COWBOY CHARM SCHOOL
HAYWIRE BRIDES, #1
by
MARGARET BROWNLEY
Sub-genre: Western / Clean Romance
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Date of Publication: September 4, 2018
Number of Pages: 384
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When Texas Ranger Brett Tucker accidentally derails a wedding, he’s determined to bring the estranged couple back together…but he never dreamed he’d start falling for the bride!
Texas Ranger Brett Tucker hates to break up a wedding, but the groom—notorious criminal Frank Foster—is a danger to any woman. So he busts into the church, guns blazing…only to find he has the wrong man.
STOP THAT WEDDING!
Bride-to-be Kate Denver is appalled by her fiancé’s over-the-top reaction to the innocent mistake and calls off the wedding—for good. Guilt-ridden, Brett’s desperate to get them back on track. But the more time he spends with Kate, the harder he falls…and the more he yearns to prove that he’s her true match in every way.
“Light and airy as cotton candy, this tale charms.”
— Publishers Weekly
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“What she had once mistaken for strength was really a lack of courage. It took mettle to reveal one’s vulnerable center.”
Cowboy Charm School as a title for a Western Romance definitely conjures up some interesting images, but it fits the story perfectly. If you’re in the mood for some sugary-sweet romance with a hint of the Western Frontier lifestyle, complete with quirky characters, Wild West robberies, and a handsome Texas Ranger, you have certainly come to the right place.
The author has crafted a unique story that will leave you laughing and falling in love with so many characters, including a dog that can’t seem to mend his naughty ways. Texas Ranger Brett Tucker crashes a wedding in the first chapter. What follows next is pure entertainment, with a hefty dose of romance, mystery, more candy than you can shake a stick at, and a hilarious yet charming scenario throughout the story that reminded me of Cyrano de Bergerac.
Frank and Kate love each other because of a shared past, but are they in love? Is their crashed wedding a good thing or a bad thing? Does Brett Tucker really need to go to Kate’s candy shop so frequently? Why does Brett coach Frank on how to win Kate’s heart when she was already willing to marry him before Brett showed up? Will Kate ever master her uncle’s special candy recipe and get the clever designs in the center just right? Read Cowboy Charm School to find out the answers to all these questions and more, but don’t be surprised if you can’t put the book down, unless it’s to satisfy that sudden craving for some taffy, caramels, chocolate bonbons, and peppermint sticks.
Margaret Brownley sets this delightful story in a town called Haywire, Texas, with inhabitants that will capture your heart and tickle your funny bone. That scene between Frank and Brett in the Feedbag Cafe still has me laughing out loud and will have you laughing as well, I’m sure of it. The author has a knack for setting the scene just so and writing great dialogue that will draw you in and make you think you are standing inside that candy store with those other townspeople watching Harvey demonstrate one of his outlandish inventions or maybe watching Frank battle his allergies to animals or curb his jealousy by whistling like a frantic tea kettle. This story is filled with so many of these great scenes that you won’t want it to end!
In addition to the mystery of the robberies, the romance, and the funny scenes, Cowboy Charm School touches on an unfortunately timeless issue: bullying. Little Dusty just wants to be liked and invited to play baseball with the other boys, but he is picked on and left out instead. You will enjoy reading how Kate handles the situation brilliantly and diplomatically, all with a tray of special candy and a simple plan to redirect those boys’ focus from bullying to inclusion and friendship.
I look forward to the next in the Haywire Brides series.
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New York Times bestselling author MARGARET BROWNLEY has penned more than forty-five novels and novellas. She’s a two-time Romance Writers of American RITA® finalist and has written for a TV soap. She is also a recipient of the Romantic Times Pioneer Award.
Her story, A Pony Express Christmas, will appear this fall in the Old West Christmas Brides collection, and book two of her Haywire Brides series will be published May 2019. Not bad for someone who flunked eighth-grade English. Just don’t ask her to diagram a sentence.
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Wonderful review, and a naughty dog! That alone will get lots of people to read the book. Ha! Sounds like it’s a fabulous story.
It is a lot of fun! And a naughty dog definitely makes great things greater.