Cowboy Heaven

Cowboy Heaven #1

by Cheryl Brooks

Cheryl Brooks, well known for her blazing hot love scenes, presents a smoking new erotic romance series set at a Wyoming ranch and featuring sexy-as-sin cowboys.

When widow Angela McClure decides to let loose and start a secret affair with a younger ranch hand, she inflames rancher Dusty Jackson's long simmering desire. Both men are irresistible - and forbidden - so Angela forms a plan to divert her old-fashioned father's suspicions: flirt with all of "her cowboys.' The new competition makes Circle Bar K ranch hotter than it's ever been before...

Genres: Romance, Westerns, Erotica, Contemporary Romance, Western Romance

295 pages, Paperback

First published March 3, 2015

About the author

Cheryl Brooks is a former critical care nurse turned romance writer. Her Cat Star Chronicles series includes Slave, Warrior, Rogue, Outcast, Fugitive, Hero, Virgin, Stud, Wildcat, and Rebel. Her Cowboy Heaven series includes the Cowboy Delight novella and the Cowboy Heaven novel. Her self-published works include Sex Love and a Purple Bikini, Midnight in Reno, and the Unlikely Lovers series, which includes Unbridled, Uninhibited, Undeniable, and Unrivaled. As a member of the Sextet, she has also published several erotic novellas with Siren/Bookstrand. She is a member of RWA and IRWA and lives with her husband, two sons, two horses, four cats, and one dog in rural Indiana. You can visit her online at https://www.cherylbrooksonline.com/ or email her at cheryl.brooks52@yahoo.com.

Reviews

[Sher❤ The Fabulous BookLover · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 Stars

I felt like this book was trying to be too many things at once. Is it romance? It it comedy? Is it erotica? This book is definitely fantasy, with Angela picking up an unknown hiker and immediately having sex with him, but I couldn't seem to warm up to the characters. The sex scenes were hot, but not tasteful. I didn't really see Troy as a hero or a man because he appeared so much like a boy and a toy.

*ARC graciously provided for an honest review*

[Jillyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

So, I was originally drawn to this book because of the cover. I guess that was my first mistake- we all know you're not supposed to do that. I've been on a cowboy romance reading kick, so when I saw this cover and read the blurb, it sounded right up my alley. What's not to love about a group of sexy cowboys? Unfortunately, that fantasy just didn't happen for me.

I have no idea what genre this book is supposed to be. It came off as funny like a comedy at parts, but I don't even know if that was intended. It's kind of a western romance, but it honestly reads more like erotica. And to be honest, I didn't even enjoy the sex scenes. I love erotica when it's done well, but these didn't do anything for me at all. They happened insanely fast and made everything seem cheesy and in poor taste. It was too much.

That's, in short, my problem with this book: too much. Too many cowboys, too many genres, too much dissatisfying sex scenes.

I think this is one of those books that a lot of other people will probably like, so if you like sex and cowboys, give it a go. But for me this was a miss, and I won't be looking for the next book in the series.

I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. This review can also be found on my blog, Bitches n Prose.

[Simply Love Book Reviews · Rating 3 out of 5]

Leigh's review posted on Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews

3.25 Stars

I’m having a hard time deciding on whether I liked this book or not, because I can’t tell if Ms. Brooks was intending for this to be a romance or a comedy. If it was comedy, then mission accomplished! But if it was intended to be more, it fell a little short of the mark. That’s not to say that it wasn’t an entertaining story. Or that it didn’t make me want to own my own ranch and have my own stable of cowboys. It just was a little lacking in sophistication in the relationships for me to take it seriously.

Angela McClure is a widow with a bunkhouse full of cowboys that she doesn’t seem to know that well. On her way home one day, she encounters Troy, a sexy, down on his luck cowboy and takes him home to work as a ranch hand and boy toy. Troy’s presence seems to upset the balance at the ranch when Dusty, a cowboy who has loved Angela from afar for years despite rarely speaking to her, become jealous of the competition.

In order to throw off her father and the foreman’s suspicions that she hired a cowboy strictly for sex, she decides that flirting with ALL of the cowboys would be a better option. Angela has been mourning her husband’s death for too long and finally coming out of her shell, she goes completely wild.

If you can call being giggly and having a “cutest balls” contest in the barn going wild.

The issues I had with the story were twofold. First, the descriptions. I could not get past the fact that the words “syrup”, “honey” and “hot sauce” was used to describe how aroused the men were getting. Second, everyone fell in love too easily. It seemed every cowboy on the ranch was in love with Angela, despite that they never said more than two words to her. And she was afraid to start anything with any of these men for fear of having to deal with her father or the foreman, yet she picks up a hitchhiker and brings him home and installs him at the ranch for sex. Couple that with the fact that she seemed to kiss and fondle every man at the ranch in front of the others and no one has an issue with it, asks all of the cowboys to rank equipment size with all the others based on what they’ve seen in the showers, and holds contests on who has the best rear end, and it just didn’t scream romance to me.

Overall, this was a fun romp through a bunkhouse full of sexy cowboys. But it was hard for me to take it seriously or understand the attraction the cowboys felt. As a comedy it was very entertaining. I think I just went into the story expecting a bit more.

Review copy provided for an honest review.

[Marta Cox · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story is completely over the top and very unrealistic but it's fiction so anything goes right? Well for this reader maybe not. I've enjoyed other books I've read by this author and yes do realise that she seems to excel at smutty reads with a large dose of fun but this one fell short of the mark for me . It starts with the heroine,Angela picking up Troy a hitchhiker and almost immediately this lonely ( and very horny) widow is fantasising about all sorts of things with him. Her overactive imagination nearly has her crashing the car and then reality steps in as this cowboy drifter seems only too eager to help out this damsel in distress!
Problem is Angela is not completely alone. For a start she has two grown up sons ,then there's her father who she lives with oh and add to that an assortment of ranch hands who seem very protective of Angela. . In particular Dusty who works on the ranch and boy is his nose been put out of joint by the arrival of Troy! Yes there are several men vying for Angela's attentions but it soon becomes apparent that protection comes in many ways and not all are what Angela needs. Angela is one very frustrated woman but not for long with Troy around. I didn't enjoy reading how easily she picked him up and trusted him and if honest thought at times she was too stupid to live! Its no wonder that all the ranch hands feel they should watch out for her but things can and do go a little too far as the plot thickens. This book is quite amusing at times but it's all about the sex and plenty of it at that! A crazy story that could have been so much better. I am disappointed as this author usually entertains me but maybe this time she thought let's be totally outrageous and blow their minds( amongst other things!) but for me not my favourite book by Ms Brooks I was gifted a copy of this in exchange for an honest review

[Jonel · Rating 4 out of 5]

What an intriguingly comical novel! Brooks combines the realities of ranch life with all of the intricacies of a number of people living together to create a wonderfully unforgettable tale. The well thought out story kept me on my toes throughout, weaving multiple threads throughout until the very end of the novel. Not only that, but the story is also hotter than anything. Brooks brings erotic fantasies to life with real life, loveable characters.

The female lead and her fantasies were unforgettable. The way that the main character thinks, what she sees, does, and wants to do paints a very vivid picture for the reader. Not only do we get a very in-depth, and at times comical, look at the character who drives this story forward, but her fantasies drive up the heat factor in this one tenfold. The ranch hands that she finds herself with are also a pleasure. The range of personality types was fantastic. And honestly, throw together a handful of hot, caring cowboys and you can’t lose.

As a whole this was a remarkably unique, unforgettably comical novel. Brooks combines the best of erotic romance with all the wonders of ranch life in a fantastic novel that I’d recommend to anyone who enjoys their cowboys hot and plot lines well developed and unique.

Please note that I received a complimentary copy of this work in exchange for an honest review.

[Sarah (is clearing her shelves) · Rating 1 out of 5]

9/6 - Alright, this is not working for me at all. There is absolutely no chemistry between Angela and Troy, or Angela and any of the ranch hands she uses to throw suspicion off the possibility of her having an affair with Troy (one of those aforementioned ranch hands, in case no one realised). Angela's reasoning for flirting with all the ranch hands to throw the suspicion off the idea of a relationship with Troy is so contrived it's laughable. It just seems like a horribly fake way to get the idea of Angela in the middle of a cowboy sandwich into the story. I'm not sure if anything actually happens because I haven't read that far, and likely never will.

Reading this makes me feel dirty, in a bad and disgusting way. This isn't romance, it's written down porn (as opposed to filmed porn) with all the feelings you would normally expect from that kind of movie. To me Angela and Troy act/feel like a pair of well-paid porn stars, not romantically linked characters in a romance, or even an erotica (in most of the eroticas I've read the characters exhibit some level of feeling for each other). DNF at page 60.

Considering the level of failure this book has reached I doubt I'll be making any effort to find any of Brooks' other books.

[Rebekah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Angela is a widow who picks up a stranded handsome cowboy hitchhiker. . She offers him a job as a ranch hand, they also discuss being naughty together and decide he will be her "toy". At the same time the other ranch hands start coming out of the woodwork with promises of love or just a good time (depending on the cowboy). This book had a bit of an identity crisis. I feel like it tried to be a steamy erotica, and a romance and a comedy. THAT didn't really do it for me. I also had a hard time following her daydreams. Also, She seemed to be able to have the Big "O" spontaneously.. without any kind of buildup... and sometimes just by touching a nice butt. ?? NOT realistic. lol... I really liked the 3 ranch hands that have a thing for her though. I found that I couldn't put this book down, though I couldn't say why.


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[Eva Millien · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Circle Bar K ranch is hotter than ever as widow Angela McClure decides to avert her father’s suspicious from her secretive affair by flirting with all ‘her cowboys’ in this delightful contemporary romance. Lots of spicy and fun dialogue adds to the overall delight of the story by adding a little fun and humor but also adding to the smoldering heat of the story. I was completely caught up in this steamy romance full of sexy cowboys from the very beginning and I can’t wait to read the next one.

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[TK · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent story that will sadly never rank well in my mental list of good books. Although to be fair its cause i struggled badly to even finish the book. No it wasn't horrible, but neither was it that good and it was all to easy for other books to pull my attention away from it. While i was at first really intrigued by the summary, the story somehow didn't quite hold the same interest in the end.
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[Becky Condit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Angela is a young widow who owns a ranch. She hasn’t been interested in men since her husband’s death. She is a kind person and picks up a hitchhiker. As it turns out, Angela’s ranch hand is injured and when she finds out the hitchhiker is down on his luck she offers him a temporary job.
Troy has recently been dumped by his girlfriend and left stranded. He’s a rodeo cowboy without prospects since he doesn’t have enough money to make it to the next rodeo on the circuit. Troy is good looking and turns Angela’s crank, so when lust meets temptation, naughtiness ensues.
This book is both amusing and romantic. Lots of fun between the covers, in both meanings of the word.

[bookedrightmeow · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is so outrageous and over-the-top and I kind of loved it.

It opens with the main character, Angela, picking up a hot cowboy hitchhiker, Troy. (Because clearly he can't be a criminal or psychopath if he's a hot cowboy.) Within chapter one, we get the first sex scene. No, really! It turns out to be a fantasy sequence in Angela's head (sneaky), but the first actual sex scene--in reality--follows not long after. And there is SO much sex content. I'm basically unshockable at this point, so there is nothing that made me feel uncomfortable--there's just a lot of sex going on in this book, fair warning.

Angela learns that Troy has been dumped by his girlfriend and ditched by the side of the road. He's a rodeo cowboy but his ex took off with his horse. Angela takes him to her father's ranch and decides to give him a job. While her father actually owns the ranch, she basically runs the daily operations along with the ranch foreman since her father is pretty old and his physical abilities aren't what they used to be.

Angela is an interesting character. She's a 42-year-old widow, mom to two boys in college, and surrounded by lots of younger (and mostly attractive) cowboys. There are a couple of men on the ranch who are older than her as well, but everyone who is employed on the ranch has been instructed that Angela is off limits. The reason for this is explained later. Angela's father is concerned about what will happen to the ranch after he dies one day and makes it clear that he thinks she should marry Rufus, the much older, stern, and standoffish foreman.

Angela doesn't have much attraction to Rufus; in fact, she's more into Dusty, a ranch hand. Even though she has made Troy her "boy toy" (and employee), she expresses that she has always been interested in Dusty.

When her husband Cody died, Angela spent many years feeling lonely on the ranch. She has a good female friend, Jenny, who lives on another ranch, but Angela doesn't have many other friends. She reaches a point where she just wants to feel something again other than loneliness. So when she spots Troy hitchhiking, she decides to pick him up and have some fun.

I appreciated Angela's casual attitude toward sex. Really. She and Troy have a mutual understanding that what they have is a fling--it won't last, but it'll be a lot of fun while it does. And after all the time that she has spent mourning her dead husband, I understood why she wants to have some fairly meaningless sex for a while. So good for her!

And that's what happens. Angela and Troy have lots and lots and LOTS of sex. As Angela becomes more confident in her sexuality, she starts flirting with some of the other ranch hands. I kind of had mixed feelings about this--Troy acts like he's jealous to learn she's been kissing other guys, but he really shouldn't be since what he has with her is so casual. When Angela kisses Dusty, things get more serious for everyone involved. Dusty declares his love for Angela, who soon realizes that she has been in love with Dusty for a while as well. She decides to break things off with Troy officially and just be with Dusty.

One of the only things about the book that really bothered me is the lack of safe sex. The first time that Angela and Troy have sex, it isn't safe. I think it's casually mentioned later, but she just takes his word even though she has literally just met him. Later, when she breaks things off with Troy and sleeps with Dusty, there's still no mention of safe sex. They talk about preventing pregnancy--there's even a subplot around this--but it troubled me that there are no efforts to prevent diseases. I know that this is a mostly light, fun book, but it's something that's still worth mentioning.

There are moments throughout the book that are outrageous and almost like slapstick comedy. The characters clearly don't take themselves too seriously and love having a good time. Then there's also a mystery surrounding Dusty and the fact that someone apparently wants to hurt him (and later attempt to kill him). To be honest, I didn't care as much about the mystery element and the reveal isn't much of a surprise.

The language is consistently raunchy and I think it's fair to say that this book is pretty darn smutty. I don't use that word often, but this book is definitely smutty and a huge guilty pleasure. It's kind of ridiculous at times, but I didn't care. It's a fun read.

I have Cowboy Delight, a novella by the same author, queued on my Kindle and I hope it's as much fun as Cowboy Heaven.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my review.

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Note: I received this book for free through Goodreads Firstreads.

This first thing I have to say about this book is that it was falsely advertised. It was advertised as a romance and it definitely was not! Now if this book had been advertised as what it was, a comedy with a happy ending, than I would have given it 4 stars. Because the comedy was the best part of the whole thing, even though the reviews said that the sex was the best part. I disagree since the book read like a porno. That part of the whole book was disgusting. I was expecting romance and love and instead I got guys trying to gangbang the female lead and the only reason she said no to that was because the guys wouldn't have been jealous over her anymore and she couldn't have that. The thing that probably disappointed me the most was that the book started out with this one guy the female lead picks up off the side of the road and then by the half way point of the book she is sleeping with that first guy but being semi-intimate with this other one. At this point, my only thought about the female lead was that she is a heartless, cheating whore. I am sorry to say that my opinion was only confirmed by the events throughout the book. The female lead readily admits that if she could have all of the different guys taking turns with how would have sex with her that day for the rest of her life she would. Yet supposedly, she gives her undying love to this one random guy who works for her. Is it getting creepy yet? Besides the cheating that does eventually occur, because you know it has to with a female lead like this one, the characters harp on the first decent character to enter the story and call her all manner of horrific names and make jokes at her expense. That part of the story made me mad because the new character actually had some standards and was likeable then the other characters trash her due to hey likeable nature. The only reason that I didn't give this book one star was because of the humor and the fact that at times the book had me laughing out loud.

[Michel Reinhard (Saucy Southern Readers) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cowboy Heaven by Cheryl Brooks is the perfect book if you are looking for a fun, extremely erotic,humorous, and entertaining. The title is perfect for the book. The sexy cowboys are coming out of the woodwork and showing their riding abilities. A fantasy come true?

When middle aged Angela McClure picks up a gorgeous hitchhiking cowboy the fun begins. Her fantasies take over. When she takes him home to the ranch it triggers a stampede. All the ranch hands and cowboys that were oblivious to Angela are now paying attention. But it’s the sexy young one, cowboy Troy, that has hers until Dusty Jackson makes his move.

The fantasies have began to jump out of her head and into her bed. Let the fun begin.

Cowboy Heaven was sizzling hot. The sex scenes were hotter than a branding iron. The story itself was not deep, not overly romantic, and overly emotional. It was just good reading entertainment.

The one impression this book left me with was how our inner feelings about ourselves reflect what people are seeing on the outside. Angela was feeling like an undesirable middle aged woman without much hope in the romance department. Once the young cowboy Troy paid attention and made her feel desirable once again, her inner beauty began to shine. When she began to shine, others took notice.

[Ruthie Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I received a free copy of this book to read and review for Wicked Reads"

This started off with a bit of a ?? moment until I realised it was a snippet of a fantasy. But actually sometimes reality is even stranger than dreaming, and for one 42 year old widowed Mum of two college boys, that certainly seemed to be the case here!

Lucky lady; funny book, and what a cast of amusing and entertaining men, who clearly fuel Angela's fantasies. This is hot, funny and endearing - I shall be putting it on my "guaranteed to cheer me up" pile. Naturally there is a touch of drama thrown in, but really it is her imagination that make this book cowboy heaven.

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would classify this book as comedy, camouflaged with cowboys on a ranch setting. A lucky rancher's daughter has a bunkhouse full of cowboy Casanovas: the hitchhiker (who shows her how desirable she still is), the broke legged (who has loved her from afar) & the shy/goofy (his ears aren't the only thing that is big). These men are ready to compete and drop trou to go for the win. There are a couple serious moments in the book, enter crazy cowboy.

I received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

[Jey · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars.
This book had a bit of an identity crisis for me.
Is it a romantic comedy? Erotica? Potential ménage?
I'm not sure and because of that it just didn't work.
The female lead is 42 yet comes across as a high school girl, the male characters claim to have feelings for her yet are happy to watch her get in a clinch with just about anyone.
I'd like to say the sex scenes were hot but they were kind of cringeworthy and after struggling to get to 50% I had to skim read the rest.
*ARC kindly provided for an honest review*

[Kimberly · Rating 2 out of 5]

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This was really hard to read.It seemed like it was written as a short erotic story and the author decided to add some back story to it. The only thing missing was the “boom chicka bow bow” music playing in the background.

Worst part was the sex scenes were even that great. Won’t be continuing with this series.

Disclaimer:
I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

[Wminbc · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok..this one is in the genre of Jimmy Joe Johnson: Manwhore....seriously OTT, but funny as hell and totally ridonkidonk! Sex, gratuitous blow jobs and funny, funny banter!

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[Ashley Dawn · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one was just not my cup of tea. Angela has been lonely since her husband passed away. She sees a sexy cowboy walking down the road and picks him up. They proceed to 'have fun' in the truck on the way to her house and she hires him on as a ranch hand as a boy toy on the side. She also begins to flirt with the other hands so no one becomes suspicious of her new relationship but that just confuses the issue and seriously angers someone.
I'll start out by saying that I attempted to read this once and put it down because it just wasn't interesting me. I finally picked it back up and finished it but I didn't connect to any of the characters. Angela has lived the last couple years letting others dictate her life and is breaking free. She does that in a completely strange way (to me) and if the characters had been the jealous type, could have been very messy. As it was, there was plenty of flip flopping and confusion of relationships. I did like her father though and his 'old fashioned' ways, though they don't fit anymore, he reminded me of some of the men I grew up around.
It was a 2/5 for me. I just didn't connect to the characters or story.

Thank you to the publisher for the review copy of this book. I received this book in exchange for an honest review and the opinions stated above are 100% mine.

[Tanya · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had good bones but feel like author tried to make it too much... there was funny, sexy and suspense. I feel like if she tried to just focus in on one of those book could have been great. Just a bit too far with the sexy for me, tried too hard.

[Pam James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loads of humor

This book starts with a lonely widow picking up a rodeo bum. There are loads of humor and some very sexy scenes. I enjoyed reading about these sexy cowboys... Pam James

[Janine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is all in first person. Kinda funny! sexy and unpredictable. I liked it.

[melody xoumanivong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!!

[Amy Sperling · Rating 1 out of 5]

Coulnd'nt justify reading last the second chapter

[Rundee · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at probably 30%
Writing about sex can be really really unsexy if it's interrupted by thoughts about basically everything else.
Also it reads very train of thought babbling.
Sadly not readable

[Cassandra Whiting · Rating 3 out of 5]

The sex was really hot, but the whole time I was hoping the menage a trois she refers to would actually happen. And the ending just confused me. Like, there wasn't any lead up to it really.

[Crystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decently raunchy. A tiny bit of mystery, and lots of naked cowboys!

[Faith · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was one of the most ridiculous books I’ve ever read. If I could give it 0 stars I would.

[Jessie Bee · Rating 5 out of 5]

fun filled

A fun filled sexy read with cowboys and one damsel in distress. So many laugh out loud instances. Great book.

[Marlene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Originally published at Reading Reality

Cowboy Heaven is just plain good, dirty fun. For a good time, find Cheryl Brooks and pick up either Cowboy Heaven or its predecessor, Cowboy Delight.

I’ve been reading a LOT of fairly serious books lately, and it was great to cut loose with something light and fun. And dirty. Did I mention dirty? Cowboy Heaven is an erotic romance that starts out heavy on the erotic and adds the romance side about halfway in.

There’s also a tiny bit of suspense. While it was easy to figure out who the bad guy was, his reasons for being bad and just how far back the badness went were a bit of a surprise.

The story is about Angela McClure. Angela is a 42 year old widow with two sons, a cantankerous father, and a ranch to run. Her husband Cody has been dead a few years, long enough for her to have gotten past her grief and to really miss having a man around just for her. And definitely for sex.

Her kids are away at school. You would think that Angela would have no problem finding someone if she wanted to, but there are definitely a couple of flies in that ointment. Her dad is more than a bit old-fashioned, a lot of hard of hearing, and his health is failing. And it is still HIS ranch. Angela may run it, but Dear Old Dad definitely still owns it. She lives under his roof and has to give at least lip service to what he wants.

The other problem is the ranch foreman Rufus. He has not only lectured the ranch cowboys repeated and with great force that Angela is absolutely untouchable, but it turns out that he fires anyone who even looks her way.

Angela, who is more than passably pretty, feels like she is being smothered. Quite possibly with a nun’s habit. She’s doesn’t know about Rufus’ dictates, and thinks she must be ugly as sin if none of the cowboys will even smile at her.

Then she picks up a handsome hitchhiker, and she learns a whole lot about how much she still needs sex, and how much men want to have it with her. She also uses her new “boy toy” as a spy in Rufus’ bunkhouse, and discovers just how tight a rein the foreman has been keeping on all her cowboys.

The more she inserts herself into the life of the cowboys (and a few of them let her know that they would like to insert themselves into her) the more Angela re-discovers how much fun, and not just the sexual kind, can be had with a bunch of male friends who don’t mind her occasional foul language and can give as good as they get.

And the further Rufus goes off the deep end. When Angela and her new cowboy friends start putting the pieces together, Angela comes to the nasty conclusion that anyone she shows favor to is in deadly danger.

Especially the cowboy that she has been in love with for years. And very definitely vice-versa. Can they get Rufus before he gets them?

Escape Rating B+: For a rip-roaring time, get this book and settle in for a couple of hours of sexy cowboy fun.

But there’s just a bit more to it than that. Angela is a terrific character. I feel for her situation, and absolutely love her bawdy sense of humor. She’s someone I’d love to have drinks with. Or possibly get drunk with.

I also really liked that Angela was a grown-up heroine. She’s 42 not 22. It affects her outlook on life and responsibility. While it was awful to see her as a widow, it was terrific to see her break out of the shell imposed by her Dad and Rufus and find her authentic self, very definitely including her sexual side.

That all the cowboys she gets various levels of involved with are all younger than she is, well that’s an added bonus.

The cowboys as a group are all sweethearts (except Rufus of course). It’s easy to see why a woman might fall in love with any of them – or perhaps all of them. It’s also just a bit heartbreaking when Angela’s lover, Dusty, explains how all of them are misfits, and why they are all happy living in a ranch bunkhouse instead of on their own.

There is one scene that absolutely had my laughing to the point of shaking the bed. Some of the cowboys decide to get into a dick measuring contest, and they want Angela to be the judge. The whole load of double and triple entendres flying around is chortle, snicker, giggle worthy of the highest order.

(I’ll admit, I’ve been to more than a few meetings where I wanted the guys in the room to just cut the crap and get them out and measure them. It would have saved a whole lot of time.)

It would be sweet to see more of those wonderful cowboys get their own sexy HEAs in future books in this series. They deserve it.