GRR Reviews Nevada's Pride (A BBW Western Romanc by Joann Baker

Nevada's Pride is a different worlds / lowly ranch hand vs. rich rancher's daughter contemporary western romance that did manage to set up the scenario, but relied a bit too much on the tropes like overprotecting brothers, weird will, hero falsely accused, and so on, to stand out.

Nevada Sanders grew up in a big family, running the Double Hart Ranch. She lost her parents at a young age, and her overprotective brothers had put a damper on her romantic aspirations for too long. She's about to turn 25, and just inherited granny's land as a separate ranch. She's determined to make a go at running it by herself (with a ranch hand) and hopefully gets out from under her brother's too-tight control. Enter Tanner Jessup, ex-con. Just released from jail due to a false accusation of rape by a rich rancher's daughter because he wouldn't put out. He was just driving through looking for work when Nevada offered him a job: make a go at it on her separate ranch. He knew his reputation would come back to haunt him, and he should never get involved with a rich rancher's daughter ever again, but their attraction was too hot to deny...

Nevada's supposed to be a bit of BBW, but that was mostly lost in the later chapters. You can pretty much guess what's going to happen by the end of the book... it's a trope that practically writes itself. That's why this didn't get any higher rating... no twists, no quirks.

Category: Contemporary / Western

Primary Plot: Can a falsely accused ranch hand find a job and love with a rich rancher's daughter... despite what happened last time?

Overall Rating: 3/5

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