This seems to be the year of great romances between fabulous fat women and Hollywood heartthrobs. If The Boot Fits continued the party Olivia Dade’s Spoiler Alert started for me. This second book in Weatherspoon’s Cowboys of California series returns to a luxury SoCal ranch setting, with two characters who are stuck in their Hollywood careers. Sam Pleasant is a movie star who just won an Oscar for a film he’s ambivalent about, and is … Continue reading If the Boot Fits by Rebekah Weatherspoon →
I’ve been salivating over A Cowboy to Remember for months. The actual story was quieter than I expected, but it also had feminist cowboys in Southern California, so I can’t be mad. As a regular fan of Weatherspoon, the tone of A Cowboy to Remember felt flatter than the cheeky dialogue of her recent books (Rafe, Xeni). I wanted more angst and laughs, but the book left me with the warm glow of having just … Continue reading A Cowboy to Remember by Rebekah Weatherspoon →
This is not the worst book I’ve ever read, but it’s tedious and cliched. We open on a dark and stormy night. Widowed Ivy Powell is watching the weather with her rifle close at hand, ruminating on some recent “troubles.” Suddenly, a shadowy figure appears on her porch. It’s Gideon Black, a “giant of a man” with a “hard jaw and glittering eyes.” Ivy’s brother (who has an injury that prevents him from assisting personally) … Continue reading The Cowboy’s Reluctant Bride by Debra Cowan →
