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Rescued in Maple Bay: A Sweet Small Town Cowboy Romance Kindle Edition

by Brittney Joy (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 254 ratings
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Winner of 2023 Readers-Choice Swoony Award for Best Novella

His best friend's widow needs his help... But he's afraid she's stealing his heart as well.

It takes everything Lilah Davis has to be a single mom and run the animal rescue she started with her late husband. In fact, without Henry's parents and his best friend Trace checking in she's pretty sure everything would fall apart. When three abandoned horses are turned over to her care, Trace is the one she turns to for help. It has absolutely nothing to do with how he makes her feel... Besides, she's not ready for anything more than friendship.

Trace Cardona is honoring his best friend’s last wish—for him to watch over Lilah and the kids. So when Lilah ends up with a wild, dangerous horse that needs training, he's willing to step in to help her—and continue to ignore his growing feelings for his friend's widow.

Trace could never take Henry’s place... But the more time Lilah & Trace spend together, the stronger their connection grows. And ignoring their feelings seems impossible. Even if they both know they should.

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Rescued in Maple Bay is a heartwarming friends-to-lovers novella with a tough but tender cowboy. Be prepared to swoon, smile, and blissfully-sigh. Each book in the Maple Bay Series is set in the same small town with a guaranteed happily ever after.

Rescued in Maple Bay is the prequel to the Maple Bay Series and can be read as a standalone.

  • Rescued in Maple Bay
  • Starting Over in Maple Bay
  • Second Chance in Maple Bay
  • Country Stars in Maple Bay
  • Matched in Maple Bay
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    April 10, 2023
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All books in the Maple Bay series are interconnected small town romances that can also be read as standalones.

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Enemies to Lovers ✓ ✓
Second Chance ✓ ✓
Single Dad ✓ ✓
Single Mom ✓ ✓ ✓
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2023 Winner of Reader's Choice Swoony Award for Best Novella

"Beautiful, inspiring, and heartwarming." -ONCE UPON A LIBRARY BLOG

"I instantly fell in love with the characters, the setting, and this beautiful story. Lilah's rescue ranch is a place I wish i could visit in real life! And Trace...his protective nature and strong character will have you swooning from page one!" -AUTHOR MEGAN SQUIRES

"Loved the small-town setting, the heartwarming moments, and the sweet romance." -AMAZON REVIEW

"A wonderfully uplifting romance! I'm so impressed with Brittney Joy's books. They are so well written and feature strong, honorable characters with beautiful, tender romances (there is a kissing scene in this story that may be my all-time favorite)." -AMAZON REVIEW

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BXJW9C8X
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 10, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4597 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 114 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 254 ratings

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Brittney and her family live in their own piece of heaven in the Oregon countryside. They stay busy with their menagerie of silly horses, cackling chickens, wooly sheep, and two very naughty goats. When Brittney isn’t writing, she’s riding or reading. And she wishes she could do all three at the same time.

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M. Kittles
5.0 out of 5 stars Short but Sweet
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2024
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This sweet little story kept me reading mainly because I was invested in the MCs. Both seemed determined to do the right thing. Both were courteous and thoughtful. I loved that the romance was slowly building from before the book started. And I thought the MCs’ integrity was epic. If you love clean, sweet, contemporary romance, then try this story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful story
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024
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This was a beautiful story that tugs at your heartstrings. The love between Trace and Leila was amazing and well worth the time to read about it.
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S. Dawn
4.0 out of 5 stars Adorable Story
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2023
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Lilah's husband died two years ago, and in that time, she's gotten closer and closer to his best friend, Trace. It's clear from the beginning that this is going to progress into more than just a friendship, but it's still fun to read about it happening.

Novellas require a difficult balance of having a deeper, more developed plot than a short story but not as deep or developed as you'd expect in a full-length novel. Unfortunately for me, I don't think this novella quite achieved that balance. While I enjoyed reading it, I felt like it was underdeveloped. This really felt like it could have been a full novel. I wanted more background on the characters. I would have liked this story to start earlier, even if it just included a prologue, and then the main story started about where it starts now. I did enjoy this novella but because the length was too short to fully develop the story, I felt like it fell short a little. Because of that, I am giving it four stars.

This is a clean book. There's no swearing, sex, or violence. Kissing's as far as things go on the page for our two main characters. It was a quick read. I think I was done in less than an hour and a half.
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Morgan Mandel
5.0 out of 5 stars Growing in Love
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2024
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Can someone love more than one person in their lifetime? Lilah loved Henry so deeply she couldn't wrap her head around the possibility of loving another man. Trace was a great guy, but wasn't Henry. Also it seemed wrong for her to even think of loving someone else. Was there a chance the two could find love together or was the idea hopeless? I highly recommend Rescued in Maple Bay: A Sweet Small Town Cowboy Romance as a heartwarming sweet and clean romance.
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Marie P
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet and heartwarming
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2023
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Romance begins to blossom where two friends are afraid to let it progress. She, a widow, he, the friend of her late husband, who promised his friend to watch out for his family. Add adorable kids and a passle of animals. Could it be any more fun?
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3.0 out of 5 stars Short and sweet
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2024
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Nice little story. Nicely written.
Grammar is mostly very good.
Not sure how a horse can go from gelding back to colt, though.
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Ann Ferri
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet clean romance
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2023
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This is a sweet clean romance that was a joy to read! Lilah and Trace's story holds your attention from the first page until the last. I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a sweet heartwarming romance.
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Erin G
4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely Maple Bay Novella
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2023
This is such a great intro to Maple Bay and Brittney’s extremely comforting style of writing. Reading any Maple Bay book is like coming home to family and the fact that Lilah is a horse rescuer only endears me more toward her story. Trace was Henry’s best friend and before he died, promised to look after his wife and children. As the two spend more time together their growing attraction becomes impossible to ignore.

I could have sworn I wrote this review a year ago, that’s how clearly I remember reading this. I do remember being unable to find it on Goodreads even and must be why I didn’t write a review originally.
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Miss Informed
4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet cowboy romance
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2023
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Lilah is a widow, Trace was her husband's best friend. When they develop feelings for each other, the guilt is overwhelming.
A sweet, clean romance, filled with lovely characters.
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