Review: Give Me a Cowboy, Please
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
This is my first book by Maggie Carpenter and I can tell you it will not be my last book!!  I loved her writing and loved every SINGLE page of this book.  When I hit 90% on the Kindle, I found myself already feeling melancholy that I was going to miss Sassy Cassie and Chad!  Chad is a horse trainer and does a favor for a friend and picks up Cassie at her house to bring her and her horse to a horse show.  The sparks fly immediately and she crosses a line before they can hit the expressway and gets her first spankin'I love books that have "deserved discipline".  I personally don't like it as much when it is contrived or play acting or a scene as much as someone breaking a rule and getting old fashioned discipline.  This cowboy has a lot of rules and has no problem doling out consequences to an errant sassy cowgirl.  I loved all the little things about ranching and horses. My daughter has been riding for years and I confirmed many of the things written in this book.  I loved reading the different methods Chad used to train the horses.  The author has a knowledge of horses and it is evident in the story.  There is a a sub plot with his good friend Marty and Cassie's good friend Hannah.  I am hoping we are going to hear more about them in a future book.If you love cowboys, cowgirls, ranches, and horses, Maggie Carpenter needs to be added to your list of cowboy writers.