(NOTE: Somehow, Amazon is giving away 2 4-star books for free, while selling them individually for several bucks! You can see my review of Reckless in Texas earlier. Get the combo volume free before they realize their mistake!)
How to Marry a Cowboy featured an interesting meet-cute (she showed up on her porch in a wedding dress) and good push-pull involving kids and how two people can come together, united for love. My only complaint is the threat to their love was resolved without their input.
Annie Rose left her abusive boyfriend who swore he'll kill her if he ever caught her. When she saw him in the audience while about to walk out to the runway modeling a wedding gown, she ran (wearing the wedding gown) and just drove. After her car got stuck, she walked and woke up on a house's porch swing, not quite sure how she got there, except two small girls, twins, yelling happily about how their daddy got them a mama for their birthday. The daddy turned out to be Mason Harper, a handsome widower, and trying to raise the two girls ain't easy, as nobody in town, nor the employment service, would touch the "terrible twins". Most nannies don't last a week, some didn't even last the afternoon. Yet Annie Rose took on the twins like ducks to water, and Mason, desperate for a nanny, hired her for a month, while checking out her story... She was Annie, and when she ran, she dropped her first name and was known as Rose, and she's a certified RN. AND she grew up on a ranch too. Heck, she's like the perfect mother for his twins... Now if Mason can get past his own fears... from his wife having dropped dead of a brain aneurysm... And Annie Rose is forever in fear of her abusive ex finding her and hurt the girls...
As I said before, while both knew they want each other, both have their own issues to work through. In the end, one side's problem was resolved without any input. It's basically a deus ex machina to achieve HEA, and that, while didn't ruin the ending, basically means the author cheated the ending. That's why this book gets only 4/5.
Category: Contemporary / Western
Primary Plot: Woman escaping her crazy ex ended up on a cowboy's front porch and became nanny to his two little girls... and fell for him...
Tropes: nurse, nanny, woman in peril, protector, single parent, twins
Overall Rating: 4/5
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