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About Cameo for a Cowgirl

Title: A Cameo for the Cowgirl
Series: Three Creek Ranch #1
Author: Carolyn Miller
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date: June 14, 2024
Genre: Christian Romantic Comedy

Welcome to Three Creek Ranch, home of the James family for over a hundred years, complete with its own Western movie set.

Franklin James might be a famous pro hockey player, but just because he’s Cassie’s older brother doesn’t mean she wants to step into the limelight. She’s too busy helping her dad run the ranch and managing the ranch’s movie set, and negotiating with the giant egos of movie stars like Harrison Woods, who’s supposed to be filming the new TV series of As The Heart Draws. And while his TV hero characters might be hugely popular, Harrison’s real character seems anything but noble. Cassie is convinced he’s hiding something, and that this diva’s nice guy moments are just an act.

Can she remind him what being a true hero is all about?

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My Review of A Cameo for a Cowgirl

I absolutely adored A Cameo for a Cowgirl by Carolyn Miller! It’s the first book in her newest series, Three Creek Ranch. If you’ve read Miller’s Northwest Ice series, you may recognize some of the characters – in particular, Franklin James, hockey star. The Three Creek Ranch series revolves around Franklin’s sisters, and in A Cameo for a Cowgirl, Cassie James is the star.

Three Creek Ranch is Cassie’s home. and she takes care of the onsite Western town where movies and television shows are shot. She’s in charge of a lot, and it gets stressful. Cassie also told her brother and Hannah, her best friend, that she’d take care of planning their wedding. Needless to say, she’s stressed! When the cast and crew of As the Heart Draws descends upon the lot to shoot their new season, Cassie is ready. Then she meets Harrison Woods, the newest actor on the show. Their meet cute is quite cute, if a little “violent.” That one instance was bad enough, but for some reason, Cassie keeps treating Harrison badly. He has no clue what Cassie’s role on the show is, and Cassie assumes he’s just some jerk actor. This leads to some hilarious interactions that you’ll just have to read about in A Cameo for a Cowgirl!

I love, love, love the characters! In addition to his absolute swoony-ness, Harrison has a lot of depth to his character. I’d be spoiling it for you if I told you much more about that, but it was so moving watching his character growth. Cassie exhibits all of the tell-tale signs of a Type A personality who thinks she can do it all. Of course, she tries to do it all, and it stresses her out! She has a terrible attitude toward Harrison, but after some gentle nudges from her sisters and the Holy Spirit, Cassie realizes she is not portraying a Christ-like attitude.

One of the things I love most about A Cameo for a Cowgirl is how much the author includes faith and Christianity. Miller lays out the plan of salvation so clearly that it would be impossible for a non-Christian to say they’ve never heard about Jesus’s sacrifice for our sins and God’s love for his children. I’d say most of us who read inspirational fiction are Christians, and as a Christian, I felt convicted by it. Sometimes we don’t act too much differently than non-Christians. We have bad attitudes, hold grudges, get mad when people cut us off in traffic, etc. We are supposed to be different! I really appreciated how Cassie followed the Holy Spirit’s leading when she felt convicted about the way she’d been treating Harrison and her general attitude. Reading novels like this makes me want to be a better Christian. So, while we get an adorable, sweet romance novel, we get so much more!

I highly recommend A Cameo for a Cowgirl! The fun interactions among the characters, the beautiful ranch setting, the swoony romance, and the presentation of the gospel make this a novel I wholeheartedly recommend!

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.

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About the Author

Carolyn Miller is a bestselling Australian author of historical and contemporary romance. A longtime lover of romance, especially that of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer’s Regency era, Carolyn holds a BA in English Literature, and loves drawing readers into fictional worlds that show the truth of God’s grace in our lives. Her Regency novels include the Regency Brides and the Regency Wallflowers series. Her contemporary novels include the Original Six and Northwest Ice hockey romance series, the Muskoka Shores romance series, and those in the Independence Islands series. Her stories have been described by Publishers Weekly as “a winsome exploration of life, love and faith” and witty “with snappy repartee that rockets off the page” (Library Journal). Readers enjoy these books that are humorous yet also deal with real issues, such as dealing with forgiveness, the nature of really loving versus ‘true love’, and other challenges. Her novels can be considered ‘inspirational’, and may appeal to readers of Christian fiction, who want stories of hope and redemption – with a twist of Aussie humour.

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