So Tough to Tame (Hqn)
The third installment, after Too Hot to Handle (2013), in Dahl’s Jackson Hole, Wyoming, series opens with security specialist Charlie Allington returning to her hometown after being exonerated in an embezzlement scandal at her old job. She finds an apartment at Jackson’s Stud Farm boarding house, across the hall from the guy she lusted after in high school, Walker Pearce. Walker doesn’t seem to have changed much. At 30, he’s still a charmer with girls hanging all over him. As Charlie settles into her new job, which she landed with her brother’s backing, she starts to suspect that everything isn’t on the up-and-up. But she’s distracted by Walker’s lovemaking and steady friendship while she works to shore up his low self-esteem because of his dyslexia. She just knows he can be more than a working cowboy, even if he doesn’t believe her. Dahl delivers another sexy story while delving into weighty subjects, making this story deeper and more satisfying than the previous ones. It will delight her fans and attract new readers. --Pat Henshaw