Cowgirls Don't Cry: Rough Riders, Book 10
Written by Lorelei James
Narrated by Rebecca Estrella
4.5/5
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Good girls can play rough too...
Rough Riders, Book 10.
Jessie McKay has accepted her marriage to Luke McKay wasn’t perfect. After two years of widowhood, she’s ready to kick up her boot-heels — until Luke’s younger brother shows up to spoil her fun. But if Brandt thinks she’ll ever take orders from another McKay male, he’s got manure for brains.
Brandt McKay has avoided his sweet, sexy sister-in-law ever since the night he confessed his feelings for her weren’t the brotherly type. Unexpectedly faced with proof of Luke’s infidelity, Brandt is forced to ask for Jessie’s help in taking care of Luke’s young son. Jessie agrees on one condition — she wants Brandt’s boots exclusively under her bed for the duration.
The sexual heat that’s always simmered between them ignites. Brandt is determined to make the temporary situation permanent, proving to Jessie he’s a one-woman man. And Jessie is shaken by feelings she’s sworn never to have again for any man...especially not a McKay.
©2010 Lorelei James (P)2014 Insatiable Press
Lorelei James
Lorelei James is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary erotic romances. Lorelei lives in western South Dakota with her family.
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Reviews for Cowgirls Don't Cry
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The book was great until the abrupt ending.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Really good read. I got a better understanding of the McKay drama/family.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I hardly know how to rate and review this. The prologue is downright repugnant, the middle is just sorta so-so but then the last few chapters are great.
The book opens with Brandt McKay watching his nearly naked sister-in-law Jessie McKay from afar as an intoxicated guy invites people into his camping trailer to join them for some raunchy group sex. Having been in love with his brother's widow for years, despite her turning him down a year ago when he declared himself, he follows them to the camper, stopping to scare off aspiring participants along the way. Inside, he watches Jessie blow this guy, then lies with her as the guy goes down on her - watching the guy pass out drunk midway through.
Not sure what that was about, but that's our prologue. WTF?
The actual story starts four months later, at Keely and Jack's wedding reception. That's where Jessie slugs Brandt in the stomach for not listening to her when she told him she didn't want to talk. Unfortunately for her, he has an important issue to talk to her about. He's recently become the temporary guardian of his brother's child - fathered when he was sleeping around on Jessie - while the mother is in prison on a DUI charge. Due to his father being a mean drunk with control issues, he can't enlist his parents' help, so Jessie's the only person he can think of to ask for help, inappropriate as that may be. He can't bear to turn his nephew over to the state foster care system.
Jessie is, of course, wary of helping to raise her dead husband's love child, even temporarily. On the one hand, she doesn't want to get involved with the by product of her husband's infidelities, and on the other, she doesn't want to fall in love with a child that can't be her own. Ultimately, she can't say no and place the child at the mercy of either the state or her nasty father-in-law, so she agrees to live with Brandt and the child for the next few months.
This book was a bit more uneven than I'm used to from Ms. James. That prologue never should have seen the light of day. Her editor should have said, "I know you're trying to show Jessie moving on after her husband's death by owning her sexuality, but do it in a way that 1. doesn't make me want to vomit in my own mouth and 2. doesn't make Jessie look like a half-wit. I'm lighting this on fire for your own protection." I thought it added nothing to the story but squick.
The baby premise is...interesting. I'm still not sure it was a contrivance, as it did wrap up surprisingly well, but neither did it feel natural. It was a rather heavy-handed way of bringing these two reluctant lovers together via having them play house. I guess it was a clever way of showing Jessie learning to love someone for who they are rather than what they represent, with Brandt being more than just her brother-in-law and another McKay and the toddler Landon being more than a product of her husband's infidelity.
Still, the romance felt forced at times. In most of their other interactions, Jessie comes off as a self-reliant, take charge sort of woman and Brandt was the hard-working, quiet, self-controlled pleaser and provider. Yet, James seemed to want to force them to fit her bossy man/submissive woman formula when it came to the romance and sex. I thought it seemed a bit backwards considering their personality types.
Due to the baby plot and the questionable romance dynamic, the middle bogged down a bit for me. Then, all of a sudden, the book picks up the pace in the last few chapters. The romance reaches a more natural-feeling dynamic, the baby plot resolves in a way I honestly didn't expect, Brandt's family drama explodes and his hitherto one-dimensional father is fleshed out. It adds drama and twists and turns, setting the stage for future books without shamelessly sequel baiting.
So, it's a hard book to rate with all these ups and downs. I'd say it starts a 2, spends the bulk of the book as a 3 then ends on a 4 or 4.5. I wouldn't suggest it to anyone unfamiliar with the series, but for readers already invested in the Rough Riders world, it's a worthwhile addition. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was probably the hardest book in the series to read. There is so much hurt and bitterness through out the book. I did like that Ms. James maintained the real family feeling that she has built throughout the other books. Every family has problems and members that need to be taken out behind the woodshed. I was glad that Ms. James did try to make the McKay's a perfect family were everyone gets along and it is all rainbows and laughter. It was very nice to find out the reason for Casper's bitterness and meanness. I like Brandt and Jessie a lot. They both have so much to give the other and had the way to heal the hurts that were buried in their past. I hope that Brandt and Jessie have a child soon. They were both so good the Landon. This is a wonderful series and I can't recommend it enough.