Just when you least expect it, love finds you forever… Avery Smart doesn’t believe in “forever cowboys.” Especially after her father died young in a tragic rodeo accident, and she watched all her girlfriends get their hearts broken by love ‘em and leave ‘em types in Stetsons and spurs. But when she returns to her hometown of Bandits Hollow, Colorado to take pictures of cowboys for her lucrative … lucrative photography business, a new light is shed on the darkroom of her heart by Grant Hollow. He’s one professional bull rider who not only intends to stick around for the right woman–he’s determined to lasso her heart for good.My Forever Cowboy is a prequel in the Starlight & Sagebrush Series of contemporary western romances set in the Rocky Mountains.Starlight & Sagebrush Series: Love, laughter, and a touch of magic surround these rugged cowboys who don’t know what they’re in for when Evangeline Tinker comes to Bandits Hollow, Colorado. As a renowned fortune teller, she can’t help meddling in people’s love lives with the help of her best friends Jubilee and Pearl. Their specialty? Finding world-weary women who could use a dose of countrified male affection and good old fashioned courtship with the kind of tough and sexy cowboys who are destined to stay. But the course of true love never did run smooth, and Evangeline and her friends have their hands full convincing their latest targets that love is the magic that changes everything…
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She is a photographer who made a very successful calender of hot men and they want another one with cowboy’s quickly. She is pretty confident she can get them from the rodeo even though that is where her father died and she doesn’t like them. She has a lot of personal reasons for needing the money. She meets him while shooting the calendar and they develop deep feelings for each other. This is funny, emotional, exciting, dramatic and so much more. I received a review copy and voluntarily review it.
4 1/2 STARS!
Short, sweet and satisfying! With a prequel novella to her new Starlight and Sagebrush series Diane J. Reed thrills her fans with a trip back to Bandits Hollow, Colorado in MY FOREVER COWBOY. The length is too short to give us a fully developed story, but the author does a great job of familiarizing the reader with the small town, the lore behind it and the key players that are going to play the matchmakers in the series going forward. I enjoyed it a lot and look forward to diving into the series!
I recommend this novella to anyone who enjoys a cowboy rich plot with a twist of humor and a sprinkle of magic. The characters are well developed, the set up is sweet and the connection is a lot of fun to watch.
Welcome to the Prequel in the ‘Starlight & Sagebrush’ series with a new Novella by Diane J. Reed. Avery Smart is a photographer who was asked to make a calendar with 12 new Cowboys as an exclusive for a company willing to pay her big bucks to do it. She heads home to Bandit’s Hollow, Colorado to check on her Mom and possibly photograph some Cowboys at the local rodeo. She’s dealing with her past, losing her Dad in the rodeo at a young age, and trying to keep her Mom in the here and now. She runs into Grant Hollow, a very gorgeous Cowboy, during a poker game. Avery plays the Cowboys and gets Grant to agree to allowing her to take his photo is she wins. We are introduced to a few other characters that will most likely be in other books in this series, and a little bit of mystical magic from the elders in their lives.
After watching her mama lose her heart to a cowboy, Avery Smart made a promise to herself to never get herself tangled up with one, no matter how tempting it may be. With her mother’s deteriorating health, and the cost to keep her cared for, Avery turned her passion of photography into a business, one that is proving to be quite lucrative. Her and her assistant Shae scoured the land for gorgeous cowboys, convinced them to pose for photos that would be used in a calendar, and viola!, My Forever Cowboy was born!
She never expected the one thing she despises to be the thing that helped her earn a living, but if anyone knows good looking cowboys that’ll catch the eye, it’s her! With the huge success of the first calendar she was able to put a little money away for her mother’s care, and breath a little sigh of relief. But when a call from a local retailer garners her a new calendar deal worth a lot more money, and whats bound to be a huge stepping stone into the photography world she is ecstatic… that is until she realizes she has to return home to Bandits Hollow to search for cowboys!
Albeit it’s small size, My Forever Cowboy packs a powerful emotional punch, one that can be felt long after the last page is turned. This magical little story is certain to put a squeeze on your heart, bring a many laughs, and stir up a case of unshakable swoons. Once again I find myself delighted by Ms. Reed’s wonderfully penned words, and her charismatic cowboys, those cowboys from Bandits Hollow are guaranteed to steal your heart!! Highly recommend!!
I was blown away by this book. It’s not long, but it packs a punch. Avery is a modern woman, taking care of her mom. She’s a photographer and needs to take pictures of cowboys for a calendar. So she goes home to Bandits Hollow for the rodeo and meets Grant Hollow a bull rider. This is a great story with a little magic and lots of western romance included and wonderful characters. I highly recommend it.