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Cabin Fever #1
Nights in Norcoast
A cowgirl and a newcomer—complete strangers in a small town. When they get trapped inside a cabin together for a week, what could possibly go wrong?
April Bauer packed her bags and fled from her abusive ex-husband overnight, only to land in a secluded farming town, Norcoast, without a clue. With the approaching winter weather, no farming skills to speak of, and hardly any money to her name, how the hell was she supposed to survive out here on her own?
Not only that, but her new life felt lonelier than ever. She awoke alone, ate alone, slept alone, and didn’t see that changing anytime soon. How could it? Her heart needed as much mending as her drafty cabin, and that was saying something.
Danny Irving, professional cowgirl and heartbreaker extraordinaire, wanted more out of life. She was tired of manning her parents’ farm day in and day out with nothing to show for it. When was she going to find her happy ending? The woman of her dreams?
All she had was a handful of men drooling over her, a broken plow, and a bedroom she shared with two of her siblings. At twenty-four, she expected more than this monotonous existence she’d been living.
But when her father sends her over to a neighbor’s house before the oncoming storm, she never anticipated what would happen next.
Slow burn, HEA novel. Book 1 of 2.
282 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 19, 2018
63 people are currently reading
54 people want to read
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Sybil Smith
9 books13 followersSybil Smith is a twenty-something college graduate soon to pursue her master's in creative writing. She currently lives in the Deep South, but anticipates moving soon with her girlfriend and their three pets. Sharing LGBT novels has been her lifelong dream; she's excited to share her work with you all. "Losing Control" is her debut novel.
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May 17, 2020
A short but heartfelt read with lots of emotion. I loved the vulnerability of each character and their loneliness. Can't wait to read more about them.
May 17, 2020
Enjoyable, slight and rolls along nicely. Question: If it say Cabin Fever #1 doesn't that usually mean there is a number 2? Not in this case - need to wait till "the end of 2018." Bah!
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Blurb:
A cowgirl and a newcomer—complete strangers in a small town. When they get trapped inside a cabin together for a week, what could possibly go wrong?
April Bauer packed her bags and fled from her abusive ex-husband overnight, only to land in a secluded farming town, Norcoast, without a clue. With the approaching winter weather, no farming skills to speak of, and hardly any money to her name, how the hell was she supposed to survive out here on her own?
Not only that, but her new life felt lonelier than ever. She awoke alone, ate alone, slept alone, and didn’t see that changing anytime soon. How could it? Her heart needed as much mending as her drafty cabin, and that was saying something.
Danny Irving, professional cowgirl and heartbreaker extraordinaire, wanted more out of life. She was tired of manning her parents’ farm day in and day out with nothing to show for it. When was she going to find her happy ending? The woman of her dreams?
All she had was a handful of men drooling over her, a broken plow, and a bedroom she shared with two of her siblings. At twenty-four, she expected more than this monotonous existence she’d been living.
But when her father sends her over to a neighbor’s house before the oncoming storm, she never anticipated what would happen next.
Slow burn, HEA novel. Book 1 of 2.
Blurb:
A cowgirl and a newcomer—complete strangers in a small town. When they get trapped inside a cabin together for a week, what could possibly go wrong?
April Bauer packed her bags and fled from her abusive ex-husband overnight, only to land in a secluded farming town, Norcoast, without a clue. With the approaching winter weather, no farming skills to speak of, and hardly any money to her name, how the hell was she supposed to survive out here on her own?
Not only that, but her new life felt lonelier than ever. She awoke alone, ate alone, slept alone, and didn’t see that changing anytime soon. How could it? Her heart needed as much mending as her drafty cabin, and that was saying something.
Danny Irving, professional cowgirl and heartbreaker extraordinaire, wanted more out of life. She was tired of manning her parents’ farm day in and day out with nothing to show for it. When was she going to find her happy ending? The woman of her dreams?
All she had was a handful of men drooling over her, a broken plow, and a bedroom she shared with two of her siblings. At twenty-four, she expected more than this monotonous existence she’d been living.
But when her father sends her over to a neighbor’s house before the oncoming storm, she never anticipated what would happen next.
Slow burn, HEA novel. Book 1 of 2.
January 7, 2022
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Book sixteen in the gay cowboy romance marathon. I never claimed it would be all cis men in the marathon. So the reading marathon just keeps growing. I saw this was on sale and I jumped on it (btw the sequel is also on sale, which means of course I got it). I need to get back to reading the ARCs that I have, but gay cowboys have me trapped in this weird land.
This is a new to me author and I didn’t even fully read the description, which is the norm for me anyway. I was a little let down by the book. It felt like it was too insta-love. The characters are so deep in the closet that one even married a man to hide from who she was. So why would they suddenly be flirting so openly in less than a week with a stranger? It just felt a little forced. If there had been a bit more to the beginning, before they were snowed in I would have fallen so much harder for this book.
I had a couple huge issues with this book. love does not cure trauma and abuse. Seriously. Just because one of the characters is finally with a woman does not negate all the emotional and sexual abuse that she had faced. I am also annoyed that the author relied on sexual abuse/corrective rape as a plot line. It was graphic enough that it could be triggering, but not overly graphic that it felt like it was supposed to be exciting (like a lot of cis male authors will do). I just wish the heavier plots would have been given more weight and more consideration. The story could have been stronger and felt more realistic with more of a delay in certain aspects of the relationship.
There were a bunch of cute moments. Moments that I could have happily had go on forever. I wish there were more of them. Once a physical relationship started, the women did pretty much nothing else. It felt like the story stopped once they started to cuddle. It was pretty annoying that magically they were both amazing at sex and there was no awkward in the bedroom when they both had never been with a woman before (not to mention all of the trauma one of the characters had been through). It felt a bit like what Andrew Grey did with his sexual assault. The trauma was there until it wasn’t convenient any more.
What I did like about the book were the characters. I loved that a woman was attempting to make it on her own on a farm that was falling apart. She knew nothing and she was stubbornly doing her best. I loved that she finally accepted help and that help came in a gorgeous cowboy that also needed help. There was a lot here that I did like. This was like top tier gay cowboy plot. An emotionally damaged cowboy learns how to love and heal with the help of someone else Done. I am ALL ABOUT THAT. I just needed a bit more for this to be an amazing book. I hope the sequel gives me what I want. If it does, then I am won over and will be gathering the author’s other books. Not that I need more books.
I loved that there was a small town feel, but it was shown in both good and bad lights. I loved how there was a character that just took in every kid that he could. That he would lend out his farm hands to help others. I just loved the good guy father in this. He is the sort of man that I need in cowboy books to be that voice of reason and the direct juxtaposition to the emotionally damaged cowboy. It was amusing that he was the father of the cowboy this time. I hope to see more of the family in the sequel. It just felt a bit like he was just there for a prop and to move the plot along. He didn’t get the full use of being in the book. (I also hope that the dream of having goats is achieved. If that happens, I can ignore a lot of my issues in the book.)
Overall, not a bad book. It was clearly a book by a newer author. Someone that isn’t fully polished yet. Someone who is still growing. Someone who doesn’t know what slow burn is, but will maybe get there in future books.
Book sixteen in the gay cowboy romance marathon. I never claimed it would be all cis men in the marathon. So the reading marathon just keeps growing. I saw this was on sale and I jumped on it (btw the sequel is also on sale, which means of course I got it). I need to get back to reading the ARCs that I have, but gay cowboys have me trapped in this weird land.
This is a new to me author and I didn’t even fully read the description, which is the norm for me anyway. I was a little let down by the book. It felt like it was too insta-love. The characters are so deep in the closet that one even married a man to hide from who she was. So why would they suddenly be flirting so openly in less than a week with a stranger? It just felt a little forced. If there had been a bit more to the beginning, before they were snowed in I would have fallen so much harder for this book.
I had a couple huge issues with this book. love does not cure trauma and abuse. Seriously. Just because one of the characters is finally with a woman does not negate all the emotional and sexual abuse that she had faced. I am also annoyed that the author relied on sexual abuse/corrective rape as a plot line. It was graphic enough that it could be triggering, but not overly graphic that it felt like it was supposed to be exciting (like a lot of cis male authors will do). I just wish the heavier plots would have been given more weight and more consideration. The story could have been stronger and felt more realistic with more of a delay in certain aspects of the relationship.
There were a bunch of cute moments. Moments that I could have happily had go on forever. I wish there were more of them. Once a physical relationship started, the women did pretty much nothing else. It felt like the story stopped once they started to cuddle. It was pretty annoying that magically they were both amazing at sex and there was no awkward in the bedroom when they both had never been with a woman before (not to mention all of the trauma one of the characters had been through). It felt a bit like what Andrew Grey did with his sexual assault. The trauma was there until it wasn’t convenient any more.
What I did like about the book were the characters. I loved that a woman was attempting to make it on her own on a farm that was falling apart. She knew nothing and she was stubbornly doing her best. I loved that she finally accepted help and that help came in a gorgeous cowboy that also needed help. There was a lot here that I did like. This was like top tier gay cowboy plot. An emotionally damaged cowboy learns how to love and heal with the help of someone else Done. I am ALL ABOUT THAT. I just needed a bit more for this to be an amazing book. I hope the sequel gives me what I want. If it does, then I am won over and will be gathering the author’s other books. Not that I need more books.
I loved that there was a small town feel, but it was shown in both good and bad lights. I loved how there was a character that just took in every kid that he could. That he would lend out his farm hands to help others. I just loved the good guy father in this. He is the sort of man that I need in cowboy books to be that voice of reason and the direct juxtaposition to the emotionally damaged cowboy. It was amusing that he was the father of the cowboy this time. I hope to see more of the family in the sequel. It just felt a bit like he was just there for a prop and to move the plot along. He didn’t get the full use of being in the book. (I also hope that the dream of having goats is achieved. If that happens, I can ignore a lot of my issues in the book.)
Overall, not a bad book. It was clearly a book by a newer author. Someone that isn’t fully polished yet. Someone who is still growing. Someone who doesn’t know what slow burn is, but will maybe get there in future books.
August 12, 2018
Lovely read. Wish there was more, but I'm not much into series revolving around the same characters. Feels like the HEA is ruined by a need for drama. As a stand alone I liked it. Not too long or angsty. I did get confused at the end though. Felt like a conversation that was had suddenly didn't happen, which was weird, but I suppose insecurity was the cause.
June 27, 2018
Great Read
I love this author. I'm so glad Danny and April finally found each other. Can't wait for the next installment. Great love scenes.
I love this author. I'm so glad Danny and April finally found each other. Can't wait for the next installment. Great love scenes.
July 1, 2018
Great Book of Discovery
This book was a great find and a wonderful story of discovery. I enjoyed the characters of Danny and April and look forward to Cabin Fever Book 2.
This book was a great find and a wonderful story of discovery. I enjoyed the characters of Danny and April and look forward to Cabin Fever Book 2.
July 5, 2018
Nice fast read.
Taking a break from hard-to-read ones.
Taking a break from hard-to-read ones.
July 17, 2018
Thank you!
Thanks for this beautiful story. It goes to show what we all struggle with when coming out to family and friends and community. Can’t wait for book 2.
Thanks for this beautiful story. It goes to show what we all struggle with when coming out to family and friends and community. Can’t wait for book 2.
September 22, 2018
Perfect Friday night read. The love story is light and the characters are sweet- a nice break from the real world.
November 16, 2018
A Life fulfilled
Wondering if James will force himself into her life, and what happens to him as he tries. What’s in store for him as Danny has promised!
Wondering if James will force himself into her life, and what happens to him as he tries. What’s in store for him as Danny has promised!
May 9, 2020
Good read
I enjoyed reading this. I hope there is a sequel. The way it ended seemed like it wasn't the end of there story.
I enjoyed reading this. I hope there is a sequel. The way it ended seemed like it wasn't the end of there story.
November 20, 2022
Excellent story with wonderful main characters, both trying to fully let go of their fears and the past. I cannot wait to read the sequel and see where their relationship goes.
May 2, 2020
Warm Love story
This is the 5th novel of Sybil's ive read and they've all been excellent,there's always a wonderful love story but beneath there is a subplot which often contains issue's which some people may find disturbing but well written this one is no exception.
This is the 5th novel of Sybil's ive read and they've all been excellent,there's always a wonderful love story but beneath there is a subplot which often contains issue's which some people may find disturbing but well written this one is no exception.
January 24, 2025
Not enough
This story was cute and honest. It delt with real feelings and real worries. I want to hear more of April and Danny's story.
This story was cute and honest. It delt with real feelings and real worries. I want to hear more of April and Danny's story.
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