Review: Absolutely beautiful story full of love and romance!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2014
When Lorraine messaged me 6 or 7 months ago and mentioned she was in the process of wrapping up her first book, I was over the moon with awe for my friend.  It's a life long dream of mine to write but for now I'm happy just reading and reviewing while my children are small and I'll live vicariously through my friend.  I hope you'll enjoy The Cowboy in Me as much as I did.  So here we go ...This story belongs to Mary Elizabeth Matthews and Cody McAllister.  Mary is better known as M.E. Welch, at least that's her pen name in the writing world.  She's an enigma.  There are only a handful of folks who know her true identity and she keeps everyone else at arms distance and for good reason.  She had one truly awful thing done to her when she was younger by letting someone too close and though it ended in a tiny miracle, her life was forever changed, causing her to keep her identity close to the chest when she writes.Then you have Cody McAllister, a big time Hollywood Movie Star who is as Southern as they come and absolutely knock out gorgeous to boot.  He's on set wrapping up his latest film when longtime friend Jennifer hands him Where the Trail Ends by M.E. Welch.  She insists there is a movie to be made and he needs to give the novel a shot.  So, he heads to his hotel room, settles in and doesn't emerge until he's finished the novel the following morning.  He's speechless, absolutely blown away by why he has read and has to be a part of making this book into a movie like Jennifer suggested.  He's convinced the lead roll was written with him in mind and has to find the enigma that is M.E. Welch in order to get the rights to make this project a reality.  What he's not prepared for is what he feels when he sees a photo of the woman who is now embedded in his dreams and finds out she is M.E. Welch.Cody embarks on a journey to surprise Mary Elizabeth at her ranch in Texas to procure the rights to the film.  He's prepared to do whatever he can to win the lead roll.  What he's not prepared for is the all consuming love he feels toward his dream girl when he's in her presence.  Now that he's here, this is where he wants to be, this is home.  All he has to do is convince Mary Beth that she's the one for him and he for her and together, find their Happily Ever After.This was such an absolutely beautiful story.  It is emotional, passionate, and full of romance.  Cody and Mary Beth were simply made for one another.  Their connection is so strong that they can't fight the pull toward one another.  There is something absolutely beautiful about that in my eyes.  A story that is no nonsense, in your face, full of love, life and light is different in this Indie genre.  I will admit, I even told Lorraine while I was reading, I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop ... I'm so used to the discord in most books that I was waiting for the turmoil between Cody and Mary Beth.  True to form, nobody lives a life that enchanted and there will be turmoil but that's life and some time's life gets messy.  The characters are raw and vulnerable and full of passion and life for one another and what they love to do as their careers.  As I said, The Cowboy in Me is an awe inspiring love story about a couple of soul mates destined to be together forever and that is exactly why every one of you should read their story.I met Lorraine in 2009 at a Twilight convention in Dallas, TX.  We were ironically both waiting for a friend to show up and didn't realize that friend was the same person.  The rest is history.  We've been friends ever since.