GRR Reviews The Cowboy and the Kid (Tanner Brothers) by Anne McAllister

The Cowboy and the Kid is a fun rom-com, with the kid doing the matchmaking. The additional polish, such as the proper and prim schoolteacher accepting a bullriding challenge to show up an ornery parent (read: bully) is a delight and took it into the 5-star category.

Eight-year-old Becky Jones is the daughter of Ex-champion bullrider Taggart Jones, and she's on a mission: find a wife for her dad. Her mom ran off way back when after she can't deal with country life, and Tag simply doesn't want to get married again, period. But Becky, with her best friend, has a candidate in mind: their beautiful blonde teacher, Felicity Albright. Felicity is bemused, and Tag is handsome. But Felicity fled the cities for a reason: she's a widow that fled the farm town of Iowa with her husband to the city... where a drunk driver killed him. She fled the city AND her hometown, and Tag made her feel... something. Tag was frustrated and scared of his feelings toward Felicity, but Becky is determined to bring the two together... even if she had to engineer a few situations to throw them together. Things got complicated when Felicity's teacher methods angered a conservative parent and Felicity agreed to a bullriding challenge to shut him up for good...

Slightly forced near the end, but nice plot wrap-around. Felicity will triumph under Tag's instruction, of course! That part of the plot felt slightly forced though, IMHO, but didn't distract from the fun.

Category: Contemporary / Western

Primary Plot: Daughter is determined to match her gruff champion cowboy dad and her pretty and exciting teacher, but will they accept?

Overall Rating: 5/5

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