Rescuing Garrett

· Second Chance Ranch Book 1 · Cynthia Dees Publishing Inc
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A matchmaker who quit believing in happy ever afters. A soldier with nothing left to give. One last chance at love.

When Mia Chester walks away from her matchmaking career in Seattle, she lands in Haven Creek, Montana, with her four best friends and a wild idea: turn a run-down farm into a rescue for animals no one else will save, and use Mia’s skills to match pets with their perfect people. 

Garrett Hayes came home from the Army carrying wounds he can’t put down. He just wants to be left alone with his dog, Summit, a search-and-rescue dog who failed like him. He doesn’t plan to feel anything. He doesn’t plan to help a bunch of women build their ridiculous dream. He certainly doesn’t plan on Mia, who sees straight through his silence to his pain and keeps showing up anyway.

Can a washed-up matchmaker and a washed-out dog prove to a man who stopped believing in himself that nobody is truly beyond a second chance?

A tender, slow-burn, closed-door romance about found family, second chances, and the courage it takes to stay.


Cynthia Dees is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 100 romances, and Sarah Dees is a lawyer and published author. Join them at Second Chance Ranch for love, laughter, found family and friends in this sweet and emotional series about strong, wounded men, rescued animals, and close-knit women getting a second chance at love. 


"A delightfully light and refreshing read...Ms. Dees never lets me down...What fun. Five stars! Highly recommend..."

A matchmaker who quit believing in happy ever afters. A soldier with nothing left to give. One last chance at love. When Mia Chester walks away from her matchmaking career in Seattle, she lands in Haven Creek, Montana, with her four best friends and a wild idea: turn a run-down farm into a rescue...

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twilight dream28
September 3, 2026
Nobody lives forever, someday somehow everybody leaves. So something is off with the idea that one cannot love fully just because someday that partner will leave, through cheating or death. It all depends on you whether you are courageous enough to take the risk, even pets leave us, unconditional though their love may be. It's either you be brave or forever rest in your own eternal space, distant, alone, unloved. Only a robot can keep heartbreak and living in a distance, because one thing is guaranteed in life, and that is paìn, we get our hearts broken everytime along the way. And it was kind of stupid to waste all that time prevaricating, coming to terms with themselves when life could be taken from us in a blink of an eye and then what, you spend it again mired in regret. This story is like walking into a library where one expects to find something entertaining though trivial but stumbled into a treasure of profound insight and wisdom learned only through lifes' collectively hard lessons and bad choices.
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Val Ogorman
October 9, 2026
Excellent book . Loved the storylines and descriptions of emotions and events. a very worthwhile read. Enjoy
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Gingers Giraffes
September 7, 2026
The characters should have all been in therapy.
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About the author

Cynthia Dees is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 125 books. She’s written in a variety of genres but found her forever home in clean and wholesome romance. A 2-time RITA winner and five-time RITA finalist from the Romance Writers of America, she’s also a Career Lifetime Achievement Award nominee from Romantic Times Book Club. She sets her books in small towns like the one she grew up in and fills her stories with fun, quirky characters who remind her a bit too much of her own family and friends. She lives in Texas with her husband and two big dogs that rule their house.

Sarah Dees is Cynthia’s daughter and also a writer. She published her first novel at the age of 15. When she’s not fixing her mom’s plots and writing with Cynthia, she’s a lawyer and lives in England with her husband and a tiny dog that rules their house.

 If you’d like to join Cynthia’s newsletter to hear more about both of their zany adventures and get free books, bonus content, and exclusive sneak peeks from upcoming stories, you can sign up at www.cynthiadees.com

Cynthia Dees is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 125 books. She’s written in a variety of genres but found her forever home in clean and wholesome romance. A 2-time RITA winner and five-time RITA finalist from the Romance Writers of America, she’s also a Career Lifetime...

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