Alex is taking a few weeks off after making partner in a Seattle marketing firm. But a birthday card from his estranged father brought back some memories... and he detoured to Sweetheart, Montana in search of his past, and a family, for after his mother's passing, he no longer had a family. // Emma is the plain Jane of the family of sisters and a scientist. She had seen rich playboys like Alex... They go for her younger blonde and prettier sisters, not her. Emma didn't count on Alex's connection to her hometown... // Alex went "undercover" and joined the cherry picking crew to learn about his father's "real" family. When he learned that his father kept him a secret, and intended to keep doing so, he can't stay. But will he stay for Emma?
Nice angsty past, where circumstances just happen to break families. Family drama is great. The love here, however, is a bit more nebulous. Somehow I just didn't quite feel the love between the two MCs. 4/5
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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
GRR Review Protecting Alabama (SEAL of Protection by Susan Stoker
Protecting Alabama is a love story between Alabama, a civilian who got a bad childhood, and SEAL "Abe" (as in Honest).
The story was sweet, and there were no kidnappings and other acts of violence involved (except in Alabama's childhood). This is about slow seduction of the most innocent girl and a sweet honest guy baring their soul to each other, then one false accusation (by a jealous third-party) put a huge rift between the two for the darkest hour. Is there a grand gesture that can restore their trust?
The beginning of the book was horribly slow as if the book was just going to do the "accomplished sweet but seductive guy who understands body language seduces the most innocent and hurt woman ever". And it did do it, and it was sweet enough to puke, but the wounds from both sides kept it realistic (there are reasons why both are the way they are) The darkest hour was a bit abrupt, and the grand gesture was left all the way at the end with a LONG pause between darkest hour and the grand gesture (unless you count the last couple chapters as grand gesture). Also, the karma due for the jealous third-party was tell, not show, which left it rather unsatisfying. All in all, this is straight romance, no suspense. Average only
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Sweet girl falls for honest SEAL, until jealous third-party intervened
Overall Rating: 3/5
The story was sweet, and there were no kidnappings and other acts of violence involved (except in Alabama's childhood). This is about slow seduction of the most innocent girl and a sweet honest guy baring their soul to each other, then one false accusation (by a jealous third-party) put a huge rift between the two for the darkest hour. Is there a grand gesture that can restore their trust?
The beginning of the book was horribly slow as if the book was just going to do the "accomplished sweet but seductive guy who understands body language seduces the most innocent and hurt woman ever". And it did do it, and it was sweet enough to puke, but the wounds from both sides kept it realistic (there are reasons why both are the way they are) The darkest hour was a bit abrupt, and the grand gesture was left all the way at the end with a LONG pause between darkest hour and the grand gesture (unless you count the last couple chapters as grand gesture). Also, the karma due for the jealous third-party was tell, not show, which left it rather unsatisfying. All in all, this is straight romance, no suspense. Average only
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Sweet girl falls for honest SEAL, until jealous third-party intervened
Overall Rating: 3/5
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