This is actually a reread for me. I read the physical book a long time ago. I can’t remember when. I have also reread the book multiple times since then this is a book that is on my.” favorites” bookshelf. I love the characters and the storyline. It is one of my favorite Susan Mallery books. It was first published as a silhouette special edition. That is the book that I read. It is everything that you would hope to expect from a category romance. I read a four star, but it’s more like a 4.5 star for me.

This 90's Harlequin book is being released as an audiobook.

After Jake's wife dies, his adoptive daughter wants to meet her birth mother. Jake tracks her down.
He finds her attractive, but also can't trust her. Anne always thinks of the daughter born on her eighteenth birthday. She knows giving her up was the right thing, but she also is glad to be in her life now.

This one shows its age- not just in technology, but in theme. Some of the interactions and thoughts were very cringy.

However, I did enjoy this more than a lot of Susan Mallery's later work. While the characters' actions were dated, I enjoyed that there is only one couple and you really get to know them. Her more recent work crams several couples into a single book and I feel you miss the connection.

Overall, not a bad read. But keep in mind when it was written.

Tanya Eby narrates as usual.

I received an advance audio copy in exchange for an honest review.

This was a tough one for me...I have read a handful of other Susan Mallery books. Usually I read the books she's written that are set on beaches and I really enjoy those. I've also recently fallen in love with cowboy romance so when I saw this on NetGalley I jumped! (Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin audio for a copy of the audiobook!!!!) While I still really enjoyed Mallery's writing style, the accidental pregnancy trope of this book was just not it for me. Normally, when this trope pops up, I immediately DNF a book but I really wanted to give this a shot and finish it. This book just kind of left me with a feeling of "meh". It felt like Jake got everything and Anne gave up everything after working so hard. I wanted to like this so much more than I did. Regardless, I will 100% be picking up one of Mallery's 2024 releases "The Summer Book Club". Overall, Cowboy Daddy gets 2.5 stars from me.

Susan Mallery has again given her readers a great story that is one that is going to be enjoyed by everyone. The emotions jumped out of the story as I listened to the audiobook narrated by Tanya Eby. This narrator always does a great job of making the story real.
This is a story that had cowboy romance, and it had the emotion, and the ending was exactly what a reader expects from a Susan Mallery book.
Thank you NetGalley, Susan Mallery and Harlequin Audio for the audiobook of Cowboy Daddy.
This is my personal review.

I knew within a few minutes of starting this audiobook that it was going to hit me right in the feels! My instinct was correct. I’m a huge fan of Susan Mallery and this book did not disappoint. It was well written with lots of amazing emotion and an absolutely beautiful story! This book is older, but the story is timeless! The conflict drew me in and hooked me from start to finish.

Anne gave up a daughter for adoption years ago. Her daughter, Laurel, Jake, Laurel’s father, lost his wife two years ago. His daughter has been begging to meet her real mother. Jake is not happy about the whole situation. It makes for a great story.

The audiobook narrator, Tanya Eby, always narrates Susan Mallery’s stories. I love her voice. She does a fantastic job. This copy of Cowboy Daddy was provided by NetGalley and Harlequin audio for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

A little flashback to the life in the 90’s but still a sweet story. Jake a widower is granting his daughter a huge favor, allowing her to meet her birth mother. Anne has mixed feelings about giving up her daughter for adoption as a teenager. So when Jake sets up a meeting with her about her getting to know her daughter, she is scared and yet excited. To finally see the daughter she never got a chance to hold. They both have baggage from their past and still someway there is electricity when they touch. Coming to a compromise for the daughter’s sake has also open the doors to passion.
The narrator was so good that I listened to the story in a day. Thank you NetGalley for this ARC, all opinions expressed are my own. #CowboyDaddy

To fulfill the wish of his grieving adopted daughter, rancher Jake agrees to find her birth mother, recruiter Anne. Jake and Anne become unexpectedly drawn to each other, despite the complications their connection brings.

This is a well-written and entertaining cowboy romance. The book focused on the relationship between Jake, Anne, and their daughter—which was well done. The details of Jake’s relationship with his late wife were skimmed over, as were Anne’s career decisions. Overall, it’s an enjoyable book. The audiobook narration by Tanya Eby was a delight as always.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.

This was a good read from Susan Mallery. It had characters that you liked with the expected happy ever after ending. It was an earlier release for the author but the story was still very enjoyable. An easy listen with a good narrator.

A second chance!

Rancher Jake Masters is not happy when his adopted daughter ask to meet her biological mother after the death of her adoptive mother.

Anne Baker never dreamed she would get to meet the daughter she gave up. Even though she is thrilled to meet her she has to deal with opposition from Jake and his set perceptions about her.

Along the way things get really interesting.

This was a fun easy listen but I didn't realize when I got it that it was from the 90's! It was only with the mention of a Walkman that I realized that it must be a re-print of a previous book by Susan Mallery. But that didn't stop me from enjoying the storyline of Anne, her adopted daughter and her daddy Jake and how they come to terms with how they will raise "their" daughter and proceed with their future. I also had a few giggles at how catalogs were used to order things for his home.

Although this did explore adoption and the effects on all affected, it was a fun romance to listen to!

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review. All opinions are my own.

Publication date: 21 January 2025