Cowboy Trouble
Joanne KennedyContemporary romance
Available from Sourcebooks
ISBN: 978-1-4022-3668-6
March 2010
| When her boyfriend and boss run off together, Libby Brown packs up and moves from Atlanta to Lackaduck, Wyoming. Ever since she was a little girl she has dreamed of owning her own chicken farm. There is a lot she doesn't know about her new endeavor, lucky for her Luke Rawlins, the handsome cowboy next door, is willing to help. Using her crime reporting skills Libby will be working for the local newspaper. She learns about a missing young woman who may be a runaway or a murder victim and starts asking questions someone doesn't want answered. Her top suspects are a cook, a vet and a crazy taxidermist. Luke appears to want to help but maybe he just wants to distract her from getting to the truth.
This was an amusing cowboy contemporary romance with a nice hint of mystery. I appreciate my cowboy romances chock full of rural charm and this one definitely was. All of the characters were well developed and so appealingly realistic. Libby is so bold and I couldn't help but admire her courageousness, not everyone has what it takes to pack up, move cross country alone and start such a daunting undertaking. I liked the fact that she was also so very vulnerable when it came to her feelings for Luke and how afraid she was to risk her heart again after losing a friend a lover and a pet. I love that Luke lives with his parents, he is such a tenderhearted man. He occasionally looks weak, not a typical alpha male but that only made him more endearing to me. He's not the perfect man but he is perfect for Libby. This couple's chemistry is very appealing. I found the silly little doggies adorable and I'm a huge sucker for baby chicks. The mystery was a little too predictable but as this is classified as a contemporary I looked on it as an added bonus. I look forward to reading more from this author.
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Reviewer: Theresa Joseph |
