Philomena "Phil" is a creative marketer... and a bit stifled in her job. When she suddenly found herself inheriting Broken J Ranch in Wyoming, she decided to move to Wyoming and turn the ancestral ranch into a dude ranch... with help of her cousin, and the handsome cowboy Chase bringing his own stable of horses. // Chase never planned to return to Wyoming... to stay away from his (evil) father. He has horses (directly willed to him by grandpa), but no ranch to house them. He had worked all over just to pay boarding fees for his horses. Now that an opportunity came along that can house his horses AND give him a job? He had to take it. He didn't count on meeting Phil, his boss... being a woman...
While the slow simmer romance is fine, the problem is that there really is no problem. Chase's evil father barely made a peep (tried to claim the old stud horse despite having ZERO legal standing). And problem to the romance? Meh. Didn't feel much tension at all. 2.5/5
Showing posts with label Danni Roan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Danni Roan. Show all posts
GRR Reviews Katie: Book One: The Cattleman's Daughter by Danni Roan
Katie is barely a romance. One girl meets ONE suitable guy and falls for him. Conflict? It's barely there.
Katie James was the oldest daughter of the Broken J ranch, and she promised her dying mother that she'll always be around to take care of the family. She believes she's too late to find love, and family comes first. She's always a bit of a tomboy anyway, ride on roundups as one of the boys. And the cowhands on the ranch, all of whom are much older, treats her like a niece or daughter, never as a love interest, which all but made her forgot she's a woman... until she met the new foreman, Wilson Robertson. Wilson lost his home during the Civil War and had been wandering the states, from Texas to Kansas, until he was referred by a nice couple to head for Broken J. He's pushing thirty, and he's ready to settle down, but he had nothing to his name, and not worthy of love, even as he admired Katie from a distance, and Katie found the new foreman handsome, and dedicated to the ranch. But is there a chance for love here?
It's called "sweet", which basically means there's no sex, and honestly, there's almost no romance here, it's barely lukewarm. Giving the FMC and MMC only one suitable target for each other and expect them to fall in love requires no effort. There is almost no struggle, and thus, lukewarm romance.
Category: Historical Western
Primary Plot: Tomboy daughter of ranch owner meets new handsome foreman of the ranch
Tropes: ranch, boy meets girl, tomboy / plain Jane
Overall Rating: 2/5
Katie James was the oldest daughter of the Broken J ranch, and she promised her dying mother that she'll always be around to take care of the family. She believes she's too late to find love, and family comes first. She's always a bit of a tomboy anyway, ride on roundups as one of the boys. And the cowhands on the ranch, all of whom are much older, treats her like a niece or daughter, never as a love interest, which all but made her forgot she's a woman... until she met the new foreman, Wilson Robertson. Wilson lost his home during the Civil War and had been wandering the states, from Texas to Kansas, until he was referred by a nice couple to head for Broken J. He's pushing thirty, and he's ready to settle down, but he had nothing to his name, and not worthy of love, even as he admired Katie from a distance, and Katie found the new foreman handsome, and dedicated to the ranch. But is there a chance for love here?
It's called "sweet", which basically means there's no sex, and honestly, there's almost no romance here, it's barely lukewarm. Giving the FMC and MMC only one suitable target for each other and expect them to fall in love requires no effort. There is almost no struggle, and thus, lukewarm romance.
Category: Historical Western
Primary Plot: Tomboy daughter of ranch owner meets new handsome foreman of the ranch
Tropes: ranch, boy meets girl, tomboy / plain Jane
Overall Rating: 2/5
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