Review: More like a 3 1/2 - Very nice novel especially for the price
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 11, 2011
For a .99 cent short novel this was well worth the price.  It's a nice and sweet and erotic contemporary Western with a dominating, rich ex-bullrider and a sweet, young naive Ango-Mexican woman.Travis was a champion bull-rider used to having a lot of females throwing themselves at him while he was on the circuit.  Now, as a rich ranch owner, females are few and far between for both him and his ranch hands.  Selena having escaped a horrible situation in Mexico, stumbles onto Travis's land after again escaping another bad situation and badly beaten.I did have trouble after this point believing that no one but Travis recognized the fact at first that she was a female.  I know it was stated several times that females were very rare in the area but still it was just not convincing enough to me.Travis immediately wants her, is drawn to her - because after all she is a young beautiful woman.  He also wants to keep up lock up so that none of his ranch hands find out she is a woman and start fighting over her.The action is basically Travis wanting Selena - getting angry because he knows that he shouldn't seduce a virgin, but can't keep from trying - getting jealous and taking it out on her and everyone - being nice one moment and downright ugly the next moment.That was why I could not see rating this book as a 4 or 5 - it reads more like a old Harlequin book which I'm not that fond of.  It was okay especially for the price but I would not consider it a keeper nor on the same footing as a book in the series by Lorelei James, who is the author that actually got me hooked on "HOT" Contempory Westerns.If you are a reader that enjoys short novels with the "Sweet Virgin and Dominant Male" theme then you will enjoy this book. For me - the action was just too contrived.