UNTAMED COWBOY brings us back to Copper Ridge and focuses on a family who joins the ranks of the super wealthy, running a dude ranch called Get Out of Dodge (caught you smiling already!). Warning: you can't help smiling when reading something by the creative mind of Maisie Yates. Her visions of these characters start long before they actually appear on paper. Grant, Wyatt, Jamie and Bennett Dodge own and operate Get Out of Dodge, aka GOOD. Bennett is a full-time vet specializing in large animals and is in partnership with his best friend, Kaylee who works with smaller animals. They have been friends and confidants since young teenagers and shared the common goal of becoming veterinarians. And it's Kaylee who Bennett turns to when out of nowhere the son Bennett never knew he had comes to GOOD and wants to meet him.

Kaylee Capshaw is practically an honorary member of the Dodge family, and they all mean the world to her. So when Dallas, Bennett's long-lost son shows up after fifteen years, Kaylee knows her best friend needs support. For years, Bennett has only ever thought of Kaylee as his best friend, but now things are changing for everyone. Their normally well- controlled lives are turning upside down, and neither of them is sure of what to do next. Kaylee tries to maintain boundaries between business and personal, but when things continue to heat up between her and Bennett, she not sure how much longer she can keep cool. Not to mention Dallas is also trying to make sense of this new family, too!

This trio is really caught up in the same internal battle. Fun to see how each winds up managing their life. UNTAMED COWBOY is a delightful and entertaining addition to Yates' Gold Valley series. But that is truly minimizing how thoughtful Maisie Yates was in creating this cast of characters and making them come to life, page by page. Some of these folks we've met before in previous Copper Ridge stories so it is, of course, a pleasure spending time with them. But UNTAMED COWBOY by Maisie Yates is unequivocally the story of Bennett, Kaylee, and Dallas. And with every word, conversation, and image, Maisie Yates tells a truly beautiful story about a fabulous trio.