Good morning, friends!
While without power for part of last weekend I got an early start on my read for this week's review. So why am I posting on Wednesday morning instead of scheduling yesterday? I got busy crafting. LOL
Cowboy Boone Carson isn’t
as hard as he appears. He fell in love once, a long time ago, and it never let
go of him. Unfortunately for him, he fell in love with Wendy Stevens, who fell
in love with Boone’s best friend. Then she went and married the jerk and had
his babies. But now…
Wendy Stevens has finally left her no-good, unfaithful husband, and all she knows is that she’ll never fall for another bull rider. Yet much to her surprise, the person who steps up to help her and her kids…is her husband’s best friend, Boone—and he makes her feel things she’s never felt before.
Suddenly, Boone has a chance with the woman of his dreams. Can he prove he’s a man who will go the distance, a rodeo man who will stay?
Sex aside (I believe when you can, to close the door.) I really enjoyed this story. Wendy is a tough woman. Like a lot of us, her growing up years formulated what she thought she needed in life. Her mom worked hard to provide for Wendy growing up. Pattern predicted Wendy's beliefs as an adult when it came to raising her own children. She put the blinders on, raised her girls while her soon-to-be ex had his own idea of what being married meant. No harm, no foul - until that foul came crashing down with a baseball bat.
Boone is the same way. Stuff in his past made him believe forever wasn't possible. People leave in one way or another. How doesn't matter, just being left behind leaves scars telling us forever is not for everyone.
A FOREVER KIND OF RANCHER is Book 5 in the Carsons of Lone Rock series.
Maisey Yates created characters with real depth. They each had wounds capable of being healed with the right emotional medicine in small doses over a period of time. Was Boone the one to take the first healing step? Or was Wendy the brave one? I'll let you find out.
Overall, I really enjoyed the book. My only issue is, once again, with the poor editing on Harlequin's part. I get that part of the wording is Maisey's voice and how she creates emphasis. That said, I don't want to read multiple uses (in some places as many as 4+) of the same word within 6 lines. Seriously? Use a thesaurus. A writer should be able to get the same emphatic tone using a variety of words that mean the same thing... or structure the sentence accordingly.
Thanks to the poor editing in the early chapters, I'm giving A FOREVER KIND OF RANCHER ...
