Book 1 in the newly minted series Love at the Chocolate Shop, “Melt My Heart, Cowboy” brings the readers back to the fictional town of Marietta, Montana. And for those who follow the Marietta stories, the chocolate shop here is the one owned by Sage Carrigan of the Circle C Ranch.
But, “Melt My Heart, Cowboy” is not about the women of Circle C Ranch. This is the story of Rosie Linn, a sales clerk at the chocolate shop who has dreams of moving to Los Angeles for a new career. This is also the story of Brant Willingham, a ruggedly handsome ranch hand whose sister Sara Maria is autistic.
And most important, this is a story about family, the pain of losing them and then finding one who has been there right before your eyes.
A short sweet read, “Melt My Heart, Cowboy” is an uplifting story that makes you believe that true love does exist, be it familial or romantic.
“Melt My Heart, Cowboy (Love at the Chocolate Shop Book 1)” is Rated T for Teens. Parental guidance is advised due to discussion of autism. Though there are no sex scenes in the story, it is implied that it happened.
Who is the handsome cowboy who comes into small town Marietta’s chocolate shop every week to buy a box of chocolates? More importantly…who is he buying the chocolates for? These are the questions sales clerk Rosie Linn asks herself as she waits for her sadly neglected childhood home to sell so she can pursue an exciting new career in L.A.
Rosie finds out the answers the day rugged ranch hand Brant Willingham introduces himself and asks for her help in managing the care of his younger sister. Brant’s mother has recently died, leaving him the sole guardian of eighteen-year-old Sara Maria–who has been a puzzle to Brant ever since she began exhibiting signs of autism at age two.
Rosie and Brant come up with a plan. She’ll help with his sister if he handles repairs and a new paint job for her old house. It seems the perfect solution, but a new dilemma is created when the couple started spending time together. Brant discovers he doesn’t want Rosie to sell and leave, and Rosie fears she will have to choose between love and her dreams.