Rough Stock
The Stock Squad #1
Mel A Rowe
Woohoo another new series from one of my favourite authors and yes we are back in my favourite place Elsie Creek and finally Cowboy Craig may just get his HEA but it appears that it will be a second chance at love when his estranged lawyer wife arrives by his hospital bed after a mishap at the rodeo with a bull named Wraiths Wrath.
For years now Craig has been a flirt never settling down but he is a great stockman and rodeo star number one, but things have changed a little since he lost his mentor Charlie and every bull ride or bronco ride makes him think, but this ride will change everything when he ends up in hospital and then finds his beautiful wife, Izzy (Bee Queen) beside his bed in her city clothes, why is she here?
Izzy is a special person she is neurodivergent but her husband Craig always understood her but as a lawyer she needed the high powered court rooms and left to take a job in Sydney, she was doing well she had her routines but then everything got turned upside down and she took off but a phone call from a dear friend made her change plans and return to Elsie Creek to her husband Craig she must make him see that they need to sell their property Dustfire to keep him safe.
Izzy takes Craig home to Dustfire to help him heal and in this time the chemistry between them builds did it every really go away? Craig is offered a job with the new Stock Squad to investigate cattle theft that is being set up and run by his friend, Finn, and it starts quickly when the bull that injured Craig is stolen and Craig is determined to get him back but along the way it appears that maybe there is a link between Izzy’s case and the theft and the danger closes in, will Craig be able to keep Izzy safe?
OMG this is an action packed fast paced gorgeous romance and I loved it from the start, written in true Mel A Rowe fashion who pulls out all stops to bring her characters and the setting to life, it is sensual and filled with so many emotions, it is absolutely fabulous and of course catching up with some of my favourite characters is always good and I cannot wait for the next one what is going to happen in that one and who will be the lucky couple to find their HEA.
This is a must read story and I highly recommend it, first book in a series don’t miss this one.
My thanks to the author for my copy to read and review.
For years now Craig has been a flirt never settling down but he is a great stockman and rodeo star number one, but things have changed a little since he lost his mentor Charlie and every bull ride or bronco ride makes him think, but this ride will change everything when he ends up in hospital and then finds his beautiful wife, Izzy (Bee Queen) beside his bed in her city clothes, why is she here?
Izzy is a special person she is neurodivergent but her husband Craig always understood her but as a lawyer she needed the high powered court rooms and left to take a job in Sydney, she was doing well she had her routines but then everything got turned upside down and she took off but a phone call from a dear friend made her change plans and return to Elsie Creek to her husband Craig she must make him see that they need to sell their property Dustfire to keep him safe.
Izzy takes Craig home to Dustfire to help him heal and in this time the chemistry between them builds did it every really go away? Craig is offered a job with the new Stock Squad to investigate cattle theft that is being set up and run by his friend, Finn, and it starts quickly when the bull that injured Craig is stolen and Craig is determined to get him back but along the way it appears that maybe there is a link between Izzy’s case and the theft and the danger closes in, will Craig be able to keep Izzy safe?
OMG this is an action packed fast paced gorgeous romance and I loved it from the start, written in true Mel A Rowe fashion who pulls out all stops to bring her characters and the setting to life, it is sensual and filled with so many emotions, it is absolutely fabulous and of course catching up with some of my favourite characters is always good and I cannot wait for the next one what is going to happen in that one and who will be the lucky couple to find their HEA.
This is a must read story and I highly recommend it, first book in a series don’t miss this one.
My thanks to the author for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
April 23, 2025 by R&R Ramblings House
