Review: Risking it for the Cowboy (The McClintocks of Legacy Creek, Book 1) by E. Elizabeth Watson

He’s spent years polishing his bad boy reputation….

Thaddeus (T.R.) McClintock is the black sheep of his large ranching family, and he can swing a hammer and play guitar like he’s caressing a lover. He’s the epitome of a playboy, yet when he pulls Charlize Bradford up on stage one night to sing, the gorgeous, brainy wallflower rocks his world. T.R.’s life in the fast lane screams to a halt. But the single mom is wary for good reason, and for the first time T. R.’s determined to make a good impression.

The last thing dethroned pageant queen, Charlie, needs is a cowboy mechanic who’s the infamous frontman in a band. His megawatt grin coupled with his kindness and admiration tempts the paleontology professor, who studies extinct daisies, to contemplate a fling. Then T.R. shows hidden depths, and bonds with her daughter, and Charlie knows she’s in trouble.

T.R. never imagined falling in love, and Charlie vowed to never again give a man a chance. But she has a secret and stepping into the spotlight could be dangerous. 

 

My Review: 

A love worth waiting for. 

TR McClintock had a dream, to become a country music star, but over the years one thing or another held him back.  Then he met Charlie Bradford and knew with her in the band, they could make it big.  TR also wanted Charlie for more than just a bandmate.  But Charlie swore off band boys after her crazy ex.  She just wants a normal life to raise her daughter.  TR refuses to give up until he has what he wants.  This book is so well written and full of emotion, it’s one I won’t soon forget. 

Review: Possessed by Murder (Suddenly Psychic, Book 2) by JP Bird

 

A cold case, hot coffee, and an impromptu séance brew the smalltown amateur sleuth’s second murder case…

When her best friend convinces Amelia Wethers to participate in a séance, the newly minted psychic, barista and artist is forced to add possessed to her repertoire. Now, instead of seeing a ghost pleading with her to find her murdered body, Ami is sharing her body with the very hungry ghost of Henrietta Bathers, a Hillside resident who mysteriously disappeared over eighty years ago.

While Henrietta seems determined to eat her way through town and embrace all the human pleasures and discoveries she missed, Ami and her friends, and family, including her new detective boyfriend, investigate Henrietta’s life and last steps. They hope that by finding justice for Henrietta and reuniting her earthbound spirit with her family, the possession will end.

Adding to the chaos, her boyfriend’s parents unexpectedly arrive in town, making acting “normal” an even a bigger reach for free spirited Ami. And that’s before another ghost—this one vengeful—appears, threatening the living and dead.

 

My Review:

An entertaining and fast-paced book. 

This is one of the most original stories I have read in a while.  It is entertaining, interesting, unpredictable and even comical in some parts.  I enjoyed catching up with Amelia, this time possessed by Henrietta, a woman who has been missing for forty years.  The race is on to find Henrietta’s body and her killer.  Just when I thought the story couldn’t get any better, it did. 

 

Review: The Cowboy’s Reckoning (Bad Boys of the Rodeo, Book 3) by Jeannie Watt

She’s building a future on his land. He has to take it away.

When former rodeo rider Jordan Matthews inherits a ranch from the father he never knew, he plans to sell it fast—until he learns the deal comes with one condition: the property must be empty. Lil McAllen refuses to leave. After losing her father and her home, Lil has rebuilt everything on that land—for herself and her younger sister. Walking away isn’t an option.

If Jordan can’t force her out, the deal collapses—and with it, his only chance to leave the past behind for good. Then the ranch becomes a target. Fences are cut. Equipment is sabotaged. Livestock disappears. With danger closing in, Jordan has no choice but to stay and protect what isn’t his—working side by side with the woman who stands in his way.

Lil doesn’t take risks. Jordan is nothing but risk. But the longer he stays, the harder it is to ignore the truth—the man who came to take everything might be the one she can’t afford to lose.

 

My Review: 

I enjoyed everything about this book. 

All Jordan Matthews wanted to do was sell the ranch he inherited from his father and be done with him.  It just didn’t go as planned when he found out his renters, the McAllen sisters, had a long-term lease and refused to break it.  But when someone tries to scare the sisters off, Jordan’s will stop at nothing to protect them, especially Lil, who he starts to have feelings fa for.  I enjoyed this book from the very first page.  I couldn’t wait to see how it played out.  Even though it is part of a series, but can be read as a stand-alone.