Bullet Simmons never rides shotgun, but there is no question, Tristan McCullough has taken control of the wheel.Bad boy, bull rider Bullet Simmons has a good heart, he just has trouble in the decision-making department. When he meets Tristan McCullough, he vows to win her over, and convince her that he is worthy of a Lost Cowboy sponsorship. But can he become the kind of man her family’s brand … family’s brand represents? Tristan says she doesn’t believe he can, but there’s something about the cowboy that makes her hope she’s wrong.
Hired as a hand with Flying R Rough Stock, Bullet Simmons, dreams of one day becoming a world champion bull rider. But after the death of his baby boy’s mama, he doesn’t know how he’s going to juggle raising his son, working for Flying R, and riding bulls.
Billy Patterson needs someone to convince his daddy to raise broncs on their ranch in Black Forest. Enter Bullet. If Bullet can help convince him, Billy says Flying R will not only sponsor him, but they’ll arrange for Bullet to have his own personal bull riding coach.
Tristan McCullough swore off bad boys in college when the bull rider she was certain was “the one,” broke her heart. When Lost Cowboy teams up with Flying R Rough Stock to sponsor competitors out on the rodeo circuit, Bullet’s twin sister, Lyric, challenges her to consider sponsoring Bullet. As much as Tristan tells herself she’ll never fall for another cowboy, this one particular bull rider becomes harder and harder for her to resist—especially when she finds herself alone with him for a week at Colorado Black Mountain Ranch.
As we follow Bullet and Tristan’s stories, we also take a peek into the history of beloved characters Bill and Dottie Patterson. What brought the two together, and why has Bill vowed never to have anything to do with rodeo for the rest of his life?
Favorite characters from the Rice and Patterson families pay us a visit, and also serve to help these two “lost” souls come together.
This is book can be read as a standalone with no cliffhanger.
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We’ve gotten to know Lyric pretty well in the previous books, we know she has a twin but haven’t really seen him. Bullet is Lyric’s twin, and he’s quite the character. He’s a bull-rider, a flirt, and he has two children, only one of which is with his wife.
As this book opens Bullet’s wife dies, she had bipolar disease and her mood swings were brutal. When Bullet left her sleeping, with her parents due back soon, he never thought she would take her own life. While he feels guilty, he has his child to think about. As such he accepts a position with Flying R Rough Stock and also their sponsorship for his riding.
Tristan and her father own Lost Cowboy, western wear for cowboys. She’s also the face of the company for many meetings. Such is the reason she’s heading to the Flying R to firming up a a sponsorship deal. She feels the almost magnetic pull to Bullet, yet she also recognizes the player in him. He isn’t the type for her company to sponsor. Perhaps though he’s the actual Lost Cowboy, one who needs to find his way.
As Bullet works to find his way, he and Tristen also bump heads. She’s watching him and he’s watching her a dance of a sort.
There are many twists and turns in this book and Bullet rises to the occasion once he realizes what he really wants. It’s not a surprise that he gets together with Tristen and the way it happens is almost typical for this plotting family.
We also get a close look at Dottie and Bill’s relationship, it’s quite the love story.
I wonder if we’ll see more of theses characters in future books. This author tends to have folks show up everywhere.
“Win Me Over” (Cowboys of Crested Butte Book 5) by Heather Slade is a great read. I loved Bullet and Tristan’s story. This is a wonderful addition to the Cowboys of Crested Butte Series, packed with romance, passion, drama, overcoming loss, new beginnings, rodeo, hot cowboys, and more. I loved that we also learned Bill and Dottie’s story along the way in this book. It was great catching up with all the great characters we’ve met in this series. I can’t wait to see what happens next in “Sing to Me”. Highly recommend to all fans of cowboys, rodeo, romance, and series.
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Win Me Over is book 5 in the Crested Butte series by Heather Slade and what a book!! What you don’t expect is a second story but what a way to tie the families together.
We met Bullet previously and we know he has screwed up a time or two but now has to raise his son alone and knows it’s now time to grow up and be the man he know he can be. He wants to be a bull rider, wants the Lost Cowboy sponsorship and wants the girl too.
Tristan’s family clothing line Lost Cowboy wants to partner with Billy Patterson and his partners in the rough stock contracting business to get her foot in the door for the riders to wear their clothing and to be sponsors. When Tristan meets Bullet is represents the Lost Cowboy brand but all she sees is the cocky, irresponsible, immature, careless cowboy and a reminder of her past which she is determined will not be her future.
While these to are circling each other we also get to see in the second storyline how Billy’s parents, Bill and Dottie Patterson met..and how it helps to bring full circle some of the unanswered questions from the other books. This book keeps you on the edge of your seat and you just keeping reading because you want to know what’s around the next turn of the page…you will laugh, cry, be frustrated, swoon and cheer for a HEA…also the bull riding scene made you feel like you were right there in the thick of it!!
Book five of the Cowboys of Crested Butte series brings us Bullet’s story. We met Bullet a few books ago, but to be honest I didn’t’ really like him very much. He is the brother of Lyric and he was quite the player, but having two kids and having his wife die is enough to change any man. Between Bullet’s challenges and Tristan’s struggle to get past the hurt of a bad relationship, these two are in for a rocky road, but what a story. We get to see Bullet’s softer side and i have to say his transformation won me over as a fan.