Cherishing the Cowgirl: A Sweet Historical Romance

Written by Jody Hedlund

Narrated by Caitlyn Porayko

Charity Courtney is at her wit’s end trying to save her boardinghouse from a bank foreclosure. Short of money but not short of marriage proposals, she dreads putting aside her fairy tale dreams of love and having to settle for a marriage of convenience. But with the need to provide for her two younger sisters, she doesn’t have any other options.

While visiting Fairplay, wealthy railroad magnet Hudson Vanderwater hears of Charity’s plight. Although he comes across as cold and calloused, he is drawn to helping women in need because of a tragedy that destroyed his sister. He concocts a plan that will save Charity—he’ll employ her and rent her boardinghouse for the month and in doing so alleviate her debt.

With a grumpy and demanding new boarder who is now her boss, Charity determines to hold the handsome Hudson at arm’s length. But she’s the sunshine for his stormy soul, and he can’t resist being drawn to her. As danger closes in and threatens to destroy Charity, he’ll stop at nothing to save her.

• Grumpy-sunshine
• Cranky billionaire
• Crusty boss
• Rags-to-riches
• Fairytale
• Class differences

“This one’s worth rounding up.” —Booklist, on Falling for the Cowgirl

*All of the books in the Colorado Cowgirls series are sweet, closed-door romances with plenty of sizzle. The inspirational themes are light, and the romance is the main focus of the books.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Northern Lights Press
• Release date: Jul 25, 2023
• ISBN: 9798368989532

Jody Hedlund

Jody Hedlund is the bestselling author of The Doctor’s Lady and The Preacher’s Bride, which won the 2011 Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award and the 2011 Award of Excellence from the Colorado Romance Writers, and was a finalist for Best Debut Novel in the 2011 ACFW Carol Awards.

Reviews for Cherishing the Cowgirl

[Dove family · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Spoiler alert!



Charity is ridiculous when she says she has to do this for herself and then immediately"thanks the Good Lord" for the bank potentially forgiving her loan. Honestly. Come on. And also, the author's voice (not the reader) is redundant. Always sets of 3 statements, over and over again. It gets boring. This sense of pride she has is "too much" as she likes to say in the book. It says she has to do it all herself and struggles to rely on the Lord at all.

[velinda woodard · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another awesome story. On to book three of this series. Hopefully characters from previous books will be referenced.