Reviewed by Sadonna
TITLE: Silver Buckle Lining 
SERIES: BA’s Cozy Cowboys
AUTHOR: BA Tortuga
PUBLISHER: Turtlehat Creatives
LENGTH: 247 pages
RELEASE DATE: July 2, 2024
BLURB:
When cowboy Sterling Jordan heads from his home in Aspen to Durango, Colorado, he’s looking for his sister’s baby, and he intends to take that child home with him, no matter what the situation is. Then he meets his nephew’s adoptive father, Benjamin Collier, and Benji is the last thing he expects. So he just holds off on telling Ben who he is.
When Ben discovers that Sterling has been omitting some very important parts of his history, he’s furious, but he has to admit that Sterling never out and out lied to him, and that the big name, big money cowboy is absolutely fascinating. He’s willing to let Sterling get to know his son, Xavier, but not to let the man have him, so they have to find a compromise.
The two men navigate siblings, parents, and the bad start to their relationship to find a way to be a whole new kind of family, one where silver linings come with buckles and baby blankets.
REVIEW:
Sterling is determined to get his nephew from whoever his sister has left her child with. He knows that the boy has been adopted, but he’s determined to get the kid back. He’s a Jordan after all. All he knows is that the adoptive father, Benjamin Collier, is a friend of his estranged sister. They met in the service and now Benji is Xavier’s father. He sets off to Durango to find this man and do whatever it takes to bring the baby back to his ranch.
Benji is a tired new father. He’s a pediatric nurse who has moved back to his home town. His mother is there too so he has some family support. He even has his son in the same daycare he stayed in when he was a baby 🙂 His mom Ellie is a teacher and she is completely in love with her grandson too.
Benji and Sterling meet in a completely unexpected way. Sterling realizes pretty quickly that this is guy that he’s come to town to convince to give up his son and return him to the Jordan family. He doesn’t tell Benji who he is though and he gets to know Benji. He can see what a totally decent guy he is and how much he loves Benji. Pretty quickly he realizes that his plan is not a good one. And he’s gotta come clean with Benji.
Needless to say after they have already kind of started a relationship and Sterling drops his bomb, well Benji is furious. Even worse he’s not sure how he’s supposed to proceed here because he REALLY liked the guy 🙁 There is family drama for Sterling that Benji doesn’t know about because Sienna had never talked about her family.
Sterling has a lot of groveling to do to get back into Benji’s good graces. His “family” of Geoff and Carson (who are his employees and besties) help him try to win Benji over. It takes a bit, but they finally get on the same page.
This is a sweet and swoony low angst read that brings an unlikely pair of men together. I really enjoyed the family and found family vibe here. The writing is easy to read and the romantic gestures are lovely. Cozy is the perfect name for this series – because that is the perfect description of this story. It’s a cozy warm hug with an HEA and some fun, tender, sweet and spicy moments. Recommended.
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