GRR Reviews Opposites Attract (Nerds of Paradise) by Merry Farmer

Opposites Attract is a contemporary romance set in the author's fictional town of Haskell, Wyoming (which is also the setting for her Historical Western romances). The attraction doesn't quite make sense, IMHO, but the background maneuvering and uniting against common enemy redeemed the story.

The town of Haskell, Wyoming is going high-tech with the opening of Paradise Space Flight. The entire town is happy about the transition, except cowgirl Casey Flint, who belonged to one of the founding families. Casey is in despair over her father selling a bit of their ranch to a newcomer Scott Martin to build his dream house. She saw it as the town (and her family) losing their heritage and attempts to block Scott in every way, and Scott falls hard for the feisty cowgirl, even as the infamous Bonneville family in town plays their gambit behind the scenes to threaten both of their plans. Now Casey and Scott must unite (in more ways than one) to save the past... and the future.

The Bonneville gambit to "abuse" law to their own advantage was a very good twist, but I found the FMC Casey to be very immature, and unreasonably stubborn, her attachment to that piece of land unexplained (and going against her entire family too!) Also, I can see how Scott, the city boy, would fall for the feisty cowgirl... she's like nothing he'd seen before. But what about going the OTHER way? He's like her nightmare! How does she fall for him? That's a bit of a stretch there. Still, the story is funny at times, and tense at others. Fun read, but not as good as her other stories.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Can a rich geek convince a cowgirl to unite against a common enemy when she wanted him off her land?

Tropes: enemies to lovers, evil enemies, geek or geekette

Overall Rating:   3/5