Sometimes a second chance is your first shot at happiness.
Casie Carmichael is hardworking but softhearted. She has a broken-down mare, two baby lambs, three lost teens, a busted-up bronc rider, and a whole lot of trouble. Casie has returned home to Hope Springs, South Dakota, to sell the family's tumbledown ranch with the hope of returning to Sioux Falls and her very practical fianc├®. But leaving Hope Springs isn't quite as easy as she thought it would be, especially since her barn seems to have a homing beacon leading every bedraggled stray in the territory straight to it.
Casie must deal with angry parents, hairless goats, and a former flame's new heat—but these are nothing when compared to her own mixed-up heart. As Casie tries to make a safe haven for her motley crew, she realizes that she is home, for good and all.
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"Everyone else here has done a great job of summarizing the book, so let me just say I loved it. I laughed, I cried and I didn't want the book to end. Good thing there's a sequel coming out soon."
— Marilyn (5 out of 5 stars)
" Too slow, became work for me to read. "
— Dawn, 12/4/2013" If you like stories of ranching, horses and lost causes, this is a book for you. "
— Donna, 12/3/2013" Listened to this on audio and I'm not sure why I even finished it. I guess I was just curious enough to want to see how it ended. The storyline had potential but kept veering off in different directions. Many plot lines were introduced and never resolved. "
— Amy, 10/9/2013" This book was ok, but I prefer the female leads be more proactive and not just let things happen to them. Maybe in the next book in this series she'll be different, but in this one she is a push over. "
— Martha, 7/20/2013" Nice story...love the country metaphors and I enjoyed Greiman's writing style. I think I missed some of the imagery because I don't understand the farm lingo. There were many plot twists even though Greiman let's you think you can guess the next turn. "
— Natalia, 6/30/2013" Just what I was looking for. Easy novel with enjoyable characters. One of those warm kinda books. Easy feel good read. "
— Emilia, 6/12/2013" This wasn't nearly as sappy as I had feared. It was touching without being cheesy, funny without losing the serious. It was pretty well balanced, in my opinion. Not bad, but not really amazing, either. "
— Nikki, 6/11/2013" Mediocre at best. Learned a new word, however, tsuris. That is something. Traditional story of dysfunctional people coming together and forming a "family". "
— Deyanne, 3/5/2013" I borrowed this on a whim from the library. Nice serendipity. Although implausible in parts, nice feel good story that I thoroughly enjoyed. And will keep my eyes open for the promised sequels. "
— Debra, 2/25/2013" Entertaining read, but pretty thin characters, especially the fiance. I wish I had kept a count of how many times the author used the word "snorted" when she wrote the characters' dialogue. That got pretty old at the end. "
— Krista, 11/13/2012Lois Greiman has won numerous awards, including the RT Career Achievement Award, the RT Historical Storyteller of the Year Award, and the Affaire de Coeur Critics’ Choice Award. She was born on a cattle ranch in central North Dakota and has since moved to Minnesota where she is involved in horse training and animal rescue.
Carrington MacDuffie is a voice actor and recording artist who has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, received numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has been a frequent finalist for the Audie Award, including for her original audiobook, Many Things Invisible. Alongside her narration work, she has released a new album of original songs, Only an Angel.