Book Description:
He’s running from his twin’s crimes. She’s haunted by the man who betrayed her. Can she open her heart to his identical twin?
Shannon thought she’d buried the past—until she arrives at Vargas Ranch and sees the face of the man who shattered her trust. The man she swore she’d never forgive.
Parker has spent his life paying for his brother’s sins. False accusations and shattered opportunities follow him everywhere—because no one sees the man behind the face. When Shannon mistakes him for his twin and has him arrested, his fragile fresh start shatters.
Now forced to work together in the ranch’s equine therapy program, Shannon and Parker must navigate a tense enemies-to-friends journey. As they confront the pain of the past and the pull of unexpected attraction, trust becomes the hardest battle of all.
She must learn to trust the man her heart keeps mistaking for the one who broke it. Parker must prove he’s not his brother before he loses his second chance at love.
When the past collides with the present, can love build the bridge to healing and forgiveness?
A heartfelt Christian romance about redemption, mistaken identity, and love that dares to heal. Her Mistaken Identity Cowboy will steal your heart.
Narelle’s Thoughts:
I enjoyed reading Her Mistaken Identity Cowboy and read it quickly, within a day, because I was hooked into the story from the opening line. Parker is weary from dealing with multiple situations where he’s arrested for his identical twin brother’s crimes. His twin is a con artist and fraudster with numerous outstanding arrest warrants. Parker is working as a ranch hand at Vargas Ranch in Arizona. He’s looking for peace and a fresh start away from his brother’s problems.
Shannon works for great aunt’s charitable foundation managing events and fundraisers. She applies for a job at Vargas Ranch to assist in fundraising for their equine program for children with disabilities and veterans. While at the ranch for her job interview, she sees Parker and has a panic attack emotional meltdown. She’s convinced Parker is his twin brother who ruined her life and she sets in motion a chain of events that leads to Parker getting arrested.
They start out as enemies, with the added complication of Shannon being Parker’s twin’s ex-girlfriend. Shannon dated the con artist twin eight years earlier and he stole all her money and disappeared.
Parker and Shannon’s enemies to friends to more-than-friends romance is sweet and they both have truckloads of emotional baggage to unpack during the story. Their relationship is complicated by family drama and their deep emotional wounds. Parker’s twin’s emotional and financial abuse has too many victims, including Parker and Shannon. They struggle to trust people and are on a healing journey during the story.
I appreciated the strong faith threads that addressed trust issues, forgiveness themes and injustice. I loved the story ending and how Parker and Shannon were honest and willing to take responsibility for their choices. I loved journeying with them as they overcame obstacles in their path to an emotionally healthy romantic relationship.
I recommend Her Mistaken Identity Cowboy to contemporary romance readers who like westerns with enemies to love romance, mistaken identity, forced proximity, family drama, and strong faith elements in the story.
Many thanks to the author for the advanced reader copy.
