REVIEW: The Cowboy Contract by BA Tortuga (Foster Ranch #1)

THE COWBOY CONTRACT

Foster Ranch - Book One

by BA Tortuga

Release Date: September 20, 2022

Review

Loved the premise of this book. Though I’m still mad at the Grandmother, threatening his place on the ranch to force him to find a man and have a family was a horrible thing to do. Happy ending or no, I’ll be holding a bit of a grudge against her on Ryder’s behalf!

Ryder grew part of a rodeo company/ranch dynasty. He’s helping to run it now that he’s retired from bull riding thanks to a serious injury. There are a hundred and one moving parts. So when he’s told he has to find a husband if he wants to take over one day, he approaches the task like he does the business. He sets out to hire a husband.

Ryder and Kase were friends, turned competitors, with chemistry they denied. When Kase finds himself without a place to go to recuperate and heal from a terrifying accident, he calls Ryder, who welcomes him with open arms.

When Kase finds out about his plan to appease the grandmother, he volunteers. Why not, he likes Ryder and he likes living on the ranch, sounds like a perfect way to recuperate and plan what to do next.

But the more time they spend together, the more they realize they actually need each other. Ryder gives Kase a home and purpose, while Kase becomes the person in Ryder’s corner, caring about him, helping him, and steadying him.

They are really great together, and they have a pretty wonderful happy ending.

If you like country cowboys, eccentric family/friends, and lots of love you should enjoy this one.

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Synopsis

Ryder Vittor has almost everything he could ever want. He was a successful bull rider, he runs a rodeo company and a ranch for his family, and he's right where he wants to be. Until his grandmother issues him an ultimatum. Now he has to get married and have kids if he wants to keep the life he loves, but he can't exactly produce a man and a baby out of thin air, can he? So he sets out to hire a husband in order to get what he needs.

Kase McDaniel is at the end of his rope. His bull riding career has ended in a bad crash, his family doesn't want him back, and he has nowhere to go. When Ryder offers to let him come stay at Ryder's New Mexico ranch, he's grateful, but he's stunned when he finds out Ryder intends to make a contract with a stranger to marry him and raise kids with him. Kase has been in love with Ryder for years, so why shouldn't he put in for the job?

Neither one of them has any idea what they're setting in motion when they tie the knot, and soon they're overrun with foster kids, rodeo family, and more. Can Kase and Ryder find something real in all the chaos, or will they be parting ways when the contract ends?

About BA Tortuga

Texan to the bone and an unrepentant Daddy's Girl, BA Tortuga spends her days with her hounds and her beloved wife, texting her grandbabies, and eating Mexican food. When she's not doing that, she's writing. She spends her days off watching rodeo, knitting, and surfing Pinterest in the name of research. Following their own personal joys, BA and Julia heard the call of the high desert and they now live in the New Mexico mountains. BA's personal saviors include her wife, her best friends, and coffee. Lots of coffee. Really good coffee.

Having written everything from fist-fighting rednecks to cowboy daddies to werewolves, BA does her damnedest to tell the stories of her heart, which is committed to giving everyone their happily ever after. With books ranging from hard-hitting BDSM, to fiery passions, to the most traditional of love stories, BA refuses to be pigeon-holed by anyone but the voices in her head.

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