Saturday, 28 March 2026

Training The Heart by Paisley Hope | Book Review

Title & Author: Training The Heart by Paisley Hope 
My rating: 4/5
Publisher: Evermore
Publication date: 17th October 2024

Tropes: 
• Grumpy x sunshine
• Accidental pregnancy 
• Found family
• One bed
• Caretaking
• Boss x employee 

Blurb:
Wade Ashby is the grumpiest cowboy I’ve ever met. He also happens to be my boss and the hottest man in Southern America.

It’s been my dream to train a horse on route the Kentucky derby for as long as I can remember. So when the opportunity to work at the Silver Pines ranch presented itself, I grabbed it by the horns.

Being the best horse trainer in Kentucky was my only priority. Until I accidentally slept with my boss.
Now, I can’t think of anything but him.

And once I start tearing down his walls, there’s no going back.

Because the only way he’ll open up his heart again is if it stays that way forever.

Review: 
Well done Paisley Hope for being the first author to make me like the accidental pregnancy trope.

Training The Heart is the second book in the Silver Pines series and follows permanent grump Wade Ashby who is recently divorced from his wife, and new horse trainer Ivy Spencer. Ivy has been hired to cover a maternity leave so knows she probably won't be there forever. She is feisty, taking back control of her life after leaving her ex-boyfriend.

I absolutely loved this. The setting and pace were fantastic, that combined with the development of Wade and Ivy's relationship meant that I didn't want to put this down. It does tackle some harder subjects like grief, alcoholism and infertility and it even made me like a trope that I usually hate! 

I am a fan of Paisley Hope's writing for sure and I have fallen in love with this world and these characters. Time to get stuck into the next one!

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