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Rowe Ranch, Book 1

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By: DJ Krimmer
Narrated by: Maxine Mitchell, Sean Masters
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A Steamy Small-Town Romance with a Grumpy Cowboy, Found Family, and Heartbreak

"She’s a firestorm in scrubs, and I’m about to get burned."

Ozzy
Taking a job as a private nurse on a family ranch in Virginia was supposed to be a temporary fix—a way to disappear, lay low, and keep my past where it belongs. My patient? A grumpy old man with one foot in the grave and a foul mouth to match my own. Easy enough. His family? A whole different story. Jackson Rowe is a problem I don’t need. A rugged cowboy with a sharp stare, a sharper tongue, and a body carved by hard work and bad decisions. He’s watching me too closely, peeling back my layers with nothing but silence and those storm-cloud eyes. He wants to know my secrets. But trust isn’t something I give, and getting close to me comes with consequences.

Jackson
My father is dying, and my family is barely holding it together. The last thing we need is a sarcastic, guarded-as-hell nurse stirring up trouble. But Ozzy Davenport isn’t just trouble—she’s a goddamn hurricane in eight inch heels. She pushes, I push back, and somehow, that friction turns into something neither of us saw coming. She acts like she’s untouchable, like she’s already halfway out the door. But I see her. I see the fight in her, the fire. And I know one thing for sure—whatever she’s running from is catching up. And this time, I won’t let her run alone.

©2025 DJ Krimmer (P)2025 Blue Nose Publishing, DJ Krimmer
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Don't go into this thinking there is much action and adventure. It is a raw romance, with love and despair and heartbreak. A great read. I did feel I was waiting for something to happen, but all around great read.

Really good read

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This is a spin off from Hel’s ink series more exactly from fourth book Derek, as the MMC is Derek’s brother, Jackson. This is my first cowboy dark romance and boy, oh boy did DJ Krimmer deliver.
This book is probably her darkest book so far, for this reason please read you TW. The FMC of this story is Ozzy, she is a sassy, badassy nurse with a baggage of very dark trauma and PTSD. Preformed by Maxine Mitchell, who went above and beyond. She brought all Ozzy’s emotions and vulnerabilities to light in a perfect cadence and deliverance. Maxine has a honey voice that will draw you in and make everything sound so sexy when it needs to be.
Jackson, our MMC, he is a rancher, broody, angry, and grumpy. Sean Master delivered a finger licking goooooood performance. The tenderness that Sean has given us for Jackson is one of a kind and I believe he fit like a glove. This man not only helps Ozzy heal, but blossom into an even more beautiful persona.
The chemistry between the characters is tangible and the voices just make it even more so. Their relationship is from an employer/ employee to the most protective, comforting teddy bear.
There is one particular character that touched my heart and I thought would touch yours too which is Derek and Jackson’s dad. The banter and fun him and Ozzy have is unmatched.

Another masterpiece of dark emotional romance

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This book ( my first D J Krimmer book, and about to spend all my money reading everything from this author) Jackson and Ozzy are so incredible, so beautiful. Sean Masters is absolutely god like as always and Maxine Mitchel is incredible as one of the best written FMCs I’ve come across if not the best. The trauma is heartbreaking the mending is beautiful. The family involved will also bring you to tears, the animals as well. This was an unexpected beautiful book that just went instantly in to my top 3 ever! I am left with a feeling of sadness that if everyone had a Jackson the world would be infinitely better. You will not regret this purchase. It was incredible. Enjoy X

Absolutely Beautiful!

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6 star read . You’ll feel all the emotions and settle in for an amazing ride with this book. Literally need the next book in the series Now!

Amazing audio narration

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"You deserve someone willing to sit in the dark with you when you can't breathe"


💫I don't even know where to start in this review....


💫I got ALLL the emotions 🥹🥹 It broke my heart and then slowly pieced it back together again


💫Both narrators absolutely knocked it out the park with their performances! The emotion in their voices, the different accents ... they really made you feel immersed in the whole experience! 😍


💫This book has trauma, past and present and the emotional scars aswell as the physical are very front and centre throughout ... the trauma was written exceptionally well including the attempts to help and heal.


💫This is an emotionally dark story and I do not want to spoil anything so please check TW ... your mental health is important!


💫The characters... they are etched into my soul!! Including the side characters. I adore Morris so much.

There are a mix of different personalities depending on who was involved in the scenes and the banter and wind ups are hilarious.


💫In with darker elements there is light banter which really made me chuckle at times.


💫This whole book felt Raw and real from start to finish...


💫I was up until past midnight listening to it and then finished it the following day... I could NOT put it down.

Heartbreakingly Beautiful Story

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