‘Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.’ – Bruce LeeKennedy:If you learn from your mistakes, you’ll be a better person.Life is all about making mistakes. I’ve made a lot of them in life, and learned from none of them. Until now. My biggest mistake of all, was letting him go.

Kye:

I had it all. Money. Fame. Success.
Then I lost it.
I thought I finally had my life back on track when I found her.
But one slip up and I lost everything. Again.

Kennedy Crawley spends her days helping others conquer their demons at Hope and Chance Retreat, in Australia’s Northern Territory.  After spending her life being someone even she didn’t like, she finally sought the courage to overhaul her life, dreams and aspirations.  Now, she’s determined to stay on track and be a better person.

Kye Austin was living his dream life as a professional football player.  Until the day his sins caught up with him.  He was sent to Hope and Chance Retreat to get his life back on track.  After winning his battle, he decides to stay in the area and try to win the affections of Kennedy.

There’s just one problem:  she’s not interested.

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I love this cowboy series, but I was hesitant to start Kennedy’s story because I loathed her treatment of Ava. But as the title suggests, this is her chance to redeem herself and perhaps find her cowboy like all of the others have found theirs.

The act of Kennedy’s redemption, in my opinion, is two fold – she first needs to seek forgiveness from those who she destroyed by being malicious and then she needs to become the person she wants to be; someone who is not insecure, jealous, or resentful. The first step seems easy enough because Kennedy is surrounded by a family who easily forgives, but where the work comes in is when she has to fight to stay on the right path and push herself to be better.

Kye Austin knows a thing or two about seeking redemption as well. He unequivocally destroyed his future by feeling larger than life, but he’s brought down to earth by his mistakes and must do what he needs to do to reclaim the man he used to be and should have been before his success went to his head.

A relationship between two people who are both working towards being better people and making up for their past misdeeds seems to be a huge risk, but, on the other hand, it might just be what they need to guarantee their redemption.

I’m a bit torn on how I feel about Kennedy and Kye’s story. There definitely is growth on Kennedy’s part throughout the text, but I felt like the changes were told rather than shown, and I wanted to experience her self revelations and her healing of relationships a bit more to truly understand how much she has changed. I understand that a few years have passed since she decided to change her life for the better, but I just couldn’t grasp the 180 degree change because I wasn’t provided the foresight to do so.

The chemistry between Kennedy and Kye is definitely there, and Kasey Millstaed does a great job of taking things slow in order for Kennedy to not repeat the same bad behaviors. Kye is extremely patient with Kennedy, which proves the type of man he is and what he wants to have with her.

Once again, the characters from the previous books in the series are present in Cowboy Redemption, and it’s great to catch up with them and see how much their lives have changed, and I can’t wait for all of their epilogues in Book 7.

A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 poison apples