Review: MR. GRUMPY PANTS .... YEAH, MR. SEXY PANTS
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2014
Series:  Cowboy Way #1Category /Genre:  Contemporary romanceReceived from:  Amazon purchaseRecommended for:  18+ due to sexual contentGrammar/editing:  A – near perfectThis is the first book in the Cowboy Way series.  They do need to be read in order.  This is considered to be a spinoff from the novella Hope for Christmas in the Santa Wore Spurs anthology.In order to buy a house and provide for her sister and niece, Tina needs to get a promotion.  To get the promotion, she needs the right model for the new line of western wear she has championed at work.  Enter Dean Dixon, rancher.  His sister-in-law is the photographer, his brother was a model, but Dean wants nothing to do with the fashion world.  Mr. Grumpy Pants would rather the bunch of them just clear off his ranch, but he knows the family needs the money being offered for the use of the land.I loved the characters.  I loved the story.  I loved that these were down-to-earth, living a real life people instead of everyone being a millionaire.  Dean’s tantrums were a little over-the-top for a macho, alpha cowboy, but somewhat understandable in light of his history.  I was up until 3am because I just had to know how everything was resolved.This is the first book that I have read from Ms. McGraw.  Unfortunately, most of the way through the book, I felt as though I had missed a whole other part to the story.  I believe I would have been less lost had I read the short HOPE FOR CHRISTMAS about Dean’s brother Cord and his wife, Hope.  Other than that, I thought this was an exceptionally well-written cowboy romance and I do want to read more from Ms. McGraw.