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Cowboy Waltz
LGBT, Contemporary, Cowboy & Western
A horse stock manager on the rodeo tour, gruff cowboy Jed Hastings is in a bind. He needs a new assistant yesterday. Enter green-as-hell Booker West. Booker spent his childhood dreaming about being a part of the rodeo. He doesn’t have any experience working with horses, but Jed doesn’t have options, and gives the newbie a chance.
Innocent about the world and secretly gay, Booker works like the devil to hide his attraction to Jed. He doesn’t just want to be a wannabe-cowboy with a crush; he wants to learn from Jed. Booker craves Jed’s respect, friendship, and trust. For Jed, he knows an eager young colt like Booker should work his last nerve, yet he finds he has endless patience with the guy. He’s possessive about Booker too. And while bunking together does create intimacy, that doesn’t explain away straight Jed’s explicit sexual fantasies and growing desire for another man.
When a life altering event sends Jed and Booker reeling, a night of raw passion between the men finally explodes. But in the light of day, can Booker help Jed accept their love? Or will this unearthed attraction send Jed to a dark place from which he can’t recover?
A horse stock manager on the rodeo tour, gruff cowboy Jed Hastings is in a bind. He needs a new assistant yesterday. Enter green-as-hell Booker West. Booker spent his childhood dreaming about being a part of the rodeo. He doesn’t have any experience working with horses, but Jed doesn’t have options, and gives the newbie a chance.
Innocent about the world and secretly gay, Booker works like the devil to hide his attraction to Jed. He doesn’t just want to be a wannabe-cowboy with a crush; he wants to learn from Jed. Booker craves Jed’s respect, friendship, and trust. For Jed, he knows an eager young colt like Booker should work his last nerve, yet he finds he has endless patience with the guy. He’s possessive about Booker too. And while bunking together does create intimacy, that doesn’t explain away straight Jed’s explicit sexual fantasies and growing desire for another man.
When a life altering event sends Jed and Booker reeling, a night of raw passion between the men finally explodes. But in the light of day, can Booker help Jed accept their love? Or will this unearthed attraction send Jed to a dark place from which he can’t recover?
383 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 16, 2013
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Cameron Dane
31 books877 followersI am an air force brat and spent most of my growing up years living overseas in Italy and England, as well as Florida, Georgia, Ohio, and Virginia while we were stateside. I now live in Florida once again with my big, wonderfully pushy family and my three-legged cat, Harry. I have been reading romance novels since I was twelve years old, and twenty years later I still adore them. Currently, I have an unexplainable obsession with hockey goaltenders, and an unabashed affection for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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July 17, 2013
Cameron Dane is one of my absolute favorite M/M romance authors. Anything by her is an auto-buy for me. Almost all of her books are on my favorites shelf, all but two have received 5 star rating from me (they both received 4 stars) and her fabulous Grey's Awakening is on my best-of-the-best, tippy top fuck yeah, 5+ stars shelf. I think that gives you a pretty good idea of how much I enjoy and appreciate her work.
Cowboy Waltz surprised and disappointed me. The first section of the book concentrated on getting to know young Booker West, a closeted gay 19 year old looking to join a rodeo crew and travel around the United States in an effort to connect with his dead mother's love of the sport. He is hired by 27 year old Jed Hastings, who seems quite well adjusted and is hard working and teaches Booker well during their first 4 years together on the rodeo circuit. Then the story takes a dark turn and doesn't recover until the short epilogue at the end of the book. The epilogue? Awesome! Loved it to bits and pieces, as I usually do when the characters in the M/M romances I read get their well deserved HEA. But, uggg, getting through over 75% of this book's dark angst, over-the-top emotional, needy sex, sobbing exclamations of love and despair, running away and finding each other, over and over again, just to reach that sliver of epilogue happiness just wasn't worth it for me. I was exhausted after reading this book! And not in a good way. It wasn't what I expected or hoped for in a Cameron Dane novel. I'm probably not being fair to Ms. Dane because I am judging this book against her other works, but one of the reasons I mentioned how much of a fan I am of hers at the beginning of this review is because, if this had been written by anyone else, I would have stopped reading at about half way through. It would be on my DNF shelf. It was that gut wrenching, in my opinion.
I am very anxious to see what others think of this book! I can be a real softy, I know, and while I LOVE my angst, I need some balance. There wasn't a lot of balance here for me. Now, what did YOU think??
Cowboy Waltz surprised and disappointed me. The first section of the book concentrated on getting to know young Booker West, a closeted gay 19 year old looking to join a rodeo crew and travel around the United States in an effort to connect with his dead mother's love of the sport. He is hired by 27 year old Jed Hastings, who seems quite well adjusted and is hard working and teaches Booker well during their first 4 years together on the rodeo circuit. Then the story takes a dark turn and doesn't recover until the short epilogue at the end of the book. The epilogue? Awesome! Loved it to bits and pieces, as I usually do when the characters in the M/M romances I read get their well deserved HEA. But, uggg, getting through over 75% of this book's dark angst, over-the-top emotional, needy sex, sobbing exclamations of love and despair, running away and finding each other, over and over again, just to reach that sliver of epilogue happiness just wasn't worth it for me. I was exhausted after reading this book! And not in a good way. It wasn't what I expected or hoped for in a Cameron Dane novel. I'm probably not being fair to Ms. Dane because I am judging this book against her other works, but one of the reasons I mentioned how much of a fan I am of hers at the beginning of this review is because, if this had been written by anyone else, I would have stopped reading at about half way through. It would be on my DNF shelf. It was that gut wrenching, in my opinion.
I am very anxious to see what others think of this book! I can be a real softy, I know, and while I LOVE my angst, I need some balance. There wasn't a lot of balance here for me. Now, what did YOU think??
July 19, 2013
Urgh. This book was just TOO MUCH. Too much sexual tension, too much sexual confusion/gay-for-you, too much back-and-forth-will-they-won’t-they, too much indecision…and THEN…too much sex (gah!), and too much repetition, and then too much sex!
Jed is a horse manager who works the rodeo circuit. Booker is a green rookie dying to get his feet wet. Jed gives him a chance and hires him and not only are they coworkers, but they’re roommates…in a trailer. Booker is gay and a virgin and only 18 when they first meet. Jed is 26, straight, and a bit of womanizer, with a broken family past. Scene set…
I like that Cameron Dane does this as a slow build, friends-to-something-more story. It was unexpected. But the first 50% of the book spans 4 years of Booker pining for Jed, Jed having confusing feelings for Booker, and not much else. That’s a lot of book to ask the reader to hold on.
The 2nd half of the book? Well, it can be described like this: sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex.
Classic Dane.
The sex is rough and rugged…and there are some sweet words and promises shared among the two, but I do NOT exaggerate when I say…well…you know…it had a LOT of sex! I actually don’t remember much else!
I am a sucker for cowboys so I do love Jed & Booker. And yes, the sex, at times, was hot. But the book became repetitive, the dialogue CHEEEEEEEESY (over-the-top drizzled cheese!), and I lost patience by the end.
This is a Cameron Dane book…so I know what I’m getting into when reading it. But, all in all…it was just TOO MUCH. If you're in the mood for some good smut, I'd recommend Dane's Grey's Awakening over this one.
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July 20, 2013
2.5 Stars
Gawd, I'm exhausted.
Let me start by saying that Cameron Dane is probably one of my top five favorite m/m authors. She is the queen of angst and writes some of the smexiest love scenes EVER, IMHO. Her m/m books are auto-buys for me. Hands. Down. That said, this book was too much. Too draining. Too tense. Too angsty. Too much.
I loved Booker but he was too accommodating, too understanding, and too forgiving. I wanted to like Jed but he was too insecure, too moody, and too weak. The first half of the book was spent building too much sexual tension and the second half of the book drowned me in too much emo. I wanted to like this book. I tried to. But in the end, I felt wrung out and, sadly, these characters weren't worth the trip.
Bottom-line: I am still a hard-core Cameron Dane fan but this one is not one of my faves.
Gawd, I'm exhausted.
Let me start by saying that Cameron Dane is probably one of my top five favorite m/m authors. She is the queen of angst and writes some of the smexiest love scenes EVER, IMHO. Her m/m books are auto-buys for me. Hands. Down. That said, this book was too much. Too draining. Too tense. Too angsty. Too much.
I loved Booker but he was too accommodating, too understanding, and too forgiving. I wanted to like Jed but he was too insecure, too moody, and too weak. The first half of the book was spent building too much sexual tension and the second half of the book drowned me in too much emo. I wanted to like this book. I tried to. But in the end, I felt wrung out and, sadly, these characters weren't worth the trip.
Bottom-line: I am still a hard-core Cameron Dane fan but this one is not one of my faves.
August 7, 2013
4.25*
OMG! That was somewhat exhausting, I feel like I've been put through a wringer twice but I have to say it certainly kept me glued well into early morning after I started it last night and today, even though I was out for the day, I had to keep picking it up whilst we were driving to and from each destination because every time I had to put it away it was on an emotional cliffhanger so when we got home early evening it was the first thing I picked up because I just had to see how these two cowboys were going to get past all the MAJOR angst they kept working up between them across the path of the story.
I have to say I really enjoyed it but if I had one niggle I would say it was a little too much emotional bombardment. Dialled down a notch this would definitely have been a 5 star read for myself because it really is full on in every way but I still rate it a 4 plus.
The two MC's, Jed and Colt, put each other through so many trials and tribulations that I honestly wondered how Cameron was going to get them reconciled at the end. What I did love was the build up of sexual tension ( my favourite part ) in the first half of the book. It was palpable so of course when they finally make love its sizzling and off the charts. The sex scenes are raw, wild and desperate and in the second half of the book there are a lot of them and they carry on for pages at a time, well written but after the first couple I did find myself wanting to hurry them on to get back to the story. Hot as hell though!
Of the two guys, Jed is the one who had me doing the " OMG! Why are you doing/ saying that, you stupid man? " routine but at the same time I couldn't help feeling for him and hoping desperately that he would see the light and Colt is sooo patient and endearing that I just wanted to hug and comfort him. I wanted them to sort out their problems and rooted for them to get together despite the angst fest that will either have you totally engaged or completely exasperated... Or in my case both! The ratings show mixed reactions so I think its a bit of a marmite book. It worked me hard but ultimately I ended up loving it.
I think the books strength lies in the chemistry between Jed and Cole. Cameron Dane never fails to get her protags sizzling together and that's why its worth going through the conflict to get to the HEA so its a keeper and a future re-read when I need my angst fix.. Only next time I'll know what I'm letting myself in for. ;)
OMG! That was somewhat exhausting, I feel like I've been put through a wringer twice but I have to say it certainly kept me glued well into early morning after I started it last night and today, even though I was out for the day, I had to keep picking it up whilst we were driving to and from each destination because every time I had to put it away it was on an emotional cliffhanger so when we got home early evening it was the first thing I picked up because I just had to see how these two cowboys were going to get past all the MAJOR angst they kept working up between them across the path of the story.
I have to say I really enjoyed it but if I had one niggle I would say it was a little too much emotional bombardment. Dialled down a notch this would definitely have been a 5 star read for myself because it really is full on in every way but I still rate it a 4 plus.
The two MC's, Jed and Colt, put each other through so many trials and tribulations that I honestly wondered how Cameron was going to get them reconciled at the end. What I did love was the build up of sexual tension ( my favourite part ) in the first half of the book. It was palpable so of course when they finally make love its sizzling and off the charts. The sex scenes are raw, wild and desperate and in the second half of the book there are a lot of them and they carry on for pages at a time, well written but after the first couple I did find myself wanting to hurry them on to get back to the story. Hot as hell though!
Of the two guys, Jed is the one who had me doing the " OMG! Why are you doing/ saying that, you stupid man? " routine but at the same time I couldn't help feeling for him and hoping desperately that he would see the light and Colt is sooo patient and endearing that I just wanted to hug and comfort him. I wanted them to sort out their problems and rooted for them to get together despite the angst fest that will either have you totally engaged or completely exasperated... Or in my case both! The ratings show mixed reactions so I think its a bit of a marmite book. It worked me hard but ultimately I ended up loving it.
I think the books strength lies in the chemistry between Jed and Cole. Cameron Dane never fails to get her protags sizzling together and that's why its worth going through the conflict to get to the HEA so its a keeper and a future re-read when I need my angst fix.. Only next time I'll know what I'm letting myself in for. ;)
August 11, 2013
Reading a book by this author is akin to eating really good chocolate or sipping Champagne. Every time I read something by her, I am amazed at the tales she spins and how she makes me love the MCs. This book was no exception. This is a sweet rodeo story where an older cowboy, Jed, hires a greenhorn, Booker. Booker had just graduated and has only worked in fast food joints. Booker was also a closeted gay. He was so sweet and eager I couldn't help but adore him. Jed was nearly 10 years his senior and rough around the edges. He couldn't resist Booker's sweet personality and became attached. He had no idea that he was falling for Booker for four years of working and living nearly on top of each other. Even more alarming, he had no idea that he was gay. This was an enjoyable ride on a smooth horse. Some may not like the amount of sex is in the last third of the book. I'm not one of them. The sex scenes are long and hot. Just my kind. I really enjoyed watching Booker grow into a confident man through this author's eyes. I sniffled several times, got hot and bothered more times than I care to admit. In other words, it was well worth reading and I loved every minute of it.
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
August 9, 2013
Cameron Dane has a new book out July 16th. Oh yes - cowboy, horses, rodeos!!!!
I wanted to love this book, but I couldn't. I liked it. I love Cameron Dane's writing and I have read everything she has written but this was not my favourite book of hers for several reasons -
The characterisations did not work particularly well for me, and that is a BIG thing for me in books - Jed got on my nerves and Booker, whilst sweet, did not evoke my love.
While I thought the sex was hot - that seemed to be where the characters connected in their raw emotions in this book - it isn't the only area I wanted that connection. I need it outside the bedroom.
Booker wins the most tolerant character of 2013.
While there was not much about the secondary characters I liked Lyle, Jed's brother.
I have had an incredible run of loving Cameron Dane's books - mostly 4 and 5 star ratings - so it is inevitable that I will not always feel that way. However, Cameron Dane remains on my automatic buy list and I did enjoy the read well enough without loving it.
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January 19, 2016
There's a lot of angst and drama in this. More than any other Cameron Dane story I've read.
It's also pretty gut wrenching right up until the HEA.
It's funny, but I almost always forget just how angsty this is until I pick it up again and get sucked right back in to Booker and Jed's story.
3.5 stars rounded up because I keep bringing it back up for reread.
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Cameron Dane gutted me with this story. It had all the elements I never knew I always wanted to read. Longing, passion, terror, love...I will admit I cry every time I read that scene.
Read 05/2014, 06/ 2015, 01/2016
It's also pretty gut wrenching right up until the HEA.
It's funny, but I almost always forget just how angsty this is until I pick it up again and get sucked right back in to Booker and Jed's story.
3.5 stars rounded up because I keep bringing it back up for reread.
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Cameron Dane gutted me with this story. It had all the elements I never knew I always wanted to read. Longing, passion, terror, love...I will admit I cry every time I read that scene.
Read 05/2014, 06/ 2015, 01/2016
November 17, 2016
I read this a while back and I've forgotten most of it, but this I remember: instead of "Cowboy Waltz" it should be called "The Arsehole and his Sucker."
And those sex scenes were exhausting.
And those sex scenes were exhausting.
July 17, 2013
Way too long! The misunderstandings between the main characters dragged on and on and I found myself skimming through various scenes just to wade through it. The sex scenes got long and repetitive too. Would have been a great book at half the length that it ended up at.
July 18, 2013
I really liked the beginning of this book but I don't think the author ever really settled into the character of Jed. I don't know that I can really pin point why I feel this way though. Maybe it was the intense bouts of neediness he showed at times or the intense bouts of selfishness as well that just seemed overly done. There just seemed to be really out of character moves that didn't ring true. When he leaves Colt at the hospital and stops visiting and when he leaves Colt to deal with the aftermath of their overheard bout of sex were just not...I don't know. Just so assholish it was hard to keep cheering for them.
But what really made this book a "skimmer" were the extremely long, drawn out sex scenes. Even when the MC's aren't having sex with each other but are imagining it, it goes on and on and on. For pages and pages. Enough and once they started having sex, the scenes came back to back to back and just never seemed to end.
By the end of the book I thought Jeb might be man enough for Colt but I really don't know that I'm fully convinced.
But what really made this book a "skimmer" were the extremely long, drawn out sex scenes. Even when the MC's aren't having sex with each other but are imagining it, it goes on and on and on. For pages and pages. Enough and once they started having sex, the scenes came back to back to back and just never seemed to end.
By the end of the book I thought Jeb might be man enough for Colt but I really don't know that I'm fully convinced.
January 19, 2014
I needed a dose of cowboy and this book delivered in spades - two hot, but very different men, on the rodeo circuit. Oh, but the tension, too much and too drawn out! I enjoyed the story, I just wanted them to work things out and maybe talk and get things moving. But once they did - smoking!
Poor Booker, whom Jed calls "Colt", started working for Jed when he was nineteen, both of them looking after horses for their boss on the rodeo circuit. Booker knows he is gay and falls immediately in love/lust with Jed. Jed shows Booker the ropes and they build a strong friendship over the years but eventually living together in a small trailer becomes too much. Booker with his longing for Jed and Jed because he comes to have feelings for Booker that he didn't expect and can't deal with.
There is drama and tension and bad decisions and it took these guys a long time to work things out. But when they did, they did it properly with lots of emotion and romance.
The title is correct - this is a waltz - slowly, round-and-round - I liked it but think I would have loved it if it had been more of a jig!
3.5 stars
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Poor Booker, whom Jed calls "Colt", started working for Jed when he was nineteen, both of them looking after horses for their boss on the rodeo circuit. Booker knows he is gay and falls immediately in love/lust with Jed. Jed shows Booker the ropes and they build a strong friendship over the years but eventually living together in a small trailer becomes too much. Booker with his longing for Jed and Jed because he comes to have feelings for Booker that he didn't expect and can't deal with.
There is drama and tension and bad decisions and it took these guys a long time to work things out. But when they did, they did it properly with lots of emotion and romance.
The title is correct - this is a waltz - slowly, round-and-round - I liked it but think I would have loved it if it had been more of a jig!
3.5 stars
I publish all my m/m reviews on my blog so if you want to see all my m/m reviews in one place come visit at Because Two Men Are Better Than One!
March 26, 2020
So good!! Booker absolutely stole my heart and will go down as one of my all time favorite hero’s!!
April 20, 2016
It's Cameron Dane, cowboys, friends to lovers, how could it not be an excellent read...
I think I realized I was in trouble when it dawned on me that not only was I in awe of the stamina exhibited by these two men, but bunnies the world over would be demoralized to hear this tale.
I knew we were heading down a slippery slope when I found myself wondering if these two men had ever heard of a thing called the quickie (hey, try not to judge me too harshly there is much to be said for a quickie every now and then). If the abundance of sex had been the only issue I had I probably would have enjoyed this story at least 3 stars worth. In one respect my feelings in regards to sex scenes in a book are the same as violence. If it furthers the story and is integral to what is happening, to a scene, if it in some way enhances what is going on I have no problem with it. If it's sex for the sake of sex or violence for the sake of violence then I'm just not interested it does not improve my reading experience (having said that, however, if we're going for gratuitous then yes please I'll take sex over violence).
My bigger problem was I just didn't like Jed. Part way through I wanted him to get his head out of his ass so I could kick it and the feeling just never went away. He was self absorbed and held some of the best damned pity parties I personally have ever attended. More than once I wanted Booker (Colt) to move on, he seemed like a really sweet guy and I wanted someone better for him than a guy who played the best game of "Come here, come here...no get away, get away" that I have ever encountered,
The sad thing is I think if Jed's issues hadn't gotten so belaboured I might have felt differently about him, but they were and well to be honest I just got tired of it and wanted him to put his big boy pants on and get on with his life. The other sad thing was that for me one of the best parts of the book was when some of the characters from Ms Dane's Hawkin's Brothers series were mentioned, no they weren't actually in the story they just got their names mentioned and that made me smile (I'm not normally this pathetic truly I'm not).
This was my 21st Cameron Dane book and honestly it was the first one that I think I should have taken a pass on. What does this mean for me? It means that Ms Dane still has a hell of a good batting average in my books and it means that she has two new stories coming out this year that I will still be waiting for and looking forward too.
I think I realized I was in trouble when it dawned on me that not only was I in awe of the stamina exhibited by these two men, but bunnies the world over would be demoralized to hear this tale.
I knew we were heading down a slippery slope when I found myself wondering if these two men had ever heard of a thing called the quickie (hey, try not to judge me too harshly there is much to be said for a quickie every now and then). If the abundance of sex had been the only issue I had I probably would have enjoyed this story at least 3 stars worth. In one respect my feelings in regards to sex scenes in a book are the same as violence. If it furthers the story and is integral to what is happening, to a scene, if it in some way enhances what is going on I have no problem with it. If it's sex for the sake of sex or violence for the sake of violence then I'm just not interested it does not improve my reading experience (having said that, however, if we're going for gratuitous then yes please I'll take sex over violence).
My bigger problem was I just didn't like Jed. Part way through I wanted him to get his head out of his ass so I could kick it and the feeling just never went away. He was self absorbed and held some of the best damned pity parties I personally have ever attended. More than once I wanted Booker (Colt) to move on, he seemed like a really sweet guy and I wanted someone better for him than a guy who played the best game of "Come here, come here...no get away, get away" that I have ever encountered,
The sad thing is I think if Jed's issues hadn't gotten so belaboured I might have felt differently about him, but they were and well to be honest I just got tired of it and wanted him to put his big boy pants on and get on with his life. The other sad thing was that for me one of the best parts of the book was when some of the characters from Ms Dane's Hawkin's Brothers series were mentioned, no they weren't actually in the story they just got their names mentioned and that made me smile (I'm not normally this pathetic truly I'm not).
This was my 21st Cameron Dane book and honestly it was the first one that I think I should have taken a pass on. What does this mean for me? It means that Ms Dane still has a hell of a good batting average in my books and it means that she has two new stories coming out this year that I will still be waiting for and looking forward too.
October 28, 2014
3.5 stars
What I liked:
* As In everything what I have read of Cameron Dane, a clear, flowing style and a narration that always carries by the hand the facts with emotions.
* A very good design of the characters, they have corporealness and concretely, the psychology of the MCs is solid.
* But the gem in this story is the times management, simply wonderful IMO. As much the time that passes with Jed and Colt as friends and roommates to the eclosion of their relationship like the later times. I was delighted that it not be about Sex at Last-instat HEA-fade out, but love-making is precisely what triggers the exteriorization of all the fears and the final crisis, than it is not solved in a flash either, but it requires of Part Three for that.
The book went to a rating of 5 stars to the end of Part Twon, but the Part Three have a couple of things that ended up with the fall a star and a half. And, incredibly, they were the sex and the emotional manifestations.
Cameron Dane is marvellous writing in general, and writing sex scenes in particular, already in my comments during the reading I put what's incredible that seemed the chapter twelve for me, where in a chapter that's pure sex what end prevailing is the emotional impact, the surge of necessity, despair and subjacent fears.
But if until there sex was a powerful conductor of the emotions of the main characters,, in Part Three, I see an abuse and a lengthening of the sex scenes, and that affects and dilutes the empathy reader-characters and the credibility of the protagonists's emotions .
At last, MCs become too sentimental toward the ending and the repeated endearments become a little sappy and corny.
To summarize, a good -and very angsty- GFY.
Please tell me if my English is wrong
What I liked:
* As In everything what I have read of Cameron Dane, a clear, flowing style and a narration that always carries by the hand the facts with emotions.
* A very good design of the characters, they have corporealness and concretely, the psychology of the MCs is solid.
* But the gem in this story is the times management, simply wonderful IMO. As much the time that passes with Jed and Colt as friends and roommates to the eclosion of their relationship like the later times. I was delighted that it not be about Sex at Last-instat HEA-fade out, but love-making is precisely what triggers the exteriorization of all the fears and the final crisis, than it is not solved in a flash either, but it requires of Part Three for that.
The book went to a rating of 5 stars to the end of Part Twon, but the Part Three have a couple of things that ended up with the fall a star and a half. And, incredibly, they were the sex and the emotional manifestations.
Cameron Dane is marvellous writing in general, and writing sex scenes in particular, already in my comments during the reading I put what's incredible that seemed the chapter twelve for me, where in a chapter that's pure sex what end prevailing is the emotional impact, the surge of necessity, despair and subjacent fears.
But if until there sex was a powerful conductor of the emotions of the main characters,, in Part Three, I see an abuse and a lengthening of the sex scenes, and that affects and dilutes the empathy reader-characters and the credibility of the protagonists's emotions .
At last, MCs become too sentimental toward the ending and the repeated endearments become a little sappy and corny.
To summarize, a good -and very angsty- GFY.
Please tell me if my English is wrong
July 16, 2013
This wasn't my favourite Cameron Dane story but Colt (a name I much prefer to Booker) might just be my favourite character from one of her books. I love that the man was so determined and unwilling to give up in the fight for what he wanted. Jed, well I wanted to hurt him several times but by the end i understood his issues and I did like the way they finally got together. I also thought the reactions of Jed's family to his relationship with Colt were very realistic.
And I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that this book contains the longest sex scene ever written. Well several all joined together, making one extremely long one.
And I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that this book contains the longest sex scene ever written. Well several all joined together, making one extremely long one.
July 22, 2013
Ok, so. I was really liking this story until...they started having sex. OH MY GOD, did they start HAVING SEX!!!! Holy humping cowbells-I didn't think the first scene was ever going to end. I can't believe I'm even writing about this, but jeez louise dudes! Give it a rest already.
So then, I finally slog through that scene, and end up getting a page or two of story, then it's back to mad dog sex, then a page of story, then yes, you guessed it. It just got to be wayyyy too much. So I'm giving the book three stars for the first half of the book, which was really good. The rest of it, I could seriously have done without.
So then, I finally slog through that scene, and end up getting a page or two of story, then it's back to mad dog sex, then a page of story, then yes, you guessed it. It just got to be wayyyy too much. So I'm giving the book three stars for the first half of the book, which was really good. The rest of it, I could seriously have done without.
July 24, 2013
Booker West is 18 and yearning to work on the rodeo circuit when he catches the attention of Jed Hastings, a 27 year old horse trainer and stock manager who has an urgent need to replace his lazy co-worker. He decides to hire Booker and give him a chance, even though Booker is green and inexperienced. Jed immediately nicknames him Colt, since he seems to be tall, thin, awkward, and all arms and legs.
Over the next four years which spans about 50% of the book, the two become friends, then best friends, and both feel a sexual attraction to each other, though Jed strongly denies it, even to himself. Booker is gay, but he resists the attraction because he knows Jed is straight, and he’s afraid of losing Jed’s friendship.
Jed is on-again off-again with his come-close, push-away attitude toward Booker’s friendship. Granted he’s the product of a drunken father who cheated on his mother and died early, and a mother who is very active in her (anti-gay)church, but he goes overboard in trying to control his reactions to Booker and frequently breaks Booker’s heart with his attitude changes.
This goes on so often, in fact, that I found it boring. The story started to feel like same stuff, different day, different year, different location, whatever.
Finally, after another heartbreaking round of argument, Jed and Booker have sex, and sex, and sex, and more sex— at least four times in one night. Much of it is angry sex, with Jed asking Colt to hurt him. It becomes a bit too much to read. It’s not that the details are horrible, it’s that the scenes are long, very long, and it takes up a good portion of the story. I thought, well at least the guys will finally get together, right? Wrong, the next morning, Jed is gone and Booker has to deal with the aftermath and repercussions of their long night of loud sex, with open windows.
Jed has retreated to his brother’s ranch in Texas and has been drinking himself into an alcoholic stupor for two weeks, failing to even bathe himself, when Jed’s brother takes his cell phone and contacts the man who has texted Jed constantly. When called, Colt resigns his job and comes to Texas to help Jed. Instead of talking, however, there’s more sex, until Jed’s brother nearly catches them together, and Jed pulls away again.
The on-again, off-again, push-pull relationship is tiring to me as a reader, and Jed behaves like a child, actually worse than that.�� He behaves like a selfish brat, losing himself in thoughts of what his father did to his mother and believing that genes will cause the same scenarios to happen to him. I think if these scenes weren’t so long, and if they contained more talk and less sex, the story would have been much better.
Do they finally get together? Yes, but honestly, if I had been Booker, I would have punched Jed’s lights out and walked away, regardless of whether or not I loved him. For a man described as a tough guy with a take-charge attitude at the beginning of the story, Jed deteriorated into a needy child throughout the second half.
Booker takes one last chance to try to reach Jed and, thankfully, it works. The guys ultimately get their HEA, but it’s difficult to get through all of the emotional ups and downs with them to get to the point where there is some hope for a good future.
I’m giving this 3.5 stars because I like this author, I liked the story, and because Booker, a.k.a. Colt, was a strong and endearing character. Jed is a memorable character as well, not in a good way, but the author did a great job of bringing him to life. As I see it, any character who gets under my skin that badly must have been created by a talented author. Cameron Dane fans may like this one. Others who might enjoy it are those who love angst— there’s plenty of that— and those who like cowboys and/or conflict would likely also count this as a favorite.
This book was provided to me through the publisher for review at Hearts on Fire Reviews
Over the next four years which spans about 50% of the book, the two become friends, then best friends, and both feel a sexual attraction to each other, though Jed strongly denies it, even to himself. Booker is gay, but he resists the attraction because he knows Jed is straight, and he’s afraid of losing Jed’s friendship.
Jed is on-again off-again with his come-close, push-away attitude toward Booker’s friendship. Granted he’s the product of a drunken father who cheated on his mother and died early, and a mother who is very active in her (anti-gay)church, but he goes overboard in trying to control his reactions to Booker and frequently breaks Booker’s heart with his attitude changes.
This goes on so often, in fact, that I found it boring. The story started to feel like same stuff, different day, different year, different location, whatever.
Finally, after another heartbreaking round of argument, Jed and Booker have sex, and sex, and sex, and more sex— at least four times in one night. Much of it is angry sex, with Jed asking Colt to hurt him. It becomes a bit too much to read. It’s not that the details are horrible, it’s that the scenes are long, very long, and it takes up a good portion of the story. I thought, well at least the guys will finally get together, right? Wrong, the next morning, Jed is gone and Booker has to deal with the aftermath and repercussions of their long night of loud sex, with open windows.
Jed has retreated to his brother’s ranch in Texas and has been drinking himself into an alcoholic stupor for two weeks, failing to even bathe himself, when Jed’s brother takes his cell phone and contacts the man who has texted Jed constantly. When called, Colt resigns his job and comes to Texas to help Jed. Instead of talking, however, there’s more sex, until Jed’s brother nearly catches them together, and Jed pulls away again.
The on-again, off-again, push-pull relationship is tiring to me as a reader, and Jed behaves like a child, actually worse than that.�� He behaves like a selfish brat, losing himself in thoughts of what his father did to his mother and believing that genes will cause the same scenarios to happen to him. I think if these scenes weren’t so long, and if they contained more talk and less sex, the story would have been much better.
Do they finally get together? Yes, but honestly, if I had been Booker, I would have punched Jed’s lights out and walked away, regardless of whether or not I loved him. For a man described as a tough guy with a take-charge attitude at the beginning of the story, Jed deteriorated into a needy child throughout the second half.
Booker takes one last chance to try to reach Jed and, thankfully, it works. The guys ultimately get their HEA, but it’s difficult to get through all of the emotional ups and downs with them to get to the point where there is some hope for a good future.
I’m giving this 3.5 stars because I like this author, I liked the story, and because Booker, a.k.a. Colt, was a strong and endearing character. Jed is a memorable character as well, not in a good way, but the author did a great job of bringing him to life. As I see it, any character who gets under my skin that badly must have been created by a talented author. Cameron Dane fans may like this one. Others who might enjoy it are those who love angst— there’s plenty of that— and those who like cowboys and/or conflict would likely also count this as a favorite.
This book was provided to me through the publisher for review at Hearts on Fire Reviews
July 20, 2013
4 stars : I love Cameron Dane, and am a huge fan. I have read every book I could get my hands on and devoured and cherished them all.
The pacing was perfect. We meet Booker at 19 and he spends the next four years growing up. We see bits and pieces of Booker as he matures and struggles to hide his feelings for Jed. I think this was handled beautifully. Jed beginning to feel tingles of awareness of Booker was also lovely and exciting.
I don't usually dissect a book when I review, but this one has me trying to identify why I didn't fall head over heels for this book. I love angsty reads, if it makes me cry my tush off then it's practically a shoe in for my comfort food shelf. This book made me cry, ugly cries - a few times! Buuuut... *shrugs* I get that Jed had to face some really tough truths about himself - that would knock anyone on their ass. I agree everyone reacts differently to scary shit. Yet I had a hard time with how Jed went from alpha strong guy to needy and tragic. I got tired of the storm/black clouds metaphor and wanted to shake Jed and tell him to get a grip, and pull up his big boy pants. Which is awful, cause I'm normally the most sympathetic person you'll meet.
Booker though, gosh, I think I'm in love with him. To watch him grow and mature and handle some tough kicks and to keep going after Jed, his love - was wonderful. He learned to be strong when Jed could not, he tried to always put what was best for Jed first - even when he didn't have enough experience to know the right course. There is nothing sexier than watching someone do what needs to be done, even when it hurts. In the end love does conquer all and I loved the rock solid HEA.
The pacing was perfect. We meet Booker at 19 and he spends the next four years growing up. We see bits and pieces of Booker as he matures and struggles to hide his feelings for Jed. I think this was handled beautifully. Jed beginning to feel tingles of awareness of Booker was also lovely and exciting.
I don't usually dissect a book when I review, but this one has me trying to identify why I didn't fall head over heels for this book. I love angsty reads, if it makes me cry my tush off then it's practically a shoe in for my comfort food shelf. This book made me cry, ugly cries - a few times! Buuuut... *shrugs* I get that Jed had to face some really tough truths about himself - that would knock anyone on their ass. I agree everyone reacts differently to scary shit. Yet I had a hard time with how Jed went from alpha strong guy to needy and tragic. I got tired of the storm/black clouds metaphor and wanted to shake Jed and tell him to get a grip, and pull up his big boy pants. Which is awful, cause I'm normally the most sympathetic person you'll meet.
Booker though, gosh, I think I'm in love with him. To watch him grow and mature and handle some tough kicks and to keep going after Jed, his love - was wonderful. He learned to be strong when Jed could not, he tried to always put what was best for Jed first - even when he didn't have enough experience to know the right course. There is nothing sexier than watching someone do what needs to be done, even when it hurts. In the end love does conquer all and I loved the rock solid HEA.
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December 24, 2013I can't.
I'm going to put this to rest. Somewhere between Booker running down the street while screaming "NO!" in reaction to the thoughts in his brain (much like a five year old) and the 52% mark, I lost the ability to take this seriously.
I vaguely remember liking this in the beginning. It had potential. But right now I intensely dislike everything about this book. There are other reviews that do a much better job of actually reviewing this. Unfortunately, I suffered from an allergic reaction to the contents of this book that made my brain shut down entirely. I'm having trouble remembering words.
I'd imagine that if you like cowboys, machismo, superbly macho manly men who have been emotionally stunted by all their manliness, and the inability to communicate then you will love this.
I think it was steamy? I stopped reading when all the sex started, because at that point I was so done with everything that I was driving myself insane by picking apart all the sextences.
I also think it was angsty. However, I couldn't muster the ability to care about anything. I'm going to pretend that the book ended around 40% when Booker discovered self worth and forcibly removed Jed from his life.
DNF
I'm going to put this to rest. Somewhere between Booker running down the street while screaming "NO!" in reaction to the thoughts in his brain (much like a five year old) and the 52% mark, I lost the ability to take this seriously.
I vaguely remember liking this in the beginning. It had potential. But right now I intensely dislike everything about this book. There are other reviews that do a much better job of actually reviewing this. Unfortunately, I suffered from an allergic reaction to the contents of this book that made my brain shut down entirely. I'm having trouble remembering words.
I'd imagine that if you like cowboys, machismo, superbly macho manly men who have been emotionally stunted by all their manliness, and the inability to communicate then you will love this.
I think it was steamy? I stopped reading when all the sex started, because at that point I was so done with everything that I was driving myself insane by picking apart all the sextences.
I also think it was angsty. However, I couldn't muster the ability to care about anything. I'm going to pretend that the book ended around 40% when Booker discovered self worth and forcibly removed Jed from his life.
DNF
January 19, 2019
I am going to be completely honest and up-front here and tell you that I'm a huge fan of Cameron Dane. I have read every book she has written and loved them all. With that said, you might think I'm not capable of being objective in my review. I'm here to tell you that isn't true. I am completely objective when writing a review of a beloved author. The simple fact is, Cameron Dane's writing, characters, and stories are just that good. Plus, she writes really smoking hot scenes that are not to be missed.
Who doesn't love a cowboy, I ask you? Just the mental image of tight jeans, boots, T-shirt and hat is enough to make me start fanning myself and that doesn't even include the strong, tough personality. Oh my! Luckily for me this book has two hot cowboys but, more importantly, it has the storyline to do them justice. Typical of this author the story begins and proceeds smoothly along and I can convince myself that this is "just another cowboy story" until all of a sudden it begins to take turns and I know I'm in for the ride of my life.
Please find my full review at Rainbow Book Reviews
Who doesn't love a cowboy, I ask you? Just the mental image of tight jeans, boots, T-shirt and hat is enough to make me start fanning myself and that doesn't even include the strong, tough personality. Oh my! Luckily for me this book has two hot cowboys but, more importantly, it has the storyline to do them justice. Typical of this author the story begins and proceeds smoothly along and I can convince myself that this is "just another cowboy story" until all of a sudden it begins to take turns and I know I'm in for the ride of my life.
Please find my full review at Rainbow Book Reviews
August 11, 2013
DNF. Stopped after reading 40%.
The beginning is quite interesting - young, green man fascinated with rodeo circuit gets the job helping the older cowboy. We have half of the book dedicated to their growing friendship; in case of Booker mixed with hero-worship and love.
Booker is a bit naive, goody two-shoes, who keeps his virginal state for his true love. I wished he was more assertive, but I didn't have big problem with him. At least Booker always knew he was gay.
Jed however is so cut off from his emotions that he wouldn't recognize them if they kicked him in the butt. His standard response to any disquiet is closing off, drinking and picking fights. Those actions escalate when he starts feeling something for Booker. He is still in denial when they have sex!
Sex is the thing that ended the book for me. Booker and Jed's first time has a form of angry coupling that goes on and on and on. After 40 pages of something that resembles more a fight that a sexual union, I had enough.
The beginning is quite interesting - young, green man fascinated with rodeo circuit gets the job helping the older cowboy. We have half of the book dedicated to their growing friendship; in case of Booker mixed with hero-worship and love.
Booker is a bit naive, goody two-shoes, who keeps his virginal state for his true love. I wished he was more assertive, but I didn't have big problem with him. At least Booker always knew he was gay.
Jed however is so cut off from his emotions that he wouldn't recognize them if they kicked him in the butt. His standard response to any disquiet is closing off, drinking and picking fights. Those actions escalate when he starts feeling something for Booker. He is still in denial when they have sex!
Sex is the thing that ended the book for me. Booker and Jed's first time has a form of angry coupling that goes on and on and on. After 40 pages of something that resembles more a fight that a sexual union, I had enough.
June 18, 2014
Just no. Too much sex, to much repetition, too much drama for no reason. The first 40% of this book was snippet of through the years of Jeb and Colt being friends and growing close to each. The problem with it was all the snippets involved them winding each other up then masturbating to fantasies of each other. I didn't get a feeling of friendship, connection or bonding for the two characters. I didn't get to much a feeling about anything about them. The they finally get into bed together and never get out. Pages upon pages of sex without much in the way of story. Then to pour on the angst of I can't be gay. This would have worked better if I felt something for the characters but I just didn't. Sex is good but when it goes on forever it just becomes boring to me.
September 24, 2024
This is the first book I've read by this author and the writing gave me the impression that they are usually good at this but unfortunately this one got away from them, it's just too over the top with everything.
Firstly it took FOUR years worth of story for the MCs to finally get together, and this is living together in close trailer quarters for all of that time (and one of them is a horny-virgin-teenager). The angst is pretty much non stop and the sex scenes just go on and on for page after page. Unfortunately this was a slog to get through :(
Firstly it took FOUR years worth of story for the MCs to finally get together, and this is living together in close trailer quarters for all of that time (and one of them is a horny-virgin-teenager). The angst is pretty much non stop and the sex scenes just go on and on for page after page. Unfortunately this was a slog to get through :(
July 23, 2013
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Booker is a young man that has rodeo in the blood. Jed sees that from the start and takes a chance that a greenhorn is better than the worthless hand he has now. He talks his boss into letting him hire Booker. Jed loves nothing more than the rodeo and his brother and mother. His lifestyle keeps him from getting into relationships with women, and he isn’t the friendly type but Booker brings out feelings in him he doesn’t want to face.
Booker knows he is gay and he also knows his feelings for Jed are more than friendship but he is happy with being room-mates. At least until Jed realizes there is more and starts running from his feelings instead of owning them.
This is a very heartfelt book of denial. The story is full of angst and deep emotions of friendship, love, relationships, being gay and just being in love period. It’s one heck of a rollercoaster ride with Jed’s feelings going up and down and hot and cold, but in the long run the story is worth holding on tight and hanging on till the end of the ride. I will warn you be ready to rip out Jed’s heart, more than once or slap him silly LOL.
Recommendation: If you like heartfelt stories, friends to lovers, closeted gay, true love that’s hard won, happy endings, and very explicit very hot and steamy mansex and of course Cowboys and horses, this is definitely for you..
Booker is a young man that has rodeo in the blood. Jed sees that from the start and takes a chance that a greenhorn is better than the worthless hand he has now. He talks his boss into letting him hire Booker. Jed loves nothing more than the rodeo and his brother and mother. His lifestyle keeps him from getting into relationships with women, and he isn’t the friendly type but Booker brings out feelings in him he doesn’t want to face.
Booker knows he is gay and he also knows his feelings for Jed are more than friendship but he is happy with being room-mates. At least until Jed realizes there is more and starts running from his feelings instead of owning them.
This is a very heartfelt book of denial. The story is full of angst and deep emotions of friendship, love, relationships, being gay and just being in love period. It’s one heck of a rollercoaster ride with Jed’s feelings going up and down and hot and cold, but in the long run the story is worth holding on tight and hanging on till the end of the ride. I will warn you be ready to rip out Jed’s heart, more than once or slap him silly LOL.
Recommendation: If you like heartfelt stories, friends to lovers, closeted gay, true love that’s hard won, happy endings, and very explicit very hot and steamy mansex and of course Cowboys and horses, this is definitely for you..
July 15, 2015
There were things I liked about this book and things I didn't like. Let me start with the things I liked. Booker aka Colt should be nominated for Book Boyfriend of the Year!!! He waited over four years for the man he loved to pop his cherry. He was a saint. I really couldn't find anything wrong with Booker.
I liked the angst and chemistry between Jed and Booker. I liked that Jed struggled accepting his love for a man but I also didn't like that it went back and forth all the way up until the end. This book was too long and there really wasn't much of a plot. We didn't get sex until almost halfway into the story but once it started it went on and on and on. Some of it was hot, very testosterone filled and then I just started skimming.
I wasn't sure if this would be a 2 or 3 star rating but the epilogue cinched it for me. I fucking hate when the epilogue starts off with sex. Didn't we get enough of that in the previous chapters? We really didn't get much of an update either. I wanted to know more about the guys' lives together. Did Jed find a special horse? We never got to see Booker's sister.
I liked the angst and chemistry between Jed and Booker. I liked that Jed struggled accepting his love for a man but I also didn't like that it went back and forth all the way up until the end. This book was too long and there really wasn't much of a plot. We didn't get sex until almost halfway into the story but once it started it went on and on and on. Some of it was hot, very testosterone filled and then I just started skimming.
I wasn't sure if this would be a 2 or 3 star rating but the epilogue cinched it for me. I fucking hate when the epilogue starts off with sex. Didn't we get enough of that in the previous chapters? We really didn't get much of an update either. I wanted to know more about the guys' lives together. Did Jed find a special horse? We never got to see Booker's sister.
July 17, 2016
Cameron Dane is the reason that I read m/m romance. I stumbled upon A Fostered Love about two years ago and fell in love with the genre. I was very excited to see this new book! Booker is a young wide-eyed man who wants to work in the rodeo. He falls into a job with Jed, who Booker quickly develops a big crush on. The first half of this book is a slow build of their relationship over several years. It is wonderfully written; the character build-up is done very well.
The first sex scene is explosive, almost to the point of violence (and it goes on for page after page). The emotion in definitely in the scenes, but Jed’s anxiety about what he is feeling is very intense and hard to understand.
I love angst as much as the next girl, but the last half of this book was a little too much angst. Jed’s insecurities run so deep that no amount of reassurance and love can get through to him.
The first sex scene is explosive, almost to the point of violence (and it goes on for page after page). The emotion in definitely in the scenes, but Jed’s anxiety about what he is feeling is very intense and hard to understand.
I love angst as much as the next girl, but the last half of this book was a little too much angst. Jed’s insecurities run so deep that no amount of reassurance and love can get through to him.
December 18, 2014
Booker has wanted to be a cowboy and has been obsessed with the rodeo since forever then one day, whilst hanging out around the horses, he is given the chance of a lifetime and is offered a job by Jed. Booker is so enthusiastic and full of life that people can't help but love him but he hides his sexuality and growing attraction to Jed, knowing the other man is straight and that people aren't likely to accept him if they knew. The two share a trailer as they travel and eventually become best friends. We are half way through the book by the time something happens between them and don't get me wrong, it was hot - to begin with. Each sex scene seemed to go on, and on, and on, to the point I started to get a bit fed up with it. I also wasn't sure why Booker was so persistant in his chasing of Jed considering how repeatedly cruel Jed was to him. I'm glad there was an HEA and the story was really good, it unfortunately just didn't have me gripped. I'd give 3.5 stars rather than 3 though.
July 26, 2013
While I am a huge fan of Cameron Dane this book just wasn't all there for me, it was close though. I loved that young Booker was so eager to learn all there was from Jed, including how to love him properly. The one thing that threw me off was when they finally did get together (and god that took for ever!) they had sex, rough sex, like 4 times in a row. Now while I am a HUGE fan of lots of sex in a book, this just seemed so unreal to me. I mean wouldn't poor Jeds ass be raw as fuck after getting nailed that many times? But the ending was wonderful and still kept me glued to the pages until I finished reading it. I was thrilled that Booker didn't give up on what he wanted most in his life and that Jed finally realized that he needed to live his life for himself and no one else. So a well deserved solid 4 stars for me on this one, but Cameron still continues to be one of my favorite authors!!
November 21, 2018
I could not finish this book. I just couldn't. There is only one word to discribe the writing: Exaggerated.
Everything is exaggerated: the timespan in which things are happening (first 4 weeks from one chapter to the next, then 18 months, 2 years, 4 years).
This just isn't real: it took them 4 years to give in to their attraction and now they're going at it like the rabbits....🙄
I quote: "Booker shot spurt after spurt after spurt (you see: 3 times!) odf ejaculate high into the air. All the while Booker's anal walls bore down on Jed's cock like a vise, and Booker knew he would wear the imprint of Jed's dick in his ass for weeks". And so on and on....
If this isn't exaggerated and ridiculous I don't know what is. I have to stop reading or my eyes will roll back in my head and might never come back 😅
Everything is exaggerated: the timespan in which things are happening (first 4 weeks from one chapter to the next, then 18 months, 2 years, 4 years).
This just isn't real: it took them 4 years to give in to their attraction and now they're going at it like the rabbits....🙄
I quote: "Booker shot spurt after spurt after spurt (you see: 3 times!) odf ejaculate high into the air. All the while Booker's anal walls bore down on Jed's cock like a vise, and Booker knew he would wear the imprint of Jed's dick in his ass for weeks". And so on and on....
If this isn't exaggerated and ridiculous I don't know what is. I have to stop reading or my eyes will roll back in my head and might never come back 😅
July 27, 2013
Truly beautiful story. The MCs capture your heart, and makes you weep for them and their troubles...and boy-o-boy, did they have troubles. Booker was so adorable and sweet. His character's compassion was overflowing chapter after chapter. Jed. Wow.. Jed! Rough hewn cowboy, rooted in his ways. But his rough exterior or penetrable by Booker. So wonderfully done, Dane...Brava. But, I couldn't give it 5 stars, because while the sex scenes were HOT!HOT!HOT!, they were just TOO damn longggggg. I mean like 8-10 pages long. That's overkill! I found myself skimming after like three pages. But because the scenes are over-exaggerated. It doesn't take away from the author's very rich plot. I still highly recommend it.
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