KELLY IS NOW THE ACCOUNTANT AT ACKERMAN RANCH AND COMES FACE TO FACE WITH SQUIRE THE BOY FROM HER PAST NOW A MAN
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Kelly Armstrong gets the job at the ACKERMAN RANCH as the accountant. She has her work cut out for her trying to make sense of the way the last accountant kept the books. She is going to be working with Squire who is her best friend Chelsea Ackerman's brother. They are looking for over one million dollars that went missing. Kelly never realized that Squire has been in love with her since he was a very young boy. He is a handsome grown man who has been injured in the army while in Afghanistan. They work closely together most daily, and he forms a close bond with her 5 year old son Finn, Kelly is divorced and living with her parents temporarily. You will enjoy this story as much as I did .
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First, I would like to extend a heartfelt Thank you to Debra Clopton and her publisher for sending me a copy of "Kissed By A Cowboy" to review for them. I am truly grateful for this generosity. I really appreciate the time, effort and expense it takes to make a reviewer copy available to me.

Kissed By A Cowboy by Debra Clopton is the amazing third offering in her Four of Hearts Ranch series.  Opening the cover of this engaging page-turner is like visiting old friends for those who have read the first two books in the series.  But this novel also reads well on its own, so I recommend it even if you haven't experienced the previous stories.

Jarrod Monahan took it hard when he discovered his fathers betrayal of his family.  He and his brothers worked very hard to rescue the Four of Hearts Ranch.  Now that the ranch is finally about to become profitable, cattle rustlers put them in jeopardy again.  So when he sees some activity at his abandoned neighbors property, he is surprised to see the girl he kissed then ran away from so many years ago.

Cassidy Starr has returned to Wishing Springs, Texas and the property her Aunt Roxie left her now that shes come to her senses, filed for divorce and sworn off romance for good.  With plans to make a life for herself by running her property as a bed and breakfast and a strawberry farm, she finds herself fighting those old feelings when she sees Jarrod and he continues to offer to help her.

Debra Clopton has written another beautiful story in a series that Ive got on my keeper shelf.  These books will bring giggles and tears and a sigh or two and are easily enjoyed over and over again.
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This Garrett's and Rayne's story.
Both Garrett and Rayne have experienced bad relationships in the past and don't have any plans on settling down so they plan on just having a sexual experience together. Since they are snowed in together, this goes on for a couple of days.
The more time that Garrett spends with Rayne starts to change is views on relationships. He starts thinking that maybe he could have a stable relationship and settle down as long as it is with Rayne but first he has to convince her to stay in Hot Springs.
We get to catch up with the other members of the Johnson family and see that Matt and Andy are doing great and we get a glimpse that all may not be well with Nora. Can't wait to read the next book in the series to find out what Nora's story is.
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I don't know why but the introduction about April leaving after a nasty altercation with Sam's model fling drew me in and I had to read the book. I just re-read the intro blurbs on both Goodreads and Amazon and neither one of them say that so I must read this book out of pure confusion. Good thing it was worth the read.

Sam is a hard working alpha male who shunned his family money (sort of) and has dedicated himself to making his company a success, despite his father <spoiler> who sabotaged his first company and stole his fiance.</spoiler> He has never forgiven his father and their feud only gets worse as Sam's success grows. April has worked hard to scrape her way through college and overcome her less than stellar upbringing. Over the last six years April and Sam have worked together to build his company, all while April has been holding a secret torch for her playboy boss.

Now, April is ready to graduate college, the company is about to go public and Sam believes he has found the one. Unfortunately for April his 'one' is an aging model with an instant dislike for Sam's curvy executive assistant. After eavesdropping on Sam and his new model April quits in a snit. As soon as April walks out the door Sam realizes what he had and wants her back and not just at work...too bad she has been snatched up by his arch-nemesis. Sam's father has been out to get him for as long as Sam can remember, and now he has April.

I think what I liked most about this book was actually the interactions between April and Sam's father. He is an interesting character and it was nice to see the feud from both sides. I didn't particularly love either of the characters but they were both charming enough to carry the story and make it a worthwhile read. Plus I am always a sucker for a happy ending no matter how cheesy.
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WHERE FREE MEN PRAY is the second installment in the UNDER THE BIG SKY series. It follows the continuing story of Cash McCullum and Travis Hunter. Their love and bond is tested by both men being men. I know it's hard to have a relationship with another man, because I am in one. ( 41 years strong) Two bosses in a relationship, is never a good thing. Equal partners some times get mired down in their own wills. This is happening to Cash and Travis, at the same time Cash is left custody of his ex-lover Lee's 7 year old daughter, Elana. Cash is being Haunted by his ex-lover Lee's ghost. After a moment of weakness, Travis has one of his college students trying to blackmail him for a passing grade. Then there is Travis' meddling mother Tina. Afrer a gun shot shatters a window  in their home, they from Montana move where Cash grew up to California where Travis grew up. Travis' mother hires a Private Eye to see who may have shot at their house. While in california they start the process of joint custody of Lee's daughter.  The conflicks between Cash and Travis threatens their bond. Add the re-emergence of Jason, Travis' ex-lover. And a sinister  deadly force who may well cut asunder Cash and Travis permanentely. A heart pounding cliff-hanger ending to this installment is gaurenteed to keep you awake nights for a while. This is a good read and well worth the time.

That said, where is the third installment?
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Larissa Morley is the new owner of the Honkey Tonk, and she really made it a big success. It is getting busier than ever, even on the usually slow Monday. But she likes the work and the place, and she enjoys her new home. She has been all over the world, but now she has made a new life for herself here in Mingus, Texas. She has some great friends, and she has no intention at all to sell the Honkey Tonk, no matter how much money the Radner Corporation is throwing at her.
Of course, no one knows she has money enough of her own, or that she is known as Ruth Lawson.

Henry Hayes Radner Wells is also leading a double life. His parents were only a married a few months before they separated again, and he is living 11 months a year with his mother in the big city, and one month a year with his father on his cattle ranch. While he is working for his mother, he is Hayes Radner, the businessman. And when he is with his father, he is Hank Wells, playing at being a cowboy.
His mother is adamant at not only buying the Honkey Tonk, but the whole town or Mingus. She wants to raze it all to the ground, and build an amusement park. Hayes has no idea why, but if his mother wants it, she will get it. So going in undercover as Hank Wells will be easy enough, and perhaps he can find some dirt on Larissa Morley to make her sell the joint. As far as his investigators can find out, she did not exist before she became the new owner.

When Hank and Larissa meet in a car accident, sparks do fly. Of course Hank knows who Larissa is, but he did not expect her to look like that! That evening in her bar, Hank tries to get closer to Larissa. But Larissa just feels that something is off about him, and holds him on a distance. And her friend nails it: his neck is white and his hands too soft, he is not a real cowboy at all. But Hanks father is getting older and needs to cut down work at the ranch, so this summer, Hank will have to do some real ranch work. And he needs to decide who he wants to be: Hayes Radner, or Hank Wells. His father will have to sell the ranch if he chooses to be Hayes.

Working together Hank and Larissa get closer and become friends and lovers, until Larissa finds out that Hank is Hayes, and that he betrayed her. He is the one who wants to buy her beloved Honkey Tonk bar from her.

Ive bought this book purely because of the title. I could not resist it. And of course Blodeuedd likes to tempt me with reviews about cowboy romances, so I just wanted to try one.  And I really enjoyed this one, even if I did read it out of order.

It was really fun to see those two circle around. Larissa tried to find out about Hank, and her investigators could not find anything about him, and vice versa. And Larissa kept dropping little details about her mother being in Paris, and visiting some famous restaurants abroad herself, and Hank just plain not believing her, thinking she was born in a trailer park or something like that.

The book never got predictable; I liked all the main characters, and the most fun thing? Their mothers are best friends and still they never met. Although their mothers have done their best to set them on blind dates with each other for years.

A fun story, a place I would like to visit (but not in summer!) and other books in this series I want to read. Larissas help Sharlene will certainly feature in the next book, and she is a very interesting character already. Yes, this is an author I will certainly read again.

8 stars.
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Casey & Nathan are moving back to California from Boston, both are lawyers. Casey's not too sure she wants to but Nathan can make partner by getting the San Francisco office organized and she can stay home. Nathan's widowed-mother, his younger but both adult sister and brother are clingy she feels and her widowed father she has very mixed emotions about and then there's the not getting pregnant part of their marriage that has them both upset most of the time.

Nathan has to get the office organized as fast as possible so he has Gwyneth Jacobi come. She wants Nathan as well as his present job but he needs her ability to work. Gwyneth tries her best to ensnare him into a relationship so Casey will be out of the picture.

Casey's father, Red Buchanan, plans to have Casey help him keep a turkey holding pen from being built next to his 1500 acre ranch in the Central Valley of CA. Red also employs Casey's teenage love, Jimmy, who has become the husband of her teenage best friend, Sarah. All these people and the feelings she had/has are facing Casey when she gets to her father's ranch and she really doesn't want any of it.

Nathan proves to be one of the best heroes I've read in a long time! and Casey is a very good heroine too. Ms Salonen gives us a LOVE story that is so good but all her characters are very human too.

This book makes me feel just like her first book THAT COWBOY'S KIDS HSR#910-every emotion between tears and laughter!
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Not having read the first books in this series, wasn't a problem. For this can be read alone..interesting to meet Cassidy and what her life was like.not having good roll models.its no wonder she had a broken marriage. Her stubbornness did her justice, to end it, and head to the farm.
Which was left to her. By her Aunt Roxie, who gave a home, hugs and love to the child, in between the latest loves the parents had.
Which she wants to turn into a bed and breakfast place. It is filled with junk, she wants to have a garage sale to clean it out. As for all the things in her life, we meet Jarrod, next door. And all that he has been going thru. Trying to bring in money and save the farm. The two of them work well, with the chemistry, carrying you thru to the end. A lot of heartache and healing to be done. Debra has written a story of humor, heartache, and learning to trust. Was given book by Thomas Nelson for my honest opinion, of which I have given
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I enjoyed Boone and Riley's story. Boone has to make up to Riley in healing a past hurt. Riley has to come to terms with the fact that her Uncle sold her ranch. There were times you wondered if these two would get together.
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Rebecca has feelings for Nichols but they change all the time. Nichols can't keep his mind off of Rebecca. Nichols doesn't want to get married to Allison but his dad isn't listening. So, now what will happen. Great book fast read
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Kelly thinks of nothing but her son when a bank robber points a gun at her head.  A one night stand ended with a blessing so unexpected, her precious baby boy.  Kelly thinks of TJ's father, but since she did not expect to see him again - imagine her surprise when the police officer coming to her rescue is none other then the father of her son.
When Trey responds to a bank robbery he never imagines that police call will change his life forever.  Trey looks into the eyes of the witness and sees the woman he thought he would never see again.  After the one night stand in Denver, Trey thought of Kelly often.  He lost her phone number after that night, and no woman has ever moved him the way Kelley did.  Trey decides to stop in to see if Kelly is alright after the robbery and imagine his surprise when he comes face to face with a child who is the spitting image of himself.
This book is a very emotional Christmas read.  When I started this book at work today I was unable to put it down.  I was sneaking peeks all throughout the work day.  I could not wait to get home and finish it.  Trey is an awesome hero and dad.  And Kelly is a wonderful caring mom who puts her son's needs first.  If you want to read a beautiful Christmas story I highly recommend Christmas Showdown.
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I really enjoyed this story. Kara, Zeke, and Chase have been business partners for awhile and Zeke and Chase are now ready to add Kara to their personal relationship. I liked that the characters knew each other before the story started. That background made their deepening relationship a little more believable. I didn't much care for the m/m sex scenes but enjoyed the m/f/m. This book is stand alone although it has the same wedding and characters as the other books in this series.
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The Cowboy Imports a Bride by Cora Seton is book 3 in the Cowboys of Chance Creek.
Rob Matheson is the youngest son of Holt Matheson.  Holt keeps his boys busy on his ranch and gives them free room and board as part of their wages.  Thus, they have only a small amount to spend each pay period.  Rob doesnt mind that; but he does mind having to take the mental abuse and sometimes physical that is dished out by his brothers, especially Ned.  He needs to get away.  While he is thinking about this, Holt gives the boys a contest.  Whoever married first would get 200 acres of land by the river. It had to be a real marriage though.  Rob knows just who he wants as his wife- Morgan.
Morgan Tate has gone home to pick up her life after learning of the death of her mother.  Her newly found brother and sister, Ethan and Claire Cruz, were delighted to have her on the ranch and let her know she would always be welcome.  Such a difference from the way her fathers children and her father treated her.  She isn't sure because Claire still thinks she somehow got the money Aria had spent on her vacations which were in fact visits to Morgan.  Where else did Aria go and where did she spend the money?
Rob follows Morgan to Canada and persuades her to marry him for a year, although he wants more.  She returns with him.  Their friends are very happy for them; but Robs dad isn't quite so happy, especially when he finds out Rob wants to build a vineyard for Morgan.

Will they  be able to get together or will their families keep them apart.
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Picking up after the story in Ms. Calculation, Wyatts brother, Waylon, now knows that his ex-wife, Alli, has not only been accused of murder, but is missing. To compound matters, Waylon finds out that Winnie, Allis child, is also his child. Waylon is attracted to his exs sister, Christina, who has been designated as Winnies caregiver and that makes everything even more complicated. Waylon is military police and has come home to find out what has happened to his ex-wife. The mystery is involved, but runs smoothly as Waylon, Christina and Wyatt try to find out what has been happening in Mystery, Montana. The list of suspects and secrets continue to grow when Winnie goes missing. Waylon is terrified that something bad has happened to the child he has just been able to claim as his own. Some of the characters continue from the first book and this adds so much more interest to the storyline. I really enjoyed this next book in the Mystery Christmas series and look forward to the continuation of this series. I received a free copy of this book and voluntarily chose to give an honest review. (by paytonpuppy)
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Kate OBrien has inherited her brothers run-down ranch in the Montana Territory, circa 1875. Unsavory neighbor Rafe Hamilton has long been after both Kate and her land. Thinking to help Kate, Bill Stricklin,owner of the mercantile, gives stranger Buck McKean a good recommendation to buy her land.

Buck rides out to the ranch, but can only convince Kate to hire him as foreman. Things become complicated when Buck is forced to stay overnight to protect Kate from marauders.

What a surprise awaits this couple when they ride into town. Suddenly, they are in a marriage of convenience. Can they trust God and each other and make a go of this unusual situation?

I enjoy reading about arranged marriages in our countrys past. It is interesting to see that the same faith that makes chosen marriages work today is the faith that made those marriages of the past successful. Funny how pride so often is a barrier between the key players. That is still a common problem today.

Thank you, Ms. Scott, for this complimentary copy that made me take a fresh look at how I am acting in my own marriage. I was not required to leave a positive review and all opinions are solely my own.
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I bought theses books and so far I have really enjoyed the story of this ranch family and friends. I am getting ready to read book 3. I would recommend this book.
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I received a free copy of this book to read and review for Wicked Reads.

As a fan of Scotts Texas series, I was excited to delve into her new M/M contemporary western romance series  I also enjoyed the subtle nod to the Texas series. As the first book in the Montana series, Crooked Tree Ranch does a good job of laying the foundation for the series and introducing readers to the major players in a rather interesting way, all while keeping the focus of the story on Jay and Nates romance.

The Crooked Tree Ranch is a multi-generational family business whose focus has evolved over the years and is currently operating as a dude ranch. A dude ranch that is not doing well financially at all, and none of the owners have a clue of how to revive the business. But the Todd family isn't the only ones whose life seems to be crumbling down around them. Jay Sullivan is a marketing executive whose position has just been eliminated, along with dozens of others in the same agency. Faced with no job prospects, dwindling financial reserves, a family to support, and unsavory exes for both he and his sister, Jay stumbles upon a job listing at the Crooked Tree Ranch that offers the chance for a new startand a horse (lol). After a less than auspicious start, Jay throws his full attention and efforts into rebranding the Crooked Tree Ranch and using his years of marketing experience to breathe life back into the business side of the ranch. Even though Jays sister, niece, and nephew mesh well with everyone on the ranch, Jay finds himself constantly at odds with Nate, the oldest of the Todd brothers and the man in charge of the horses and many of the ranchs other day-to-day operations. And the question is no longer solely whether the city boy can save the ranch, but can he also make Nate his home.

One of the things I really liked about this novel was that there was no instant connection between Nate and Jay. In fact, they were so antagonistic toward one another  especially on Nates part  that they had no idea that they both batted for the same team. Even once thats established, neither is willing to admit their attraction to the other due to their employer-employee relationship. But Nate soon learns that just because City doesnt know anything about horses, that doesnt mean Jay doesnt know how to lasso his man  oh I so loved the night out dancing. When they do finally give into their attraction, it was both steamy and sad  sad because we learn just how big of an insensitive douche Jays ex really was. But the Todd men certainly know how to take care of the Sullivan clan and I for one cannot wait to find out what happens next in The Ranchers Son, because after the meeting between Henry and Jay and Henrys defense of Ashley, Im no longer worried that my suspicions about Henry (drawn from the previous customers complaints) are correct and Im hoping that we can find out the truth about the boys disappearance that has left a dark cloud over the Crooked Tree Ranch for several years. I loved the Crooked Tree Ranch and Im looking forward to many, many more books in the Montana series.