Can the heartache that litters their past, erase any hope they have for a future? For Ty and Lainey, baggage is an entree that lingers in their hearts. Lessons learned are never easy to forget, especially painful ones. When family obligations force the boy that ran away to become the man that his family needs, the prodigal son makes his return. Lainey is the blessing he never hoped to find in the small town he truly hoped to forget. Now he's finding she could be the woman he refuses to live without. James turns The Trouble with Cowboys into an emotional journey. Lainey and Ty are are heartbreak away from happily ever after. Brutally honest, yet beautifully captivating.

When Tyler Donnelly left Wishing River, Montana eight years ago, he swore he’d never come back. But when he gets the call that his father’s had a stroke, guilt and duty drive him back to his hometown. But not everything is as he remembers. The family ranch is run-down, his father refuses to accept his help, and Lainey Sutton is all grown up now–and still off-limits.

Lainey is done with cowboys. Especially the kind who think they can just walk–no, saunter–back into town looking even better than all her teenage fantasies. But she recognizes a man that needs a whole lot of healing, too. She owes his dad everything, and the best way she can repay his kindness is to show Ty what it means to be part of a small-town–and part of a family again.

But the problem with helping two men heal their hearts is she might lose her own in the process.

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The Trouble With Cowboys by Victoria James

Series: n/a; standalone

Genre: Adult, Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Entangled Amara

Publication Date: March 26, 2019

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Gladys hired Sawyer as foreman of the Fiddle Creek Ranch. Gladys’s great niece Jill was also working on the ranch as she would one day inherit it. When Sawyer went in the bunkhouse he found a shotgun pointed at him by Jill who he knows nothing about. There were two feuding families - feud had been going on for over a hundred years- in Fiddle creek, they were the Gallaghers and the Brennans. Both Jill and Sawyer had two invites each to eat Sunday one from each family. Jill and Sawyer have a mutual attraction even though both feuding families had a boy / girl  each for them. Jill and Sawyer pulled together to avoid siding with either family. They had each others back and became best friends and went from there.

I like this story a lot. It was funny in a lot of places and made me laugh. What a crazy story with two feuding families but I really enjoyed it. I liked the plot and this was well written. I loved the characters and all the ins and outs Sawyer and Jill go through as well as the story itself. I recommend.

I received an ARC of this story for an honest review.

Series: Burnt Boot Texas (Book 2)

Can a girl ever have too many cowboys?

No sooner does pint-sized spitfire Jill Cleary set foot on Fiddle Creek Ranch than she finds herself in the middle of a hundred-year-old feud. Quaid Brennan and Tyrell Gallagher are both tall, handsome, and rich...and both are courting Jill to within an inch of her life. She's doing her best to give these feuding ranchers equal time-too bad it's dark-eyed Sawyer O'Donnell who makes her blood boil and her hormones hum.

This was a really fun book. Sawyer has been hired as the foreman of Fiddle Creek Ranch and is just moving into the bunkhouse when he's confronted by a woman with a shotgun. Jill Cleary is the niece of the ranch owner and has come to learn the ins and outs of the ranch she will someday inherit. Once their identities are straightened out, a truce is called between them - just in time for them to need each other's help.

Fiddle Creek is located on land in between two feuding families, families that both want that land. Both sides think that the best way to reach their goal is by marriage. Jill finds herself caught in the crosshairs of two good looking cowboys determined to win her hand. She starts out willing to give each of them a chance, but quickly discovers that it's Sawyer that has her attention.

Sawyer finds himself in the middle of his own nightmare. He's got a woman from each of the two feuding families intent on hogtying him and he wants nothing to do with either one of them. Unfortunately, neither one is listening when he tells them no. He's far more interested in Jill, but they have to work together, which makes anything else a bad idea.

The book starts out with both Sawyer and Jill getting blindsided by Brennans and Gallaghers, invited to Sunday meals before they can figure out how to say no. Jill finds it hard to believe that these guys are so intent on wooing her, but has to believe it after Sawyer explains the feud, her ranch, and its place in the scheme of things. The dinner scenes and the feud activities during them were really funny to read. When it was all over, Sawyer and Jill made a pact to support and protect each other from both sides. 

They have just started getting into the swing of things on the ranch when Polly, friend of Jill's Aunt Gladys, breaks her ankle. With Gladys needed to take care of her, that leave Jill and Sawyer also left with the responsibilities of running Gladys's store and Polly's bar. They discover that if they stick together they have a better chance of making it through the crazy actions of the two feuding families. The attraction that started to sizzle as soon as they met continues to grow, and their feelings right along with it. I liked the way that Jill is feisty and straightforward. She's got some hurt in her past that makes her a little wary of getting involved with Sawyer at first. She has some pretty amusing conversations with herself as she's trying to keep her distance, but once she makes the jump, she's all in. Sawyer has his own heartbreak, but once he's gotten to know Jill he realizes that she's the one for him. He's funny and sexy and sweet all wrapped up together. He has a few moments of thinking he's not good enough for her, but those don't last too long. I loved watching their relationship go from friendship and support sliding into love before they realized it. There was no huge conflict or misunderstanding to drive them apart, just the realization that they wanted to be together forever. Sawyer has some really sweet and romantic moments during the buildup to the end.

The antics of the two feuding families keep the story line hopping. The opening salvos of the "pig wars" have Sawyer and Jill shaking their heads in disbelief. The propensity of the two sides to descend into fighting at the drop of a hat makes for some pretty stressful yet hilarious moments. The bar fight between the two women was pretty funny, with the men standing back, not quite sure what to do (other than place bets on the winner). I loved Jill's simple way of stopping it. Things got a little tense when Sawyer and Jill got kidnapped after work one night, then kidnapped from the kidnappers. Sawyer's presence of mind got them out of that predicament, but left both of them ticked at the stupidity of it all. I enjoyed Jill's way of getting a little bit even with them both. I got a giggle over the two kittens that came from the feuding cowboys and the names that Sawyer and Jill gave them. The battles between the two sides continued with more livestock heists, and a refusal of either side to back down. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next book.

Let me start off by saying that cowboys are one of my favorite types of book boyfriends. I have a certain affection for those ranch muscles and a country accent. Needless to say that cover was all it took to get my attention.

This was my first endeavor into the writings of Carolyn Brown and while there were things I really enjoyed about this book, it wasn't my favorite. Let's start with the things I did enjoy: the feuding families and the rural, ranch filled settings. There is something hilarious about feuds that makes me giggle inside. The pranks, antics and downright craziness of two families intent on destroying each other makes for some great reading. The fact that some of it was self-inflicted just made it all the more entertaining!

Brown does a wonderful job laying out the setting and building the small town feel in this book. I thought it was great that there was an "off limits" area where the outlaws lived that all the main characters were afraid of. Quirky off the grid characters bring a lot to a story like this and I thought it was really well done.

The main thing that I didn't connect with was the main characters. As far as characters go, they were just okay in my opinion, there wasn't a lot of growth or revelation for them. I know the intent of including their inner monologue was to build some depth to them, but it really fell flat for me. The synopsis really built up this love triangle but I never really felt that tension at all.

If you're a fan of other Carolyn Brown works, you will probably enjoy this new book. The supporting characters are full of spirit and a lot of drama which keep the story lively and fun.

*I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I was not monetarily compensated for my opinion.*