Crossroads

Haven River Ranch

By: Devney Perry

Narrated by: Samantha Brentmoor, Connor Crais

Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

A sweeping small-town romance about love, loss, and a Montana legacy from USA Today bestselling author Devney Perry.

I met West Haven when I was eight years old. He taught me to play poker when I was nine, and we made paper airplanes together when I was eleven. He kissed me when I was sixteen. He was the best part about my family’s summer vacations to Montana. He was the boy who stole my heart. I was twenty-three when life ripped us apart.

Years later, I’m breaking my vow and returning to the ranch, not as a guest but its new owner. West might want me gone, but even he has to admit the only way to save his family’s legacy is with my help.

It’s not easy working side by side and facing those old memories. But this situation is only temporary. We’re at a crossroads. And as long as I don’t let myself fall in love with West Haven again, maybe this is our chance to put those ghosts to rest. Maybe this time we’ll finally be able to say goodbye.

©2024 Devney Perry (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Loved this! Great start to a new series

Crossroads is the first book in the Haven River Ranch series by Devney Perry. I listened to the audiobook and loved it! The narrators, Samantha Brentmoor and Conor Crais, were the perfect choices!
West Haven and Indya’s story had me in all my feels! Growing up, Indya and her parents spent a week most summers at a ranch in Montana where she met West. The pair always seemed to pick up right where they left off the summer before until life pulled them apart. Years later, Indy is back in Montana as the new owner of West’s family’s ranch and resort. Tensions are high as both West and Indya are faced with memories and old ghosts. I devoured this second chance romance, which normally I’m not drawn to. Perry did a fantastic job weaving flashbacks throughout this story, really built the tension between West and Indy, I couldn’t put this down! I’m sold, hook line and sinker for this new series. I can’t wait for the next book!

-Childhood friends to enemies to lovers
-Second chance
-Cowboy/Rancher

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️

Outstanding

Story and Narration captured from the beginning and kept throughout. Beautifully Done. Excited for the next in the series.

Solid!

Another solid story by the fabulous Miss Devney Perry!! And the narrators did an amazing job bringing the characters to life!

Great book!

Narrators were awesome!

-Second chance love: I wanted to kick him in the pants for not pursuing her.
-Kinda sorta enemies to lovers: Only because of what happens when they meet again.
-Childhood love: Kind of sweet but also kind of came off as a horny teenage boy wanted to get into the pants of the girl that visits every year.
-Time jumping: Tells the story of the MC from first meeting to present. Not my favorite in books but this one was done well.
-Cinderbrella trope: I didn't misspell that...meaning She's rich, he's poor. Not sure if there's a name for that so I made one up.
-Beautiful setting: The setting for the story is a dream of mine if I were ever to win the lottery.
-Sweet Ending: If you had any issues of anything in the story, the sweet ending makes up for it.

So beautiful

I absolutely love Denver Perry. Every book I have read of hers is sooooo good. She does not disappoint. Crossroads was super cute. It’s a cute romance book with so much love from the very beginning between Indya and West. They met when she was 8 and he was 10 and they formed this cute little bond ever since then. If you need a book to just make you forget for a day this is it. It will make you smile and just fall in love. The thing I loved about this book, it was fast pace for me. There was not dragging their feet with each other. It was beautiful story.

My new fave Devney book!

Well, Devney has done it again. She wrote another banger and I am just obsessed. I laughed, I cried, I LOVED IT.

I devoured this book so fast. It was full of giggles and emotion and I just LOVED it so much. This childhood friends/second chance romance was just done SO right. The evolving timeline of the flashbacks was so good!! This book seriously pulled on my heartstrings.

Indya and West were written so well—both not perfect, both with baggage and then of course, there was the tension. SO much tension and it was just perfect.

Connor and Samantha absolutely nailed the narration. No extra notes.

Tropes:
Dual timeline
Second chance
Childhood friends
Enemies to lovers
Small town
Cowboy/rancher

Another hit!

I wanted to make this book last, but alas, I kept listening into the wee hours of the night and finished it. Even cried into my pillow on the sad part. Narration was excellent and Connor Craig’s hit it out of the park on many of the sexy parts. Woo, smoking hot 🔥

Absolutely amazing!!!

I like to go into books blindly...give me the tropes, and I'm good. So, I knew that this was a second chance, small town, childhood friends to lovers, cowboy, enemies to lovers read, but it was so much more than that. I don't want to give things away, but this is one of those books that you need to drop everything and read ASAP. It was absolutely beautiful and I have not been this emotionally affected by one of Devney's books since the Maysen Jar series. She truly outdid herself with this one!

West's family owns the Montana ranch where Indya spent her childhood summers vacationing. I loved getting the past glimpses into their relationship and seeing how it grew over the years...until life. When Indya comes back to Montana as the owner of the ranch, the tension is high and those enemies to lovers' vibes come out in full force.

The chemistry, the tension, the love and irresistible draw between West and Indya is everything. Talk about second chances...this book right here will have you feeling all the feels.

This is one of those books that I will be reading over and over again, and I cannot wait to see what's next in this series.

Also, that epilogue...it was so perfect!!

Perfect Second Chance Romance

Crossroads is book one in the Haven River Ranch series. I am a new Devney Perry reader and am so happy I could start with a new series. I loved this book so much! I devoured it and didn't want it to end.

Indya and her family spent their summers in Montana at a ranch owned by West's family. Indya and West met when she was 8, and he was 10. This story follows Indya and West as their friendship develops and evolves as they move into their teenage years and early 20s. After some time away from the ranch, Indya returns as the new owner. While navigating everything that comes with the ownership change, Indya and West are forced to confront their feelings for each other and explore why their relationship fell apart.

I adored Indya and West and enjoyed witnessing their journey. Their chemistry and banter were amazing! This couple has completely stolen my heart. Even though they fought and attempted to deny their feelings, it's clear they have a deeply rooted connection and never stopped loving each other. The characters are raw, real, believable, relatable, and have so much depth. I was completely invested and rooting for them. The dual points of view and timelines were done really well. This story is emotional, and beyond the romance, it deals with grief and healing. I laughed, swooned, and cried. Crossroads is a great start to this new series, and I can't wait to read what comes next.

NARRATION:
Samantha Brentmoor and Connor Crais could read the phone book, and I would listen. They are two of my favorite narrators, so I knew I had to grab a copy of this audiobook when it became available. This story is amazing, but the audiobook completely enhanced my experience. Samantha and Connor's performances made me feel like I was in Haven River Ranch with the characters. They did a phenomenal job bringing the characters to life. Bravo!

Wonderful new series

Indya and West were childhood friends from the time they met at eight and ten years old. Her family vacationed once a year at West's family ranch and resort. Indya's dad had cancer most of the time they vacationed there and he loved the rest it gave him. Now Indya is grown up and returns as the new owner of the ranch and resort. It was in financial distress that West's father didn't let him or his brother know about and he hasn't let them know that Indya is the new owner. There are flashbacks to help with the understanding of why things are the way they are. There are so many emotions in this book. I certainly cried toward the end. But Devney Perry knows how to bring everything together. I can't wait for the next book. Connor Crais and Samantha Brentmoor were perfect in bringing the book to life for me.