Review & Excerpt – Her Second Chance Cowboy by Makenna Lee #romance #PUYB #TXAuthor @MakennaLeeBooks

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Title: HER SECOND CHANCE COWBOY

Author: Makenna Lee

Publisher: Entangled Amara

Pages: 260

Genre: Contemporary Romance

 

Synopsis

 

Wealthy cowboy, James MacLachlan, is content running his massive family ranch and starting an equine therapy program for special needs children. After his mother died in childbirth, and witnessing his father’s destruction at the loss of true love, James sticks to casual affairs. Marriage and children are risks he won’t take.

Reese Turner visits Cypress Creek, Texas, to complete a photo assignment for National Geographic and buy back her grandparents’ cottage. After disastrous romances, she’s sworn off men to focus on her career. Marriage and the babies she longs for can wait. When she runs into an old flame, she decides she can live out a fantasy, then leave town to pursue her dreams. But love doesn’t play by the rules…

 

 

 

Review

 

Take a journey to the Hill Country of Texas and be swept away with the love story between James and Reese.  It doesn’t hurt that he is a ruggedly handsome cowboy!

James and Reese have known each other for many years, since high school, but they never really got over their feelings for each other. Reese ends back in town and they pledge to spend the summer together with a no-strings relationship.  However, neither expected to fall in love but the path to love is not smooth or easy.

This romance is somewhat typical but there is an element of mystery surrounding some letters that around found. James and Reese also run into communication issues and it causes friction in their relationship. But what relationship doesn’t have issues?  With the help of their family and friends offering sage advice at different times, they are able to realize that maybe their destiny is with each other.

I enjoyed watching their relationship blossom while discovering nuances about each other. Sometimes I wanted to throttle both of them for jumping to conclusions without talking to the other about what was said or not said.

I would love to see the photographs that Reese took, I can only imagine the magic they might impart to a viewer. I live in Texas and know that the Hill Country is a beautiful place to get away, as long as you stay away from the larger cities and get out into the country.

This was a fun read and I wonder if her next book will feature James’ friend Finn and James’ sister, Astrid.  I’ll have to be on the lookout for the next book.  We give this 4 paws up.

 

 

 

 

Excerpt

 

She opened the driver’s side door, then turned to tell him good night. “Thanks for dinner.” Was that her voice sounding all breathy and wanton?

“You’re welcome. If you come out first thing in the morning, we can get an early start and go for a ride. And work on my great-great-grandfather’s mystery.”

“I like that idea.” Get in, Reese. Drive away. Instead, she brushed a leaf from his shoulder.

His full lips lowered to the corner of her mouth. The caress was gentle. Brief.

The simple, innocent kiss hit a switch inside her. One that hadn’t been tripped since their last kiss, over eleven years ago. One that other men had not managed to tap into. Her entire body warmed, sparking a shiver and a desire to stay, but she needed tonight to gather herself.

This was her chance to stay in the cottage and convince him she could take care of it. Not the start of a summer romance.

But could she manage a temporary romantic reunion?

 

 

 

 

 

About the Author

 

Makenna Lee is an award-winning romance author living in the Texas Hill Country with her real-life hero and their two children. Her oldest son has Down syndrome and taught her to appreciate the little things, and he inspired one of her novels. As a child, she played in the woods, looked for fairies under toadstools, and daydreamed. Her writing journey began when she mentioned all her story ideas, and her husband asked why she wasn’t writing them down. The next day she bought a laptop, started her first book, and knew she’d found her passion. Makenna is often drinking coffee while writing, reading, or plotting a new story. Her wish is to write books that touch your heart, making you feel, think, and dream. She enjoys renaissance festivals, nature photography, studying herbal medicine, and usually listens to Celtic music while writing. She writes for Entangled Publishing and Harlequin and believes everyone deserves a happy ending.

 

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