Review: Well, it's bulls and blood It's dust and mud
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2013
I got this short story as a free download and REALLY WISH it was a full story.  It had so much potential to be really good.  I was just thinking (after hearing thatRodeosong by Garth Brooks, on the radio) that I wanted to read a rodeo love story and remembered I had this one.  It was well written, just left much to be fleshed out and I wanted more.Characters:  Cooper is a popular rodeo star that sets his sights on Brooke, a local waitress who has sworn off cowboys. Denny is the gay bartender that is Brooke's good friend and sex reliever when she gets too turned on and needs somewhere safe to kiss and feel up (?).  He is the second guy in the dare Brooke gives to Cooper. The dare is for Cooper to kiss a guy in order to get two dates with Brooke. Sydney is an innocent looking, but actually really skanky co-worker who wants a cowboy or a three-some. Brooke tries to warn her off cowboys, as they will just break your heart.And it's "So long girl, I'll see ya."When it's time for him to goYou know the woman wants her cowboyLike he wants his rodeoWriting Style: Held my Interest!  I would read more romance by Daire St. Denis as she is skilled at making sex believable, but not if there is more gay or ménage stuff. Just not my thing.Plot: Apparently, Rodeo Cowboy Cooper and Hottie Brooke are different from the regular users out there; at least that is what they keep saying.  She doesn't date Cowboys because they are liars and cheaters and he doesn't love `em and leave them, at least that is what he says.  Honestly, he is a smooth operator and she sleeps with him within four days, so I don't really see how either of them is really different from what is out there, but whatever.  The plot is basically, previously burned girl doesn't want to risk her heart but can't deny her feelings and goes for it anyways.  Maybe this time, she won't get burned.  We don't really know as the story ends after only one week together, but it is implied.Romance: I admit, the sex was hot.  I loved that Brooke realistically didn't get off the first time with Cooper and he didn't give up on her, but made sure she was satisfied.  He kept pursuing her, but he also left a lot of doubt about his feelings for her.  Everything happened so fast, the "I love you's" were a little fabricated, but makes for a sweet, eye rolling with a smile, story.  Cooper was VERY experienced at making a girl happy sexually, if not emotionally. I am not a fan of guy/guy kissing and don't find it "hot" like the girls in this story did (I actually looked the story back up to make sure I hadn't downloaded a gay or ménage romance - not my thing) so I could have done without the guy kiss or the suggestion of a three-some.  Cooper is not my ideal of a guy, but for Brooke, he seemed okay.Sex and Violence Rating: Rx - Oral Sex, Descriptive Sex, Guy/Guy Kissing, F-word4 Stars -I liked most of it but would have liked it a lot better if it was longer and more fleshed out