Rodeo Sweetheart

by Betsy St. Amant

Book Overview

To save her family ranch--and her father's legacy--Samantha Jenson reluctantly runs a dude ranch on the financially strapped property. Among the greenhorn tourists in stiff jeans and shiny cowboy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373875932
• ISBN13: 9780373875931
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Love Inspired
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

A Must Read for Cowgirls and Greenhorns Alike!

Rodeo Sweetheart is a story about Samantha Jensen, a woman determined to save the family ranch. When a city-slickin' family shows up on vacation, they hold a secret that threatens to destroy everything Samantha is working for. Will Ethan Ames's love for Sam prove stronger than his family's hidden agenda? Written with heart and an authentic taste of ranch life, Betsy St. Amant has written the perfect read for cowgirls and greenhorns alike!

I recommend this book.

About the Book: Sam found her dreams - all but one- buried under the back-breaking chores and financial responsibility on her family's ranch. She struggles under the work load and monetary burdens to hold onto her father's legacy. She holds tightly to the dream to make her father proud and bring his legacy back to what it used to be. When handsome businessman, Ethan Ames, comes to stay at the ranch, he annoys and intrigues her at the same time. His willingness to help and work hard on the ranch doesn't fit with the image he portrayed with his expensive clothes and fancy sports car. Has she misjudged him? Despite how he makes her heart feel, her head says he can't be trusted. He has a secret. He seems interested in her business, but not very forthcoming in sharing his own. As her long suppressed dreams make their way to the surface, will her heart or head win? When she finally learns the truth - will it be too late for all of her dreams to come true? Love? Marriage? And will she really succeed, feel she's made her father proud, and bring the ranch back to a real ranch, not just a dude ranch? Even though Sam has allowed adversity and tragedy to distance her from God, will the circumstances she finds herself in draw her closer in communion with Him again? Can she relinquish control and let God have the reins of her life? And what about Ethan? Will he be drawn to God in the quiet of Texas country, and in the process learn to take control in a whole new way, the way in which God desires? Will they find God's plan amidst all the struggles? Will she ever be somebody's Rodeo Sweetheart? My Thoughts: This is a charming story and I enjoyed reading it. The author manages to include a lesson that shows, sometimes, we think we have to control everything. But we all know Who's really in control. If we give ourselves to God completely, He'll show us what to do and give us the wisdom to control things according to His plan and not our own. Only through trusting in Him can we have discernment to trust others and make the right decisions. Congratulations, Betsy, on a heartwarming story of how God can make new beginnings out of sometimes tragic endings! I'll be adding you to my list of "don't want to miss" authors.

Another winner!

Rodeo Sweetheart by Betsy St. Amant is quite a ride. But what a ride! Love it, love it, love it! The long, rocky trail in, Rodeo Sweetheart, is filled with lies, deception, and romance. But who's fooling whom? And why? Will the deceptions ever end? Samantha Jenson wants to save her family's ranch. A dude ranch isn't what she had in mind, but at the present it seems to be the only way to stay out of the red. That is, until a couple of other options come her way. Yep, "Lucy" just might be the answer to Samantha's unanswered prayers. But is the risk of a life worth saving the family ranch? After all, Samantha's already lost one loved one. Late night rendezvous' in the corrals? More lies and deception? Or what? Ethan Ames is out to steal something precious away from Samantha. To do that, he has to keep a major secret. What is that secret? And what lengths will Ethan go to, to accomplish this task? Will his plans backfire, or will he end up with something precious stolen from him instead? After all, the price of his deception is a whole lot higher than he anticipated. Well, I hope I've whet your appetite. If you want to discover the answers to these questions, pick up a copy of, Rodeo Sweetheart. You won't be sorry. Greenhorns...hold onto your saddle horn. You're fixin' to learn some things about.... Did you really think I'd tell you? As if!

Rodeo Sweetheart

Samantha Jenson is determined. She's determined to keep her family's dude ranch and determined to keep her father's legacy alive. As far as Sam is concerned the ranch is the most important thing in her life. Sam puts her personal life aside but still wonders what would happen if she didn't. Regardless, Sam will go to whatever lengths necessary for the ranch, even if it means putting herself in danger. Ethan Ames grew up in the family business. Ethan is use to making as much money as possible and doing whatever is necessary to close a lucrative deal. His working vacation on a dude ranch in Texas along with a pretty cowgirl turns his thoughts upside down, leaving him to wonder - is money and being successful in the family business really the most important thing? The book alternates between the lives of Sam and Ethan as each of them ponder what their lives would've been like if they had taken different paths. Betsy St. Amant does a good job of capturing their angst and questioning of their lives through their actions and thought process. Her descriptions of the ranch are strong enough to make you feel you are in the middle of the ranch too. I like this book as it's contemporary when most westerns are historical. As I read the book I could picture it as a Hallmark or Lifetime move, with good actors, of course!