After running away from her wedding and hiding for months, Violet Berkley is back home in the high country of Colorado. Her father’s gambling debt has caught up to him, and he wants Violet and her sister to help him pay it off by working as dancing girls in a saloon. Rather than face such degradation, Violet seeks out the one man she hopes might be willing to help her.

Sterling Noble doesn’t want anything to do with Violet after being jilted at the altar by her. He doesn’t want to see her, be near her, or even speak to her. But when she shows up on his doorstep in desperate straits, he’s too kind—and maybe still too in love with her—to do anything but protect her.

Violet knows she doesn’t deserve another chance with Sterling, but she wants to prove she’s a new woman. But has she really changed, or are the insecurities still there? Sterling tries hard to resist his old feelings for Violet because his broken heart can’t take another beating. But as the danger closes in, he’s afraid he’ll lose her all over again.

• Runaway bride
• Jilted groom
• Second chances
• Stuck together
• Pretend engagement
• Enemies to more
• Cowboy shoot-out

The inspirational themes in this book are light, and the romance is the primary focus. While the romance is sizzling and the kisses swoony, both the language and physical attraction are clean and wholesome.

Reviews for The Forever Cowboy

• Audrey: There’s nothing like a second chance romance, especially when he protects her! Sterling and Violet’s story is full of growth, and the lesson of loving selflessly.
• Carolyn: Romantic chemistry sizzles beneath the surface, with emotions all over the place, as Sterling struggles to put the hurt of the past behind and Violet acts on her determination to prove she has changed. This touching, entertaining read is a great beginning to the Noble Ranch series.
• Janice: A great start to a new series. I am looking forward to reading the next book. Sterling is a great character. I enjoyed the book from beginning to end. 
• Brandi: There’s nothing like second chances, Jody style, to warm your heart and put a smile on your face. In The Forever Cowboy, the beginning of Jody Hedlund’s newest series, Noble Ranch, Violet and Sterling finally get their ever after. 
• Taylor: Another great historical novel from Jody Hedlund! This is a great story of working through difficulties to bring good. And that loving people is more important than success! An added bonus is the continuing of the storyline from another Cowboy series of Jody’s! I cannot recommend this book enough!
• Margaret: This is an emotional book, with broken hearts that need to mend, coupled with anger, shame, frustration, attraction, and yet the desire to do what’s right for the other person, and to learn to love sacrificially. 
• Beth: The Forever Cowboy is a sweet read about two people who once thought they were in love but a mountain of a past lies between them. It finally answers the questions of all the Jody Hedlund fans who read Waiting on the Rancher. I enjoyed reading this book because the progression of the relationship flowed naturally. It did not feel rushed or love at first sight. 
• The Literate Leprechaun: Saddle up, cowboy romance readers! Jody Hedlund has crafted a fantastic new series, Noble Ranch, starting with The Forever Cowboy. Hedlund’s romances are swoon-worthy and the kisses sizzling, but you can be sure that it’s a clean book – both in language and in physical attraction.