Book Review: Cowboy, It's Cold Outside By Katherine Garbera

Cowboy, It's Cold Outside

Cowboy, It's Cold Outside by Katherine Garbera
My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Wow this book Cowboy, It's Cold Outside ( Montana Born Christmas, #4)
by Katherine Garbera, doesn't disappoint, it starts are with a "bang".

Lucy DeMarco is in town, she needed to get away, With both her parents gone, she didnt feel like being with other relatives for the Christmas season.

Trey Scott came home and found Lucy at his family's home. Surprise, beautiful woman, stuck in a snow storm and well lets just say it is for mature audiences.

This story came on fast, strong and held out all the way through.

Great read, love the Author, cant wait to read more from Katherine Garbera.

Thanks to Netgalley and Tule Publishing for letting me review this book. I thought it was great.

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What Amazon says the book is about:

Photo journalist Trey Scott comes back to Marietta for Christmas, only to find no one home... except for the enchanting Lucy DeMarco. Although Lucy isn’t crazy about the holidays, Trey does his best to restore her enthusiasm, starting with nestling her snug in his bed. But if he’s only in town until New Year’s... 

About the author:
Katherine Garbera is the USA Today best-selling author of more than 59 books for Harlequin Desire, Harlequin Blaze and Kensington Brava. Her books have been featured in magazines such as REDBOOK (11/98)and have even been featured on the large JumboTron in Times Square, and excerpted in COSMO (7/10). She has been nominated for RT Book Club's career achievement awards in Series Fantasy and Series Adventure.

Her latest release ONE MORE KISS is the first book in a sizzling duo from Harlequin Blaze. A Florida native who grew up to travel the globe, Katherine makes her home in the Midlands of the UK with her husband, two children and a very spoiled miniature Dachshund.


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Book 2: Mistletoe Wedding by Melissa McClone 
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Book 4: Cowboy, It's Cold Outside by Katherine Garbera 

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Book Review: Dealy Tasting by Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noel Balen

Deadly Tasting (The Winemaker Detective Series Book 4)

Deadly Tasting 

Deadly Tasting by Jean-Pierre Alaux
My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Well first, I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review.

The book Deadly Tasting by Jean-Pierre Alaux, was interesting, but kind of boring to me.

I found the main character Benjamin to be interesting, and same with his wife putting him on a cabbage soup diet. I also thought the wine information was interesting even though I don't drink wine. But I was lost in the middle of the book, there was a lot of WW11 info and about wine. That was of course intersting.

I don't feel the characters were developed as well as they should have been, I kept losing track of who was who. The book did read fast, and was interesting, and the main story line of a murder, with 12 wine glasses is great, I just think there needed to be more to this plot.

I recommend this book to others who like French wine and history. I thought I would have liked the history part but the presentation of it was boring.
I do love the cover on this book.

What Goodreads says the book is about:
A serial killer is on the loose in Bordeaux. A local chief detective calls wine expert Benjamin Cooker to the crime scene of a brutal murder. The killer has left a strange calling card: twelve wine glasses lined up in a semi-circle with the first one filled with wine. Cooker is charged with the task of identifying the fabulous grand cru and is astonished by what he learns. A second victim is found, with two glasses filled. Is the killer intentionally leaving clues about his victims and his motives? Memories are jogged about the complicated history of Bordeaux during Nazi occupation. It was a dark time: weinfuhrers ruled the wine trade, while collaborationists and paramilitary organizations spread terror throughout the region. In present-day wine country, time is running out. Will Cooker and his young assistant Virgile solve the mystery before all twelve glasses are full

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Book Review: Save the Date by Susan Hatler

Save the Date (Better Date than Never Book 4)

Save the Date by Susan Hatler
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Well I was so excited when I got this book, I had read the others and hadn’t read this one yet. I then got an offer to listen to this book from Audible and to give an honest review.

It has been years since I listened to an audio book. I felt this book read and I listen to it well, the writer, Susan Hatler, did an awesome job as I love her Better Date than Never series. The narrator did a great job and her voice was perfect and soothing.

I am glad I finally got to read about Kristen, I loved the way this character was so unsure about her life and that even changed careers. Well I didn’t love that idea, but she needed a change and to find out that she is ok . I really loved how she tried to find the right thing to do.
The story is great, worth the read. I give it 5 stars.

What Goodreads says the book is about:

(Better Date than Never series, Book #4)

Kristen knows men hide things. Case in point, her last boyfriend turned out to be married. Just like anyone else, Kristen is devastated. However, since Kristen evaluates people for a living, her ex’s duplicity has her searching for a new career as well as swearing off men.

Touring history museums with her sexy friend Ethan doesn’t count, because he has a girlfriend, and has only shown friendly interest in Kristen. He even helps with her career counseling tasks. Although Kristen has a secret crush on Ethan, spending time with him is safe. Until she discovers he’s actually single. Gasp. And now he’s flirting with her, too.

Suddenly, Ethan is way too dangerous. Not to mention tempting. Sure, he seems like sixty shades of perfect, but how’s a girl with bad judgment supposed to detect what skeletons he has in his closet?

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Book Review: Blame the Mistletoe (Montana Born Christmas Book 1)

Blame The Mistletoe by Dani Collins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What a great idea!!! Stay at your ex’s Mother in Laws, babysitting her dog, while the ex-husband takes your daughter to a wedding with his wife and his family in Mexico for Christmas.
Liz Flowers thought is it would be a great opportunity to meet new people, but she is from California and doesn’t have much in common with the ranchers in this small town. She is invited to a party, and meets a man who looks real familiar, turns out he was married to her ex-husbands sister, who is in Mexico with the family, and his son.  Sounds confusing? It isn’t, it is a really good Novella, has some ups and downs, two people just trying to have a little uplifting Christmas that they didn’t plan on having.

The author did a great job of bringing in the Christmas spirit and the snow. This is a series but can be read alone, I love the fact that each book has something in common, the town, and the activities in town. So a wonderful sweet story.  I can’t wait to read the whole series.

This book was given to my by Netgalley for an honest review.

What Goodreads says the book is about:
Liz Flowers has never enjoyed Christmas, but this one is shaping up to be the worst by far. She let her ex take her daughter to Mexico while she stays behind in a strange town, sitting her former mother-in-law’s high strung little dog. It’s an opportunity to meet new people, but this California girl doesn’t have much in common with the ranchers in small town Marietta. 

Blake Canon perks up with male interest when he sees a new face at his friend’s Christmas cocktail party. His son is away and a light affair would take his mind off his financial troubles. Then he realizes he knows Liz. She was once married to the brother of his ex-wife. 

Their children might be cousins, but Blake and Liz do the kissing—under the mistletoe. It’s the beginning of a new view of Christmas for Liz, but when their children arrive home unexpectedly, and family secrets are revealed, Liz isn’t sure she’ll stay in Marietta for Christmas after all. 

2014 Montana Born Christmas Series Book 1 

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*Winner of 2013 Reviewer's Choice Award from Romantic Times Book Reviews*

Before making my first sale to Harlequin Mills & Boon in 2012, I spent two decades writing and submitting to every publisher with a transom while holding down a day job and raising a family with my high school sweet heart. Since then, I've gone to contract on twenty books.

While Harlequin Presents remains my first love, I also write romantic comedy, medieval fantasy romance, erotic romance, and small town contemporary romance for Montana Born. In fact, I write just about anything, so long as it's romance.

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Book review: The Temp by Emily Benet

The Temp by Emily Benet
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Temp, By Emily Benet

When I started reading this book, The Temp, by Emily Benet, I wasn’t sure if I would like it or not. It made me yawn. Some books do that to me at the beginning, seem a little slow. Well it did take me about 40% of the book and I was then hooked.

Amber is a college grad, working temp jobs, trying to decide what she wants to do. One of her past times with her friends is to go to modern art galleries opening for free wine.  One day while working her temp job a customer came into the office, he wanted to set up a catering for an art gallery opening. He was of course a good looking art promoter. Of course he asked Amber out, they did go out, but she told him she was an artist, which at the time she wasn’t, just someone who liked the free wine at the art gallery openings.  You will have to read this book to find out what happens.

Well I like the book, the story, and the way it ended, not a typical ending and I feel Amber did well.

Thanks for Netgalley for letting me review this book.

What Goodreads says about the book:
Amber is a twenty-something, out of university with a degree she’s not sure what to do with… so she temps in order to earn enough money to live in London.

One of her favourite life-hacks is to attend modern art gallery openings for free wine. It is during one of these that she thinks ‘if they can do it, why not me?’, and meeting a handsome gallery promoter cements her ambition to become famous through her art.

With the help—and sometimes hindrance—of her friends Farrell, Bibiana, and Egg (short for Egbert), can Amber achieve her dream AND snag handsome Elliott?

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About the Author

Emily Benet was born in London to a Welsh mother and Spanish father. She moved to Barcelona at 13 where she won her first significant prize for writing and was published in a short story collection. After her studies she returned to South London and worked in her Mother's chandelier shop. It was amid the chaos of crystal beads and confused customers that she began her Shop Girl Blog. Her short stories have been selected for readings at Foyles Book Shop and are published online.

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Book Review: An August Bride, (A Year of Weddings Novella #9)

An August Bride (A Year of Weddings Novella Book 9)

An August Bride by Debra Clopton
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

An August Bride (A Year of Weddings 1 #9)
By Debra Clopton

This is my first time reading this series, A Year of Weddings, I really am not into weddings or reading about them, but I love this story, it is so me…. I can’t wait to read the rest and have started on another one.

To start with Kelsey who vowed never to love a cowboy, lives at the beach, my favorite place to be. So right off I loved it. Well she is going to her cousin’s beach wedding, also attending is her Great Aunt and her two of her friends, they love to match make. Just what Kelsey needs, she doesn’t want to be matched with anyone, she is doing great living at the beach and has a Bristo that is doing well. She doesn’t need anything to complicate her life.

This is such a great story. So worth the read, I just loved it. I rated it 5 stars and it is a clean book.
Thanks to Netgalley and Zondervan Fiction for letting me review this book.

What Goodreads says this book is about:
A year's worth of novellas from twelve inspirational romance authors. Happily ever after guaranteed.
Kelsey vowed never to love a cowboy again. But then she meets Brent.
After a cowboy broke her heart, Kelsey Wilcox traded in her boots for flip-flops and a bistro on the beautiful sandy beach of Corpus Christi. Two years later, still not believing in happy endings, she is about to endure a weekend of torture at her cousin's beach wedding. Not only will she be forced to watch yet another wedding, but her great-aunt and her two best friends---aptly nicknamed 'the matchmaking posse of Mule Hollow'---are coming to the wedding, and Kelsey is sure to be on their radar.
Brent Corbin has had his share of bad luck with women and isn't looking for love or looking forward to the weekend of wedding festivities as a groomsman for his friend. When he sees a commotion on the beach and what appears to be a mermaid in distress, he doesn't hesitate to dive to the rescue. His attention is instantly captured by the woman he's saved and it turns out they're part of the same wedding party. But the instant Kelsey spots his soaking wet boots she wants no part of him.
Thrown together through the weekend and with the meddlesome encouragement from the matchmakers, Brent is determined to pursue Kelsey and change her mind about cowboys. Sparks fly at this August wedding as Kelsey and Brent dance a rocky Texas two-step toward a beach wedding of their own

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Book Review: Dare To Kiss By S.B. Alexander (The Maxwell Series Book #1)

Dare to Kiss (The Maxwell Series Book 1)

Dare to Kiss by S.B. Alexander
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Dare to Kiss
by S.B. Alexander

Right from the start this book had me. This book was so captivating that I wanted to read it all in one sitting, of course I couldn’t but I did try. I did end up staying up all night to finish this book.

The first thing I loved about this book was the fact that Lacey, who is now senior loved playing baseball. That is all she wants to do. Eat, sleep and play ball. Not softball but baseball with the boys. She was an awesome pitcher until tragedy strikes her family when she was a sophomore.

After being diagnosed with PTSD, the Doctor recommended moving across country and so her Dad and her settle into their new town. Lacey practiced pitching during the summer and was ready to try out, she was ready. But being a senior in high school, comes the cliques and the other issues of high school and a boy, yes a hot boy.

I really loved the way the writer captured the intensity of this teenage girl and her issues. I liked how she wrote about the details, everything, from what they were wearing, to the scenery. I felt like I was in the story. I also thought having her being a smart intelligent young lady who had goals even after her tragedy and how focus she tried to be. Not easy when you’re this age and then to have the issues that she had and the loss that she had to deal with. This book is so awesome.

The only bad thing in this book is waiting for the next one.
I don’t give details about this book, accept what it is said on Goodreads, this book is awesome and show how overcoming diversity in your life, you can still move forward with your goals and become what you want.

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What Goodreads says the book is about:

Besides her family, Lacey Robinson’s only other love is baseball. She’s on top of the world when Arizona State University approaches her to discuss a scholarship. To be the first girl ever to grace a college boys’ team is beyond what she has ever dreamed.

Her fastball is impeccable, her curveball equally as good, and her slider annihilates anyone who dares to step in the batter’s box. But fate has its own way of throwing curveballs. When she loses her mother and sister to a home invasion, baseball and her dreams die with them. Tragedy has a way of seeping deep into her psyche, causing nightmares, panic attacks and blackouts. Diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, her psychiatrist recommends a change of scenery and picking up the things that she loved to do, and for Lacey that is baseball.

After a move clear across the country, only two things matter to Lacey—overcome her PTSD and make Kensington High’s baseball team. But trying out for the team comes with obstacles—the captain, Aaron Seever, doesn’t want a girl on the team. 

Her life is further complicated when she meets Kade Maxwell, a tall, sexy and drool-worthy bad boy who has a magical touch that awakens her feminine side and a kiss that slowly erases her nightmares. But getting involved with him may be dangerous when Kade’s archenemy returns to town to settle a vendetta. 

To complicate matters, her PTSD has taken a turn for the worse. She has to find a way to heal otherwise she may not have a chance at anything in life, especially love.

This is a New Adult Novel and contains strong language and sexual content. Intended for audiences age 17+

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Book Review: Cherish Me, Cowboy by Alissa Callen (Montana Born Rodeo #2)

Cherish Me, Cowboy (Montana Born Rodeo Book 2)

Cherish Me, Cowboy by Alissa Callen

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Cherish Me, Cowboy (Montana Born Rodeo #2)

By Alissa Callen

What does a working cowgirl Peyton Hollis do if she needs to save her Beargrass Hills Ranch? She is the only one who can save the ranch, she doesn’t have time for cowboys and anything else for that matter. She just wants to save her ranch.

Of course there is a man, a city-boy, Cordell Morgan, who has come to check out some land from her neighbor. He wants to bring some cattle there and wants to rent the land from the owner, well the rancher advises him to stay at the cowgirls’ ranch and help her out some.

Well I loved this story right from the start, great characters, great story, I didn’t want to put it down. The Author Alissa Callen did a wonderful job of keeping me, the reader engaged throughout the whole story.

This is the 2nd in a series of books. I love the way each book intertwines the other books.  You can feel the connection, but you don’t have to read in order or read them all. You can understand each book without each other.
This book is my favorite though, but I love all three of the books so far.

What Goodreads says the book is about:

Working cowgirl, Payton Hollis, has no time for hairdryers, heels and helplessness. She must save her home, Beargrass Hills Ranch. She also has no time for men. She already is boot-deep in blue-eyed cowboy trouble. 

City-boy, Cordell Morgan, isn’t who he seems. His fancy suit and slow smile hide dark secrets. Secrets as to why his hands are callused, why he never stays around and why he has really come to Marietta, Montana. 

Between a shrewd old rancher, a cantankerous rodeo horse and a stud bull called Trouble, Payton and Cordell have no chance to lead separate lives. No matter how much their futures may depend upon them doing so.

Can a sassy cowgirl lower her guard for a man who will soon be gone? And can a man who believes emotions are nothing but a liability take the ultimate risk?

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Book Review: Tease Me, Cowboy (Montana Born Rodeo Book 1)

Tease Me, Cowboy (Montana Born Rodeo Book 1)

Tease Me, Cowboy by Rachael Johns
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Montana Born Rodeo Series

Tease Me, Cowboy, #1
By Rachael Johns

This series is written by different authors, the first one is Tease Me, Cowboy, By Rachael Johns.

I started this series by reading the 2nd book in the series first, and thought wow I really like this series of books. So I then read the 3rd book, now I read the 1st book, and hopefully in the future will read the 4th book soon.
This book starts with Selah Davis, coming back to Marietta Montana to cover the Copper Mountain Rodeo and she meets up with her friends who she had grown up with.  She had left after high school for college then on to a journalist career in Seattle. While back, she runs into her high school sweet heart, Levi Monroe and she felt the feelings she had for him 10 years ago in high school as they never really finished their relationship.

I loved how the author built the characters and I felt emotional connected to them and wanted things to work the way we want them to. I loved the ending. I Can’t tell you, you will have to read for yourself. I also love how these series kind of bring events that are in the other books, but you don’t have to read the other books to know what is going on, you can read them as a stand-alone or read them all.

I am not familiar with these authors or even reading cowboy books, but I really enjoy the books. The first book has some swearing in it. The other 2 didn’t.  You don’t have to know anything about cowboys or rodeo’s to read these books. They are all fairly good. Just have a want to read a good romance book.

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Montana Born Rodeo Series 

Selah Davis loves her life as a journalist in Seattle (or so she says) but on a rare trip home to Marietta to cover the Copper Mountain Rodeo, she confesses to her best friends over drinks that her one regret in life is not sleeping with her high school boyfriend, Levi Monroe. Into the bar walks Levi, also home for the rodeo. When her friends dare her to proposition him for a one night stand, she’s at first appalled… but the more she thinks about remedying her one regret, the less she can get him and their electric chemistry out of her head. Selah’s always been her parents’ good daughter. Would it hurt just for one night to be a little bit bad? 
Levi Monroe is ready to settle back in Marietta and start his own rodeo school teaching others the techniques that have made him a star. He doesn’t want any distractions during his last rodeo where he aims to win All Around Cowboy, but when his high school sweetheart – the one woman he’s never been able to forget – comes along and offers to rewrite their history, it might just be an offer too good to refuse.

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