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Ace of Spades: A Steamy Enemies-to-Lovers Cowboy Romance
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August 27, 2026
I don't even know where to start.
It's not well written, not well edited, and not well formatted.
Worse though, it's also just not a good romance.
And so much of it did not make any logical sense.
Rival resorts in a dinky town in the middle of nowhere America? Really? One run by a bunch of machismo children and the other by mustache-twirling villains? I wasn't rooting for either to be completely honest. Which is good because neither had anything approaching a realistic or sustainable business model.
I really didn't understand the backstory. Hailey must have just arrived in the small town because she only just meets Weston's crew and isn't attached to any of the local businesses or landmarks her dad keeps destroying. And she had no idea what her family was up to, but she knew the townspeople didn't like her. But her ex-boyfriend lives there? And her bestie (that vanishes mid-book) also lives there? And she knows enough people to have a big birthday party?
How exactly are Weston and his crew making money off their property (to pay taxes, feed horses and themselves, build resort lodgings, etc) before Hailey comes along as a social media savant? They train horses for people, but it is very much stated that they live out in the country. Is the population even enough to sustain a business like that? Maybe if they were stabling horses for people, but it doesn't say that at all--and even then, that is not enough to build extra income to build a ranch resort on the land. They compete in the rodeo circuit, but they are also very young 20-somethings that seem to spend most of their time socializing.
They had one (1) family stay at the ranch the whole book. The parents of said family told their small child they didn't want them riding the horses because they were A SMALL CHILD and had never even seen a horse before. The parents go shopping in town (at the many local stores Hailey's dad has supposedly had all closed down?) and leave the SMALL CHILD behind with grandparents. Weston, Hailey, and the other 20-somethings that run the ranch decide they know better and take said SMALL CHILD out riding anyway. Not just riding around the corral or something, no. They take the SMALL CHILD out into the fields to do RANCH HAND WORK. The review I would have left for these people if I had been this SMALL CHILD'S parents would have made me the first and last guest of their ranch.
Hailey moves onto Weston's mom's (spare? second?) trailer park slot. Lives there for a month, hangs around enough for her to become like a daughter to the mom, but Weston has no idea she's living there? One, if the mom is so hard up financially--why does she maintain an empty trailer lot? Two, Hailey's dad had supposedly run all the other trailer tenants off--why didn't Weston notice a suddenly occupied slot in the vacant park?
There are a lot of these seeming errors all over the plot. Illogical happenings. Inconsistencies. Etc.
Everyone--and I mean everyone--in this book is annoying or unlikeable. Even the raccoon baby.
Weston solves his problems with guns ('Merica!) and violence. Except when Hailey is kidnapped and then he twiddles his thumbs for days so Hailey can be rescued (OFF SCREEN!) by one of the flattest characters in the book.
Hailey is just a nothing character. Pinging from plot point to plot point with no mind of her own, constantly in need of rescue. And the 'I had no idea my father was a villain' trope just does not work here. She was an only child that lived with her parents. Her parents didn't come to her rodeo events, but they were always at home when she was. It's not like she didn't see how he moved. AND SHE WAS DATING HER DAD'S BUSINESS PARTNER'S SON. And said son was also active in the two dads' business. At this point it's either idiocy or willful blindness.
There was nothing romantic between Hailey and Weston. It was just sex. They are young and pretty and want to roll around in the hay, so they do. Dull, boring.
And that closing chapter....Christ on a cracker. Overdramatic for what? So much stupidity and violence and guns. Just completely off putting.
It's not well written, not well edited, and not well formatted.
Worse though, it's also just not a good romance.
And so much of it did not make any logical sense.
Rival resorts in a dinky town in the middle of nowhere America? Really? One run by a bunch of machismo children and the other by mustache-twirling villains? I wasn't rooting for either to be completely honest. Which is good because neither had anything approaching a realistic or sustainable business model.
I really didn't understand the backstory. Hailey must have just arrived in the small town because she only just meets Weston's crew and isn't attached to any of the local businesses or landmarks her dad keeps destroying. And she had no idea what her family was up to, but she knew the townspeople didn't like her. But her ex-boyfriend lives there? And her bestie (that vanishes mid-book) also lives there? And she knows enough people to have a big birthday party?
How exactly are Weston and his crew making money off their property (to pay taxes, feed horses and themselves, build resort lodgings, etc) before Hailey comes along as a social media savant? They train horses for people, but it is very much stated that they live out in the country. Is the population even enough to sustain a business like that? Maybe if they were stabling horses for people, but it doesn't say that at all--and even then, that is not enough to build extra income to build a ranch resort on the land. They compete in the rodeo circuit, but they are also very young 20-somethings that seem to spend most of their time socializing.
They had one (1) family stay at the ranch the whole book. The parents of said family told their small child they didn't want them riding the horses because they were A SMALL CHILD and had never even seen a horse before. The parents go shopping in town (at the many local stores Hailey's dad has supposedly had all closed down?) and leave the SMALL CHILD behind with grandparents. Weston, Hailey, and the other 20-somethings that run the ranch decide they know better and take said SMALL CHILD out riding anyway. Not just riding around the corral or something, no. They take the SMALL CHILD out into the fields to do RANCH HAND WORK. The review I would have left for these people if I had been this SMALL CHILD'S parents would have made me the first and last guest of their ranch.
Hailey moves onto Weston's mom's (spare? second?) trailer park slot. Lives there for a month, hangs around enough for her to become like a daughter to the mom, but Weston has no idea she's living there? One, if the mom is so hard up financially--why does she maintain an empty trailer lot? Two, Hailey's dad had supposedly run all the other trailer tenants off--why didn't Weston notice a suddenly occupied slot in the vacant park?
There are a lot of these seeming errors all over the plot. Illogical happenings. Inconsistencies. Etc.
Everyone--and I mean everyone--in this book is annoying or unlikeable. Even the raccoon baby.
Weston solves his problems with guns ('Merica!) and violence. Except when Hailey is kidnapped and then he twiddles his thumbs for days so Hailey can be rescued (OFF SCREEN!) by one of the flattest characters in the book.
Hailey is just a nothing character. Pinging from plot point to plot point with no mind of her own, constantly in need of rescue. And the 'I had no idea my father was a villain' trope just does not work here. She was an only child that lived with her parents. Her parents didn't come to her rodeo events, but they were always at home when she was. It's not like she didn't see how he moved. AND SHE WAS DATING HER DAD'S BUSINESS PARTNER'S SON. And said son was also active in the two dads' business. At this point it's either idiocy or willful blindness.
There was nothing romantic between Hailey and Weston. It was just sex. They are young and pretty and want to roll around in the hay, so they do. Dull, boring.
And that closing chapter....Christ on a cracker. Overdramatic for what? So much stupidity and violence and guns. Just completely off putting.
August 25, 2025
This book was such a pleasant surprise! Wes and Hailey immediately had me hooked - they had great banter and I’m always a fan of enemies to lovers. Pair this chemistry with a great town & band of characters and I couldn’t put it down.
The only reason this gets 4 stars is because I wouldn’t classify it as a slow burn. Hailey and Wes break the physical barrier relatively quickly and once they get together, I do feel the plot lost a little steam.
The conflict was a bit over the top but I didn’t mind. I really just wished the “enemies” portion of enemies to lovers had been dragged out. A true slow burn would’ve been great with how good their banter was.
I really hope this continues as a series and explores some of the other side characters! I was hoping for a Chance and Kota book the entire time. I would definitely keep reading.
I’m truly shocked more people haven’t read this yet! This author has amazing potential in the cowboy romance space.
The only reason this gets 4 stars is because I wouldn’t classify it as a slow burn. Hailey and Wes break the physical barrier relatively quickly and once they get together, I do feel the plot lost a little steam.
The conflict was a bit over the top but I didn’t mind. I really just wished the “enemies” portion of enemies to lovers had been dragged out. A true slow burn would’ve been great with how good their banter was.
I really hope this continues as a series and explores some of the other side characters! I was hoping for a Chance and Kota book the entire time. I would definitely keep reading.
I’m truly shocked more people haven’t read this yet! This author has amazing potential in the cowboy romance space.
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