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Holding the Reins

Silver Pines Ranch Series, Book 1

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Holding the Reins

By: Paisley Hope
Narrated by: Brooke Daniels, Thomas Oakley
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Take a deep breath and let go of the reins.

Cecilia "CeCe" Ashby is finally escaping the toxic relationship that has consumed her entire adult life. She's returning to her hometown of Laurel Creek, Kentucky, and her family's equestrian ranch, unsure of what the future holds.

Nash Carter, the newly retired superstar of the Dallas Stars, is Laurel Creek's hometown hero, local business owner, and notorious bachelor. He's also the unofficial fourth sibling in the Ashby clan. It's been years since his days of tormenting CeCe with her older brothers Wade and Cole. So, when CeCe needs a job, he feels drawn to help her.

Nash can't seem to take his eyes off of his best friend's sister, and it seems she's been staring right back, not without animosity left over from his childish teasing back in the day. Despite their initial reluctance, the fire between them ignites and it isn't long before they jump into the flames.

In this steamy cowboy romance, a woman returns to her family's ranch after a broken engagement and finds herself falling for her brother's best friend. The first novel in the Silver Pines Ranch series.

©2023 Paisley Hope (P)2024 Podium Audio
Contemporary Romantic Comedy Westerns Heartfelt Feel-Good
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Sweet and spicy

I just love Cece and Nash. The narration was excellent. This boom is sweet and spicy with the best witty banter ever. Very entertaining. Great listen and highly recommend.

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NASH & CECE ❤️

This was my first Paisley Hope novel and it WILL NOT be my last! I loved the setting of this story, in rural KY… I loved the dynamic between Cece and Nash… their past, overcoming their fears of making a future together, and finally getting their HEA… Nash is a gruff, retired NHL hockey player and also a “part time cowboy.” Does it get any better than that?! Except his mouth maybe… 😮‍💨 I listened to this one and narration was chef’s kiss! 🤌🏻💋 This one is a definite must read/listen!

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Small town cowboy romance, what’s not to love!!?

Sweet & spicy. Nash is the standard! I loved Ceces strong personality & thought the story was good for a debut! Would have loved to hear this one in a duet style narration. This was my first time listening to Thomas Oakley and really enjoyed his voice for Nash!

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Loved this

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First of all Nash Carter 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨🧎🏼‍♀️
This was so fun and hot. Really enjoyed the audio. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series

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It Was a Book

It was a good plot. The romance was fine, but there a lot of spicy scenes that didn’t quite help the plot move forward. It was a book that read like a first book. The audiobook was good. I would read from the author again.

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Part Time Cowboy 🤠

Really LOVED the audio! The narrators did a great job bringing Cece & Nash to life! Thomas Oakley as the growly Nash was top tier!

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I adored this one!! Small town, cowboy, but also hockey?! I had to have it!

Nash Carter ladies & gentleman, PHEW! The mouth on this man!! Throw in he’s tattooed, retired from hockey, has a heart of pure gold for his family & community, as well as he’s protective & possessive as hell,,,I was a goner! How he was with CeCe, and really their entire family, just melted me! He may creep his way into my top MMCs list 👀

And CeCe?? Omg I loved her! Her entire personality, LOVED! She is such a spitfire & I love a strong southern FMC! She comes home to get away from a toxic relationship (that man was ridiculous!), & her family welcomes her & embraces her with open arms! I love how in this one both she & Nash have some healing to do, & have grief that is apart of who they are now but they both help the other with it. Plus their chemistry is INTENSE & I was sweating this entire book with them 🥵

I cannot wait to jump into the next one!!

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Fun, just enough stream, just enough storyline

I really liked this story! I felt like these characters and this town were real and I was a resident! I do feel the male voice actor pulled me in more but both were great!

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My fav book ever

Read the physical book but DEVOURED the audio. Must read!! Finished in less than one day. Paisley’s writing is addicting

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Perfection ❤️‍🔥

📖 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆
🎧 𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒔 & 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝑶𝒂𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒚

“𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴.”

I was already in love with this story but getting to hear it brought to life by 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒔 & 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝑶𝒂𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒚, was just so special! They brought the emotional and they DEFINITELY delivered on the spice!

“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘭 𝘵𝘰.”

Nash’s backstory and his loss are so palpable, I just wanted to wrap him up in a big hug. He is a long time reformed playboy with a heart of pure gold for those he loves. His relationship with the whole Ashby clan is so sweet.

I loved CeCe and her fellow ‘not angels’. They were serious girl gang goals! CeCe is still healing from her father’s death and her failed relationship after her ex fiancé cheated on her. She’s always had a crush on her older brother’s bestie but when they finally get together it’s so dang STEAMY.

“𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺.”

Nash grew a lot through this story. He finally started to heal some emotional scars and he did it all because of how much he cared for CeCe.

“𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴.”

I’m so excited to read 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 next!

If you love spicy brother’s best friend stories with a man OBSESSED with his woman, go add 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆, to your TBR today!

𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴:
💋 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥
🤭 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘺
⛸️ 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳
💞 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺
🫶🏼 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺
🍷 𝘈𝘨𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘱 (8𝘺𝘳𝘴)
🔥 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘪𝘤𝘺

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The storyline was great & the spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️

The female narrator. It felt like a parent reading my a bedtime story but in a matter of fact tone. The male narrator had more emotion to his tone and I enjoyed those parts. The storyline was great and the spice was spicing!!

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