Dinca’s review of Kiss a Cowboy by Deanna Lynn Sletten
Contemporary Western Romance published by Deanna Lynn Sletten 4 Aug 14
Light, flirty, funny, with enjoyable characters and an unnecessary twist at the end, this story works…until it doesn’t.
Andi Stevens’ car breaks down on the way to New York to meet her fiancé, Derick. She is stuck on a ranch with a very lovable family and one very charming and irritating cowboy, Luke Brennan.
Luke is a good guy and very responsible. He knows there are consequences to actions and he tries to maintain a semblance of brother/sister caring when it comes to Andi, even with the sometimes harmless flirting. His mother Ginny throws a curve into his plans when she suggests he take Andi up to the summer pastures with him. There is a little matchmaking going on here, and I find it hard to believe Luke and Andi do not pick up on that.
I enjoyed the story almost to the end. I feel Andi needed to break up with Derick before sleeping with Luke. That was totally necessary. The story would have been just as good, if not better, without that lapse in character on Andi’s part. The story was light and funny with well-developed characters, although Andi appears conveniently naïve at times.
Grade: B
Summary:
Sometimes fate steps in and changes everything…
Andi Stevens drives away from her home town of Seattle to begin a new life with her fiancé in Buffalo, New York. When her car breaks down in the mountains of Montana, she reluctantly knocks on the door of a cabin for help. What she finds is Luke Brennan, the most handsome man she’s ever met, who appears annoyed by her bothering him. He takes her up to the main ranch house where his mother welcomes her warmly, opening their home to her for as long as she needs to stay. Andi quickly falls in love with the ranch and its occupants, and the beauty of Montana. And no matter how hard they fight it, she and the brooding cowboy form a bond that becomes stronger by the day. Andi soon finds herself struggling with her promise to marry one man and the attraction she feels for another.
Luke Brennan isn’t interested in having his heart broken again. He’s loved and lost once, and he’s hardened his heart against ever falling in love again. But when a beautiful woman with the most tantalizing green eyes shows up at his door one night, he is taken by surprise. As hard as he tries to stay away from Andi, he finds himself drawn to her time and time again. But she’s a city girl, and engaged to another man. She’s off limits. Yet, he finds his heart slowly giving itself away to this woman. Should he bet against all odds and tell her how he feels before it’s too late?
Does fate hold all the cards for the cowboy and the city girl, or will they choose their own destinies?
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