Wade's grumpy attitude reeled me right in
& lvy's sass was the perfect match for him


Wade was so caring & dedicated to taking
care of lvy
They helped each other grow in the best ways


These two melted me into a puddle on the
couch
And I was transfixed until the end


The spice was an added bonus

"You just give me all your burdens, all your worries, I'll be the steady, for both of you. I'll do anything you need. I'll even share my Pop-Tarts with you."

OH my goodness! This series just has a hold on me (kind of like Wade's "mine" tattoo) and I will gladly stay in it's grip! LOL
I knew as soon as I read Holding the Reins when Paisley was indie that she was going to do amazing things and I'm just so proud of what she has accomplished!!
Ivy and Wade were perfection! I loved Ivy's character and think her personality was great! I loved that she was smart, strong, and sassy! I loved that she was never afraid to speak her mind and didn't let Wade's position of boss deter her from doing her job the way she knew how! Wade was delicioussssss. His grumpiness was the best and I loved how he just couldn't fight off the attraction growing towards Ivy! I loved that both of these character were dealing with a little bit of grief- Ivy for her failed relationship and health issues she had come to terms with, and Wade grieving the loss of his father. I think they worked together amazing to be supportive to one another through these struggles and loved seeing them accomplish everything they were able to together! Overall, such a great read and I absolutely am stoked for book 3!

📚eARC Review📚

Training the Heart by @authorpaisleyhope (releases 12/31)

As I write this, I literally have no words for this story. It was equally beautiful, heartfelt, and heartbreaking all at the same time. Not only did I fall in love with Silver Pines all over again, but I fell head over heels in love with Wade & Ivy and their love.

I totally want Ivy to be my new best friend! She is so fun and feisty, but a total boss at the same time. She is a sassy queen!!! Her sunshiney soul was so well written. It made me love her more and more every time we got her internal monologue.

Wade Ashby…yee haw sir 🥵 This man 🥰 This man is everything I could ever want in a book boyfriend and more. From the very beginning, he is a man who is downright obsessed with his girl. Once he let his feelings show, there was no stopping him. The way Wade loved Ivy so wholeheartedly and without a doubt was so refreshing to see. I have found a new top tier book boyfriend! Added bonus that he is a cowboy!

I will be moving to Silver Pines Ranch until further notice because I continue to be obsessed with this world and these characters. The found family is so sweet and genuine. Getting glimpses of characters we have already meet and crumbs of stories to come has me so dang excited for the rest of this series!

Thank you so much @authorpaisleyhope & @netgalley for an eARC!

I don't know what it is about a grumpy cowboy but I can't get enough! Especially when they have a surprisingly sweet side like Wade did! Ivy was the perfect sunshine-y match to his grumpy side! I loved the banter between the two characters and the other characters in the story!

I think my favorite part of this story was seeing both of the main characters heal each other and grow together when it comes to past relationships. I love the things Wade did to take care of Ivy and how Ivy help him see things from a different point of view!

Paisley definitely turned up the heat with these two! Watching the tension building and finally boil over was so satisfying!

I really enjoyed the whole cast of characters and that we got to see more of Nash and CeCe and little hints of Cole and Ginger! I can't wait for more from the series!

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

This book will live rent free in my brain forever. The grump that is Wade Ashby, is actually a major freaking cinnamon roll and I love him to pieces.

Wade has been through it - from the loss of his dad and running the family ranch to his ex-wife being a garbage person. You can understand more why he is as grumpy and closed off as he is. It was amazing to see his tough exterior crack bit by bit with Ivy. And his obsession with her scrunchies was unmatched and had me giggling every time he swiped one.

Ivy is sassy af and such a good match for Wade’s ruggedness. She is feisty, but at the same time such a sunshine-y person. She too has overcome a lot - from losing her dad, then her mom becoming an alcoholic due to the loss, to being in an emotionally abusive relationship with her ex-employers son, she is a strong woman. Seeing her walls also come down with Wade was so sweet and the not-angels bringing her into their group was so cute - their friendship was everything.

Wade and Ivy’s relationship started off as a friendship and then slowly escalated to more. But oof, once it hit more, it was HOT. Their chemistry was so freaking electric, I don’t think I will ever be over them. The spice was top tier, the banter was phenomenal, but the tattoo on Wade’s hand? That was next level perfection. And then with the twist, the tattoo was that much more meaningful when placed on Ivy’s body. I just loved them so much. 🥹

After reading Holding the Reins earlier this year, I was anxiously awaiting Training the Heart. This book did not disappoint and I can’t wait to read Riding the High when it’s available. Whatever Paisley writes, I will happily devour.

Thank you Dell and Paisley for the ARC! 💜

If you read the first book in this series, then you should definitely continue with this one. It was a fun and spicy read! I'd give it 3.5 stars, but I rounded up here.

I loved Cece's brother Wade and his grumpy self, but I only liked Ivy 🤷‍♀️ and I felt like it kind of dragged at times. I didn't feel completely invested in this story. I can't pinpoint why I wasn't overly excited over this one (like I was for the first book!), but it just didn't hit the same for me and seemed to take forever to read. Could be the book or could be me and the fact that I was reading it during the busy holidays, so don't let that deter you! It was still enjoyable and had lots of spicy scenes, and I'll be continuing the series.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 (can I give it ♾️ stars)
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5

"There is a dark and silent beauty to Wade Ashby I’m not sure anyone else in this world has ever really appreciated."

There are no words to explain how much I loved this book!!! All I can say is be ready to fall in love with Wade Ashby!! I was completely consumed with this story from beginning to end. I already knew Wade was going to be a grumpy cowboy with a sweet center but I was so surprised by how dirty his mouth could be. And I loved that Ivy gave it back to him just as good. They were a match made in heaven. This book had everything I want in a cowboy romance and I can't recommend it enough!!!
And ma'am... I thank you for that bonus chapter!!! 🥵🥵🥵

"I knew you were trouble, yet all I’ve wanted to do since the moment I met you is show you how to behave,”

"It’s like he’s training me to crave him, to beg for him. If that is his plan, it’s working. I’ve never wanted anything more."

"She grins and it lights up my f*ing soul."

💜 Boss/Employee
💜 Grumpy/Sunshine
💜 Cowboy with a dirty mouth
💜 Off limits
💜 Forced Proximity
💜 One bed
💜 He ties her up
💜 Hand Necklaces
💜 Spit on it
💜 "Mine" tattoo
💜 Amazing Chemistry
💜 She's a horse trainer
💜 No third act breakup
💜 Nicknames

Training the heart REVIEW

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Paisley hope does it again…but BETTER!!

I absolutely adored training the heart. One of the best cowboy rom coms I’ve read this year.

This had me laughing, swooning, and drooling!
So many of my favorite tropes. Grumpy/sunshine, one house/one bed, “touch her and die” vibes, and found family.

Can we take a second to bow down to…the head rancher at Silver Pines Ranch, “Chief” WADE ASHBY! This grumpy/alphahole had me salivating from page one. He’s so protective of his loved ones and just overall has a heart of GOLD. Just have to scratch the surface to find it. He’s every girl’s “i can fix him” dream!

Ivy, the horse trainer FMC, is the character we all adore. The perfect amount of loving and sass. She’s “trouble” in all the best ways. Perfection. Wade wants to protect her at all costs and lays a claim on our gal right away. No ranch hands touching our girl on his watch!

Thank you so much for this amazing ARC! Available to buy 12/31! ❤️

As a lifelong equestrian I was worried in the beginning that the horse part of the story would ruin it for me (still confused what the American Quarter Association is -- a replacement for Thoroughbred Racing Association?), but it was in the background enough that I was able to enjoy the story. Ivy is absolutely hilarious and has a personality you don't see often in FMC in romance books, though Wade's grumpy facade is probably the most common. The cast of characters is great (I haven't read the first Silver Pines books) and I appreciate that the timeline is longer than the typical romance book where they meet and fall in love in a month. It was a TAD too smutty in my opinion. While I appreciated Wade's dirty mouth, the scenes began to get repetitive.

The whole storyline about the controlling manipulating a doctor into lying about her fertility was extremely weird and hard to believe. And there could have been other ways of them finding out she could have children without her getting pregnant. It was a pseudo-accidental pregnancy trope and I know many people aren't huge fans of it.

So… there are scrunchies. Ivy loves them… but Wade arguably loves them even more 👀😆

Expect 👉🏼 Small town/ranch life, cowboy, opposites attract, grumpy/sunshine, work romance, forced proximity, found family, accidental pregnancy, SPICY

Did you see the all caps SPICY? Is there a way to make the font bigger? 😆 this book is spice upon spice upon SPICE.

Wade is the grumpy cowboy with the weight of the world on his shoulders. His new temporary horse trainer is everything he doesn’t want on his ranch, and yet, he can’t get her out of his head. These two are magnets. They have incredible banter and chemistry and—holy cannoli—the SPICE 🔥

3.5/5

“𝕀 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣, 𝕀 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕣, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕠 𝕚𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖.”

This book is truly grumpy/sunshine and I ate it up! Wade and Ivy don’t exactly start out on the right foot at her interview to become a horse trainer on his ranch. However, Ivy does get hired and it’s the best thing Wade could have done.

Wade was so grumpy and bossy. I just loved how everyone knew that and liked to mess with him about it, this had me cracking up a few times. Although he was grumpy, Wade definitely loved hard. After his father’s death, he had to jump in and run the ranch, while dealing with his ex-wife’s betrayal.

I just loved Ivy and her attitude. She had to grow up fairly quickly and didn’t have the greatest relationships. I loved how she was able to mess with Wade, but at the same time got to know him and care for him. It was fun to read about her love of spicy books too!

The chemistry between these two was off the charts. They helped each other overcome issues from their past and I just love the trust they had in one another, professionally and in their personal life. It was fun getting to read about their families and their time together. Overall, I just loved these two together.

I didn’t read the first book in this interconnected series, but I feel like I need to go back and read it just because I loved this book so much. I am looking forward to book 3, especially after reading the interactions between Cole and Ginger. If you love a cowboy, grumpy x sunshine, forced proximity, spicy romance, then I would 100% recommend this book.

Thank you Paisley Hope, NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for the ARC for an honest review!

DNF. I am simply going through a lot and likely won’t finish before the release date. I did start it, and it was not grabbing my attention like the first one did. I just don’t care for the characters or story at the moment, but due to how much I enjoyed book 1 I will likely be coming back to this book at a later date.

Training the Heart by Paisley Hope is a workplace romance between rancher Wade and horse trainer Ivy. This is the second installment of the Silver Pines Ranch series, but you do not need to read the first book to understand the dynamic between the characters. Ivy is making a new life for herself when she gets hired at Silver Pines, but keeping her relationship with boss Wade strictly professional quickly crumbles. Wade can’t resist Ivy, the woman who gives his snarky remarks right back to him. This is a very spicy book. Fans of Elsie Silvers Gold Rush Ranch series will love this book. It’s easy to fall in love with the characters and get immersed in the world of horses. Training the heart releases 12/31.

Horse trainer Ivy Spencer is a ball of sunshine that has finally found the courage to leave her long time narcissistic boyfriend. Wade Ashby is a grumpy ranch owner convinced letting people in can only lead to no good. Neither is looking for love but there's more to each of them than meets the eye and you could set the world on fire with the spark of passion that's between them.

Training the Heart is a small town romance about healing after loss and learning to love again despite fears of the unknown. Ivy is a strong and capable FMC you’ll immediately want to be best friends with. Wade is a loyal dirty talking cowboy you’ll swoon over and the banter between Ivy and Wade is *chefs kiss*. I definitely recommend this to all cowboy romance lovers out there and I cannot wait to read the next book in the Silver Pines Ranch series!

Thank you Random House Publishing Group for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley . All opinions are my own.

LOVED. LOVED. LOVED.

I truly am becoming the biggest fan of Paisley Hope. I loved the first book in this series but this one was even better!!

Ivy and Wade were exactly the kind of characters I LOVE. Ivys take no shit attitude. Wade being a grumpy asshole who's only soft for her. Ugh the dream!!!

Everything about this book, the characters, the side characters(can not WAIT for Ginger and Cole lol), was amazing.

The banter, the sass from from Ivy, the guys all teasing Wade about her. All made for such a good book.

The spice in this book!? Freaking top tier!!!! I was not expecting how freaking good the spice was going to be and my god. I was clutching my pearls multiple times! Ill never be able to see the word "mercy" again without blushing and thinking about this book!

Synopsis: When Wade hires Ivy as a new horse trainer on his family’s ranch, he doesn’t expect to fall for her.

Thoughts: I really loved the first Silver Pines Ranch book, so it was fun to revisit these characters. I like Wade and Ivy as characters individually, but to be honest their relationship progression was just okay for me. I knew this one was going to be spicy, but I think it could have benefitted from a little more conversation, a little less action 😬. I’m totally fine with spice, but it got a little (ok a lot) repetitive. Wade might need to see a doctor, I don’t know if that level of libido is normal for a 35 year old. That plus the creepy scrunchie scene and the most unnecessary epilogue of all time just crossed the “too much spice line” for me. So TL;DR this wasn’t a bad book, but if you’re not prepared for Carolina reaper level spice, might want to sit this one out.

Read this if you like:
🐎 horses
🐎 cowboys
🐎 small town
🐎 grumpy x sunshine
🐎 SPICE

good lord paisley, this book was wild from start to finish!!!!!! i love grumpy x sunshine tropes, and this one did not disappoint. i’m down bad for wade ashby, it’s a little upsetting he’s not a real man that loves me back. incredible spice, and if you’re my boss don’t read this: it’s about time we get some brat appreciation!!!! let’s hear it for bratty women!!!!!! and gruff men who beg!!!!!! paisley was a real one for this book and i am so grateful to Ballentine, Random House Publishing, and NetGalley for this ARC. SAVE A HORSE!!!!

If Paisley Hope writes it, ima read it!!

Love me a cowboy romance and could not get enough of this love story! Wade and ivys love story is worth the read.

If you’re looking for a book that makes you swoon, then look no further. If you love a grumpy x sunshine, boss x employee trope, this is the book for you.

Note: this is the second book in the silver pines series, so make sure to read holding the reins first to avoid spoilers !

Will definitely be rereading once the audio book comes out, because I just couldn’t get enough.

I fell in love with Paisley Hope's writing during Holding the Reins. I was so excited to be able to read this book because of the glimpses we got of the two in that book. It was a perfect blend of of relationship building, banter, and spice.

Wade freaking Ashby.
This man. He is such a caretaker and acts of service person.

Ivy unfortunately has a manipulative P.O.S. ex-boyfriend. Wade also has a crappy ex-wife that tries to pry her way back into his life. Just be aware if that is a no go for you.


Pick this one up if you enjoy:
* Ranch owner x horse trainer
* Grumpy x sunshine
* Road trip
* Forced proximity
* Only one bed
* Dirty talk, steam, and possession
* Surprise pregnancy

I absolutely loved this book. The chemistry between Wade and Ivy had me blushing and kicking my feet. I loooove a grumpy but caring and tender MMC with a sunshine FMC that is dealing with some emotional fallout. They were both careful with each other while being up front about what they wanted along the way.

They’re both such raw, genuine characters who show up for each other. I love how adorable but SMOKING HOT they are. Watching them come together, fall in love, and overcome some difficult obstacles was such a pleasure. I encourage you to check this out! You can also look forward to:

💜Forced Proximity
🪻One Bed
💜Grumpy x Sunshine
🪻”Make Me”
💜Acts of Service

Thank you Net Galley and Dell Romance for the ARC!