Review: Fun contemporary romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2013
3.5 Stars in my Sky!Kate Burke and Shane Maddox are complete opposites and have totally different backgrounds; Kate is a somewhat bored, rich, travel writer and Shane is (at least, on first glance) a gruff, ranch foreman.Kate is in a rut and fallen out of love with her once glamorous and exciting lifestyle and returns to work on a ranch she had left ten years ago. Kate is determined to be less spontaneous and reckless (I'll leave you to discover her motivations). This is difficult task when she is surrounded by seasonal workers, holiday makers and the uber hot alpha male that is Shane.Shane and Kate spar from their very first introduction and after numerous attempts to stay away from each other they come up with the genius *ahem* ridiculous idea that if they sleep together once then they can move on from their mutual lust and forget about each other. I think you can probably guess what happens next, but I have to say I found their constant banter really entertaining.Kate and Shane appear confident but both have their share of insecurities and are kinda lost. It was interesting to see the dominate alpha male faced with a strong and extremely wealthy female. I wonder how many guys would suffer from a bruised ego in similar circumstances.The secondary characters were a fun addition and it was nice to see them go 'on a journey' throughout the book too. I did want to smack some sense into Brandon and Hailey at times.Just Once is a fun, mostly lighthearted, contemporary romance which will have you dreaming of cowboys and summer!I received a copy in exchange for an honest review!