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A Cowboy of Her Own #2

Her Bull Rider's Baby

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Can one wild night in Vegas become a lifetime of domestic bliss?

Liliana Merrill learned to love the rodeo with her ranching family. Now heading their stock operations, she attends an event where she gets the ride of her life from the sexiest bull rider she’s ever seen. But one pregnancy test later, she discovers that what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay there…

Up-and-coming Brazilian bull rider Adriano Silva has been careful to avoid entanglements during his time in America. The money’s great, the fame fun, and the ladies enticing, but he plans to head home once he’s won a championship. That is, until he gets a call from the one woman who tempted him like no other…

Lil is determined to raise the baby on her own. Adriano is resolved to be the father he never knew. He’ll show Lil he’s got what it takes to tame her—if she doesn’t tame him first…

321 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 29, 2015

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Profile Image for  B.E.Love.
1,390 reviews132 followers
February 17, 2016
After a weekend neither Adriano or Lilli could forget they both went their own ways. Now Lilli has a positive pregnancy test and knows she has to tell Adriano the news. Adriano has a plan finish this years bull riding season, win the championship next season and then go back to Brazil and take care of his sick mom and family. Lilli wasn't he plan but she is one person he can't forget. When Lilli tells Adriano the news of her pregnancy both have plans for what they think the future should be. Adriano taking his baby back to Brazil and Lilli to keep her baby and raise her the way she was raised.

Spending time together both decide to pick who their baby will live with together knowing they will each be able to convince the other that living with them is best. What neither Adriano nor Lilli planned was the feelings that come along with getting to know each other better and the love that grows. When each begin to hope the other may feel the same and that they may have a future they both realize the future isn't guaranteed.

I liked this book its really sweet with some cute and hot thrown in for good measure. I'm a sucker for a good pregnancy book and this one is just that. The conflict that arises just added to this book as well as the growth of our characters. I loved Adriano he is stubborn and possessive and he knows what is best, but this all comes from love and wanting the best for Lilli and their baby and Adriano learns a lot along the way.

Lilli is also stubborn which actually balanced them both out, she is strong and sweet. This book was just one of those books you fly through because you enjoy it so much. This book simply hits all the spots I was hoping it would when I read this books description. I highly recommend this book.

*Thank you NetGaller and Penny Bright Publishing, LLC for this ARC copy for my review.
Profile Image for Leigh Kramer.
Author 1 book1,422 followers
September 12, 2021
Surprise pregnancy is one of my least favorite tropes. If this wasn’t by an author I enjoy and the next in the series, I’d have skipped it entirely. One of my favorite things about being a romance reader is when an author can make you enjoy a trope you typically hate and I was hopeful Genevieve Turner would make a believer out of me. She didn’t quite succeed—I didn’t like the reason for the low moment and I felt the “will they, won’t they” dance between Liliana and Adriano went on a bit too long—but I’m not mad I read this and that counts for a whole lot.

Character notes: Liliana is the white owner of a stock and bull breeding operation. She has a Jack Russell terrier named Rufio. Adriano is a Brazilian bull rider. He describes himself as Pardo, which is a term for mixed race Brazilians that includes Black, Native, and Portuguese ethnicities. This is set in Cabrillo, CA.

Content notes: unplanned pregnancy (in spite of using condoms and being on birth control), very brief contemplation of abortion, MMC’s mother has kidney disease and is on the transplant list, incarcerated brother (DUI), MMC physically assaults secondary character antagonizing him and is suspended from the tour, sexism, slut-shaming (countered), on page sex, gendered insult, gender essentialism (especially around baby’s gender), ableist language, MMC’s father worked out of town and died in an industrial accident when he was 8, reference to labor and delivery (epilogue)
494 reviews
March 9, 2019
Second time I have read this book and it was even better. The characters, the moodiness,attitudes and the wild nights made me love it again. Lilliana was a great female strong character who stood up for every person who needed to defend themselves in time. Loved it!
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3,217 reviews20 followers
July 22, 2025
Liliana Merrill was looking at a pregnancy test and trying to determine if she was reading it correctly. But a positive is still a positive. Now she and her cousin Bea are discussing the best way to handle telling the baby daddy. She is more afraid to tell her brothers than she is at breaking the news to her parents. Just about the time she was having an existential crisis.
A baby. A real live baby.
“Hey, Lil.” Bea’s tone was gentler but still brisk. “Lots of people have babies. It’s not the end of the world.”
In other words: Buck up, little camper.

Lil kind of wanted to pretend like the world was ending and wallow for a few moments. “I can’t have a baby. I have a job. A career.” She raised her arms to the heavens, toward the uncaring Fates who’d done this to her. Her cousin rolled her eyes behind the heavy black frames of her glasses. “Pregnant women work in labs all the time. I saw one yesterday.” “I’m not a scientist. I don’t work in a lab.” Lil flicked her ponytail over her shoulder—even her hair was annoying her. “I run a stock operation, and I’m trying to breed bucking bulls.

How many pregnant women work with over a thousand pounds of testosterone-soaked bull, purposefully trying to piss him off, so he’ll buck?” “You won’t be pregnant forever. Put the bull-breeding stuff on hold and focus on the stock operations until the baby comes.” Bea’s tone was smugly self-assured. What her cousin suggested made perfect sense. Yet… Lil didn’t want to hear the advice. She wasn’t going to be just another Merrill taking over what her daddy gave her. She’s building something all her own.”

She set her hands to her belly. There was another life growing in there, growing and changing within her. An entirely new person. “Congratulations then. You’re going to have a baby.” “Thanks.” “Do you know who the father is?” “Of course I do.” It's her Tiger Eyes. Eyes that had blazed with a predator’s flaming intent… “You don’t have a boyfriend,” Bea pointed out. “It’s not as if there’s a likely suspect.” True. Lil didn’t have time to date. Men were for fun, for spending reckless, sweaty nights with. She hadn’t slept with anyone since Vegas.

Which was how she knew exactly who the father was. “So,” Bea prompted “who is it?” Liliana rubbed her forehead. “We met in Vegas.” “Wait.” Bea’s mouth fell open. “Is this… tiger eyes?” The nickname had been funny when she’d had an encounter in Vegas,
a story to sigh over as she shared beers with a cousin. Now though he’s her baby daddy. He’d always been much more than an encounter. He’d consumed her nights and her days during that heady weekend. Which was why she hadn’t been interested in anyone else since.

She couldn’t be tied down. Getting hung up on a bull rider she’d met at the National Finals Rodeo? Not her style. “Vegas was three months ago. And you’re only now taking the test?” “Yeah. I didn’t miss my period until last week.” “Then how do you know Tiger Eyes is the dad?” “Because I haven’t slept with anyone since.” He kind of ruined men for her after that wild weekend. “Ah. Does he have a name, or should I keep calling him Tiger Eyes?” “His real name is Adriano,” Lil confessed. Bea’s brow furrowed.

“A bull rider named Adriano?” She clapped a hand over her mouth. “Oh my God. Lil, he’s so famous even I’ve heard of him.” “Yep.” Adriano Silva. Young, Brazilian, and the most famous up-and-coming bull rider in America. Adriano had seemed completely focused on bull riding and none of the other trappings that came with it. No interviews, no excessive rumors of him with buckle bunnies, no late-night carousing. Now there was only one thing left to do... Calling Adriano is more positive than negative, but the language barrier makes the simplest things much more intense.

A very good read, however, there were times when the MC kept repeating the mantra of what he wants, no he needs to do, to get back home to much.
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99 reviews
August 13, 2022
Can opposits become one?

Lol has a one night stand and gets a gift that will last forever. She is afraid to tell him she is expecting for fear he will take the baby. There are ups and downs for them. Will everything work out for them. You have to read this g7r eat book to find out.
252 reviews4 followers
June 21, 2020
Good story! I liked that there were lots of highs and lows. Suspense. And hot love scenes.
I could not put it down. Read it in about half a day. Keep up the good writing.
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132 reviews5 followers
November 7, 2015
Her Bull Rider’s Baby is a fun, sexy, and moving romance. It delves into the two lives of Liliana and Adriano. Liliana comes from a long line of ranchers in Southern California. Her family has built an empire that includes bulls. Liliana is in charge of that program and has started it from scratch. Adriano is a bull rider from Brazil. He has come to compete in the US to win and earn as much as he can and return to Brazil. When Liliana and Adriano meet, intense sexual sparks were immediate.

Liliana had my heart from the beginning. She goes after what she wants. She does not apologize for past relationships. She does not put limits on her abilities. She is fiercely loyal to her family and likes herself. I have read many books lately where the heroine’s do not seem to like themselves. So it is refreshing to read a heroine who is comfortable with whom she is and likes who she is. However, Liliana is not without faults as well. She can be incredibly stubborn and let’s her fear of emotional intimacy dictate some of her actions.

I really liked the evolution and changes of Adriano. He starts off as just an incredible male physical specimen (which he is, don’t get me wrong!). At the beginning of the pregnancy, Adriano is closed off and very myopic. It was at this point that is was difficult to for me to see him as the hero. Once the story got involved in his back-story and when he finally opens up, he becomes a truly fully developed hero. I love his loyalty to his family, to Brazil, and to his child. Also, he is a great dancer! Yeah!

Though I had some issue with how Liliana and Adriano were trying to split the custody of their child, I liked how all the ups and downs of their relationship let them get to know each other and how they worked together. They both had weaknesses and strengths. They had to learn to compromise, which was hard with two incredibly stubborn individuals. The writing was extremely fluid and descriptive. The story had funny moments, fantastic sexy times, some profound sadness, and great joy. Once again, the Las Morenas series keeps me intrigued and wanting more (**cough** Josh’s story **cough**).

** ARC received in exchange for honest review **
4,818 reviews16 followers
May 6, 2016
Liliana /Lil is from a long line of ranchers and is very loyal to her family. Lil is a no nonsense type of person. Lil had a fling with Adriano and soon after found out she was pregnant with his child. Adriano wants to finish this year’s bull riding season win next season and then go back to Brazil to take care of his sick mother. Lil has to tell Adriano she is pregnant as it is the right thing to do. When Adriano hears Lil is pregnant he is on a plane to see her. Adriano never really knew his father and no child of his was not going to know Adriano.Lil can be very stubborn and is afraid of emotional intimacy. Adriano is closed up at the beginning when he first learns he is to be a father but as time goes on he is very happy about his future child. Both Lil and Adriano have plans for the baby after it is born. Adriano wants to take his baby back to Brazil with him. Lil wants to keep the baby with her and the baby be raised like she was raised. Then Lil and Adriano spend time together each believing that they can change the mind of the other about the baby. Lil has a bull breeding operation she is responsible for so her life is on the family ranch. Adriano can also be very stubborn and loyal especially to his mother and Brazil and now his future child.
I liked this story a lot. Things started right away no holding back. I liked how Adriano immediately stepped right up . the story was very funny at times. I laughed how both Lil and Adriano thought they were right and knew the best thing to do. Of course to want exactly opposite what the other did.Just a good all around read. I like the twists and turns of this story especially with Lil and Adriano. I recommend.
I received an ARC of this story for an honest review.
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206 reviews1 follower
October 28, 2015
I received this book as an ARC.

I could not put down this fantastic read! It has a story that will grab you and keep you interested and entertained all the way from the beginning to the very end. You will fall in love with Liliana and Adriano! This book is a must read, there is no doubt about it and once you do, you will be hooked and will have to read everything else by this Genevieve Turner if you already haven’t started reading her books.

Liliana Merrill loved setting up her bull-breeding operation and also loved being a little wild. The last thing she expected was to have a wild good time with sexy bull rider Adriano Silva and wind up with a bun in the oven.

Adriano Silva an up-and coming bull rider all he wants to do is help his family by saving up and being the best bull rider. What he wasn’t expecting was to hear from the one woman who tempted him to forget his plan and fall hard. When he got the news he was going to be a father he was on the next plane to see her. He wasn’t going to not be there for his child since he never truly knew his father. Will the two butt heads on everything or learn to compromise and fall in love not lust with each other?
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1,691 reviews354 followers
February 22, 2016
3.5 stars

The books in this series are fun quick reads. I really enjoy reading about the contemporary descendants of the characters in Turner's historical series (though I like that series better overall). These books are shorter and I think the character development suffers a bit as a result. I did very much like both Lil and Adriano as they are presented. Their conflicts were realistic as was his reactions to the situations he finds himself in given his Brazilian culture. I enjoyed how much both of their histories and heritages meant so much to them and how they wanted both passed on to their daughter. I was kind of frustrated by the end and wanted to just yell at the book "HAVE A CONVERSATION ALREADY!!!" When I am at that point in a romance novel, it means I've definitely reached my limit for the characters' shenanigans.

I will say that if you hate baby stories, you may want to avoid this one. The baby is the center of the plot and features strongly. There are doctor's appointments and visits to baby stores. I know that is a deal breaker for many readers so fair warning going in. :)
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1,677 reviews23 followers
November 4, 2015
I enjoyed reading Her Bull Riders Baby. The author wastes no time jumping into the book. We immediately find out that one week in Vegas has created new life for Adriano and Lil. I'm glad the author didn't keep her pregnancy a secret. I liked the attentiveness of Adriano. I thought he was areal sweetie.

Lil was a no nonsense kinda women. She knows what she wants in her career and her men. I liked her sassy and feisty personality.

Despite the they are initially together because of the baby they are both committed in making this relationship work. I liked watching the pair fall in love .

While I enjoyed the book, there isn't much more than 2 people trying to get along. Also, some characters and storylines could have been expanded. They were written about in the beginning. then forgotten by the end.

I was given an ARC for a honest review.
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4,344 reviews118 followers
October 28, 2015
Wow! Another wonderful book from Genevieve Turner! I thank her for the ARC to read and review and look forward to any book she may write in the future!

Lilliana has family history, money and a job she loves. She has been a bit of a wild child but is suddenly grounded by an unexpected pregnancy. Contacting Adriano, the baby’s father, is not easy and neither is their relationship as it unfolds. Adriano and Lilliana are stubborn know-it-alls who think they are always right and know what is best. How they grow and learn to compromise, share and communicate is wonderfully explored in this story. This book made me smile, wish I had a dancing partner like Adriano and remember what it was like when expecting my first child. A great story and oh so much fun to read!
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8,964 reviews173 followers
October 19, 2015
Liliana and Adriano have to face off against a lot. Heritage, pride, careers and a surprise pregnancy are just a few of the obstacles they are faced with. Although I am relatively new to Ms. Turner as an author, the stories that I have read by her are centered around a family unit that works, loves and grows together. The common denominator is love. Whether familial love or romantic love the lessons learned play a part in shaping the dynamic of this ranching family. I received an ARC of this story is exchange for an honest review.
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3,039 reviews44 followers
January 16, 2016
Copy courtesy of Netgalley
This is a fast paced no nonsense book. The beginning scene is a positive pregnancy test. There are no secret baby or long separations that tend to happen in unplanned pregnancy storylines. Lil told Adriano as soon as she found out. He didn't hesitate to step up. The two them had different ideas about custody but decided they could work it out. They were both very strong willed characters and it made for some fun dialogue and scenes. Adriano is alpha, a little chauvinistic and possessive. Lil is independent and used to doing things her way.
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9,520 reviews162 followers
October 20, 2015

Being right all the time isn't as fun as Adriano thought, “oh,” Dr. Young said, waggling a finger, “and no horseback riding.” Lil blinked as if blinded, then burst into tears. And Adriano found out that being right wasn’t quite as sweet as he’d thought it would be." Adriano can be caring, "his own blood pressure skyrocketed. “Is she all right?” he demanded. “Should she be admitted to the hospital?” I liked this book.
14 reviews
February 11, 2016
Great book

Very good book ,I could not put it down. I read book one and two in the same day .
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272 reviews1 follower
October 24, 2016
Her Bull Rider's Baby

This was very good book. I had a hard time putting it down. I love the way they made everything worked out for their family. Thank you awesome story.
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636 reviews7 followers
October 23, 2015
Awesome read! Amazing story that is unlike any other romance I've ever read. I highly recommend!!
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