On the last Friday of every month, Carol at Reading Ladies Book Club hosts Captivating Characters where you can share your post about the most captivating character (real or fictional) you encountered in the past month.
This Month's Captivating Character: Amos Ryder
Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage
Published by The Dial Press on April 15, 2025
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She’s the one that got away. He’s the one that never let her go.
From the bestselling author of Done and Dusted and Swift and Saddled, the next book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series, a small town romance in which past lovers get a second chance to rediscover what they lost.
Camille Ashwood had always loved a plan. Her latest was her best yet. She was going to get married so she could secure her daughter’s future, get her overbearing parents off her back, and finally start building her own life in small town Meadowlark, Wyoming. Easy, right?
But when her groom doesn’t show up to the wedding, Cam’s life is turned upside down—she doesn’t even have a place to live. That is, until she finds out the house she’s loved since high school is available to rent. There’s only one problem: the neighbor.
Dusty Tucker has spent nearly all of his adult life running. Running from what, though? More like who: Cam Ashwood. But ever since he returned home last year, the girl who was his first, well, everything has become a woman seemingly determined to keep him at arm’s length. And he was okay with that—at least, that’s what he kept telling himself. She was getting married, after all. But now she’s single and living next door. Dusty wants to show her that they can be friends, and that he can stay put.
Despite her best attempts to stay far away from Dusty Tucker, Cam realizes that being close to him is like slipping on her favorite jeans. Easy. Comfortable. That is until past wounds start to open and feelings—both old and new—wreak havoc. Nearly ten years after they first met, Dusty and Cam begin to wonder if their first love can also be their last. And this time, will it be forever?
I pretty much adored the entire Ryder family, blood and found, but Amos was a standout from the first book. He was the anchor that kept everyone grounded. He was the voice of reason when things were chaotic. He was an endless source of love and support, as well as a font of wisdom. It pains me that he did not get his own book. I wanted him to have a love story even if it was telling us the one from his past. I would have enjoyed learning about the union that spawned the Ryder clan and all these wonderful stories. But, alas, this was the final book in the series, but I can still hope Sage has not totally closed the door to this world.
Let us know in the comments!
I've got this series on my TBR! I know it's been flying off the shelves, but I honestly haven't read many reviews about it. Glad to see at least the first MMC making a list like this!
ReplyDeleteYeah! I hop you get a chance to read it. Amos is actually not one of the heroes, he's the dad, but he's in every book and utterly amazing. Can't wait to hear what you think.
DeleteI wanted a story for Amos, too!
ReplyDeleteAmos, like Junebug, needs a story.
DeleteThis sounds cute. I think I would like this one too.
ReplyDeleteIt was such a great series.
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