GRR Reviews Cowboy Charming by Lacy Williams

Cowboy Charming is, as the subtitle says, a reverse Cinderella story. The ending, however, just left me very very sad.

Ethan gave up his college scholarship to raise his two stepbrothers after his father then his stepmother both passed. He had to stay on the family dairy farm and pick up odd jobs to support the family, but that left him little time to parent his two step-brothers, who are forever getting into worse trouble. While he's handsome, he always tired and haggard. When a real princess came to town, he could only admire from afar. She is way out of his league. So he's as surprised as anyone when she approached him... // Princess Mia is visiting the US to help with her sister's upcoming engagement ball, after escaping assassins and rescued by a Texas Cowboy. She thought she knew what love was... but despite having five boyfriends (one for each year after 18) she had definitely not found the one, and her last breakout, in a very public fashion, left her wanting the one cowboy who didn't kowtow to her. But Ethan can't go when he's tied to the place supporting his stepbrothers... and she can't stay...

The ending was extremely sad in a way. It does provide an HEA though, but still, it's sad as heck. I'm sure you can figure it out. It's not exactly a deus ex machina, but it was close. And that just left me... as I said, sad. I thought romance is supposed to have happy endings... It's a mix of happy and sad.

Category: Contemporary Western / Fairy Tale

Primary Plot: Princess visiting the US falls for the one cowboy who didn't kowtow to her, but he's tied to his ranch and his two stepbrothers

Overall Rating: 3/5

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