REVIEW: Lucky Chance Cowboy by Teri Anne Stanley

Lucky Chance Cowboy  by Teri Anne Stanley is the second book in her Big Chance Dog Rescue series. I loved the first book in the series, Big Chance Cowboy. Teri Anne Stanley continues her excellent storytelling about wounded vets and rescue dogs being trained to assist them in this story. Big Chance Dog Rescue is having financial troubles. The vets pull out all stops to keep it running.

She first set eyes on him in the Big Chance Dairy Queen when she and her grandfather stopped in to get a bite to eat. There he was, a tall, well-built man who oozed sexuality and hotness. The guy with him didn’t even register. Emma Collins Stern, emotionally depleted widow, was so discombobulated she couldn’t even place her order. When she turned around to check on her grandfather who suffers from dementia and sometimes wanders she found him sitting down with the hot guy who just happened to pay for their order. Emma walked over to collect her grandfather and thank the hot guy when he invited her to join them. As she was about to sit down at their booth to join them the hot guy’s bottle of the prescription painkiller Percocet fell to the floor and rolled her way. Game changer! She collected her grandfather and told the guys she was getting their food to go. Emma wasn’t going to travel that road again. Too much emotional upheaval along that road. But too bad Emma couldn’t avoid the hot guy since it turned out he was her brother Adam’s friend and would be staying with Adam at the Big Chance Dog Rescue.

Marcus Talbot was instantly attracted to the pretty lady he first saw at the Dairy Queen. Fortunately he would still have a chance to get to know her when he found out she is his friend’s sister. He isn’t planning to stay in Big Chance since he’s sure his recuperation from the major back injury he sustained in a bomb blast in Afghanistan would end up seeing him back with his Army unit if he worked hard enough. Couldn’t hurt to get to know Emma though. Maybe get to “know” her very well.

This was an emotional read . When you are talking injured vets, whether physically or emotionally, there’s going to be lots of emotion involved in the story. Teri Anne Stanley handles the emotional parts of the story extremely well. Her words make you feel and make you want to do whatever you can to make the situation better. I enjoyed watching the two main characters, Emma and Marcus, realize that they would be happier together than apart. Emma was hesitant because her deceased husband returned home from deployment in the Middle East with PTSD exacerbated with drugs and alcohol. Marcus doesn’t think he can be anything but a combat soldier. They both need each other and so this was a joyful HEA for me.

Book Info:

Publication: January 28th 2020 | Sourcebooks Casablanca | Big Chance Dog Rescue #2

At Big Chance Dog Rescue, everyone can find a forever home

Marcus Talbott is a soldier through and through, and he’s not going to let an injury keep him from his Army unit. Sure, his last mission nearly broke his back, but that’s nothing his positive attitude and work ethic can’t fix, right? In the meantime, he’s got a place on the board at the Big Chance Dog Rescue, and flirting with his friend’s sassy sister, Emma, is a welcome distraction.

Emma Stern is barely scraping by while working and caring for her elderly grandfather, but she’s running out of options–and hope. The last thing she has time for is Marcus and his flirting, sexy as he might be. But every time Emma thinks she’s reached the end of her rope, Marcus is there to lend a hand. Maybe there’s more to the handsome playboy after all…

Big Chance Dog Rescue Series:
Big Chance Cowboy (Book 1)
Lucky Chance Cowboy (Book 2)