and loss, family ties, changes, and the feeling of belonging, and following West and Indya's journey from childhood friends to lovers to enemies brought together years later through a business transaction kept me at the edge of my seat as I flew through the pages. There was an element of mystery present from the very beginning and oh, how I loved the way the twists kept turning and the questions were answered. And I might have shed a tear or two along the way - which is perfectly okay!

"He'd stay because he belonged.
I'd leave because I didn't."

I don’t know if it’s the Montana air but whatever it is that Devney puts in her stories, I’m hooked. Devney does it time and time again! 5 stars. No notes ✨

Thank you so much to Devney Perry, Montlake + NetGalley for the chance to read this before it’s published. It’s out on 4th June 2024 💜

As hard as it to believe I have not read very Devney Perry romances but this one called out to me. Wes and Indya were hard characters to forget. I enjoyed reading about their past and how it impacted their future. This was a new thing for me and I really found it to work in this book. Their journey from friends to enemies to lovers and the small town aspect were highlights for me and have made a Devney Perry romance lover out of me. TBR and Enjoy!

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💜Second chance
💜Small Town
💜Cowboy romance
💜It's always been you

Devney Perry has done it again; this book captivated me, and I finished it in just a few hours.

The tension between Indya and West was perfect. As I read, I kept thinking, “Just give in to each other already!” but at the same time, I savored every minute of the tension between them.

I laughed, cried, and even blushed at times. I devoured every bit of it.

Not only that, but I found the story to be very well constructed. The characters had depth, and the flashbacks added a lot to the narrative.

Thank you so much, NetGalley, and Montlake for this ARC.

Crossroads is the first standalone in Devney Perry’s new Haven River Ranch series and I loved this one so much. This is small town Montana, childhood friends to lovers turned enemies to lovers, forced proximity, second chance, all on a western ranch setting!

Indya grew up enjoying summers at a Montana ranch with her family every year. On one of those summers she first met West when she was 8 and he was 10 and they pal’d around together during her trip. West’s family owned the ranch and his grandparents were the ones to start it. We see over the years Indya and West’s friendship and relationship grow and evolve as they become teens and into their early 20s. Now it’s been 4 years since she’s returned to Montana but she’s back, as the new owner of his family’s ranch!

This was just the epitome of what I have loved with previous Devney Perry books, the Montana setting, the cowboy hero, the family and side characters, and all wrapped up with this delicious slow burn, second chance. Honestly no notes, it was perfect! I’m so excited for this new series.

I received an ARC, all thoughts in this review are my own!

CW: cancer (parent)

Tropes: Small Town, Cowboy, Second Chance, Childhood Lovers, Right Person/Wrong Time
Dual POV
Check TW if you are sensitive to anything

Meet Indya and West, a pair who have been right person, wrong time up until the time the book takes place. I loved the flashbacks and Indya's Dad's love of Montana. The chemistry between West and Indya was *chef kisses*.

A wonderful start to the Haven River Ranch series and extremely keen for Jax's book.

Thank you to Devney Perry and Montlake for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

4.5 stars rounded up. It’s been a long time since a book made me cry, but this one got me. Granted, not necessarily directly tied to the romance relationship but definitely in part to moments between Indya and West tied to Indya’s overall story. Second chance is not one of my top tropes, but there was something very poignant and touching about the way Devney Perry wrote this one that really worked for me.

Indya and West’s story is told between the present day and an evolving past timeline spanning Indya’s summer vacations to Montana with her family from the first year they met until the last time they saw each other. Their time together was brief each year she visited and wasn’t always happy, but it was real. Given the turmoil Indya was facing around her father’s prolonged illness, it was easy to believe and understand how she would have been able to develop a strong emotional attachment to West in the limited time they had. West’s own family situation made the reciprocal true for him as well. Their connection felt true and undeniable despite their time apart.

Indya was an amazing woman. She’d been through a lot of challenges and heartbreak in her life, and she persevered through it all in often selfless ways. She was very obviously an intelligent business woman while also having a tender heart. It was lovely to see her present day relationship development with West and him becoming the person she could allow herself to be truly vulnerable with. West was a Man with a capital M in the way he came around to support her and had no qualms about admitting he was wrong in his snap reactions to her showing up as the ranch’s new owner. In their present day, it really felt like they built a strong foundation on the framing that was shakily constructed in their past.

There seemed to be a lead into the next book in the series at the end of this one, and I’m already looking forward to it. Thank you to NetGalley and Montlake for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

A new series by Queen Devney Perry?? Sign me up! If you don’t know her, she wrote the indigo ridge series which I loveeeeeed.

In this new world, we meet Indya Keller as she returns to Montana (something she swore she would never do) as the new owner of her beloved family vacation spot on a mission to save the ranch and resort. Her childhood friend/crush/everything, West Haven, might not want her there but she’ll do whatever it takes to save the ranch for him.

This is:
+ childhood friends to lovers
+ past/present timelines
+ small town
+ family & grief
+ dual pov

I really enjoyed Crossroads. I honestly find it hard not to enjoy any of Devney’s books. She writes small town romance so. dang. well. She does a great job layering romance and deeper themes.

Because it’s dual pov and past/present timeline, you get to see West and Indya grow up in each other’s orbit while simultaneously experiencing Indy’s return to Montana after years away.

The ending made me so happy and overall the book was a great read.

Thank you to @netgalley and @devneyperry for the advanced copy! 🤍

It’s official, West Haven is my new favourite cowboy! West and Indya meet when they’re 8 and 10 at Crazy Mountain Cattle Ranch, where Indya’s wealthy family chooses to vacation each year. We follow a past and present timeline, in the past we see flashbacks of them over the years as they build their connection to one another. I am such a sucker for a childhood friends to lovers story!

This was my first Devney Perry book, and I loved it start to finish! She somehow injected the relaxing, happy feelings of a Montana ranch resort vacation into this book. This should 100% be on your summer reading list! That’s not to say there wasn’t lots of emotionally charged moments as well, this book has a little bit of everything to keep you turning the pages while simultaneously wishing it wouldn’t end.

*check trigger warnings*

Thank you to Montlake and NetGalley for the advanced copy! All opinions are my own.