Two cowboys. Two women at a crossroads.
Two chances to discover that sometimes the life you thought you wanted isn’t the one that will finally make you happy.
Summer with My Cowboy pairs Linda Lael Miller and Maisey Yates for two romantic novellas filled with fresh starts, old loves, emotional healing, and, of course, plenty of cowboy charm. If you’re looking for a quick romance to tuck into your beach bag—or curl up with for an afternoon—this one delivers two happily-ever-afters in one book.
📚 Book Details
Title: Summer with My Cowboy
Authors: Linda Lael Miller & Maisey Yates
Publisher: Kensington
Publication Date: April 28, 2026
Pages: 224
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Western Romance
Format: Two Novellas
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 Stars
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Review Disclosure: I received an advance copy of Summer with My Cowboy from Kensington Publishing through NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Book Description
Summer with My Cowboy brings together two romantic novellas about women whose carefully planned lives have taken an unexpected turn—and the cowboys who might just convince them that starting over can lead somewhere wonderful.
Cowboy Wanted by Linda Lael Miller
After a painful divorce, Kendra Spencer returns home to Copper Ridge, Arizona, determined to rebuild her life. She doesn’t need to work, but waitressing at the local diner gives her somewhere to go, people to see, and—most importantly—something to do besides checking up on her ex.
Then Gage Elder walks into the diner. A champion bronc rider and widower, Gage understands something about loss and beginning again. Neither of them is eager to risk another broken heart, but friendship, attraction, and a little help from an adorable puppy may prove that moving forward doesn’t mean forgetting the past.
One More Summer with You by Maisey Yates
Jane Cahill has built the successful life she once dreamed about, but suddenly neither her engagement nor her legal career feels quite as certain as it once did. Returning to the Oregon summer camp that helped her through some of the hardest years of her childhood seems like the perfect place to figure out what comes next.
What she doesn’t expect is Spencer Quinn.
Spencer was Jane’s summer love—the boy who knew her before she became the accomplished woman she is today. Now a ranch owner, he has returned to the camp too, and fifteen years hasn’t erased what once existed between them. This time, Jane has to decide whether the future she worked so hard to build is really the future she wants.
My Review
Summer with My Cowboy was such an enjoyable combination of two things I love in romance: cowboys and second chances. While these stories are completely separate from one another, they complement each other beautifully because both are really about starting over—not just romantically, but personally.
Linda Lael Miller’s Cowboy Wanted is the gentler of the two stories. Kendra is coming out of a marriage that left her questioning herself, and I liked that returning home gives her the space to decide what she wants her new life to look like. Working at the diner isn’t about needing a paycheck; it’s about giving herself a reason to get up, get out, and become part of the world again.
Then there’s Gage.
He has his own history with loss, so their relationship doesn’t feel like one person rescuing the other. They’re two people who have both loved, lost, and discovered that opening your heart again can be scary. Gage has that steady, quietly protective cowboy quality that makes this kind of romance so appealing, while Kendra’s journey is just as much about reclaiming her confidence as it is about falling in love.
And yes, adding a puppy to the mix certainly didn’t hurt.
One More Summer with You has a different emotional feel. Maisey Yates gives Jane and Spencer a history that immediately adds another layer to their reunion. They aren’t strangers wondering if something might develop between them. They already know what it was like to love each other.
The question is whether the people they have become can finally make a relationship work in a way their younger selves couldn’t.
I especially liked the summer camp setting and what it represents for Jane. She arrived there years ago as a teenager in foster care who desperately needed a place to belong. Returning as a successful attorney should feel like proof that she achieved everything she set out to accomplish. Instead, being back forces her to ask a much harder question: Is achieving the life you planned enough if that life no longer makes you happy?
Spencer is connected to both the girl Jane used to be and the woman standing in front of him now, and that makes their second chance feel especially poignant. There’s nostalgia in their story, but it isn’t simply about recreating one perfect summer from the past. It’s about deciding whether they can build something real in the present.
My only real wish with both stories? I wanted more.
That is often the trade-off with novellas. Both romances have enough history, emotion, and interesting secondary threads that I could easily have spent more time with these characters. There are moments and developments I would have loved to see explored more fully instead of moving quite so quickly toward the happily-ever-after.
Still, these are satisfying, feel-good romances, and together they make Summer with My Cowboy an easy book to pick up when you want something romantic, hopeful, and not too heavy.
💗 Why You’ll Love It
🤠 Two cowboy romances in one — Two complete love stories with very different emotional journeys.
💕 Second chances — Both stories remind us that a painful ending doesn’t have to be the end of your story.
🌵 Small-town cowboy charm — Diner conversations, ranch life, community, and that irresistible Western-romance atmosphere.
☀️ Summer nostalgia — Especially in Jane and Spencer’s story, where one unforgettable summer love gets the chance to become something more.
🐶 A cowboy and a puppy — Really, do I need to say more?
📚 A quick, satisfying read — Perfect when you’re craving romance but don’t want to commit to a long book.
✨ Character Spotlights
Kendra Spencer
Kendra may have come home after a painful divorce, but her story isn’t about waiting for someone else to put her back together. She’s figuring out who she is outside her marriage and learning to trust herself again. Her quiet resilience made her easy to root for.
Gage Elder
A former champion bronc rider carrying a loss of his own, Gage has the kind of steady presence that works perfectly opposite Kendra. He understands grief, loneliness, and the courage it takes to consider loving someone again.
Jane Cahill
Jane is fascinating because, from the outside, she has succeeded. She escaped a difficult childhood, became an attorney, and built the life she once believed would prove she had made it. Returning to camp forces her to look beyond achievement and decide what happiness actually means to her now.
Spencer Quinn
Spencer remembers the girl Jane was before the career, the engagement, and all the expectations she placed on herself. But their story isn’t about going backward. He challenges Jane to consider whether the connection they once had deserves a future now that they finally have the chance to choose one another as adults.
Favorite Moments
In Cowboy Wanted, some of my favorite moments were the quieter ones—Kendra settling back into Copper Ridge, Gage becoming part of her everyday life, and the puppy bringing an extra dose of sweetness to a story already centered on healing and new beginnings.
In One More Summer with You, I loved the emotional symmetry of Jane returning to the place that once helped change the direction of her life. This time she arrives as the adult who can be there for someone else—only to discover that the camp may still have something to teach her, too.
A Couple of Lines That Stayed With Me
That one sentence tells you so much about Gage. He may be ready to move forward, but loving again doesn’t erase the person—or the life—he lost.
Both stories carry loss beneath their romances, which makes their hopeful endings feel a little more meaningful.
Wrapping Up Summer
Summer with My Cowboy gives you two different paths to the same destination: finding the courage to choose a life—and a love—that feels right for the person you are now.
Kendra and Gage are about healing after love has hurt you. Jane and Spencer are about discovering that sometimes the love you left behind wasn’t wrong; the timing was.
I would happily have spent another hundred pages with these couples, but there is something nice about being able to settle in for two complete romances without a huge time commitment. Linda Lael Miller brings the warm, classic cowboy-romance feel, while Maisey Yates adds an emotional second-chance story filled with history and longing.
If your idea of a good summer read includes cowboys, small towns, old flames, fresh starts, and happily-ever-afters, this duo belongs on your reading list.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 Stars
Perfect For Readers Who Love...
✓ Cowboy romance
✓ Western romance
✓ Second-chance love stories
✓ Starting-over romances
✓ Small-town settings
✓ Childhood/summer sweethearts
✓ Emotional healing
✓ Quick romantic reads
✓ Guaranteed happily-ever-afters
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If someone from your past walked back into your life at exactly the right moment, would you give a second chance at love a try?
And because this is Summer with My Cowboy...
Arizona ranch cowboy or Oregon summer-camp cowboy?
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Two cowboys. Two second chances. One reminder that sometimes the best chapter begins after the life you planned takes an unexpected turn.
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