I adored this. This is Emma’s debut novel and, whilst you can tell at points, it was written so well and honestly. I could re-read immediately.

The characters were amazing. Rory is a wellness guru 🧘🏼‍♀️ and the little things she does to pick herself up were relatable. Perhaps almost too bubbly at points though - but not in an off putting way.

I love a grumpy MMC and Wyatt did not disappoint 🤠. Did he kinda flip from one persona (disliking Rory and her influencing) to another (sweet talking her and listening to her wellness tips) way to quickly? Yes. But still, I didn’t put the book down.

The representation of anxiety was done very well and I liked this was from both FMC and MMC. 👏🏻

The spice was 🥵. The scene up against the fence… phwoaaa. I could feel myself blushing so badly reading that.

It was slightly too instant love for me (the story is set over a short period of time really) but it’s the only reason I knocked .5 a star off. I could have done with some more development of the characters and the romance but generally, it was a very well written debut novel.

This absolutely ticked off my need for a cowboy romance so pick this up if you’re having withdrawal from the 🤠🤠

Read if you like:-

🩷 dual pov
⚪️ grumpy x sunshine
🩷 spice
⚪️ anxiety rep

I am fully into my Cowboy romance obsession at the moment, so was super excited to read this one. This was such a fun read and I can't quite believe that it is a debut from Emma Lucy - I will definitely be picking up more of her books in the future.

Yeehaw! It’s cowboy season! Loved this slow burn spicy romance. The chemistry between Aurora and Wyatt was great and the story was cute, funny and easy to follow. Definitely recommend

“Sometimes the hardest thing we can do is trust blindly in who we are.”

Following the success of series such as Rebel Blue Ranch (Lyla Sage) and the works of Elsie Silver, small town cowboy romances are increasingly popular. With the sub-genre ever increasing in popularity, more and more authors are putting their own spin on it - and this iteration kind of fell flat for me. An enjoyable read but not a favourite!

Live, Ranch, Live follows Rory (wellness influencer & author) and Wyatt (head rancher). After finding her boyfriend cheating on her, Rory escapes to her late great aunt’s ranch - with hopes that renovating it and selling it on will give her the inspiration and confidence to write again. There’s only one thing standing in her way - Wyatt, the grumpy head rancher, who isn’t willing to give up the job he gave everything for. Especially not to Rory - an influencer who knows nothing about ranching. They come up with a plan that’ll suit them both - he’ll help her turn the ranch into a wellness retreat on the proviso he can stay and maintain the ranch side. Can they ignore the growing tension between them and stay professional?

This was an easy read - the sort of book I’d recommend if you were going on holiday and wanted a poolside read, or if you’d been reading heavier books and wanted a palate cleanser.

There was just something missing for me - the couple fell kinda flat, it was lacking the tension to be classified as ‘enemies to lovers’. More they met, didn’t really like each at first due to their intentions at the start of the book - I.e. he didn’t like she was selling the ranch - but then liked each other once they got to know one another. And don’t get me started on that 3rd act breakup - I really don’t like miscommunication as a trope and this went a whole extra mile. That being said, I’m aware this is a debut so I don’t expect it to be polished and I can see potential for later books in the series as the author gets more into their ‘groove’ with the series, so would potentially read later instalments.

Overall this was middle of the road for me - a good debut with potential for future releases, but was just missing something!

ARC copy provided by Harper Collins & NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Aurora, is a British positivity and wellness influencer.
When her aunt passes away, she moves to Colorado to deal with selling the ranch her aunt left her.
What she didn't expect is to meet Wyatt, the hot grumpy cowboy who won't leave his home, Willow Ridge.

Emma Lucy wrote this debut novel exceptionally well, the characters are beautifully characterized and the FMC is wonderful, I could feel her sunshine through the book!!!
It's a slow burn but trust me it's worth it because when the time comes the spicy in the book will make you see stars! ⭐️

Thanks to NetGalley & Harper Collins UK for the opportunity to read this arc!

📖 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉, 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝑬𝒎𝒎𝒂 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒚 💖

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✿ 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀 ✿
🤠 cowboy x wellness influencer
❤️ enemies to lovers
☀️ grumpy x sunshine
❤️‍🔥 slow burn
🏡 small town romance
🌶 dirty talking cowboy
💼 forced proximity
👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏽 no third act break up
💖 found family
🐴 one horse trope
🧘🏼‍♀️ mental health rep

✿ 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀 ✿
Wellness influencer Rory is hoping that selling her late great aunt’s ranch in Colorado will help her find her confidence and inspiration to write again. But grumpy head rancher Wyatt isn’t willing to hand over the reins to the job he gave everything up for.

Until they strike a deal that might just save both of their careers – help Rory turn the ranch into a wellness retreat and Wyatt can stay.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩, 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘐‘𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦.”

I was lucky enough to be an arc reader when this book was indie published and it quickly became one of my fave books!! It has such a special place in my heart and I love this story more than I can put into words!

Prepare to be giggling, blushing and kicking your feet throughout the whole book!! I loved every second of it, but the only downside is now I wish I could stay in Sunset Ranch forever!

It was sweet, spicy and swoony and I was obsessed from the first page! Wyatt and Aurora are such lovable characters and you’re really rooting for them to get their happily ever after, especially after everything they’ve both been through. The way they built each other up throughout the story was so beautiful, and with Rory’s background as a wellness influencer, I loved the addition of the positivity tidbits, advice and inspirational quotes thrown in!

The grumpy x sunshine trope was done so well because Wyatt was more of a broody grump and doesn’t come across as arrogant! He’s also way more romantic and swoony than he wants to let on!

I was already obsessed with Wyatt but then his vision board was the icing on the cake! The whole scene made me giddy and filled my heart with so much happiness!

And Wyatt giving Jake the horse reins 🤭🥵 IYKYK

I can’t wait for the rest of the friend group to get their own happily ever after because they were just the best! I’m so excited for Cherry’s book!!

If you loved Chestnut Springs then you’ll absolutely adore 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡, 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞! So go and add it to your TBR!

3.25⭐️
🩷Cowboy X Wellness influencer
🩷Grumpy X Sunshine
🩷Small town
🩷Enemies to Lover but I would say more dislike to lovers

I thought this was a cute small town, cowboy romance book and I did like it, it's just not one of my favourite.
Wyatt and Aurora do have very undeniable chemistry that did have me giggling a few times, but I did feel like somethings were a bit repetitive, like the description of Wyatt's eyes and Aurora's hair.
The last 20% of the book was quite chaotic and there was a lot going on but I actually quite liked that and I did not want to put the book down at that point as I wanted to find out what was going to happen.
I wasn't the greatest fan of the conflict between the characters at the end, I just did not like it.

Overall I think this is a good book and the hints you get for other books in this series makes me so excited, I looked up the next book and it's the brothers best friend trope and I love that trope so much.

Thank you Netgalley, HarperCollins and Emma Lucy for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This story follows Rory who has inherited her Aunt’s ranch after she passes away. Rory has just been cheated on by her ex boyfriend and moves from the UK to the states to sell the ranch, where she meets Wyatt. Wyatt is the head rancher and the polar opposite to Rory. Rory is into yoga, manifestation, is an influencer and general ray of sunshine, and Wyatt is grumpy, quiet and a recluse. They have to work together despite their differences to make the ranch work.

I rated this book 3 stars because it’s just bang on average. The plot was good but kind of loses it during the third act where things begin to go a bit hectic and felt unnecessary. However, some scenes had me absolutely lose it with laughter, such as the bar scene where they play never have I ever with Wyatt’s friends, and a scene with a foot massage which takes a funny turn. The author is great at creating banter between the characters and making the grumpy x sunshine dynamic work. The tension in the first half of the story was good but then they got together and couldn’t stop hooking up without really reflecting on what their relationship actually was. The characterisation wasn’t 100% consistent and there was one chapter where it felt like Wyatt had a personality transplant during a bonfire scene and is described as giggling maniacally, which threw me off because it was pretty inconsistent with how we saw his personality up to this point. He goes back to normal in the next chapter.

Overall it was a good read and I would be interested to see what plans the author has for other characters introduced in this book.

When reading what this book was about I thought It was going to be a book I would really enjoy reading, especially with an enemies to loves trope. I just felt this this book was missing something.

It was a fun cute cowboy romance and I loved the aspect of the wellness retreat on the ranch. I loved the first half of the book but I think it went a little down hill in the second half. I just feel it was a little rushed in some areas and some parts of the book wasn't necessary needed.

I did enjoy the aspect of this book as it was a fun read as I love cowboy romances but this one wasn't really for me. I liked the friend circle in this book and I would love to see them have a book of their own in the future.

*Thank you Netgalley and Harper Collins for providing me this arc in return for an honest review*

Live, Ranch, Love is the first book in Emma Lucy’s Willow Ridge series and if this book is anything to go by, the series is going to be a hit. Who doesn’t love a grumpy, tattooed cowboy!! This cowboy romance was a cute, quick, steamy read that I could not put down! The fact that this was a small town, enemies to lovers romance was even better! I will recommend this book to anyone that is looking for a similar vibe to Elsie Silver and Lyla Sage!

Enemies to lovers with a cowboy twist!

This is a fun enemies to lovers romance with a gorgeous ranch setting, a badass British influencer FMC and a tall, dark and handsome rancher MMC.

Aurora has no idea that she's just turned Wyatt's whole world upside down when she arrives at his ranch, having inherited it from her aunt.

And Wyatt thinks he's got the measure of the influencer who is coming to sell the place he's lived in and loved for years, but Aurora is full of surprises.

Perfect summer read

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

One thing about me is that I LOVE a good cowboy romance and I ate this one up! Live, Ranch, Love was such a cute, quick and easy read and I loved every second of it. I’d highly recommend this to any fellow cowboy romance lovers.

Thank you NetGalley and HarperCollins for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Live, Ranch, Love was a quick, easy read that kept me entertained until the 50% mark. Unfortunately, after that point, the story gets really boring and I found myself skimming a great part of the second half.

I was quite curious about this story, especially because you don’t often see an influencer as a FMC. This book made me realize why. I couldn’t cope with Aurora’s motivational quotes. And I get the author’s English, but making the FMC from Britain didn’t add anything to the story and it could have been easily cut. On top of that, I couldn’t feel any emotional connection between her and Wyatt. They were supposed to start as enemies, but they were barely that and it lasted a couple of days ??? Then they are suddenly friends? I don’t know.

What made me lower my rating was how once they started having sex, suddenly that was only what the story was about. I got bored and just straight up started skipping the scenes. Not only that, but also how STUPID the conflict at the end was. If my cheating ex came to my place of work / living unexpectedly he would be YEETED out so fast. Wyatt should have beaten him up more. Sorry, but both Aurora and Wyatt were so childish in the last part.

That said, I think the author has a lot of room for improvement. I will be reading the second book as I am curious about the characters!

Live, Ranch, Love completely won me over. I really fell in love with this book and world!
I devoured it in 2 days (would have been 1 day if I could hide away from the world😂)

Rory is the kind of FMC you can’t help but root for she’s sassy, funny, intelligent, and full of a radiant positivity that lifts your mood but her feelings of lack of worth and confidence really resonated with me! I loved being in her world from the first moment we meet Rory she had me hooked!

And the chemistry between Rory and Wyatt? Off. The. Charts. Their relationship is a delicious slow burn that builds with every encounter but when they finally kissed? Sparks flew—I had a little flush lol!. Their connection felt so real and earned, we go from instant dislike and watch the two of them really build and work on themselves supporting the other and creating this lovely relationship.

One of my absolute favorite moments was when Wyatt ran after Rory, thinking she was leaving the ranch. My stomach was in knots right along with him—you could feel the panic, the fear. It was such an emotionally charged scene that really had me devouring the pages. The small-town ranch setting added even more charm. It’s one of my favorite backdrops to read about, and this one delivered everything I love: warmth, community, and a cozy sense of place. The side characters in these types of books can sometimes feel flat and that want the case they had a real presence in the book and if I was picking up on the correct hints! Im hoping book 2 is between duke and cherry! There is 100% something brewing!

Ultimately if you’re into opposites-attract romance, grumpy/sunshine dynamics, or just want a read that’ll make your heart flutter and your cheeks hurt from smiling—this one’s for you. Absolutely a five-star debut! Chestnut springs fan and cowboy girlie lovers this is going to be your new favourite series!

A special thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins for the ARC (ebook) I’m hoping some special editions of this book will be made to add to my collection!

Please, take me to Sunset Ranch and leave me there! I am so glad I found this place and its beautiful residents!
Aurora is the sunny and positive wellness influencer who inherited her late great aunt’s ranch managed by Wyatt the cocky and broody cowboy. At first glance, Aurora and Wyatt couldn’t be more opposites. But appearances can be deceiving, and they soon realize they're actually perfect for each other. As a matter of fact, Wyatt manages to bring out Aurora's hidden fiesty side, while Aurora brings out Wyatt's hidden soft side. Their banter and chemistry is undeniable. Plus, they can't help but encourage, support, listen to, and understand each other.
I liked Aurora and Wyatt's swoony, fun, inspirational, and spicy love srory a lot. I think this is the perfect book for those who need a getaway from everyday life. So, if you're looking for a dreamy,  broody, fun, sexy, caring and hot cowboy who can make you forget about daily monotony, look no further! Wyatt Hensley is the right man for you and this is your sign to read Live, Ranch, Love!

This was a cute cowboy romance. Although i didn't fall MADLY in love with the main couple, they were still fun to spend time with, and i had as much fun trying to guess the pairings and stories for future installments of the series, so i will definitely return to read more of this author's work.

Live, Ranch, Love is a small-town cowboy romance that gives off similar vibes to the Chestnut Spring series.

Wyatt is your typical grumpy cowboy that doesn’t like change, so when Aurora turns up as the new owner of the ranch he works at, he’s not impressed. Aurora is full of sunshine and a wellness influencer.

This is a steamy enemies to lovers romance with a good amount of spice mixed in the cute romance. My only criticism would be they don’t seem to stay true enemies for long.

I would happily recommend this to all that love: an easy read, sexual tension, grumpy x sunshine, jokey insults, he falls first.

Rory Jones is a self made wellness influencer and author, she thought her life was perfect and heading in the right direction until she finds her boyfriend cheating on her. She flees to her late Aunts home, Sunset Ranch in Willow Ridge, Colorado to settle her affairs and hopefully sell the ranch. However the head ranch hand Wyatt Hensley, has other ideas.

This is meant to be a lovers-to-enemies type story, however, I just didn't feel the chemistry. I wanted to love this book; I liked the sound of the synopsis, and the cowboy theme had me excited and appealed to me. But, unfortunately, the book just fell a little flat and I didn't feel the sizzle between the main characters.

It is the first time I have read a boo but the author, even thought I didnt love this one, I would deifnetly look out for her other titles in future.

Thank you to NetGalley and Emma Lucy for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

**Review of "Live, Ranch, Love" by Emma Lucy - ★★★★☆**

"Live, Ranch, Love" by Emma Lucy is a delightful contemporary romance that beautifully intertwines themes of healing, self-discovery, and unexpected love. The story follows Rory Jones, a wellness influencer whose life takes a dramatic turn after a painful betrayal. Seeking solace, she retreats to her late great aunt’s ranch in Colorado, where she hopes to regain her confidence and find inspiration for her writing.

Emma Lucy does a fantastic job of developing Rory’s character. Her journey from heartbreak to empowerment is relatable and inspiring. The ranch setting serves as a perfect backdrop for her transformation, and the vivid descriptions make you feel as if you’re right there with her, surrounded by the beauty of the Colorado landscape.

Wyatt Hensley, the grumpy head rancher, is a compelling counterpart to Rory. His reluctance to embrace change and his struggle with his own dreams add depth to the narrative. The chemistry between Rory and Wyatt is palpable, and their banter is both humorous and heartfelt. The tension that builds as they work together to turn the ranch into a wellness retreat is engaging, keeping readers invested in their journey.

While the plot follows a familiar romantic arc, the unique setting and the characters’ personal growth elevate the story. The themes of resilience and the importance of pursuing one’s dreams resonate throughout the book. However, at times, the pacing felt a bit uneven, particularly in the middle sections, where the story could have benefited from a tighter focus.

Overall, "Live, Ranch, Love" is a charming read that will appeal to fans of contemporary romance. Emma Lucy has crafted a story that is both heartwarming and thought-provoking, making it a worthwhile addition to your reading list. If you’re looking for a book that combines romance with personal growth, this one is definitely worth picking up!

If there’s one thing about me, is that I will DEVOUR a good cowboy romance! This one hit the spot and was such a good time! Aurora and Wyatt’s chemistry was amazing and so steamy! I love a grumpy MMC, so Wyatt was perfection ahaha. Definitely worth the read when this releases!