The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Tricking Christmas

Carmen Peone ❤️ loved this book because...

I loved how Tricking Christmas is filled with humor, rodeo, and romance. Truitt Lucas is a calf roper is so funny and rendering. He's an alpha male who also has a soft side.

But Jolee Judson fascinated me the most. What a trick rider! She's talented, sweet, and a go-getter. The kind of woman I strive to be.

There's a smooth mix of rodeo, ranching, and farming with games and family fun. Shanna Hatfield makes me laugh. I can see perfectly what the characters are doing. Her descriptions leads me into the theater of my mind with clear anticipation.

This rodeo series is fantastic. I've read every book!

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Shanna Hatfield,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Tricking Christmas as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Will an innocent offer of help lead two obstinate hearts along the road to love?

Truitt Lucas is the guy who brings laughter wherever he goes and refuses to take life too seriously. Beneath his carefree exterior, though, he yearns for more adventure and excitement than he’ll find working on the family ranch alongside his cousin and grandmother. When the opportunity arises to assist a trick rider, Truitt eagerly lends a hand. However, he soon finds himself drawn to the perplexing woman who barely tolerates him.

Jolee Judson is living her dream as a trick rider on the rodeo circuit,…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Redeeming the Cowboy

Carmen Peone ❤️ loved this book because...

Lisa Jordan caught my attention on the first page. She has a sweet author voice that flows into her characters. Have you ever read a book that keeps you up into the wee hours of the night?

Redeeming the Cowboy kept me up! Way too long. Bear Stone is the kinda cowboy, an ex-bull rider, who I'd want working my ranch. He's smart, willing, and patient. Persistant too. Qualities I like in a hero.

Then there's Piper Healy. An artist who lost her grandma and her way. She fights to keep her grandma's art shop going. I love a strong female character who is independent, but not so much she can't let a love in. Piper is my favorite character in this series because she's so kind, gracious, and and forgiving.

Bear and Piper make such a wonderful couple. I didn't want the story to end.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Lisa Jordan,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Redeeming the Cowboy as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

How does a cowboy know when to hang on

…and when to let go?

Five years ago, bull rider Bear Stone lost everything. His best friend. His fiancée. His career. And Piper Healy, his best friend’s wife, never forgave him for the rodeo accident that killed her husband. Now they’re working together to save his family’s ranch. But can this cowboy choose between his last chance at the rodeo…and the woman he’s falling for?

From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.

Stone River Ranch

Book 1: Rescuing Her Ranch
Book 2: Redeeming the Cowboy


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Wildflower Falls

Carmen Peone ❤️ loved this book because...

Who doesn't love a story about overcoming hardships, lies, and strong family roots? Wildflower Falls took me to a horse ranch in the Appalachian Mountains. One of my favorite book settings. And boy, did Denise Hunter do a fabulous job describing the area.

More enticing is the heroine, Charlotte Simpson, who is trying to find out who her biological father is after her mom's death. Will one small clue to enough? Maybe since she hired two men to build a new stable on her ranch . . . who might be her half brothers. Oh, the possibilities!

Enter Gunner Dawson, a vagabond horse trainer who's running from love and planting roots. Yeah, he's committed to staying on for a few months to help her out. And yeah, he's talented and so very handsome. But Charolette's not looking for love. She searching for lost family ties.

And Gunner's bound and determined to help find them. What a guy.

This story is one that will stick with me for a long, long time.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Denise Hunter,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Wildflower Falls as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

He's here to train her horses, and then he's moving on. She's keeping her true identity a secret. But their spark complicates both of their plans.

When her mother's death leaves Charlotte Simpson bereft, she hopes the Robinson clan will accept her as one of their own and help fill the void. But a startling discovery dashes her hopes and leaves her wondering if she will ever know the father she's always longed for.

Horse trainer Gunner Dawson has experienced profound loss and intends to avoid it. So he lives on the move without forming close bonds or putting down…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Gentling the Cowboy

By Carmen Peone,

Book cover of Gentling the Cowboy

What is my book about?

A Sweet Contemporary Western Romance

After a horse client lies about her mistreating his colt in the local newspaper, Jolyn Field’s Wyoming colt-staring business takes a plunge. Her existing clients begin to cancel appointments just as she’s about to hold a clinic with a crowd that has considerably dwindled from her previous clinics.

Successful horseman Milo Newman tries to help save Jolyn’s reputation by entering her in a prestigious colt-starting competition in Cheyenne. After his business partner cuts and runs, he hopes Jolyn will accept his offer to become his new partner.

Jolyn decides to cowgirl up and goes to the competition. Will her lie-slinging ex-client show up and make a ruckus? Will Milo aid or add pressure to the already stressful competition? Can Jolyn win back her reputation and save her equine business and have the life she’s dreamed of?

Book cover of Tricking Christmas
Book cover of Redeeming the Cowboy
Book cover of Wildflower Falls

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