Cheyenne, Wyoming is as far from the klieg lights of Broadway as it is to the moon. Yet, reading Joanne Rock’s “Second Chance Cowboy
Corollary to that, I also thought of the song “What I Did For Love,” the most popular song from the show as the theme song of the story. It could be for the heroine Larissa Martine alone. We can even take it further and include Matt Briggs and Larissa’s love story as another interpretation of “what they did for love.”
Foregoing her young love to pursue her dreams to be a dancer, Larissa went back to Cheyenne to make peace with her past on her way to the start of a new career in Las Vegas after a long successful run in New York.
Ready to ask forgiveness then move on, Larissa found out that though years had passed, her feelings for her childhood sweetheart Matt Briggs was still there and it flared up brightly when she saw him. At a crossroads, Larissa is now faced with the flipside of “what she will do for love.”
A very sweet read, “Second Chance Cowboy
“Second Chance Cowboy
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Second Chance Cowboy
Description
Dancer Larissa Martine is ready to start over and Las Vegas seems like the perfect city for a shiny new beginning. But first, to honor her pact with her girlfriends, she wants to make a quick stop in Cheyenne, WY to make amends with her first love, the guy she left to chase her dreams of Broadway fame. Except rancher Matt Briggs isn’t nearly as interested in her regrets as he is in keeping her in town for his sister’s wedding. It’s a request she can’t deny when his family takes up the cause to make her stay for just one more week, but it’s difficult to maintain her friends-only boundaries with a man who attracts her as much as ever.
After losing his father and inheriting the family ranch in addition to the one he’d bought on his own, Matt’s life is all about obligations. But Larissa’s unexpected arrival during the wedding mayhem is a bright spot he won’t ignore, even if that means tempting her into far more than just a dance. He figures one night with her will bring them both some peace with their past, which is all she said she wanted. But one night leaves Matt wanting a whole lot more and this time, he’s willing to gamble everything to make her stay.
Cowgirl Photo by Misael Nevarez, Dancers Photo by Joy Real, Prairie Photo by Anaïs Kowalczyk, All from Unsplash
