Live Love Ranch is a charming, light-hearted cowboy romance that will fill up your trope bingo card and give you warm fuzzies and spicy moments. It's got cute small-town vibes, forced proximity, enemies-to-lovers being driven around the bend, grumpy x sunshine dynamic, and perfect opposites attract between a yoga wellness influencer and a gruff cowboy whose brain can't compute yoga and cowboys together.

The writing is easy to read, engaging, full of sweet romantic vibes, amusing tensions, and hilarious scenarios. The ranching setting is beautifully depicted, and I could easily imagine the stunning landscape and the ranch house porch with amazing sunrise views. The characters are loveable, engaging, and quirky, with personalities that make them fun to read.

The romance is a fun grumpy sunshine dynamic with a little sprinkling of enemies-to-lovers as Rory and Wyatt clash over the ranch's purpose and future. They might start with sparking tension with their enemies to lovers' status over the ranch and some snappy banter, but it sizzles off after the fall into the sheets/hay into an adorable relationship with lots of warm fuzzies.

A sweet, fluffy slow-burn romance perfect for curling up when you need a light-hearted, cozy read to curl up with a warm drink. I enjoyed Emma Lucy's debut book – I'll be checking out future romances from her as she can weave a good, quick escapism romance. Thank you, Harper Collins, for approving my request for Live Love Ranch from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

small town romances will always have a place in my heart and they will always end up on my to read list.

this book had the enemies to love trope and although this angle fell a little flat for me, I really enjoyed the main character's relationship! I think it was a little hot and cold throughout the book since it kind of progressed very quickly.

aurora, bless her heart. I liked her character but some parts of her I could not stand. this town gained my interest and I'm really intrigued to see how this series goes!

10/10 on the cover!

This was a super cute, funny cowboy romance! I loved the setting, the way they developed the ranch to match their goals and ideals, and how Rory and Wyatt came together. Also a big fan of the side characters and excited to see where Emma Lucy takes them in future!

I felt it lacked a bit of development to make the couple stronger throughout, and some of the writing was a little cringe, but overall if you're after something fluffy and easy to read, and you love anything with a ranch involved, you'll like this!

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK for this e-ARC!

I'm a simple girl, you say grumpy & sunshine and cowboy romance and my interest is piqued.

This was a cute story. I loved the premise of the initial grump & sunshine, and then the move to business partners and the focus around the shared goals of both main leads.

I liked that the initial build up of the feelings between the two main leads, and I like that in the story there was a focus on shared goals and their independent development. I loved that we had the mixture between the soft and spicy romance but also some moments of growth.

Unfortunately, I think the spark I was looking for as the story progressed just didn't appear for me. I just wanted to see that connections between the main leads get stronger and see strong development in their scenes together but ultimately something was missing for me towards the end.
I wanted to feel that this relationship between the two had come together fully instead of me wanting something else to finish it. The final rating for me is jumping between 2.75 and 3??

Thank you to HarperCollins UK for sending me an eARC, I am voluntarily leaving a review.

I really enjoyed the small-town ranch setting and the clash between Rory and Wyatt. While the chemistry didn’t fully sizzle for me, the story was still fun, charming, and easy to read. My first book by this author, and I’ll definitely be checking out more of her work!

What a fresh breath of air in the cowboy romances! Such a fun read, both heart-wrenching and fun. Absolutely adored the setting, the cast, and finding a new auto-buy author!

I had such high hopes for this one, you know I love a cowboy romance 😂 and honestly the minute I see the word ranch I’m all in, like if there is a big red barn too…games over for me, like I’m nearly always gonna love what your selling me, you know 😅

But this was just fine. Like that exactly how I would describe it and it feels kinda harsh to say that but that’s the truth. It wasn’t great but it wasn’t terrible, it kinda bored me a little and the main character girl annoyed me but the writing was fine the setting was nice but just overall felt blah to me. As a veteran cowboy romance reader (is that a thing haha) it was sadly a no from me!

From the blurb -
When English wellness influencer Rory Jones inherits her great aunt’s ranch in Colorado, her plan to fix-up and sell-up ASAP hits a snag.

Grumpy head rancher Wyatt Hensley isn’t willing to let a yoga-loving, manifestation guru who doesn’t even know how to ride a horse ruin his ranch.

But when Rory faces up to the fact she hasn’t got anything to rush home for, they strike up a deal that might just save both their jobs.

Can they keep things strictly business, or will their hearts take the reins instead?

* ARC from Netgalley ✨

This was such an adorable cowboy ranch, Romance! It had the perfect environment, it was humorous, and the chemistry sizzled. I love these characters with my whole heart. I will definitely be reading from this author again!

My first howdy romance 🤭
Loved every second, another book boyfriend added to the list. Rory getting Wyatt to do sun salutations at the crack of dawn and he thought he could deny his feelings? 😂
Ready for more howdy romances 🤪

Live, Ranch, Love is such a feel good, enemies to lovers story that I read within a weekend!
When Aurora finds herself newly single after her ex cheated on her, she finds herself being left with her late Aunt's Ranch... which couldn't have come at a better time for her to escape her life whilst she sorts out selling it on.
But when she arrives on the Ranch she faces a new challenge, the extremely grumpy Wyatt who isn't pleased at all that she has rocked up with the intent to sell the ranch that is his livelihood.

When I tell you that this book had me hooked from beginning to end I really do mean it. There are so many books that are labelled as enemies to lovers, but this one really does deliver on that... as it takes a while for a romance to blossom between them... but when it does, it was perfection.
I smiled, I laughed, and I swooned whilst reading this one! An absolute must read for my fellow cowboy romance lovers!.

Thank you to Netgalley, Harper Collins and Emma Lucy for providing me with an ARC of this book in return for my honest review.

I just couldn’t get into this one at all. Nothing wrong with the narrative or the plot I just didn’t vibe with Rory or Wyatt unfortunately.

This is the perfect read for cowboy romance lovers !!! It starts with aurora running away to Colorado where she meets a grumpy tattooed rancher called Wyatt and it doesn’t take long for tension to be obvious. My favourite part of the book was the setting of being near the mountains and they were always sat out looking at water it sounded so beautiful.

this was alright, some cute parts mixed with the cringe dialogue. i did like the character development even though wyatt's pov didn't feel natural most of the time. it was also a misleading synopsis with fake dating as one of the tropes, as they only pretended for a single scene. after that they just started hooking up and dived into a relationship around the 60& mark. the 3rd act breakup was really unnecessary and kind of dumb tbh.

thank you to netgalley and harpercollinsUK for the arc!!

As cringe as it was, there were still cute moments.

The romance felt distant and I couldn’t feel any chemistry between them. It was all a little flat to me.

The third act was a bit ?? It was over faster than it started and then everyone acted like it didn’t happen. Idk it just felt unnecessary.

ೃ⁀➷ Thank you NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for the ARC! ♥︎

First off can we talk about how adorable this cover is?! The story inside is just as cute and perfect for a summer beach read. While the story was easy to follow and writing style was simple, it also lacked originality for me. This will soon be forgotten amongst all the other cowboy romances in my brain; but I did enjoy it at the time. And one more thing; it gets spicyyyyy

I am such a sucker for a small town romance and this book perfectly delivered this!

Wyatt and Aurora have my heart!

Aurora has definitely been through a lot with losing her aunt and then walking in on her boyfriend cheating on her with another woman.

She meets Wyatt when she inherits her great aunt’s ranch and she decides to give it a makeover and then sell it. Wyatt is the head rancher of this ranch and he is not happy with this.

The chemistry and banter between Aurora and Wyatt was so so good!!! I also love when couples support each other’s dreams and aspirations!

The SPICE! Hot dang!! A sexy cowboy? Yes please!!

Overall a wonderful book - 4.5 stars from me!

What a beautifully written romance between Rory and Wyatt.
I loved every minute reading this book and couldn’t put it down, it had me crying, laughing and even giggling at parts, such a brilliant book well done to Emma Lucy for being such a brilliant author.

Rating: 2.75

Live, Ranch, Love seemed like a book I would really enjoy. It has; small town charm and grumpy-sunshine dynamic, which I love on books, but this time it didn’t quite land for me.

The writing style was smooth and easy to read, but I struggled to connect with the main characters. Some things became a bit repetitive, and Rory’s influencer persona felt a little overdone. Of course, that could just come down to personal preference.

While the book did have a few cute moments, I feel like this story just wasn’t for me.

Thank you again for this opportunity to read this ARC.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC copy of this fun little cowboy summer read. This book was the perfect easy read palate cleanser between heavy fantasy books. I’m always a sucker for a small town romance and this was a fun grump/sunshine slow burn, and satisfied the cowboy kick I’m on! It was funny, the chemistry between the FMC and the MMC fell a little bit flat for me but overall an enjoyable read and a good debut novel.

I’m loving my cowboy romances, and this one was no exception.

I was fully invested in Wyatt and Rory from the beginning and loved their banter from the off! A moody cowboy and wellness influencer, Rory, who loves life, is all about wellness and positivity, yet going through a hard time; they were the perfect pair.

The spice was spot on and as hot as Nando’s hot sauce. 🌶️🥵

The setting was beautiful, and I would love to go to Sunset Ranch. The lake and mountain backdrop made for a wonderful setting. I wanted to dive and swim in that lake.

This was so funny too. I was reading this on the train, laughing away. It was Rory’s one-liners or how she took the Micky out of Wyatt.

The writing flowed so well that it was beautifully written. I loved how I could get lost in this book. There were lines that I couldn’t get enough of – they were really touching and reminded me why I read romance. The positivity of new days, sunsets, and sunrises was also thought-provoking.

Favourite quote
“Don’t let the fear of what could happen make nothing happen.”