The Cowboy Fix

by Susan Lute

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She loves to stir this Colorado cowboy up… Six weeks after fracturing his pelvis, rancher Nathan Lohmen is beyond ready to get back to work, but the Triple L is in financial trouble, and his brothers have hired a business fixer. Nathan wants to keep the ranch the same to honor his parents, and he fears this whirlwind of ideas and energy will carve out the history and heart of his home. Hired by the oldest Lohmen brother, nomad Izzy Parker excels in breathing life into failing businesses. Her motto is get in, work her magic and get back out on the road to the next job. Left at the altar, she’s no longer looking for love, and yet Nathan and the Strawberry Ridge Ranch, make her question her choices. And then he kisses her. He’s fighting change, and she’s fighting past hurts. Can they work together to seize the chance for a happy future?

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Book Details

Genre

Contemporary Romance

Subgenre

Small town, Cowboy romance

Series

Strawberry Ridge Ranch • Book 2

Audience

Adult

Bell Peppers

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Profanity

1 None

Violence

1 None

Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco

1 None

Publication Date

January 9, 2025

Language Versions

English

Fiction Form

Novel

About the Author

Susan loves to write bold, brave, heartwarming stories. Like all children of military families, she spent much of her childhood moving from one duty station to the next, giving her the nomad bug. Along the way, she acquired a love of ancient history and myth and admits to collecting way too much useless information. She is an award-winning author of contemporary romance, women’s fiction, and romantic fantasy. She writes whenever she can. Contemporary romance, dragons, and a good cup of coffee make her day.When not writing, her favorite things are spending time with family and friends, traveling, reading, watching movies, gardening, taking pictures of nature and architectural marvels, and remodeling the house that after thirty years, is finally starting to feel like home.

The Cowboy Fix

The Cowboy Fis is the second book in Susan Lute’s series, Strawberry Ridge. It is a wonderful story that continues after book one but could also be read as a standalone. The book is set on the Triple L Ranch in Strawberry Ridge, Colorado. The ranch is home to the three Lohmen brothers. We met all of them in the first book. Book 2 features Nathan. He has remained on the family ranch after his parents died. His oldest brother Jonas had moved to Denver and became a lawyer. The youngest brother Blake was kicked off the ranch 16 years earlier for his poor behavior after their mother’s death. Nathan was injured in an accident and couldn’t do the work for the ranch. Jonas got Blake to return to help run the ranch. After dealing with their past relationship problems, the three are working together. It has been discovered that the ranch is in severe financial trouble and they decided to contact Blake’s fiancée’s best friend to help them. Izzy Parker has a successful career as a business fixer.Nathan is initially dead set against having Izzy help them fix the ranch. Finally he gives in and listens to her suggestions for ways to generate revenue to pay off the loan. He isn’t sold on all her suggestions but he does like her idea to turn their mother’s she shed into a wedding cottage to host events at the ranch. The brothers work on building and creating the perfect spot. Izzy and Nathan strategize and come up with other ideas that he approves of to generate income. She helps with chores, rents the apartment on the property, and signs up for barrel riding lessons. The chemistry is strong between Nathan and Izzy. She plans to move on to her next job as soon as she has things running smoothly. She has a tragic past with a fiance who left her at the altar and she is leery to get her heart broken again. Nathan has never been in love but he has realized that Izzy is the one. Unfortunately he knows she doesn’t plan to stick around. Izzy has fallen for him too but her plans don’t include settling down.This is an easy to read book with lots of heartwarming moments. The couple is terrific together. All the characters are genuine and very likable. I enjoyed the banter between the brothers and building romance between Nathan and Izzy. Susan Lute has given us another well written sweet romance that I thoroughly enjoyed. It was fun to see the characters from the prior book included in this story as well. It’s a 5 star book that I highly recommend. I look forward to reading Jonas’s book.

Romance on the ranch

Nathan Lohmen as been keeping the family ranch The Triple L going, and he is hanging on by a thread when a fall from his horse sidelines him with a broken hip. When his brother's come back to help out, they need to come up with a way to keep the ranch from going under. At the suggestion of his nurse, who is now engaged to his brother Black that they hire Izzy Parker who is a wiz at getting business back on their feet. So with much convincing, they hire Izzy. And she lives up to her reputation. But the one thing she is not good at is staying in one place and when her feelings for Nathan become more than just business, can she put down roots and stay, because Nathan's is firmly planted on the Triple L.Not having read the first book in this series, I did not know some of the back story, but soon figured out the players. So this book can be read as a stand alone, but I wish I read the first one before this book. I like Nathan and Lizzy story. They are complete opposites, but the chemistry between them was there from the first moment they met and it just kept building. Made for a good read. Throw in new ideas, weddings and kids and you will be turning the pages to find out what happens next. Izzy works her magic for the business and on the cowboy she has come to care about...She is set on fixing her cowboy. Lots of romance and family and all the feelings that go with it and gives you the HEA a reader wants.I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Sweet second in series.

The Cowboy Fix is the second story in the Strawberry Ridge series by Susan Lute. I haven't read book one and while that didn't impinge on my enjoyment of this story, I think I would have liked to read in order as there were people and events referenced in this story that I would have liked to see play out in their own story.Nathan Lohmen is kind of the oldest brother of the three boys, adopted as an infant just before his adoptive parents had two children by birth. While his parents didn't treat him any differently to the other boys, as he grew older, he began to feel different. When his father died and then not long after his mother passed away, Nathan was left adrift, not really feeling connected to his brothers, despite loving them.In the previous book, both brothers came back to town after around sixteen years away, so all of them are in their thirties. Blake was the protagonist in book one and is now settled and Jonas is fighting it. So who else is left to fall in love but Nathan. He's barely recovered from a broken pelvis and he's anxious about the ranch, which is not paying it's way after a series of problems dating back several years.The arrival of Izzy to save the day is not welcomed by Nathan whose deep attachment to the ranch makes him want to see it returned to the way it was when their parents were running it. He's already tried several options to improve the property, but with no success.Izzy Payton specialises in coming in as a consultant and turning small businesses in trouble around and making them pay. She's a friend of Blake's fiancée and is the obvious choice when looking for fresh eyes on the situation.A self proclaimed wanderer, Izzy has a plan and it doesn't involve settling down in one place. She enjoys seeing the country as she troubleshoots businesses all over the place. One romantic disaster has made her wary of trusting men, so Nathan's mistrust is something she is happy to plough through with her enthusiasm.Working together on the project to salvage the ranch and with Izzy also helping with looking after the horses, she and Nathan get to know each other, finding their initial assessments of grumpy cowboy and fly by nighter to be a surface impression soon changed.It was really nice to get to know these two and watch them learn from each other.An enjoyable romance and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Glad I found this author!

Susan Lute knows family and tells a good story that i enjoy reading from beginning to end and have trouble putting down.

Never A Dull Moment!

After the first Chapter, I had a hard time putting it down! So much was going on that I really couldn’t figure out what might happen next! I would love to know more of their story!