Review: Breaking the Cowboy’s Rules (Montana Rodeo Brides, #3) by Sinclair Jayne

It’s time to take advantage of his player reputation…

Pro rodeo bronc and bull rider Bodhi Ballantyne is always upping the stakes. This year he’s been hiding a secret, and when he and his cousins come home to Marietta, Montana, for the Copper Mountain Rodeo and learn their granddad is contemplating selling his legacy ranch, Bodhi challenges his cousins to a game to save their futures. To stay in the game, they’ll each need a bride by the end of the rodeo.

Nico Steel is on the run from her family, her fortune, and her unwitting role in the corporate scandal of a generation. After cooperating with the FBI and the New York state attorney’s office to right the wrongs, she drives across the country, desperate for peace and reinvention. One impulsive stop at a saloon along with a dance with a sexier-than-sin cowboy and suddenly Nico’s learning to shoot whiskey and agreeing to be a stranger’s fake fiancée for the week.

They’re both players, so it’s a win-win—unless one of them loses their heart. 

 

My Review:

Total opposites find happily ever after.

This is the last of the Montana Rodeo Brides books and definitely my favorite of them all.  I loved how Bodhi and Nico met at the bar right after Bodhi and his cousins agreed to a challenge to save their grandfather’s ranch.  As Bodhi and Nico’s relationship grew, the chemistry between them was off the charts.  But Nico and Bodhi were keeping secrets that might ruin what they started.  They will have to work through their issues if this game is to become their happily ever after.

I hate to see this series end, but I am glad it wrapped up with a happy and surprising ending. 

Review: Doctor in the Outback (Welcome to Bunya Junction #3) by Nicole Flockton

Can she find the courage to love again?

With running the busy small-town hospital at Waratah River and setting up a foundation to help others achieve their dreams like he has, Dr. Scott Carruthers has his plate full. So when a beautiful specialist obstetrician is employed to ease his workload, his inconvenient attraction toward her is a complication he doesn’t need.

Dr. Franceen Lewis arrived at Waratah River Hospital to start her life over. After a tragic loss and the resulting breakdown of her unsuitable marriage, she’s ready to focus on her career and help those who need her. Working with Scott challenges her not only professionally, but personally. Getting involved with another man is not on her to-do list, but Scott shows her again and again that not all men are as shallow and unreliable as her ex.

The longer they work together, the harder they fall…but can Franceen really put the past behind her and reach for the happiness she deserves? 

 

My Review:

Their love was meant to be.

Dr. Franceen Lewis and Dr. Scott Carruthers worked together at Waratah River Regional Hospital.  Even though they were attracted to each other, they knew they should ignore the attraction and keep their relationship professional only.  That turned out to be a little more difficult than expected and they finally gave into the temptation.  But it was always in the back of their minds if their relationship was meant to be as both of their last relationships ended in heartbreak.  Could they finally find their happily ever after? 

I love the small town of Bunya Junction and always excited to return and catch up with the characters from the previous books and meet new ones.  This book was a great addition to the series.

Review: A Nanny for Christmas by Lenora Worth

A winter wonderland provides the perfect holiday setting—but only if they can find a way to unwrap their hearts.

When event planner Kara Benton walks into her latest client’s home and is mistaken for the new nanny, she impulsively says yes. Kara’s determined to elevate her career, and saving a high profile holiday party just weeks before Christmas is the perfect solution. Suddenly she’s saddled with two adorable kids, one excited dog, and a huge dilemma: can she pull off both jobs?

Widower Richard Westfield may be a whiz at designing top-of-the-line security technology, but he’s flummoxed as to how to protect his kids and his heart from taking another emotional hit. He strikes a deal with Kara: she’ll work her organizational magic if he’ll make an effort to find his footing as a father again.

But as they team up to return the Christmas spirit to his Colorado mountain chateau, sparks fly and Kara realizes she needs to let go of her own pain to embrace the love she’s beginning to feel in her heart.

 

My Review:

A sweet holiday romance.

This book was so good.  It reminded me of a Hallmark TV movie.  It had all the elements I have come to expect from a holiday romance.  There was a career driven hero and heroine, a single dad raising his cute children, but needing a little extra help, a scene stealing dog, and a meddling mother, who just wanted her son to live and love again.  All this was set in a beautiful estate in a snowy village at Christmas.  The story was written in a way, where I felt I was right there.  I could easily visualize the scenes as they played out.