Snag Your Copy The Ranchers First Love (Martins Crossing, #4) Written By Brenda Minton Supplied As Audio Book

really enjoyed this second chance love story, This book had been sitting in my TBR for some time and I'm glad I finally got to it, I hadn't read any of the other books in this series, but it didn't stop me enjoying this one at all,

.A heartfelt story about faith, hope, love, and forgiveness,
There's so much sorrow, anger, disappointment and loneliness in Sam, She has felt her whole life, that people leave, or sent her away, they are not there to stay, to love, to be trusted, And for good reasons.

Remington only really loved one girl, but her family, brothers, made sure they didn't have a future together, Now, ten years later, if they can forgive each other, their families, and leave the past behind, will they really have a second chance at the forever kind of love
So much heart, love, and trust is needed, to open up your mind, trust again after your heart has been shattered, and to forgive.
Sam is struggling to find her place with her family, to see if she could finally fit in,
Remington is willing to do anything to have Sam in his life again, more as a friend,

And if the heart break between Remington and Sam doesn't bring you to tears, their efforts to help the little kids at the hospital surely will.

The story isn't just about pain, hurt, love, and forgiveness, meddling brothers, and teenage crushes turning into love, It is also about hope for a better tomorrow, and about faith that God will guide you through anything, and trust that it will happen,
Four Spoons/
Samantha Martin and Remington Jenkins have a history together, A summer romance as teenagers that was serious enough for her brothers to send Remington packing and Sam off to her aunts, Now shes all grown up and working as a Nurse back in Martins Crossing and fixing up a place of her own, she thinks life is pretty good.
That is until Remington walks back into her life, He now runs the ranch with his grandfather and is also a parttime preacher at their local church, Rem loved Samantha and wanted to marry her until her brothers sent her away, Now he has a second chance with her and nothing is going to stop him, especially not her overprotective brothers, Sam still feels a connection with Rem but is afraid to open her heart again and what will happen when she shares the secret shes kept from him all these years

This was a good addition to the Martins Crossing series.
I enjoyed seeing all the familiar folks and catching up with how theyre doing, I liked Samantha but I didnt really connect with her as a character, You could understand why she felt the way she did but I kinda felt like she blamed Remington for something that wasnt really his fault, Remington was a sweetheart of a guy, Someone you could easily lose your heart to, The connection between Remington and Sam was definitely there but I just felt something was lacking, I appreciated Rems strong faith and the difference it made in those around him, It seemed like there was still tension between him and Sams brothers which I didnt really understand, Overall this was a good story of putting your past where it belongs in the past, Its part of what shapes who you are but it doesnt define your future, Thats a great thing to remember, You could read this as a stand alone although it does have family from previous books, but I dont think youd feel lost, Im now looking forward to Kaylas story,

This complimentary copy was provided by Harlequin through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

Some favorite parts:

“I know who I am, Rem.
Im broken. Im flawed. I couldnt stand next to you and pretend Im anything more than a person who has made mistakes, “Were all broken and flawed, Sam, Thats the beauty of it, We dont have to be perfect, ”

“Church is hard, isnt it” Grace said in sympathy, “Its the place where we should be loved, forgiven, nurtured, Its a place of mercy, But sometimes it isnt. We just have to remember that people are human and they bring all of their human frailties with them to church, ”

“Id like to not live in the past,” he ventured with some caution, “The past is always with us, It shapes us. ” “Yes, it shapes us. Its doesnt have to hold us prisoner, ” Wow know how that feels SecondChance Cowboy 

Remington Jenkins is back and Martin's Crossing will never be the same, At least not for Samantha Martin, Her teenage crush is all grownup, and she's realizing the fulltime rancher, parttime preacher, still holds her heart, Back then, Rem planned to marry heruntil her overprotective brothers sent her away, If he can brave her formidable family, Rem's finally got a shot with the pretty nurse, But first, Sam has a secret that she must share before they can turn their summer romance into a winter wedding Slow

This story had great potential but the continued reference to the main characters pasts hindered development of their present relationship.
The support characters were well knitted and the reader could easily visualize them as a family, I loved it the author did awesome job with the book I loved the characters and she did it awesome job at describing stuff I liked it.
Wasn't too keen on Samantha's big brothers past actions, Some might say they meant well but still it just wasn't right no matter how good intentioned they were, However, years later Remington and Samantha had the 'talk' they should have had and made peace with family members and their own pain, Amazing what having an actual conversation can do to a relationship! I've yet to read a Brenda Minton book that I didn't like! It was cool reading a book were I recognized characters from previous books! Samantha still holds some anger and resentment towards her family and Remington for what happened to her when she was a teenager.
Caught with Remington her brothers sent her away to live with her aunt, Now Samantha is back in Martin's Crossing working as a nurse, But she can't get over the feelings of rejection when she was sent away and the anger at Remington for not coming to rescue her, And now he's back and wanting to get to know her again, But Samantha just can't reconcile the boy she knew so long ago, with the preacher/rancher he has become, With a faith that is rocky and some trust issues she can't seem to shake, Remington realizes he may never be able to cross that friend zone she's put him in.


This was a very emotion driven plot, There wasn't a lot of movement in the story since it was wrapped around the reunion and how or if the couple would be able to resume their relationship.
The book would work as a standalone, but with so many unfamiliar characters and their stories being referenced, it would make more sense to have read the previous books first.
The author did a great job of infusing faith into the story without it coming across as preachy, I enjoyed the writing style and several of the secondary characters were intriguing, But I'm not fond of an angsty story and saw the one "surprise" coming at the beginning of the book, Overall, this is a story that will appeal to readers who enjoy emotional plots and lots of feelings, The writing is well done and the characters are engaging, but the story line just wasn't my personal preference,

I received this book free of charge from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review, "There is a small bit of mystery involved in this sweet yet sometimes sad Martins Crossing tale, Realistic struggles and tough issues are handled with strength and gentleness" RT Book s,

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The Rancher's First Love by Brenda Minton was a great story about coming to terms with the relationships and mistakes of the past.
Samantha and Remington had a summer fling that ended in heartache when her brothers sent her away, When both move back to the same town, they experience God's forgiveness for the things of the past, and also have a chance to rekindle their love.


This was a very sweet story about first love, Both of the main characters struggled with feelings of abandonment and rejection, In the end, they both found their worth and healing though Christ's love,

I enjoyed the author's writing style, and would recommend this book to those who want a good, clean romance, Brenda Minton wrings every drop of emotion out of this story of lost and found love, This is theth book in her Martin's Crossing series and it tells the love story of youngest Martin sister, Samantha, Sam fell

in love with Remington Jenkins at the age of, Sent away by her brothers at, she's grown up, be one a nurse and moved back to Martin's Crossing, She may be back but she still has trouble believing that she is wanted by her family, Remington is back, too, running his grandfather's ranch and, wonder of wonders, pastoring a church, He never understood why she left, Can he make her see that their love is worth everything
I can't recommend this highly enough, It was that good! Brenda Minton lives, procrastinates, writes, drinks coffee, raises her kids and is wife to her husband, in the Ozarks, Okay, now to first person because a third person bio sounds like someone else wrote it about me, and is just license to create flowery prose about myself.
I grew up on a farm in the Ozarks, It was long ago and far away, in a land before cable TV, video games and the internet, To pass the time we read books, watched gasp network TV that rarely came in clear, and had friends over on weekends to play music on the front porch, or card games in the dining room.
The result of growing up country was an active imagination, For fun I wrote stories to entertain myself and I dreamed of being an author, Oh, but first, before writing, Brenda Minton lives, procrastinates, writes, drinks coffee, raises her kids and is wife to her husband, in the Ozarks, Okay, now to first person because a third person bio sounds like someone else wrote it about me, and is just license to create flowery prose about myself.
I grew up on a farm in the Ozarks, It was long ago and far away, in a land before cable TV, video games and the internet, To pass the time we read books, watched gasp network TV that rarely came in clear, and had friends over on weekends to play music on the front porch, or card games in the dining room.
The result of growing up 'country' was an active imagination, For fun I wrote stories to entertain myself and I dreamed of being an author, Oh, but first, before writing, I wanted to be a jockey, Writing won out over being a jockey, In the spring ofI got the call that made those dreams come true: the call that welcomed me into the Steeple Hill family of authors.
The moral of this story, never stop dreaming, sitelink.