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Today I’m excited to participate in the Blog Tour of ‘The Truth About Cowboys’. This steamy, sexy, and laugh-out-loud funny contemporary romance from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones, is available now!
Everyone who knows me, knows I love a good cowboy story. I’ve always had a thing for cowboys, country music and I love reading romance novels about a cowboy. So when I saw the sign up for the ‘The Truth About Cowboys’ review opportunity, I signed up almost immediately. And don’t you just love that cover? I just love the dark look.
In ‘The Truth About Cowboys’ we meet Jessica and Jason. Jessica is a divorce attorney, currently on the run from her old life, to hide away in a little cabin on the country side. Jason is the heir of a ranch, and a former pitcher. Two years ago Jason’s life drastically changed, and ever since he has been trying to keep his grandma save and happy while also trying to keep the ranch going. This has made him very protective and a little bitter. So when he meets Jessica, he is convinced she is nothing more than trouble trying to make his life miserable.
‘The Truth About Cowboys’ was my first Lisa Renee Jones read, and I must say I definitely loved it. I loved the characters Jessica and Jason. Jessica was definitely a person who I could easily relate too. She was fun to read about, and as a woman I could totally understand her insecurities. Jason was also fun, and I loved reading his point of view. The chemistry between Jessica and Jason was great, and I just loved there ‘lovers-to-enemies’ vibe.
But the best thing about this book? It was definitely the grandmas character for me. LOL! I really laughed a lot of times about her character. She was something else for sure!!
The one thing that I’d change is the book description. If you read it, it seems this book is written from Jason’s point of view. And although this book is written from both Jessica and Jason’s point of view, it’s feels way more like Jessica’s story. She has the most chapters and hers are much longer. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t mind at all.. I loved Jessica. But if you read the description you definitely get another idea.
The setting of this book was definitely perfect for me. I loved the whole country cabin ranch thing. And I definitely saw some potential characters for their own story throughout this book. I for one would love to read more books from this setting and these (side) characters.
‘The Truth About Cowboys’ was definitely a very fun read!
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I dart toward the door in the far right corner and enter the bathroom, where I find a giant old-fashioned, barrel-style tub. I open one of the white cabinet doors and also find a towel, but I’m just too wet for it to help. Like that woman was for Craig. Oh God. There I go again.
No. No. No. I will not think those thoughts. No more. I’m done. With him. With her. I strip down naked, wrap the towel around me, and hunt for my suitcase, which I hope like heck has the other bag of chocolate I packed.
Naked might get a girl in trouble, but I’m alone and it’s not like anyone is going to see me naked anytime soon. I can go right ahead and happily pack a few pounds of chocolate weight on a petite frame that can’t handle a few extra anything. There will be no more men for me. Therefore, there will be no trouble to be found. It’s a great plan and on this one, really truly, I dare to say, what could go wrong? I exit the bathroom into the bedroom and scream at the sight of a man standing there.
The cowboy who saved me on the side of the road is not only here, minus his trench coat and wearing a snug black T-shirt, he’s bigger and broader than I remember. The bedroom shrinks. My heart races.
“I was right,” I accuse, clutching at my towel, the only thing between me and him besides footsteps. “You are a serial killer.” I search for a weapon and I don’t know why there’s a giant flashlight on the nightstand, but it’s long and strong, and I grab it, my new prize. I also manage to drop my towel. Oh my God, I’ve dropped my towel. Goose bumps lift on my naked body and, Lord help me, my nipples pucker.
I try to grab my towel and almost drop the flashlight, which is a better weapon than terry cloth. I commit to the flashlight and my state of undress. “I will hit you if you come near me,” I warn. “I mean, kill you.” That sounds unrealistic and therefore lacks the bite I intend. “I will hurt you.”
He arches a brow and, to my shock and his credit, he doesn’t so much as blink at anything below my neck. I don’t know if I should be appreciative or offended. Am I not distracting? Am I not worthy of a look? Obviously, my ex didn’t think so and—
The cowboy starts walking toward me.
“What are you doing? Stay back.” I hold up the flashlight, but I’m the one backing up, hitting the wall with a hard thud. He snatches up my towel and hands it to me, his hand brushing my nipple in the process. I suck in a breath, even as the flashlight is removed from my hand and tossed on the bed. “The game is over. Getting naked won’t stop me from calling the police.”
“I’ll knee you. I’ll scream. I’ll—”
“You’re standing in my property, sweetheart.”
“This is not—”
“And yet it is. You picked the wrong house to squat in and the wrong town. I saw where you turned off. I knew where you were headed. Wrong choice, sweetheart.”
“Stop calling me sweetheart. And what the hell are you talking about? Squatter? What is a—” A bad feeling hits me. “You think I’m freeloading by sneaking in here and now I’m trying to buy a bed with my naked body? Really?”
“If the shoe fits, sweetheart.”
I scowl. “Stop calling me sweetheart. Since when do women seducing men try to hit them with a flashlight? Then again, we are talking about you here. I’m pretty sure you could make anyone want to hit you. Maybe that’s the only foreplay you know. A flashlight and a—”
“Stop,” he orders, his hands pressing to the wall on either side of me, and now his big body framing my naked body.
This Blog Tour was organized by Social Butterfly PR.
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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram
I love . good cowboy romance too. Thanks for sharing Maureen,
This was definitely a very fun cowboy read! 😉 Thanks for stopping by!
Wow-Lisa Jones-producer of Alice and Wonderland! Love Women producers! We need a whole lot more:) This author must be pretty grand. Glad you got a chance to read her work, I’ll add it to my TBR
Lisa Jones isn’t the producer, I think Suzanne Todd is.. She wrote something about Lisa’s other series 😉 But.. Yes, we definitely need more women producers!
And thank you.. This was definitely a fun read!