STUD FOR HIRE (Stripped Down #1) by Sabrina York-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 16, 2016

Just south of Fort Worth, Texas, you’ll find a little ranch where the hot, toned cowboys are ready and eager to take it all off and make your naughtiest fantasies come true…

When her sister plans a wild bachelorette weekend at the Double S Ranch, Hanna Stevens is pretty sure she’ll just grin and bear it while the other women get their fill of hot cowboy strippers. After all, Hanna has never met a man who made her really want.

Zack, Hanna’s future husband, offered to marry her and save her family’s ranch from financial ruin, and while she accepted, it was never what you’d call a passionate affair. But when she locks eyes with Logan, Hanna is suddenly overwhelmed by the feeling she’s always craved and never experienced: Pure. Animal. Desire…

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REVIEW: STUD FOR HIRE is the first full length in Sabrina York’s adult, contemporary STRIPPED DOWN romance series. This is rancher/architect Logan Landry, and Hanna Stevens’ story line.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Hanna and Logan) STUD FOR HIRE focuses on the events at the Double S Ranch. When Cody Silver needed a quick influx of cash he portioned off part of his business into a ‘stud ranch’ catering to bachelorette parties and weekend celebrations. When Hanna’s sister books the ranch for the weekend, Hanna has no idea she is about to meet her past and her future in the guise of Logan Landry-a man she believes is a gigolo for hire, and the man who will give Hanna one final weekend of pleasure before marrying a man she does not love. What ensues is the building relationship between Hanna and Logan, and the revelation about Logan’s connection to Hanna’s past.

Hanna is an artist; a painter, and a reluctant bride whose family has fallen onto hard times and our heroine has had to compromise about the future to keep her family home and farm together. Logan is a man who has been in love with Hanna Stevens since high school but Hanna was out of our hero’s proverbial ‘league’. Throughout the story line Logan offers up to Hanna anything she wants and needs including a night of passion involving some Dom/sub play. The $ex scenes are provocative and seductive without the over the top graphic sexual language and text. The sexual attraction is palpable; the chemistry is electric.

We are introduced to a number of secondary and supporting characters including Hanna’s sister Sidney, and her friends Porsche and Amy, as well as Logan’s brothers Ben, Brandon and Rafe who make life difficult for Hanna and Logan ensuring there is never any privacy or time alone. The brothers’ lighthearted tease is welcome and refreshing. Crystal and Ford from Sabrina York’s The Real McCoy (Cowboy 12 Pack anthology 2015) make a cameo appearance, along with Cade and Lisa (Come Hell or High Water-12 Alarm Cowboy Anthology). Hanna’s ‘fiance’ Zack and his sister Tibby are the requisite evil who intend to make life miserable for everyone involved. Brandon and Porsche’s story line is next in Cowboy to Command.

STUD FOR HIRE has a little bit of everything: love, romance, sex, humor, suspense, mystery and cowboys. The premise is entertaining and enjoyable; the characters are heartwarming, inspiring and passionate; the romance is fated by circumstance and time. Sabrina York’s STRIPPED DOWN series will satisfy the romantic heart in all of us.

Copy supplied by the publisher through Netgalley

Reviewed by Sandy