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Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2024

Would recommend this series to anyone looking for a great read 📚. Jessie Gussman is an outstanding author. 👏 📖

Older Man, Younger Woman…What’s the Problem?

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2023

In Cowboy Dreaming Alone, book 5 in her Coming Home to North Dakota series, Jessie Gussman again uses her substantial writing skills to make a match between a cowboy who’s been faithful to the girl who broke his heart in high school (“dreaming alone”) and a former foster child and current artist who’s moved to Sweet Water in the hope of finding more work while reuniting with her college roommate, Sadie Powers. Sadie spent many hours talking about her single father and six older brothers, and Shasta became fixated on oldest brother Nolt. Now, at age 22, Shasta adds “meet up with Nolt” to her list of reasons to move to North Dakota.
An unpaid project combined with moving expenses has rendered Shasta unable to afford food or furniture, so she slowly starves in an empty apartment, sleeping on the floor with a towel as a pillow. When Nolt arrives with a quilt the Piece Makers, aka quilt makers, aka matchmakers, told him to deliver, he finds her collapsed on the floor coughing. He remains with her during her hospital stay for pneumonia and dehydration—the doctor said she wouldn’t have survived another day without medical help—and grows to consider her a friend, albeit a young one the same age as his baby sister Sadie. At 34, he’s definitely too old for her.
The town, hearing of her dire straits, furnishes her apartment and throws an auction to raise funds to pay her medical bills. Shasta recognizes the love of the town for anyone in need and decides to stay as long as she can. The only problem: Nolt, her dream guy, is still hung up on his lost love from 15 years ago—nearly half a lifetime—and won’t allow himself to think of a “kid” like Shasta even if he could let a new woman into his heart.
Nolt’s wise father, having lived through the pain of his wife leaving him with seven children and two businesses and then a happy second marriage to a much younger woman ending in her death, takes him to a run-down house to look at a furnace and lets him see his high school love, who lives there, as a sloppy woman who has moved from man to man and flirts with him, implying she’d be willing to “upgrade” again. Too late for Nolt; he rejected Shasta’s kiss the night before so he could stay true to what he now knows is an illusion of a past love with nothing real behind it.
Shasta was blown away by the kiss and hurt deeply by the rejection, but when Sadie asks her to go with her to the hospital she agrees readily, assuming Sadie is the patient. She’s not; Nolt fell from a loft in the family’s garage and broke his leg on the concrete floor. In his dazed state, he kept asking for…Shasta!
At the hospital, Nolt’s father tells the nurse to let her into his room, and he confesses his dream, its death, his reservations about their age difference, and his discounting of it. After his discharge, he asks why she told others about being in foster care but didn’t tell him. She explains that she didn’t think he was “safe”—that he would care about her story—because he had rejected her earlier. He reiterates his change of heart, and she describes her two favorite foster homes, one of which gave her a love of art and the other a love of horses. The confidences develop into kisses, and as soon as his cast comes off, Nolt proposes on one knee.
Jessie’s stories never disappoint, and this is no exception! I loved her depiction of a man learning that his life has been built on a mistaken memory and a woman learning that “safe” people can come in grouchy packages. I’m eager to see what she has in store for her next couples!

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Day Diva

Good read. Clean read.

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2024

Good read. Clean read. Of course happy ended. Although it be fun to see how those match makers do. With all those men on the ranch.

AWESOME

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024

It was a very interesting read from cover to cover, full of new things happening at each chapter! But before ending, it turned out much happiness👍💚💜❤️🩵

Wonderful story.

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2023

Each book in this series has been great. Interesting from beginning to end. The characters are so special you get very involved and keep reading and loving.

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lorie_booktrovert

Sometimes life changes

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2023

I am a big fan of Jessie Gussman and this series has some very heartwarming books in the collection.

This story is kind of an age-gap - Nolt being worried about Shasta being much younger than him. But she has had a crush on Nolt sense she was in high school.

"Human touch is very calming."

Shasta was feeling like she owed Nolt for taking care of her while she was sick and now, he has a broken leg from falling from the loft. Though, his family is playing matchmaker, Nolt needs someone a little younger and more exciting to stop him from being like an old man.

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DGR-KFR

Fun sassy

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2024

Great easy read. I love the characters and overcoming obstacles in the way of love. We sometimes set our sights on what we want instead of what God has planned for us. God always knows what is best for us.

Virginia Jones

Love finds a way!

Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2023

A very interesting couple finds a way to make their dreams into a reality. I enjoyed the banter and wit between Nolt and Shasta as they got to know each other and fell in love. Sometimes dreams really do come true.

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Kindle Customer au

Really good

Reviewed in Australia on December 28, 2023