Cowboy Finding Love (Coming Home to North Dakota Western Sweet Romance Book 4)

Cowboy Finding Love, book 4 in Jessie Gussman’s Coming Home to North Dakota series, spotlights youngest Powers brother Silas, a serious, straight-shooting mechanic who loves God and cars, in that order. He also very much likes his friend and drag racing partner, Gladys LeFrak, a thrill-seeking heiress who needs to marry before age 25 to inherit her grandmother’s millions. She likes him back, but her mother’s insistence on setting her up with “suitable” (and boring) men gets on her nerves. Why can’t she just continue drag racing, having fun with Silas, and forgetting about the money?Her attitude changes when her parents are killed in a car crash and she loses her taste for drag racing. She finds herself crying on Silas’s shirt and is ashamed of her “weakness”, but Silas assures her that God knows her tears and doesn’t see them as “weak”.Gladys grew up in Sweet Water, where her father had a career in the oil fields, but moved to L.A. to get a master’s degree in counseling. She concluded it was more about money than helping others; she was disillusioned and returned to her parents’ home in Sweet Water, channeling her lack of purpose into an obsession with risky activities. The drag racing was her idea, not Silas’s, but he went along to please her. For him, it was another way of putting someone else’s wants before his own.Another example of his selflessness involved an abandoned puppy he found by a roadside. She’s adorable, but when Gladys’s sister Mabel sees the dog, she lights up the way she never does around people. Silas doesn’t hesitate to give her the puppy he loves, and Gladys admires his character.The Piece Makers see Silas and Gladys together and decide those two are their next matchmaking project! Their strategy must be delayed by her parents’ death, but after the funeral they invite Gladys and Mabel to see the quilts they made for them. Mabel, a homebody, declines to go, but Gladys goes alone—just as they hoped!Charlene, the chief matchmaker, tells Gladys that they’ve got a match in the works but need someone to give the man kissing lessons. Women from L.A. have way more experience in kissing than women from North Dakota, so they’re turning to her! Gladys nearly refuses, but when she hears that Silas is the man in question, she agrees. He’s the only one she’d want to teach, anyway.The old ladies have been talking to Silas, too—advising him on how to kiss a woman properly. He admits that he’s kissed a few girls, but they never stayed with him for long afterward. He’s willing to try with that (unnamed) “special someone”, so they wrack their brains for a car analogy he’ll understand and send him happily on his way, trusting that he’ll do his part and Gladys will do hers.Multiple interruptions later, their first “lesson” takes place—and changes everything! They’re still close friends, but now they realize that they love each other. They visit the Piece Makers to thank them, and during their visit Gladys proposes to Silas! When she took Mabel to see Dr. Lark Stryker (from the Sweet Water Ranch series), a working veterinarian who also takes in at-risk girls, Gladys was offered a counseling job for Lark’s girls and won’t need to leave Sweet Water. If they marry before her fall birthday they’ll inherit the money, but they plan to use it for the benefit of others—like Lark, who needs a larger house to hold all her girls and a private office for Gladys’s sessions with them. They agree to take time to think and pray about it, second nature to Silas but new to Gladys.This book paralleled Calhoun and Bellamy’s story in several respects: a woman with a checkered past and a less-than-strong walk with God grows spiritually through her discussions with an honorable Powers brother, and engagement or marriage follows. But the characters differ; Silas is quieter and more serious than Calhoun, and Gladys the counselor is more of a risk taker and former player than Bellamy the movie star with an addiction to social media and five divorces behind her. Still, Jessie Gussman weaves Biblical principles and relevant Scriptures into the story without being awkward or cheesy. I loved Silas and Gladys! Highly, highly recommend Cowboy Finding Love.

Silas and Gladys are unlikely best friends. This book does an amazing job of taking the reader on an unexpected journey to a beautiful happy ending.Just like all of Jessie’s books, faith and family play an integral part in the story.

Wow! What a story about friends, love, romance, marriage prep, and life's lessons. Dating, working, doing things that your spouse wants and enjoying it!

Gladys comes from a wealthy family. Her hobby is drag racing on Friday night. She isn’t sure what she wants in life. Gladys has a friend helps her stay calm and carry on.Silas is a mechanic, in a totally different place in his life. He likes job and knows how he wants to live.When Gladys’s parents are killed in an accident. Gladys has to learn how to move on. Silas stands beside her as the new road is traveled. These two are thinking about how much they like each other, but are afraid to change the status quo.

This whole series is worth the time to read.In This book Gladys finds her escape in drag racing. She searching for something she not sure of. When the façade of the rich life her parents had came to light after their passing from a car accident.Silas her best friend is there to help her figure life out. Along the way both characters grow and develop, discovering feelings on life and friendships. The sweet feelings Silas has towards Gladys grows. But will they both take that leap?

Such a great book and series. I can’t wait to read the next book. I would recommend these books to anyone who loves to read.

This book was also so good. They keep you involved in the story like you were right with them. It was fun with the kissing plot and how they came around to kissing the first time. I really liked how you keep God in the story with everything they choose to do. They helped each other as a team and it works.Thank you for another great story, I can't wait to start the next book!

I like that it's not always predictable. I like her character development. I like that there is respect and biblical values, but never offensive. I'd like to have all these characters in my life. I can relate to the main characters and appreciate their uniqueness. I look forward to reading more every evening!