The One I Left Behind - Plain Daisy Ranch #1 - By Piper Rayne (Ben and Gillian)

ABOUT THE BOOK

The One I Left Behind by Piper Rayne is now live! 

It’s the classic story—boy goes off into the world to fulfill his dreams and leaves the girl behind.

Not every boy returns home, and I wish Ben Noughton wouldn’t have come back to our small ranching town at all after he retired from playing professional football.

I figure it’s a quick layover for him. He always wanted out of this town and off his family’s ranch. I just have to bide my time until he turns his back on all of us again.

Then he takes on the coaching position for the high school football team and starts milling around too much, bulldozing the protective walls I’ve built around myself. But he goes too far when he takes my son under his wing to help him be the best player he can be. Leaving me to protect not only my own heart but my son’s too.

Because I promised myself a long time ago that I’d never be the girl in the rearview mirror again.

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Meet Piper Rayne

Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write "heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle" about families, whether that be blood or found. They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they're married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they're both chauffeurs to their kids. Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!

 

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I received a complimentary early release e-book prior to release and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Ben is a recurring characters from the Greene's Alaska Series by the authors. He had a huge crush on Clara and was in My Scorned Best Friend as Xander Greene’s teammate. In this book he is retired and is coming home, not forever but until he figures out what his next career and job op he wants. 

In going home he will see his ex, Gilly who he heard has a 14/15-year-old son named Clayton. When they went their separate ways, he made a big mistake and in all the years he has never seen her until he comes home and there is a parade and well, he can't seem to not see her or memories of the past.

While Ben has not seen Gilly in the intervening years, his family has, and they are close to her and Clay. This series focuses on Ben's family and his brothers Jude and Emmett. They all live at the Plain Daisy Ranch and in the small town of Willowbrook. 

This story has some angst and also some drama, we even get a glimpse of Gilly's baby daddy. I also loved that while Ben chased his dreams so did Gilly and she plans to go after her dreams. Both her and Ben are both at a crossroads in this story and have to decide if they want a second chance and what that will look like.  

I really enjoyed this book, and I am really excited to see who is in the next book and read their story.