Publication Date: January 30, 2014
Dr. Becky O’Donald is a small-town doctor that wants to find her way back to the big city. Slate McAllister is a local veterinarian that prefers horses to people. When they meet on a stormy night, Becky saves Slate and sparks fly, but can anything happen with Slate looking for a doctor to help a little boy that is his mirror image?
Continue reading Spurs and Lace: Clearwater County World by Bonnie R. Paulson
Publication Date: February 11, 2013
Caitlin Meyers has been notified that the resort she runs for troubled teens will be closed and she’s desperately been trying to get in touch with Brandon Barnes, the owner. Brandon has not returned her calls or emails and in a final desperate bid, she decides to kidnap him to get him to listen to her arguments to save the camp. One problem, instead of kidnapping Brandon she kidnaps his brother Dalton. Dalton has long been the bad boy of the family. He turned his back on the family business to go on the rodeo circuit. Intrigued by his attraction to Caitlin and her devotion to the children, he decides to give her a hand with his brother. Brandon agrees to delay the sale of the camp but only if Dalton helps repair the cabins and manage the incoming troubled teens. Will involvement have a cost Dalton isn’t willing to pay or will he and Caitlin save the camp and find love?
Continue reading Kidnapped Cowboy (Captured Hearts Series Book 1) by Lindsey Brookes
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Annie Prudhomme left her home of Marietta, Montana with big dreams but finds herself returning to town after a divorce. Her family turns their backs on her and she settles in to remodel a home she’s inherited. Carson Scott still carries a torch for Annie but he has responsibilities he didn’t before she left town to think of and isn’t so eager to put his heart on the line. Is Annie ready for something serious or is she just looking for Christmas company?
Annie’s story is pretty typical. As a teenager she hated her hometown and counted the days until she left it behind and part of leaving it behind meant leaving her teenaged boyfriend, Carson. She moved, she got married, she got divorced and now she sees where she grew up with new eyes but returning and admitting that it was never as bad as she always claimed is not something she’s sure that she’s ready to do. Without that correction to the outlook of the past, Carson isn’t sure he’s going to put himself on the line again.
The hallmark of a great romance is likability and both characters lack in that department. Carson is a good guy who moved on with his life after Annie left and got married and had kids but he’s grating and passive aggressive to a point that, at times, makes him somewhat uncomfortable to read. Annie is extremely locked up in her own pride so that she’s stymied to an extent in the story. The reader knows what is going to happen in A Cowboy for Christmas, it’s a romance after all, but I can’t say that I didn’t think these two people wouldn’t be better off just going their own ways. Carson has a child, which complicates matters and puts a greater emphasis on him on the surety of the outcome, but as much as we hear about it, does he really consider his ultimate responsibility in the final balance? They’re dancing around the obvious with one nagging and reminding the other of the problems they had and the lack of consideration which does not bode well for a lasting connection. That time she left will always be at the forefront in arguments.
Let’s be real, though. This does not have to be a realistic read. It’s a romance novel and an escape so how does it measure on the enjoyment scale? The answer would be middling. A Cowboy for Christmas is mostly well written and could experience a better flow with some paring down of fillers. At 104 pages, it should be a light and fast read but doesn’t feel quick. If you like the end of a romance novel, pick A Cowboy for Christmas up. If you’re looking for story, you’ll find better but also worse.
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Publication Date: December 30, 2014
In Yancy (The Landon Saga Book 5) by Tell Cotten, 
Yancy Landon is losing an election when we meet him again. When he learns that his brother, Cooper, is looking for a boy captured by Apaches, he’s the first to volunteer to join the hunt. In the quest for recovery, how will Yancy react when his values and ethics are challenged? Yancy is the fifth book in the Landon Family Saga.
Continue reading Yancy (The Landon Saga Book 5) by Tell Cotten
Publication Date: January 28, 2015
In Just in Time Cowboy by Jillie Rivers, When Kelsey starts her day in Mule Stop, Wyoming in 2014 and ends it in 1892 she is understandably confused. Not so confused is Peter Jackson, the young cowboy that finds her. It seems the Sioux foretold her appearance. Peter has an outlaw on his heels determined to steal his claim so taking care of Kelsey is near the bottom of his list. Can Kelsey find her way home and will she want to once the scope of her purpose in the past is discovered?
Continue reading Just in Time Cowboy (Lost Mine Series Book 1) by Jillie Rivers
Publication Date: September 1, 2014
Rondo (first met in “Confessions of a Gunfighter—Landon Saga Book 1) is ready to settle down and commit to one town where he has hopes of putting down roots and raising a family. His dreams seem unattainable when a friend is killed and Rondo again faces the reality, brutality and violence of the Wild West.
Continue reading Rondo (The Landon Saga Book 4) by Tell Cotten
Publication Date: February 27, 2014
Cooper Landon is injured and stranded and under great threat from Indians and Outlaws. He does have one thing on his side —the very capable former Indian captive bride Josie. Yancy and Rondo Landon set out to find Cooper against incredible odds. Will they find him in time? [easyazon-link asin=”1496133447″ locale=”us”]Cooper (The Landon Saga) (Volume 3)[/easyazon-link] is Book 3 in the Landon Family Saga.
Publication Date: August 4, 2013
It’s 1872; a gang of thugs is headed to rob a stagecoach and kidnap a young woman. The sheriff brothers, Yancy and Cooper Landon, head out to rescue her from her captors. Little do they know that an old adversary is also trying to help the woman. Will they find her in time?
Continue reading Entwined Paths (The Landon Saga Book 2) by Tell Cotten
Publication Date: November 17, 2012
Texas 1871, life has not been easy for Rondo Landon. A gifted sharpshooter from an early age, his father gave him a pistol taken from a dead Union soldier. Rondo once dreamed of being a legitimate businessman, but in the Wild West dreams aren’t practical, and he swiftly turns to crime. Rondo’s criminal past has caught up with him, and now it’s time to confess the things he’s done. [easyazon-link asin=”1481806297″ locale=”us”]Confessions Of A Gunfighter[/easyazon-link] contains the good, the bad and the ugly of Rondo Landon’s life and quite a life it’s been!
Continue reading Confessions of a Gunfighter (The Landon Saga Book 1) by Tell Cotten
Publication Date: March 23, 2012
In An Angel in the Mail by Callie Hutton, Angel Hardwick’s father dies, her stepmother tells her that they are financially ruined due to an embezzlement scheme that her father appeared to have signed off on during his illness. The stepmother has arranged for Angel to be a Mail Order Bride for a man with five children. Angel, a vapid society misses, is horrified, but sees that she has no choice so agrees to go. During the trip, she reads the letters sent on her behalf and learns that her stepmother has promised the sort of domestic skills she doesn’t have. Can she fool her perspective groom? Nathan Hale needs help and hopes that his bride will fit the bill. Won’t he be in for a surprise?