Wanted: Emma Jean, Heartbreak Queen, by Kat Addams

Synopsis: In my tiny hometown of Gillibrook, I’d tried to find the yee to my haw, but instead, I’d kept finding the hell to my naw. As a triple-crowned county-fair pageant queen, I had grown used to the winner’s circle. But after one too many romps in the hay with local cowboys, I’d only knocked boots with a bunch of losers.
I’d met every Tom, Dick, and hillbilly this side of the mountain, and they’d all turned out to be no-good sons of biscuit-eaters.

I didn’t want to settle for a consolation prize. I played to win the blue ribbon.

So, I’d traded my boots for suits and packed my bags for a taste of city life.

But after that dirty rascal Tommy Pickins broke my heart, I’d learned the pastures weren’t always greener on the other side of the fence, so I hightailed it back home to my roots on a trail of shame.

I tried to lay low at Buck Off Ranch, but small-town gossip traveled faster than a twister through a trailer park.

Once my high school sweetheart, West Miller, caught news of my arrival, he sauntered right back into my life with a score to settle. But his challenge was just another contest I could easily win. One flutter of my lashes, and I would charm him right out of his chaps.

I wasn’t the same innocent country girl who had left this place, and bad-boy West was about to learn a very hard lesson.

After all, this ain’t my first rodeo.

Rating: 4 stars

Review: This witty, fun series is a great escape from reality, and I loved going back to Gillibrook and Buck Off Ranch. While Josie and Tripp are still my favorites, primarily because Josie is my kind of crazy, I certainly enjoyed Emma Jean and West's story. I was worried there for a hot minute that we were going to be dealing with some OW/OM drama, which I completely despise in my escapist reading, but I needn't have been concerned; that aspect went away just as quickly as it appeared, and the story did not get bogged down in such nonsense. Instead, we get plenty of laughs as Emma Jean and West find their way back to each other (with one of them kicking and screaming the whole way).
If you need an escape from the overwhelming downer that is currently our world, you should get lost in this zany series.

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