AUTHOR: Shirley Penick GENRE: Contemporary Romance PAGES: 204 RELEASED: 28 March 2018 SERIES: Burlap & Barbed Wired #2 SYNOPSIS: There are five brothers. Each one of them have killer good looks. One is engaged to her best friend. That leaves four to flirt with, four hot men, so why does she only have eyes for the oldest grumpiest one in the bunch. Rachel Reardon has to question her own sanity when she’s enthralled with a man she can hardly stand to speak to. A first-class jerk and sexy as sin. Adam Kipling can’t believe his bad luck when his soon-to-be sister-in-law’s best friend arrives. She is smoking hot and too damn young for him. He has responsibilities as the oldest sibling and they do not include flirting with young women. There isn’t enough land on this Colorado ranch to keep them far enough apart. An explosion of some sort is inevitable. This book was kindly sent to me by Give Me Books PR in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Saddle up, grab your camera bag, and get ready to explore a Colorado ranch with a grumpy but swoony cowboy.
Oldest Kipling sibling Adam is still on the fence about Beau and Alyssa’s relationship, even though they’re engaged and the wedding is only a few months away. Despite everyone around him being excited and happy for the couple, he just can’t get on board with the seven year age gap and thinks Beau is making a mistake. Enter Alyssa’s best friend Rachel, who’s staying on the ranch over the next few months to help with wedding preparations and work on her photography. He can’t deny that he’s attracted to her, but with a nine year age gap and the responsibilities of being the oldest sibling, he knows it’s silly to even entertain the idea that anything could happen between them. He needs someone mature to stand by his side and Rachel isn’t the one. As he flips back and forth between nice to her and being cold to keep her at arms length, Rachel easily puts him in his place about treating her like a child. Adam’s internal struggle isn’t enough to stop him from getting a taste and giving into their mutual temptation, even though he knows anything with Rachel is only temporary before she leaves Colorado at the end of summer. Yes. YES. YES! Adam and Rachel’s story was such a great follow-up to Beau and Alyssa’s, particularly because the latter couple also feature quiet heavily throughout this installment. Adam was an interesting character in book one, so it was fun to get into his head for his own story. Rachel too, from what we briefly saw of her, seemed like such a fun character, so again I loved getting to see more of her. The pair had great grumpy/sunshine chemistry, with lots of sweet and a few spicy moments throughout the book, although it was a tad more slow burn than the first book. Although Adam and Rachel’s story was similar to Beau and Alyssa’s - Adam not wanting a relationship because of their age difference, and Rachel only staying on the ranch for a short period of time - Shirley made them both interesting stories that didn’t feel repetitive at all. Adam and Beau are really similar characters, so it was only natural that both would struggle with the same issues when it came to dating someone younger than them, only this time Adam not only had to overcome the issue for himself, but also in regards to his opinions on Beau and Alyssa’s relationship. Once again, Shirley absolutely killed it with the writing and world building. I felt like I was exploring the beauty of Colorado along with the gang, and I really enjoyed not only getting to see more of the ranch, but also the surrounding area. I’d 100% be Rachel snapping photos of EVERYTHING, and making each journey ten times longer than it needed to be just to stop and take photos every five minutes. Shirley’s writing style is just so easy to read and I can’t wait to continue on with the series, getting to learn more about these characters and exploring more of their world. My only complaint? I was left wanting more! I felt like that the ending was a tad rushed, although it still concluded everything nicely. Obviously, Adam and Rachel’s story will continue through the rest of the series, just like Beau and Alyssa’s will, so I’m excited to see more of them while getting to learn more about the rest of the siblings. Start packing a bag for Colorado to find a ranch of swoony cowboys! This is definitely the place to start if you’re looking to get into the world of western and cowboy romances. |
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