Anna Lawler never knows quite how to talk to Kyle Malory, bull rider with warm green eyes. She’s not like the beautiful women who throw themselves at Kyle–she’s a vet, far more comfortable with animals than people. But when he’s hurt in the ring, Anna starts to discover the real Kyle behind the macho cowboy.When Kyle challenges her to a wager, Anna can’t resist taking the bet, even if the price … the price is a night out with him, doing whatever he chooses …
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The narration was good. It was easy to forget that the narrator was male reading all of the parts.
My problem was that I didn’t like Anna. Didn’t like her for the majority of the book. Her personality at the beginning was just plain nasty. I couldn’t understand why Kyle kept pursuing her. It was so bad that I almost gave up listening to the book.
Then, their relationships morphed into love in no time at all. There was romance, a couple of steamy scenes, a bit of suspense, and an HEA. It was an OK listen.
Timing is everything and it was right for Anna and Kyle! Bit of a slow burn, bit of enemies to lovers, but they both looked and saw the other in a new light. Once that happened, there was no wasting time, even though they stalled a little along the way. Crazy chemistry, meddling friends and neighbours, and the realization that going for it was okay to do, and this twosome had their HEA!
I received an ARC of this book and I voluntarily leave my honest review.
Its great to be back in Riverbend again now that all of the Campbell’s have had their stories told, so its time for the Malory’s and I’m really happy about that. Kyle is up first and I really enjoyed his journey with Anna to their HEA.
This author has such great world/character development that we already know these characters really well from their appearances throughout the previous books in the series. We get to know more of Kyle and see he isn’t just a bull riding, womaniser which is also Anna’s impressions of him. It was nice to see he has more depth to him.
Anna was fantastic, being a large animal vet is never an easy thing and she does her job independently without complaint, just works hard to prove how capable she is, love that about her.
They definitely dance around each other for a while but I was really happy they both stop being so stubborn and connect. Anna and Kyle had great chemistry together which made for some smokin’ hot scenes.
You couldn’t have a Riverbend book with out seeing some of the Campbell’s and it was nice to see how their lives are progressing. This one also sets up Ray’s book, Kyle’s brother, who is forming a relationship, which he is being a bit secretive about with a woman named Drew and they are fixing up her B&B, I guess we will get the finer details in his own book which I am looking forward to.
This one had a bit of drama with the known local trouble makers/bad guys and action in it that was resolved fairly quickly and neatly. Overall a great addition to the series, bring on Ray’s book!
This story is dear to me as Anna Lawler is a veterinarian. My daughter was planning to be one but found her strengths with animals didn’t lie in emergency situations. It’s a challenging profession for a woman to be a large animal vet. Anna has what it takes. She’s strong, independent, an animal whisperer of sorts with a kind and compassionate heart. She’s just not good with people, charming men in particular. She doesn’t trust easily. She knows Kyle Malory, being a champion rodeo bull rider, has too many women falling at his feet. She is determined to not be one of them. When he comes home to heal from an injury that puts him out of the competition for the season she finds him watching her work on the family ranch. Kyle is fascinated by her and keeps finding reasons to talk to her. He finally challenges her to a mechanical bull ride to prove to her riding bulls takes skill not just brawn. If she loses he gets to take her on a date. Their date ends up a rescue mission for a horse in a car accident on the way to the date. I loved the chemistry between these two. She fights it so hard but Kyle sees a woman under all the defensiveness who is worth his love.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced readers copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.