This book is full of second chances, emotional vulnerability, and steamy moments that will have you hooked from the first page. If you love angsty romance where the characters are both flawed and lovable, and where the tension between them builds until you can’t stand it, this is definitely one for your list.

The Wells Ranch Series is one of my favourite cowboy series. Each book is about a different brother (or close friend) and up until now, Alive & Wells was my favourite book because it was grumpy x sunshine trope, well, not anymore. Change of Hart is the best book in the series (in my opinion)!!!

The main trope is “childhood lovers” and the story follows Denver “Denny” Wells - the youngest Wells sibling. Denny is the cheeky, flirty cowboy with the playboy personality however throughout the story we see what led to this persona. Blair is a strong FMC. She is strong willed, independent and a big people pleaser.

It’s clear Denny’s love language is touch and acts of service - he wants to PROVE that he is the man Blair needs him to be now. Blair is scared, she knew how things were years ago and she doesn’t want to get heartbroken again.

I really liked the flashback chapters - Bailey’s writing never feels rushed and is very detailed and this was proven within the adolescent chapters. The mannerisms and actions that the MC’s did during these scenes were perfect and exactly what a teen would think. The flashbacks allow us to see how Denny and Blair were childhood sweethearts and what led to the end of their relationship.

I also really liked that we saw what life was like for the Wells family when Lucy - Denny’s mum - was still around. From the first book, we know she passed away many years ago so to actually see what she was like and how she cared for Denny and Blair’s relationship is so wonderful. The way her illness is written was beautiful. Having had family members with the same illness and same fate I really connected to what Denny was feeling.

Bailey had me crying SEVERAL times within this story, both with the present AND past chapters. I think you know a story is good when you really connect to the characters, this was evident in the puddles of tears I created! My favourite moment was the last few chapters at the tree😭.

I DEVOURED this story and cannot wait for the Wells Ranch series to continue. I will definitely be reading this book again and I will be recommending to all my followers on my booktok. I'm so excited for this series to continue, you read each book about the 2 main characters but you fall in love with the side characters too.

I requested this book because the synopsis ticked all of my boxes (I'm definitely in my cowboy-romance era right now!). What I didn't realise was that this book is the third of the Wells Ranch series, so I took it upon myself to read the other books in the series first - obviously I didn't want to miss out!
Although this is the third book in the series, you could also pick this up as a standalone and it would still work.
I fell quickly into Blair and Denver's story and with ease. I really enjoyed their history and the flash backs some chapters provided. Their chemistry was off the charts and brilliantly written. What I didn't expect was how much this book would make me cry, with the difficult moments the two shared in the past and supported each other through it.
This was one of those books you read that makes you wish it would never end.
Fabulously written, spice level off the charts, emotional, beautiful!
I think I've found a new favourite author.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing an ARC in return for my honest review.

A good, sweet, second chance cowboy romance, what’s not to like? I do think that it wrapped up a little too quickly, at 60% it really felt like we were done and there wasn’t much else that happened in the 40% after it. But it was a good palette cleanser nevertheless.

Bailey absolutely smashed it yet again with this!

The tropes were perfection, the two characters were real, relatable, likeable and had some great character development throughout.
The plot was fantastic, and I especially loved the dialogue timeline going on throughout.

If you love cowboy romance, with a highly emotional storyline, fantastic spice and hilarious moments I would 100% recommend this book

Bailey is easily one of my favourite authors and she did not disappoint at all with this.

I loved this! Was so happy to read Blair’s story. Dual POV and dual timelines allows you to really feel everyone’s experiences. There are some important and sensitive issues explored here and they’re done so in an amazing way. A great, spicy, second chance romance. What more could you ask for?

I absolutely loved this book - my favourite book of the Wells Ranch series!

You meet Blair Hart as she returns to Wells Canyon years after leaving for school to come face to face with her first love and first boy to break her heart, Denver Wells.

The emotional rollercoaster in this book is so good - this is a second chance romance, with a dual timeline and dual POV so you are seeing their second chance as you learned why it broke the first time round! There are a few sensitive topics covered in this book, but Hannah Bailey deals with them so well and in a nuanced way. It was so heart warming to see the characters fall for each other in both timelines and you are really rooting for them to make it! I love being able to see the previous FMCs and MMCs from the Wells Ranch series too and how their doing!

As with Bailey Hannah's other books, the spice in spicing. Blair and Denny have such good chemistry and it is written in such an engaging way too!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶🌶🌶

Tropes:
Second Chance Romance
Dual Timeline
Dual POV
Childhood Friends to Lovers
Cowboy Romance
Small Town Romance
He is DOWN BAD!!

♾️ stars!

Bailey. You’ve blown me away! Oh my!!!! You are incredible! This book had me hooked from start to finish and I didn’t want it to end. I’m so emotionally attached to these characters, the love I have for them is infinite 🩵 I will never be over this and I’m not mad about it, I don’t think I have any tears left! This book is 6+ stars!! I didn’t think anyone could beat daddy red 😭

Blair Bear - that nickname had me tearing up everytime I read it!!! I adored Blair from the very start, I felt so connected to her and everything she was feeling. From teenager to adult, I’ve never felt so seen. Blair felt so relatable and I fell so in love with her character! The emotions she had me feeling makes me tear up just thinking about it 🥹 I loved seeing her blossom and seeing her grow, plus seeing the found family around her! My heart would melt everytime she was with Denny’s family!! Being able to learn more and more about Blair, why she felt the way she did and understanding her trauma had me crying but also knowing that all those feelings are so valid. I was so invested in her story, she captured my heart and soul and I can’t describe how grateful I am to have read her story.

Denver. The man you are. My heart is his, the way he felt was just so pure and beautiful. He had flaws but it felt so real and I loved it. I felt every emotions he felt as I was reading his book. He was a complex character in terms of his emotions and the trauma he’d experienced too made me feel so emotionally attached to him. And understanding how he coped with grief hit so hard, knowing what he went through, you just knew he was someone with a lot of feelings and a lot of love and you couldn’t not fall in love with him. I sobbed with him, seeing his POV from both the flashbacks and present day built up this need and want for him to be finally happy. He is a man OBSESSED!!! They both deserved nothing but the best.

I cried myself to sleep multiple times reading this and I have NO regrets! This story captivated me, I couldn’t put it down but I also didn’t want it to end ever. The flashbacks in this book were some of my favourite scenes, I loved seeing how they became friends, to lovers, to strangers. It truly was such a special experience. This book proved that everyone has their person, whether it be a romantic relationship or platonic. The friendship and family connections we saw with them all had me feeling many things. I loved seeing the representation in this book, the disease that Blair’s mum has hit home. I related to the emotions they were all feeling and it set me off a few times. It’s so hard to describe the pain you’re experiencing because there’s no stopping it from happening, you learn how to cope . And that’s exactly what Bailey did in this book. So thank you Bailey to sharing this. This second chance took me on an emotional rollercoaster, grief is such a complex and complicated process but this was beautifully written. The love between every single character heightened the emotions and adoration I have for them all. I’m also a sucker for a special place in books!🥹 There is a few memorable references but all I say is prepare yourself with tissues. I could go on and on about this book, there’s so many different things that had hooked me as well as everything that made me falling in love with them. This reading journey was the best experience. I’m so grateful I got to read their story. Now it’s time for some ice cream 👀

Denny loved his girl, and Blair loved her boy.

What to expect -
🩵 high school sweethearts
🩵 barrel racer x saddlebronc
🩵 dual timeline
🩵 second chance
🩵 reformed playboy
🩵 ice cream
🩵 mental health rep

Thank you so much Bailey and Orion fiction for this arc! I’m so so so grateful to have had this opportunity 🫶🏼

I’m so happy we finally got Blair’s story! We’re already introduced to her in book 2 so have a general overview of who she is. I love how we dive right into her being reacquainted with Denver who we obviously know from the previous books from his reputation with women as well as mischievous antics with Austin and the other cowboys.

We get insight into a bad ass FMC who has so much on her plate and refuses to show weakness. The awareness for depression and pregnancy termination really stood for doing what is best for you and not doing things to please other people as well as learning to accept help when you can’t help yourself in terms of mental health. We learn from both Blair and Denver that it’s okay to have somebody to lean on.

Denver relied on Blair during his mother’s sickness/death but when it came to her needing a shoulder, he let her down. Luckily, he learnt from his teen years and grew into a man who was honest about where he went wrong and did everything in his power to prove to Blair that he could be there for her, from little moments helping with her moms Alzheimer’s, bringing her coffee, making her work/home life easier and being so accepting of her mental health and setting alarms for her tablets incase she forgot. He really developed into a reliable, trustworthy man allowing Blair to learn to accept that it’s okay to want help.

I loved the little snippets of where Cassidy and Red, Austin and Cecily were in their developing relationships, we get to explore the depth of Blair’s friendship with Cassidy where she’s considered Hazels auntie as well as our little chaotic girl Squad organising Cecily’s wedding!

Lucy Wells death absolutely broke my heart, I was in that room with the Wells boys sobbing. It was a heartbreaking yet intimate scene, exploring the different ways people cope with loss and grief. I feel like it was really special how her memory and essence was really kept alive after her passing tho, her presence was still felt throughout the story.

I adored the childhood throwbacks between chapters and liked that we get them early on in the book, gradually learning on Blair and Denver’s history. Once we get all the information, we get to enjoy their relationship progression with no miscommunication!!

The spicy scenes were to die for! Pleasure dom yes please! And exploring different kinks was so fun! I appreciated that this book wasn’t completely sex driven, we really get a lot of plot with the perfect balance of spice.

This was the most PERFECT childhood lovers, second chance romance I’ve ever read.

The feel that the overall message of this book was that life is so unexpected and we really take time for granted. Holding grudges and not learning from our own mistakes wastes so much time. Living in the now and loving with your whole heart is so important as well as telling those around you how much you love and appreciate them.

Ps. The Googly eyed lettuce scene with Bennett Wells, Blair and Denver had me in stitches!!

“Spread yourself baby, show me what I’ve been missing”
“I need to know if you still sound the same when you’re coming for me”
“Blair Wells. My wife. Finally” - Denver

“I’ve always belonged to him. Arguing that fact was pointless”
“You can’t be over here with a f#cking backwards hat on, doing all this manly sh#t, and expect me not to notice”
“I was always coming back to you, Denver. No one else has ever felt like home” - Blair

Oh, to be back in Wells Canyon. The perfect setting for cowboy romances. As if the men from Alive and Wells and Seeing Red weren’t perfect enough, just wait until you meet Denny.

“Time is a fickle bitch; days are long, years are short and it seems to stand still altogether when Denver and I are involved.”

I love a second chance romance as much as the next person, but this, this was unreal.

Blair has to move back to her hometown of Wells Canyon to care for her unwell mother, but there’s a reason that she’s avoided the place for so long. And in typical small-town fashion, there’s no running from her past.

A child barrel racer who was brought into the Wells family as the daughter they never had, Blair and Denver have a history that came to an explosive end over a decade ago, and through flashbacks, their past and present draws you in.

To Denny, Blair is the one who got away. And he never thought that she would come back. So, her reappearance has Denver trying to right his wrongs from many years ago. Which is easier said than done when she’s working so hard to look after her mother.

A second chance romance for the ages. With a dual-timeline and dual-POV structure, Bailey Hannah has hit new heights in her cowboy romance era. The romance was swoon-worthy. The spice was off the scale. And Blair and Denver are officially one of my favourite fictional couples.

Highly recommend!

Thank you NetGalley and Orion for the arc in exchange for an honest review!

Blair is back in Wells Canyon for her mom. Denver was her first love and she wants go stay away from him, but they can’t help each other and fall in love again.
I loved the first two books of the saga. The first few chapters were really good, but after that I didn’t fall into the story. I didn’t liked Blair, I struggled understanding her, even if I understood. And I was hoping more of their life at the ranch and rodeo.
It’s still a good story and I love Bailey Hannah’s writing.