*`Review: Lost in the Reins by Angelia Faye`*

Title: Lost in the Reins
Author: Angelia Faye
Release Date: April 10, 2025

REVIEW:
5 Stars
This book is so good!! These characters are going to pull on the heartstrings, but also make you laugh so much. Romance writer Paisley is getting the authentic ranch experience with the Montgomery clan. They have so many animals with big personalities that leads to some of the most funny moments of this book. I give Paisley a lot of credit she may at stumble being a city girl in the country, but she embraces it and can laugh at her situation. My heart goes out to the Montgomery family because they have been hit with losses and their ranch may be another they have to face. Paisley brings so much light to their lives especially Wes and his niece Emma. Wes has so much riding on his shoulders being guardian to his niece and making sure his family legacy lives on. It made my heart happy to see what it in store for Wes. He so deserves to find all the happiness. The goat Bernard and peacock Kevin in this one stand out with their big personalities. This is such a fun read. It's not a steamy romance, but honestly I hardly noticed and I need a book like this every so often. A book with plenty of romance, heart, and story. I really hope Wes' brother gets books. I can't recommend this one enough! It will have you hooked right from the start and you will be sad to see it end. 

BLURB:
A struggling Manhattan romance novelist is sent to a Montana ranch for “authenticity” and clashes with a gruff, emotionally guarded rancher—until real love proves far messier, deeper, and far more irresistible than fiction.

I make a living writing swoon-worthy cowboy romances. With exactly zero real-life ranch experience, my reviews take a dive. So when my agent issues an ultimatum—“Get authentic or get out”—I swap my Manhattan latte for Montana dust, fully expecting to charm my way through a Gram-worthy adventure.

What I don’t expect? Wes Montgomery.

Rancher. Guardian to his niece. Human embodiment of a brick wall. He takes one look at me—my designer boots, my city attitude, my complete inability to tell a horse from a hay bale—and decides I’m about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. He’s got a ranch to save, a niece to raise, and absolutely no time for a clueless writer who thinks cowboys drink caramel macchiatos.

But between my tragic attempts at farm work, the terror of Bernard the kleptomaniac goose, and a few unexpected late-night talks under a sky bigger than my imagination, I start seeing the man beneath the scowl. The one who prays at sunrise, reads bedtime stories with all the voices, and carries the weight of his world on shoulders that should honestly come with a warning label.

Somewhere between city and country, between fiction and reality, I’m falling hard. But Wes Montgomery isn’t a hero in a story—he’s a man who’s lost too much to believe in happy endings. And if I can’t convince him that love is worth the risk, I’ll have to write the hardest ending of all—one where I walk away.

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