**I received a free copy of this book to read and review for Wicked Reads.**

HIS FRESH START COWBOY is the first book in the Woods Ranch series. Woods ranch series is a spin off from the Clean Slate Ranch series. Anyone that has read Clean Slate series will know Hugo. Brand from Woods Ranch is the brother of Colt from Clean Slate. You don't need to read Clean Slate Ranch series before this one but I wouldn't discourage it at all!

Hugo ran from his past years ago and ended up at The Clean Slate Ranch but finding out the Woods Ranch was in trouble and needs experience Hugo knows it is time face that past head on.

Hugo and Brand share a complicated past. Brand has buried those feelings Hugo brought out all those years ago but him being there on the Ranch is bringing those feelings right back into the light. I love watching Brand and Hugo getting to know each other as men instead of the boys they once were. They had this slow angst that built throughout. Watching them grown and learn who they were and how they would fit in this new world was heart warming. Watching Hugo come to grips with his past and letting go was emotional.

I think A.M. Arthur did a fantastic job merging these ranches and creating this new world that I can't wait to get more of.