Catching the Cowgirl by Jennie Marts – a Review

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Description:
California video game designer Adam Clark knows that, in his business, authenticity is the key. So, for their newest Western adventure game, he and his partners decide to try out Cowboy Camp. Only Adam’s friends never arrive, leaving him a bit—okay, a lot—preoccupied, trying to resist the gorgeous cowgirl who owns the ranch.

Single mom Skye Hawkins is too busy trying to keep her family’s dude ranch out of the red to even think about romance. But she’s having trouble avoiding Adam. He’s smart, he’s sweet, he’s funny…and he’s hot! Maybe it’s the mountain air, but she finds herself letting down her guard. And the fireworks are definitely worth it.

The only problem—they live in totally different worlds. Still, Adam is nothing if not resourceful. Sure, he wants to catch the cowgirl. But more importantly, he needs to find a way to keep her.

Review:

It wasn’t Adam’s idea to immerse himself in all things dude ranch for video game inspiration, but once he saw Skye, the proprietor, a week long visit was ingenious! Preparation’s sake and all that, 😉 Skye’s been burned by a wanderer, so her guard flies up, no matter how dang cute Adam is. Can two opposites handle a guilt-free, week-long dalliance or will priorities shift and align with new purpose? Jennie Marts brings Colorado to life with this very possibility in Catching the Cowgirl, book 3 of her Cotton Creek series.

Adam may announce his outsider/city boy status with awful, pointy snakeskin boots, but his computer engineer brain, and nerdy looks, attract Skye like no one ever has. Skye’s inherited the ranch, is running herself ragged with daily tours, and single-handedly raising a teenager, so she’s fighting feelings and resisting Adam as hard as she can.

“She was a no-nonsense, take-charge, get-things-done kind of girl.  There was one person she could count on and it was herself.  She didn’t have time to waste on fantasies of a knight in shining armor riding in, sweeping her up on his stallion, and kissing her senseless.”

He wasn’t supposed to fall in love, wasn’t quite sure his attraction for Skye wasn’t insta-lust, but this cowgirl upended Adam’s life, and he couldn’t be happier. The gushy emotions were rare, but heartfelt and momentous. How’d that happen so fast?

“He’d thought he was just attracted to her, but now he knew it was more.  Everything on him screamed that this was a bad idea.  He lived a life of logic and practicality.  And there was nothing logical about falling for a cowgirl who lived not only in another state, but in a whole other world.”

Plans of stability go awry in this sweet romance, but its serendipitous outcome is the stuff of HEA. Catching the Cowgirl was a lovely story about two people willing to step outside their compartmentalized lives and thrive on the unexpected.  

Reviewed by Carmen

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