Review: Cowboy In My Pocket
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
I'm not usually a fan of Western Romances, cowboys don't do much for me (I'll take a hero riding a motorcycle over a horse every time). The initial premise of this book had me concerned, the whole marriage of convenience, secret baby, have to do something out of character to save the family ranch/business has been so over done it is nauseating. Add a heroine with amnesia to the mix and it seems like a bad been there done that hassle. But from the beginning of the story, the author's witt and humor when dealing with it makes it a bit more tolerable. We start the book meeting Michelle, a dried up romance novelist who seems to have lost her spark. After a disappointing lunch with her editor she is strongly urged to take time off to do some research at a dude ranch to learn the basics of ranch life and make her book more believable. After an accident, leaving her with amnesia, Michelle meets Tag and his ranch hand and is wrongly assumed to be the women sent to be his pretend bride. I liked the conversation between Michelle and her editor, it brought a type of honesty to the story,  there isn't much worse than reading a book where the author clearly has no actual understanding or knowledge of the lifestyle she is attempting to write about. We've all read them, and it causes a huge disconnect with the readers and the characters that is impossible to overcome. Her editor "suggesting " she remedy this seemed plausible to me. Overall, while the genre wasn't quite my cup of tea, the authors obvious comedic take on it made it worth the read, overly trite hea and all.I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley for an honest review.