Unbroken cowboy

Maisey Yates

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Genres
Romance fiction
Novels
Published
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : HQN [2019]
Language
English
Main Author
Maisey Yates (author)
Physical Description
378 pages ; 17 cm
ISBN
9781335041128
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Review by Booklist Review

Even after sustaining severe injuries from a bull's hooves, Dane Parker won't admit his rodeo days are over. Family friend Bea tries to help, in spite of his resistance to treatment. She's seen by friends and family as unfocused and unambitious, living in a remote cabin with rescued animals, including a raccoon. She confides in Dane about the online vet-tech certificate she is pursuing and her dream to establish an animal shelter. They fall hard for each other, and the intensity of their feelings scares them, even as they begin to imagine a future together. Yates portrays Bea with special insight as she finally lets others know what she wants, while her extended family and friends around the ranch and winery in Gold Valley offer too many unhelpful opinions, however good their intentions. It takes time for Bea and Dane to sort and discuss their feelings and hopes, making for a pleasingly realistic romance with a terrific happy ending.--Amy Alessio Copyright 2019 Booklist

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Yates's superb latest Gold Valley contemporary (after A Tall, Dark Cowboy Christmas) entices with a charged, intense romance between a veterinary assistant and a former rodeo bull rider. Bea Leighton loves caring for animals at her home as well as at her job at the Gold Valley Veterinary Clinic in Gold Valley, Ore. For much of her life, Bea has been in love with Dane Parker, whose sister, Lindy, is divorced from Bea's brother, Damien. Bea lives in a cabin on the property of the Grassroots Winery and Dane lives in the main house recuperating from bull-riding injuries sustained eight months prior; Lindy helps run the winery but lives with her new husband, Wyatt Dodge, at his dude ranch. As Bea helps care for Dane and bluntly tells him to look toward the future, he starts to see her in a new light and is surprised that he no longer views her as a little sister. Dane assists and supports Bea's efforts to start an animal sanctuary on the property as he realizes that he is attracted to both her striking beauty and her caring nature. Multidimensional and genuine characters are the highlight of this alluring novel, and sensual love scenes complete it. Yates's fans and anyone who enjoys contemporary western romances will savor this delectable story. Agent: Helen Breitwieser, Cornerstone Literary. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

A young Oregon woman must confront her longtime crush on her former sister-in-law's brother, a professional bull rider, after a serious injury lands him in her care.Beatrix Leighton is used to being the odd one. With a history of taking in any and every wounded animal, Bea has a knack for rehabilitating those in need, though her patients are always of the four-legged variety. When Dane Parker gets trampled by a bull, it could mean the end of his career. It's eight months into his recovery, and Dane is going stir crazy, tired of his sister, Lindy, and his friend Bea waiting on him hand and foot. He needs a purpose, and Bea might be able to give him something temporary as she puts her dreams of opening an animal sanctuary into effect. As the pair spend an increasing amount of time together, Bea suspects her crush might not be as one-sided as she thought. Newcomers to Yates' (The Spaniard's Untouched Bride, 2019, etc.) Gold Valley series will be lost, thrust into a quagmire of family relationships that have been built up through the previous books. Dane is a rather unlikable hero with his constant infantilizing of Bea. He also offensively refers to himself as "looking like a damned cripple" and laments the fact that he's been unable to pick up women while healing. Bea struggles with feelings of abandonment and harbors a heartbreaking family secret, but neither character's baggage is a realistic explanation for the cyclical arguments they have regarding commitment. The conflicts, internal and external, are messy and nonsensical.Needlessly dramatic, with too many characters for a new reader to keep straight. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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