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Cattle Valley Women #2
Fool's Gold
Adeline Murphy believes the Apple Valley Inn is the only thing waiting for her in Cattle Valley, and it's up to Melissa Danes to change her way of thinking. Adeline Murphy heads to Cattle Valley, Wyoming looking for a fresh start. She's invested every dime she has and purchased the local bed and breakfast. Arriving in town with a cranky girlfriend in tow, Addie's devastated to discover the inn has been vandalised. With the property uninhabitable, she has no source of income and a mounting stack of bills. Melissa Danes' quiet Cattle Valley existence is shaken by the arrival of the beautiful Addie and her surly tagalong, Chloe. She's captivated by Addie, but stays away thinking Addie and Chloe are in a committed relationship. When she discovers differently, all bets are off. Mel discovers Addie has several barriers to cross, including repairing the damaged inn and her even more wounded self-esteem. When Mel looks at Addie she sees more than Fool's Gold, but she needs to find a way for Addie to see it too.
103 pages, ebook
First published June 22, 2009
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About the author
Jenna Byrnes
145 books77 followersJenna Byrnes could use more cabinet space and more hours in a day. She’d fill the kitchen with gadgets her husband purchases off TV and let him cook for her to his heart’s content. She’d breeze through the days adding hours of sleep, and more time for writing the hot, erotic romance she loves to read.
Jenna thinks everyone deserves a happy ending, and loves to provide as many of those as possible to her gay, lesbian and hetero characters. Her favorite quote, from a pro-gay billboard, is “Be careful who you hate. It may be someone you love.”
For the latest news, visit Jenna’s website at http://www.jennabyrnes.com/
Jenna thinks everyone deserves a happy ending, and loves to provide as many of those as possible to her gay, lesbian and hetero characters. Her favorite quote, from a pro-gay billboard, is “Be careful who you hate. It may be someone you love.”
For the latest news, visit Jenna’s website at http://www.jennabyrnes.com/
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June 25, 2009
Adeline is in need of a chance, a chance to get it right more over she’s in need of a fresh start. Along with a companion she makes her way to Cattle Valley – the place where she has just used every penny she has to buy a bed and breakfast. Opening the doors of her dream turns out not to be what she had hoped her arrival to be and before the end of the day – she finds herself looking at the cute bookseller who was right along side a slew of people helping her to set things right.
Adeline is stubborn, she’s not afraid of her own company but overall she is a fool when it comes to looking a gift horse in the mouth. Meeting Melissa has Adeline thinking differently about what if’s – only with shear single-mindedness – Melissa has to take the bull by the horn and make her presence be felt by Adeline.
However is Adeline ready for this or is she even aware that someone wants to be all and everything to her.
Firstly FOOL GOLD was a new genre for me, I have never read a F/F books and if their was one author I was going to trust to hold my hand and lead me through this, it was going to be Jenna Byrnes – so i took the plunge and have read my first F/F book..
Starting off, there is a pacy anticipation that grabbed me from a few pages in and I was more or less wanting the main protags to drive faster to get on with the story. The story line itself was easy with little bits of angst and some minor turmoil tossed in that gave the story a little bit of an edge.
A few story line ran through the story but they were not convoluted enough that you lost track of what the main story was about – Adeline learning to accept that we all need someone in life in order to make it through the day.
Where Adeline was resistant and steadfast in her plan to go it alone, Melissa was just as determine and once she made up her mind about Adeline – she goes about getting the girl in her own way and she is not shy about.
Melissa had all the qualities of a alpha female and while there was a point when her forcefulness felt brash – I quickly came to realise that Adeline stuck in the mud attitude needed Melissa forceful personality in order for there to be any chance of a relationship.
The smut in FOOL’S GOLD was different – as i said, a first for me so i read every word – and my fantasy ran wild with how vocal they were, there was a softness to their time together – and a certain grace that is not easy to replicate outside of those settings.
FOOL’S GOLD is apart of the CATTLE VALLEY series of books and as such i was inundated with the usual suspects - Nate, Ryan, and guys from one of the local ranch and even a few new names to me. The book itself is a stand along book, however to understand how important the support cast are to the general infrastructure of Cattle Valley – you need to read the Cattle Valley series.
Bottom line
FOOL’S GOLD is a quirky read – I must admit i liked it, not only for the fact that I made it pass the smut. I liked the opposite attract theme that would eventually gel the main protags together – I liked the fact that despite a compact size story Ms. Byrnes gave us a rounded picture of the characters we met, she didn’t force the book with overly emotional language or even funny moment to fill gaps. She gave us a visit into the live of two women who met at a time when they were not only of importance to each others life, but without even realising it – needed each other at that phase of their life's.
Adeline is stubborn, she’s not afraid of her own company but overall she is a fool when it comes to looking a gift horse in the mouth. Meeting Melissa has Adeline thinking differently about what if’s – only with shear single-mindedness – Melissa has to take the bull by the horn and make her presence be felt by Adeline.
However is Adeline ready for this or is she even aware that someone wants to be all and everything to her.
Firstly FOOL GOLD was a new genre for me, I have never read a F/F books and if their was one author I was going to trust to hold my hand and lead me through this, it was going to be Jenna Byrnes – so i took the plunge and have read my first F/F book..
Starting off, there is a pacy anticipation that grabbed me from a few pages in and I was more or less wanting the main protags to drive faster to get on with the story. The story line itself was easy with little bits of angst and some minor turmoil tossed in that gave the story a little bit of an edge.
A few story line ran through the story but they were not convoluted enough that you lost track of what the main story was about – Adeline learning to accept that we all need someone in life in order to make it through the day.
Where Adeline was resistant and steadfast in her plan to go it alone, Melissa was just as determine and once she made up her mind about Adeline – she goes about getting the girl in her own way and she is not shy about.
Melissa had all the qualities of a alpha female and while there was a point when her forcefulness felt brash – I quickly came to realise that Adeline stuck in the mud attitude needed Melissa forceful personality in order for there to be any chance of a relationship.
The smut in FOOL’S GOLD was different – as i said, a first for me so i read every word – and my fantasy ran wild with how vocal they were, there was a softness to their time together – and a certain grace that is not easy to replicate outside of those settings.
FOOL’S GOLD is apart of the CATTLE VALLEY series of books and as such i was inundated with the usual suspects - Nate, Ryan, and guys from one of the local ranch and even a few new names to me. The book itself is a stand along book, however to understand how important the support cast are to the general infrastructure of Cattle Valley – you need to read the Cattle Valley series.
Bottom line
FOOL’S GOLD is a quirky read – I must admit i liked it, not only for the fact that I made it pass the smut. I liked the opposite attract theme that would eventually gel the main protags together – I liked the fact that despite a compact size story Ms. Byrnes gave us a rounded picture of the characters we met, she didn’t force the book with overly emotional language or even funny moment to fill gaps. She gave us a visit into the live of two women who met at a time when they were not only of importance to each others life, but without even realising it – needed each other at that phase of their life's.
April 25, 2011
Abbie arrives in Cattle Valley as the new owner of the bed and breakfast. She meets Mel, who happens to be in possession of the keys to the inn, and there are immediate sparks. The only problem is Abbie isn’t arriving in town alone.
When Chloe, Abbie’s tag-along, finally gets tired of small town life and moves on for the bright lights of the big city, Mel and Abbie don’t waste any time acting on their attraction. These two start out hot and heavy. Then of course one falls for the other while the other is holding back.
The two of them do eventually get on the same page and starts what looks to be a promising relationship.
When Chloe, Abbie’s tag-along, finally gets tired of small town life and moves on for the bright lights of the big city, Mel and Abbie don’t waste any time acting on their attraction. These two start out hot and heavy. Then of course one falls for the other while the other is holding back.
The two of them do eventually get on the same page and starts what looks to be a promising relationship.
July 15, 2013
This book was better than expected. I tried reading the first book of the Cattle Valley Women series and it was a DNF for me. I liked the story in this book better because there was a little angst (no relationship angst - just situational angst). I still am not into the F/F genre, but the story was just enough to keep me reading. The 3 star rating is for plot, character development, and writing and not because of the genre.
July 1, 2009
Nicely written, sweet lesbian romance with spicy sex.
Part of the Cattle Valley series.
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Part of the Cattle Valley series.
My full review here:
http://bi-curious-romancenovel-chat.b...
August 10, 2012
The ending of this book irritated me. I think the story should have been cut off sooner than it did.
May 16, 2010
Sweet and sexy.
June 27, 2017
A nice book to read in transit. Not spectacular on the erotic scenes but has enough drama to stay engrossed
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