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Review: Wanted: Josie Thatcher, Cowboy Catcher


Synopsis: 
Wrangling myself a cowboy was supposed to be a rowdy one-night stand, not turn my carefully cataloged life upside down.

As a librarian, I was used to steamy romance between the pages. But as a lonesome single woman, I needed to corral some trailblazing between the sheets …

Buck Off Ranch seemed like the perfect place to put on my big-girl britches and throw a plot twist in my story.

Mysterious cowboy Tripp Miller was as rugged as he was handsome. After he left me tickled pink at the local saloon, I was determined to live out my favorite Western romance with him as my leading man.

Rope me. Ride me. Satisfy me.

Talk about sore in the saddle!

It turned out, this small town had sparked quite the big adventure.

I was caught somewhere between saving a horse and riding a cowboy or galloping right out of my comfort zone.

I just hoped Tripp was up for the ride because I reckoned I needed more than eight seconds. 

Rating: 5 stars

Review: This delightful story about adorkable librarian Josie and beautifully damaged Tripp is a little bit heartbreaking and a whole lot heartwarming. This is the first book I’ve read by this author, and I am hooked.

The witty plotline sucked me right in as book-a-holic Josie set out to do something all romance addicts have wanted to do: she takes a (literal) vacation from her world and creates a new reality where she is the star in one of her favorite romance tropes. In her case, she’s looking for a romp with a real-life cowboy. Her vacation takes her to Buck Off Ranch, and she creates an imaginary backstory for herself that is way more exciting than her seemingly ordinary one. Things don't work out so well at first. After almost a week spent at Buck Off Ranch and no cowboys in sight, she’s just about to give up when she runs into Tripp, who turns out to be exactly what she needs.

Josie and Tripp are equally sweet, sexy, and complete hot messes in their own way. I adored them, and I devoured every word of their journey to each other and their much-deserved HEA.

My favorite quotes: 

"I couldn't resist the alluring call of a new book fresh off the printer. It begged to be stretched out, worn out, broken in, flipped this way and that, and bent out of shape until it became a floppy wreck. I understood. We needed the same things."

"I fantasized about my next getaway by devouring historical romances set in the hills of Scotland. I'd always wanted a man in a kilt to whisper his Scottish accent in my ear and let me blow his bagpipe."

"His tragic story wasn't at all what I'd bargained for when I seduced him in the saloon. I'd wanted him to touch my butt, not my heart."




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