Access Today Tease Me, Cowboy (76th Copper Mountain Rodeo #1; The Davis Sisters #1) Drafted By Rachael Johns In Text
was a lovely novella about taking a chance on a second chance, Not that Selah was looking for happy ever afters with her high school steady, After all, ten years down the track she had her career in the big city and he was a small town cowboy kind of guy,
Only the chemistry that made resisting him so difficult all those years ago still sparked and she was a big girl now, not scared of what people, most especially her parents, might think.
Levi was a sweetheart right from the get go, but he still had a tiny bit of resentment stored up over their breakup, How was he going to take Selah's plan to rewrite history with the one boy she regretted not going all the way
Egged on by her best buddy's, Selah embarks on what should be a simple get him out of her system weekend.
. . what happens as a result is very sweet, . . and hot.
The books I've read so far in this series are all sweet short reads with a strong small town feel, Tease Me, Cowboy is a story about a second chance at love, Selah Davis was with her friends and she ended up confiding to them that her biggest regret was not sleeping with her high school boyfriend Levi Monroe, They end up talking her into propositioning him for one night, Well, that one night doesn't go as planned, Levi loved Selah and when the opportunity to get a little payback for all the times she left him high and dry in high school presents itself he takes it.
I really enjoyed this story by Rachael Johns, It was a great addition to the series and a quick read, The one thing I don't like about novellas is how short they are, This story, like most other novellas, could have been expanded into a full length novel, Luckily for the reader, the length of this story doesn't make it feel rushed, It also brings back characters from other books in the series, but not in a way that those who haven't read the other books would suffer, It is a sweet story and one I recommend to all romance readers, I'd give itand I am looking forward to reading more in this series, I love second chance love stories and I have a ahem soft spot for cowboys so when I saw this was a story featuring both themes I was all over it.
Selah has left her small home town, her preacher parents and her true best friends to live and work in the city as a features writer on a magazine.
She has friends and a good job but she's kind of dissatisfied with both, feeling like she's in the wrong job and not being true to herself, Her magazine sends her back to her home town to write a feature on the cowboy rodeo event that's held there every year, giving her a chance to reconnect with all of her old friends and the sights and sounds she misses so much from home.
Over a few drunken Cosmos she tells her friends about 'the one who got away' Levi was her high school boyfriend and her first love and she's always regretted not trading in her vcard with him.
As luck would have it, Levi now a hot, strapping cowboy is in town for the rodeo, He's decided this will be his last rodeo because he's looking to settle down and find true love,
Yep, that's a hot, strapping cowboy who's looking for true love, You don't get much more perfect than that,
He's still mad at her for not giving it up although imho it's high time he got over that and she's determined to experience what she missed out on in her youth and turn her fantasies to reality.
This was narrated in third person, but switching between alternating povs and I struggled a little with that I think I would've felt more connected to the characters if it were fp narration, but that's just me.
I also found the writing style a little stilted at times, a bit like reading the cliff notes summary of a scene instead of really feeling like I was there, smelling the smells and experiencing the atmosphere around them:
Selah spent the next little while telling her friends about the subjects of her story.
They ordered another round of drinks and some onion rings to share, and as the liquid went down, conversation turned to the things the four of them regretted in their lives.
The smut was pretty hot and the chemistry between Selah and Levi was fine, I liked the way this story ended, but it was a little abrupt it really took me by surprise, but that's not always a bad thing,
Overall this was a fairly decent read for anyone who likes cowboy romances with a little smut thrown in,
I was gifted a copy of this by the publisher via netgalley in return for my honest opinion
A new Rachael Johns book is always a momentous occasion in my household.
People start asking me weeks in advance to make sure I get the book ASAP on release, So it was very timely that Rachael asked me if Id like to read her first book about cowboys, as Id been Amazonstalking her to try to get a copy to quieten the masses.
Of course, that meant it was mine to read first!
Being Australian and not having much experience with cowboys beyond Forgetful Jones in Sesame Street, I wasnt really sure what to expect.
How would an American cowboy compare to my favourite rugged rural Aussie boys In the end, I worried for no reason, Cowboys are hot, hot, hot and definitely worthy of hero status, Levi, the cowboy and hero of Tease Me, Cowboy, is smart, clever, caring and a genuinely nice guy, He also looks good on a horse and in a pickup truck, After reading this book, I think its lucky for the cowboys that Im tens of thousands of kilometres away!
Tease Me, Cowboy is a novella sized book that introduces us to the Montana Born Rodeo series and Selah and her friends.
Selahs now a journalist in Seattle on a womens magazine, but shes come home to Marietta to cover the rodeo for a story and spend some time with her besties.
Shes a bit sick of writing about handbags and beauty products and a night with the girls is just what the doctor ordered, The other girls appear to be pretty happy in their relationships, so single Selah is the one out, Discussing regrets, Selah reveals to the group that she wishes shed slept with her high school boyfriend, Levi, Naturally, Levi chooses that exact moment to walk through the door of the bar which means Selah just has to follow through, doesnt it Attempting to reconnect with Levi under the guise of a story, Selah realises that the spark between them has never died.
Can she sleep with Levi and move on Or is that spark about to becoming a roaring flame
Rachael Johns makes an excellent debut for Tule Publishing and her work translates to the American setting brilliantly shes got the slang and setting down pat.
The story is an engrossing read and a comfortable length to read in one sitting because once you meet Levi, you wont be putting this baby down, The story is a great
premise regrets weve all had a few and the chance to change things another thing weve always wanted to do makes me as the reader feel empowered if Selah can do it, so can I! I also liked that there had been previous sparks between Selah and Levi ah, first love which lead to scorching moments.
There are also some good teasers for future books like what is going on with Chelsea Selah, you really should have called that girl something is happening! The rodeo setting also gives the chance for plenty to happen plot wise action and romance combined.
I wasnt too sure about cowboys previously but now Im definitely a fan, Ill be looking forward to reading more in this series Kiss Me, Cowboy by Melissa McClone and Cherish Me, Cowboy by Alissa Callen are coming soon now Im a converted cowgirl!
Thank you to the author for the eARC of this book.
sitelink wordpress. com Tease Me Cowboy by Rachael Johns is a wonderful novella about a second chance at love, The main characters, journalist Selah Davis and cowboy Levi Monroe, were high school sweethearts, and even after over ten years of separation, they still carry a torch for one another.
They are both interesting, charming and full of small town spirit, This is the first book I have read from this author and it definitely won't be the last,
Selah, a writer for a popular Seattlebased lifestyle magazine, returns to her hometown of Marietta, Montana to cover the annual rodeo, She is excited about the assignment but yearns to report on more serious topics, Being home and surrounded by her very best friends, causes her to think about high school and Levi, the one that got away, Her one regret in life is that she never slept with him,
Levi is considered a top contender in this year's rodeo and he is looking forward to competing, He has decided to settle down after the event and lease some land in order to open a rodeo school, Every time he visits Marietta, he remembers the good old days and how Selah left him with intense sexual need, Yet to this day, he has never found a woman who compares to her,
There is magic in the air the moment Selah and Levi see each other for the first time in the local saloon, Ms. Johns creates unbelievable sexual tension between them, and I never stopped hoping that they would end up together, Ms. Johns writes with a lot of passion and I truly felt each and every desire, sob and smile from the characters, Overall, a good read.
Complimentary copy provided by NetGalley, Initially I was so excited to read this book as I am a huge fan of cowboy books but this one didn't quite hit the mark for me, It took a very long time to get to the point of it all, which was for the two main characters, who were a couple in high school, to finally have sex and considering it was a book that could be read cover to cover in less thanhours that's saying something.
When it finally gets to this point it becomes extremely immature and not something that could really hold my interest,
When they dated in high school, Levi, the hottie of the school wanted to take it all the way with Selah, however Selah wasn't putting out, She literally had the fear of God instilled in her from her Pastor father and very religious mother, Eventually, being a typical teenage boy, Levi ends things with her and tries to move on, He never met anyone though that made him feel like Selah did, Selah regrets not giving her virginity to Levi, She regrets being so scared to have sex, so when they meet up again years later, she offers him a night, one night to right the wrong, to fix a regret that has plagued her since high school.
All this being said, I don't want to add any more and give too much away, but I do feel that due to the adult content of the book, the seeming immaturity of the main characters and the rather juvenile way of writing seemed out of place.
I had the thought that the author was undecided what type of book she wanted to write, or rather what her intended target audience was as, as I said, the adult content of the book seemed at odds with the writing style.
The book really does have a lot of potential but it really needs to be given more meat to the story and matured up a bit, The grammar and spelling are great and the story isn't a bad story at all, The characters have some wonderful potential, I just really don't feel, they were developed to their full potential, .