by Ree Drummond
First published 2011
Ree Drummond steps into a bar for drinks with friends, expecting nothing more than a casual night out. Then she spots him across the smoky room: a tall cowboy who lives on a cattle ranch far from her corporate world. Lightning strikes. What follows turns her structured life upside down as she navigates an unlikely courtship filled with cows, horses, prairie fires, and unexpected passion. The early romance leads to marriage, but the first year brings challenges she never anticipated. Ranch life means manure, manual labor, and a complete departure from her cultured hometown existence. Drummond chronicles each step of this transformation, from the initial spark of attraction through the reality of building a life with someone from an entirely different world. This memoir captures the collision between two lifestyles and the woman who chose love over comfort.
Genres: romance, contemporary, memoir, non-fiction
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unlikely-romance
Setting: Cattle Ranch, Corporate World
Period: 21st-Century
341 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow