Review: Erotic Cowboy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2011
Gotta Love a Cowboy seems to this reviewer a throwback to the classic romantic western. Now in saying that, it is also a modern day erotic western story than a classic western. There is sexual tension and sex throughout this novel, BUT she blends the two in a well-gelled mixture that works. Maybe it's me (or the diet of Westerns I was fed as a kid) but there are time that the story lines seem too familiar to classic westerns (film and TV), or their modern day western-like counterparts like Dallas and a shout out to the Big Valley.In saying this, I will say Sandy Sullivan does craft her characters well in western role models. Sometimes when you well craft your character, as she does, it makes formula westerns seem new and somewhat refreshing.The story is a man answers a want ad for a horse trainer. The ranch is owned by a widow woman and her teen son. Her passion is to her horse Black Jack.The horse trainer, Travis, is written as if a young Sam Elliot could play him in the movies. He demeanor seem almost like John Wayne-ish (from McLintock! ). From the boldness of her writing she gave this loner who been hurt a Steve McQueen like bravado.Ann Marie, The widow and owner of the ranch which Travis works for, in the way she is written, could be played by Maureen O'Hara from a few of her western movies roles. Her teen son is almost played like a stereotype, but it works in the context of this erotic western.The story is well crafted. However, as well crafted as it is, Ms Sullivan follows into the pitfalls of westerns gone by. The subplot of getting the horse out of the race seems the stuff of 1950's westerns. When the subplot is resolved toward the last ten pages of the book, it seems almost a let downI will say this, the erotic-ness of this novel never rings false. It plays nicely with the contents of the romance of the storyline. In many ways, it enhances the characters that you want to know better. The sexual tension does not seem forced. It makes the book flow. It does not seem like a harlequin romance with sexual overtones, It seems like an erotic western..and it works!This book is the first in the Want Ad series. After reading this piece, I would love to see what she has in store for book two.Bennet PomerantzAUDIOWORLD