Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodeo Queen | 2013 | T.J. Kline | Buy |
| 2 | The Cowboy and the Angel | 2014 | T.J. Kline | Buy |
| 3 | Learning the Ropes | 2014 | T.J. Kline | Buy |
| 4 | Runaway Cowboy | 2015 | T.J. Kline | Buy |
The Rodeo series launched T.J. Kline’s career in 2013 and remains a solid entry point for readers new to her work. The four-book series uses the professional rodeo circuit as its setting, giving the romance a world with its own rules, rituals, and social hierarchy. Rodeo competitors travel constantly, live by their rankings, and carry the particular blend of bravado and vulnerability that comes with choosing a physically demanding livelihood.
Rodeo Queen opens with a female protagonist navigating the politics of that world while a newcomer upends her routine. The books that follow (The Cowboy and the Angel, Learning the Ropes, and Runaway Cowboy) explore different corners of the circuit, from riders to the people who love and worry about them, with each couple working through a different version of the same central question: what does it mean to settle down when the road has been your whole life?
Kline keeps the pacing brisk across all four books, and the rodeo setting lends itself to scenes with genuine tension and physicality. For readers drawn to Western romance with a competitive sporting backdrop, the Rodeo series delivers on that promise consistently.