Whether it was due to lack of funds, lack of desire, or one lame excuse after another, Rex Sharpe has managed to ignore the one and only dream he’s ever had: turning his family’s dilapidated old farmhouse into a bed and breakfast. Until now. When his cousin Travis Walker decides to invest in a venture that will help revitalize the small town of Coyote Ridge, Rex knows it’s time to put up or shut up.

They say third time’s a charm, right? Jack Cunningham learns that’s not always true. When his world is unexpectedly tipped on its axis, Jack does what he does best. He runs. Only this time, he doesn’t get far. A one-night encounter with a sexy cowboy has Jack’s already topsy-turvy world spinning even more, and he soon learns, it’s only the beginning.

Rex by Nicole Edwards will be like coming home for an avid Nicole Edwards readers as they get to return to Coyote Ridge, Texas. The town to which her Alluring Indulgence Series (Walker Brothers) and this spin-off series are set in.

Rex Sharpe is a first cousin of the Walker Brothers and his backstory is heartbreaking.

When Rex meets Jack Cunningham who sort of stumbles on Coyote Ridge, he is running from his life.

As these two get to know each other,  and work to try to understand the others past, they had me knowing they belonged together. It was very clear that what they felt for each other was different than anything either had felt in the past.

Rex has baggage from this past and Jack well Jack prior to meeting Rex was only with women so both men have so work to do in terms of figuring out how to be with each other. This back and forth was at time frustrating and Jack often opened up when drunk but over time both come to a place where they accepted what they feel and decide to embrace what was in front of them.

Bristol, Rex’s best friend has a few great scenes and allows the reader a different look at Rex, the man.

In the end the happy Rex and Jack find is one neither ever dreamed of but there is no doubt in the readers mind it is the happy they were meant to have.

It should be noted this book is easily read stand alone as prior to this book readers do not know Rex or his relationship to the Walker Family.

Now if you had read the prior book there was a few great Walker brothers scenes and as we have been accustomed to Travis Walker takes care of his own (nope not telling read the book)

This book left me so excited for more from this series,  I now want the twins Kaden and Keegan even more and…. Rafe, oh Rafe I hope you are a happy very soon!