Review & #Giveaway – Cowboy Charm School by Margaret Brownley @margaretbrownly #TexasRomance #cleanromance #LSBBT @sourcebooksCasa

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COWBOY CHARM SCHOOL

HAYWIRE BRIDES, #1

by

MARGARET BROWNLEY

  Sub-genre: Western / Clean Romance

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca

Date of Publication: September 4, 2018

Number of Pages: 384

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When Texas Ranger Brett Tucker accidentally derails a wedding, he’s determined to bring the estranged couple back together…but he never dreamed he’d start falling for the bride!

Texas Ranger Brett Tucker hates to break up a wedding, but the groom—notorious criminal Frank Foster—is a danger to any woman. So he busts into the church, guns blazing…only to find he has the wrong man.

STOP THAT WEDDING!

Bride-to-be Kate Denver is appalled by her fiancé’s over-the-top reaction to the innocent mistake and calls off the wedding—for good. Guilt-ridden, Brett’s desperate to get them back on track. But the more time he spends with Kate, the harder he falls…and the more he yearns to prove that he’s her true match in every way.

 

“Light and airy as cotton candy, this tale charms.” — Publishers Weekly

A great combination of romance, humor, history and even a little bit of a mystery!

This is the first book I’ve read by this author but I’ve featured her books on my blog many times in the past. I wasn’t aware of what I was missing until I read this book. Another book I just couldn’t put down and wanted to know what was going to happen next for Kate. Was Frank Foster going to win her heart again or was it lost to Texas Ranger Brett Tucker?

This is set in a small Texas town (heck I think they were all small back in the late 1800s) where Kate is running the family business, a candy store that also happens to sell dime novels, much to the horror of some town residents (they think the books are risque). The descriptions of her sweets were very tempting. I loved that she befriended a young boy that was being bullied and actually helped turn that situation around.

When it comes to romance, Frank Foster has no idea how to woo a woman. Brett Tucker feels it is his obligation to teach Frank how to woo since he broke up their wedding. This reminded me a little bit of My Fair Lady and the basic story line. It is obvious that Frank has his work cut out for him especially since he is allergic to animals and Kate loves animals. I enjoyed the interaction between Brett and Frank and found it quite humorous. Plus Frank has this jealous streak a mile wide, that causes some issues for all involved.

The mystery portion of this book is who was in the gang that kept robbing towns and how did they keep eluding law enforcement. I was quite surprised by the reveal when it was discovered but it made sense. However, before getting to that point a few people were in jeopardy because the outlaws thought they knew more than they really did, so of course they wanted to make sure the citizens didn’t reveal their identity.

This is one of my favorite lines in the book: “Heck, she hadn’t just sneaked her way in; she’d practically burrowed a hole right through him all the way to his heart. And he had no right feeling this way.”

We give this 5 paws up!

 

New York Times bestselling author MARGARET BROWNLEY has penned more than forty-five novels and novellas. She’s a two-time Romance Writers of American RITA® finalist and has written for a TV soap. She is also a recipient of the Romantic Times Pioneer Award.

Her story, A Pony Express Christmas, will appear this fall in the Old West Christmas Brides collection, and book two of her Haywire Brides series will be published May 2019.  Not bad for someone who flunked eighth-grade English.  Just don’t ask her to diagram a sentence.

 

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10 thoughts on “Review & #Giveaway – Cowboy Charm School by Margaret Brownley @margaretbrownly #TexasRomance #cleanromance #LSBBT @sourcebooksCasa

  1. Jennifer

    Looks good great review!

  2. Frishawn Quinn

    This was a title that I have somewhere in my kindle for review.
    I think I’ll get on that.
    Excellent review.

  3. Entertainingly Nerdy

    This sounds really good. I’m glad you enjoyed it :)!

  4. Eline

    This book sounds so cute! Great review 🙂

  5. Robin Taylor

    I loved this book too!

  6. Tasha

    Great review. 5 paws is a great find.

  7. Finitha Jose

    Sounds cute. Loved the quote 🙂

  8. DJ Sakata

    I rarely win but enter anyway 😉

  9. Kristine Hall

    Isn’t it funny how we feature the same authors multiple times but it takes forever before we get around to reading them? Sounds like this was a great story! Thanks for the review!

  10. Jennifer Gaarder

    I never win, honestly. However, this does sound good.

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