Kate won't admit she never really gotten over Finn, even after six years. She just dates and never commits. Enough so her family wanted to run an intervention. After all, she's the kindergarten teacher in Marietta, Montana, and she needs to act prim and proper for her young students. She was shocked when she found that the new 5-year old twins in her class is none other than Finn's children, and Finn has been back in Marietta for a few months (and has been a single father for several years). Furthermore, Finn's ex Melissa, mother of the children, now wants to contest custody, after marrying a rich international tycoon. Kate offers herself as the logical solution: get married and present to the judge a proper family. It would just be a marriage of convenience, right?
While I like the tension, and the bull-riding bit was good, the end solution felt too much like a deus ex machina. 4/5
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GRR Review: A Cowboy to Remember by Barbara Ankrum
A Cowboy to Remember by Barbara Ankrum is a relatively cozy "contemporary western" romance where the characters simply didn't seem to have that much stake in their struggle, i.e. they aren't going after what they want with the want of a drowning man, so to speak.
The only problem between them for them to fall in love was her bitter fight with her ex, who showed up for ONE scene (to ruin her birthday) and was basically chased out of town by Jake (with a couple complimentary knuckle sandwiches as a parting gift). Both characters also seem to have gotten over their trauma way too easily. Olivia got back on the horse when she had to do a demo (when her student caught a stomach flu) and Jake... He's a local helo pilot driving people around all day... really? PTSD doesn't affect that? Somehow I just don't feel them meeting or falling in love "much" even based on a decade old promise. The romance there just isn't that hot, but it may suit people who wanted a more cozy love rather than blazing hot love. Consider this 2.5/5
Category: Contemporary; Western
Primary Plot: Horsewoman who can't ride a horse promised to marry an ex army helo pilot with PTSD; will they go through with the promise?
Overall Rating: 3/5 (rounded up from 2.5/5)
Olivia and Jake promised very long time ago they'd marry each other if they were single by 30th birthday, but they went their separate ways. Olivia Canaday at 29 has a fear of riding horses after getting kicked by a horse that ended her equestrian career, which also leads to her bitter divorce with her husband. She turned into horse rescue / therapy horse / riding lesson business, as long as she didn't have to get on the saddle herself. Jake Lassen, at 29, had PTSD and survivor's guilt from his mission in Afghanistan when his chopper was shot down and several people were killed. Now both are back in Marietta, but will they go through with their promise?
The only problem between them for them to fall in love was her bitter fight with her ex, who showed up for ONE scene (to ruin her birthday) and was basically chased out of town by Jake (with a couple complimentary knuckle sandwiches as a parting gift). Both characters also seem to have gotten over their trauma way too easily. Olivia got back on the horse when she had to do a demo (when her student caught a stomach flu) and Jake... He's a local helo pilot driving people around all day... really? PTSD doesn't affect that? Somehow I just don't feel them meeting or falling in love "much" even based on a decade old promise. The romance there just isn't that hot, but it may suit people who wanted a more cozy love rather than blazing hot love. Consider this 2.5/5
Category: Contemporary; Western
Primary Plot: Horsewoman who can't ride a horse promised to marry an ex army helo pilot with PTSD; will they go through with the promise?
Overall Rating: 3/5 (rounded up from 2.5/5)
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