NOTE: Part of Wilder Brothers series, Book 1 reviewed earlier
Luke Wilder can't believe he'd got into a fight at Grey's Saloon. All he wanted was a beer. Then someone pretty (judging by her scent) hugged him from behind. He turned around to offer her a smile, she turned white as a sheet and ran off. He wanted to apologize, only to get a punch in the face... from a brother Colt he never knew he had. But Luke is in town for business... talk with fiery redheaded bull breeder Tanner about her bulls joining the IBRA pro league // Tanner is fine being the "quiet" sister (her sister Tucker can take the spotlight). She wants to take over the family ranch and her bull breeding program is already producing results... multiple hundred-percenters (no bullrider made it to full 8 seconds). When IBRA accepts her bulls she would have shown her father she is capable and ready to take over the family ranch, despite NOT being a son. // Luke and Tanner definitely have chemistry, but it's not really proper for an IBRA rep to bed the bull breeder he's trying to recruit. Things got complicated when Luke's famous younger bullrider brother Kane and his mother also showed up in town. THEN Luke realized that he had slept with Tanner's sister Tucker five years ago... And Tucker is also in town...
Whew, it's like a soap opera, cowboy style. And let's just say there are more subplots I hadn't mentioned. You don't need to read Book 1, but you'd get more of the twists and subplots if you do read it first. 5/5
Showing posts with label Sinclair Jayne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sinclair Jayne. Show all posts
GRR Reviews Kane by Sinclaire Jayne
Kane is a two-time bullrider champ going for a third buckle. He has fame, fortune, and plenty of adoration, esp. of the female variety. But there is one woman he can't forget... Sky, who left him four years ago. Upon arriving in Phoenix, he wasn't prepared to see Sky or her 3-year old precocious daughter, and there can be no doubt he is the father... // Sky thought she finally had it made when her sculpture was picked for a charity auction... that she can finally make a good living for herself and her daughter... Until Kane walked in to the gallery and claimed her work, her daughter... and her. How can Sky explain she did what she thought was right at the time?
Extremely angst-y at the beginning, but that's the way how "secret baby" stories go... Lots of recriminations, betrayals, misinterpretations, and mistrust. She thought he didn't want her, he thought she should be going to school and not be a rodeo wife. She thought he should be free to pursue his dreams, he thought she betrayed him... Once you get past all the angst-y parts. and they reconciled, then the story gets happier. Very good polish on an old trope.
Category: Contemporary / Western
Overall Rating: 5/5
NOTE: Tropes are now in the "Labels" below.
GRR Reviews Seducing the Bachelor by Sinclair Jayne
Seducing the Bachelor is about old wounds, obligations, and forgiveness in order to gain the capacity to love.
Single mom and veterinary student Talon Reese was helping out as a waitress at the Marietta, MT's 2nd Annual Bachelor auction for charity, when she was surprised by her friends pooling their money and won the bid for bachelor #3, and it's all for her. His looks did set her on fire, but she's too busy working, studying, and being a mom. She wasn't looking for a relationship with the bachelor... Colt Ewing. Colt Ewing is a ranger sniper. He left the town years ago and was only on leave for couple weeks. He wasn't looking for a relationship either, and his relationship with this town was... complicated, and finding Talon living in his uncle's old house (where he had some very bad memories), and driving "his" truck was almost more than he can take, but Talon's propositions gave him pause... As did his uncle's will... Will he have some reasons to stay in Marietta now... and perhaps, even learn to love... or will he re-enlist and never look back?
Normally the bachelor auction was presented with a bit of comedy, so the mix with old wounds and abusive parents / leaving town / coming back was rather unusual and definitely a trope flip. The push-pull from there then proceed as expected, and overall it's an okay story.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Single mom found out the bachelor she had just "won" had a personal link to the house she lived in, and it's not a good one
Tropes: different worlds, auction, single parent, military, scars
Overall Rating: 4/5 (rounded up)
Single mom and veterinary student Talon Reese was helping out as a waitress at the Marietta, MT's 2nd Annual Bachelor auction for charity, when she was surprised by her friends pooling their money and won the bid for bachelor #3, and it's all for her. His looks did set her on fire, but she's too busy working, studying, and being a mom. She wasn't looking for a relationship with the bachelor... Colt Ewing. Colt Ewing is a ranger sniper. He left the town years ago and was only on leave for couple weeks. He wasn't looking for a relationship either, and his relationship with this town was... complicated, and finding Talon living in his uncle's old house (where he had some very bad memories), and driving "his" truck was almost more than he can take, but Talon's propositions gave him pause... As did his uncle's will... Will he have some reasons to stay in Marietta now... and perhaps, even learn to love... or will he re-enlist and never look back?
Normally the bachelor auction was presented with a bit of comedy, so the mix with old wounds and abusive parents / leaving town / coming back was rather unusual and definitely a trope flip. The push-pull from there then proceed as expected, and overall it's an okay story.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Single mom found out the bachelor she had just "won" had a personal link to the house she lived in, and it's not a good one
Tropes: different worlds, auction, single parent, military, scars
Overall Rating: 4/5 (rounded up)
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