{"id":3724,"date":"2010-01-24T20:54:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T01:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=3724"},"modified":"2010-01-24T20:54:28","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T01:54:28","slug":"jennas-cowboy-by-sharon-gillenwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=3724","title":{"rendered":"Jenna’s Cowboy by Sharon Gillenwater"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Romance on the Ranch:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Jenna\u2019s cowboy returns to their small hometown in Texas, she discovers that the memories of the past aren\u2019t so easy to shake after all<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Popular author Sharon Gillenwater<\/strong> releases a new novel, Jenna\u2019s Cowboy<\/em><\/strong>, set in the beautiful part of West Texas where she grew up as the debut novel in The Callahans of Texas series.<\/p>\n

Readers meet Jenna Callahan, who has a young son and is working hard at her father’s ranch. She’s content with her life. But she never expected to see Nate Langley back in town\u2014the first guy she ever noticed, the very same one her father sent away all those years ago. And she never thought the attraction they felt would be as strong as ever.<\/p>\n

Jenna’s cowboy has some healing of his own to do, though, after two tours of duty in the armed forces. With the help of good friends, strong faith, and a loving family, he hopes to put the horrors of the past behind him\u2014and become the man Jenna deserves.<\/p>\n

With an emphasis on simple acts of love, Jenna’s Cowboy<\/em> gives romance readers what they want most: a love story with a Texas touch. This contemporary novel will appeal to fans of Debbie Macomber and Lisa Wingate.<\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sharon Gillenwater<\/strong> was born and raised in west Texas, and loves to write about her native state. The author of ten novels, she is a member of ACFW and Romance Writers of America. When she’s not writing, she and her husband enjoy spending time with their son, daughter-in-law, and adorable grandson. She lives in Port Angeles, Washington.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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MY REVIEW:<\/strong>
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Have I mentioned that I like books with cowboys in them? I was excited to find yet another one on my blog review list this month, a contemporary one set in Texas this time. I am glad that I had the opportunity to read Jenna’s Cowboy and recommend it to others.<\/p>\n

Jenna and Nate were special friends as teens but never revealed their secret feelings to each other before going their separate ways after graduation. The book begins with Nate back home after his military service ends with injuries. Jenna has also returned to her family’s ranch with her young son after a disastrous marriage. They soon find that their feelings for each other are as strong as ever but both have issues to overcome before feeling free to pursue those feelings. Jenna’s Cowboy is a sweet and tender love story that beautifully illustrates Nate and Jenna’s developing relationship.<\/p>\n

The author’s description of farm and ranch life in west Texas made me feel as if I were there. There are enough similarities to farm life in Tennessee that I know her descriptions are accurate. I learned a lot about PTSD through Nate’s struggles with it and wonder how many of our young men suffer similar trauma each day after returning from the war. Jenna’s Cowboy deals with some serious subjects but the difficulties are eased by the joyful moments and humor scattered throughout.<\/p>\n

This book was provided by Revell for my review.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Available January 2010 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romance on the Ranch: When Jenna\u2019s cowboy returns to their small hometown in Texas, she discovers that the memories of the past aren\u2019t so easy to shake after all Popular author Sharon Gillenwater releases a new novel, Jenna\u2019s Cowboy, set in the beautiful part of West Texas where she grew up as the debut novel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,60,41,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-contemporary-fiction","category-romance","category-western"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3724"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3743,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3724\/revisions\/3743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}