She wanted more than friendship from him, he refused to risk their special bond on a fling.Tamara Barton has lusted after Connor Dunbar ever since she was old enough to know what those stirrings meant whenever he was near. Connor’s refusal to see her as anything but the young girl he’s befriended and protected for years soon drives them apart, but not before she catches an up-close, personal … catches an up-close, personal glimpse of him exerting the dominant control she’s heard rumors about.
Connor regrets the harsh words he spoke to Tamara when he caught her spying on him – as much as his lustful response to the look of need reflected on her face. He’s been looking after the neighbor girl since the moment he saw her falling off her first horse at the age of ten, and doesn’t plan on stopping now that she’s a grown woman who thinks she wants their relationship to go in a different direction. He knows his sexual proclivities are not for the young, sweet kid he’s so fond of, and wouldn’t jeopardize their special bond by giving in to her desires.
But Tamara always did have a way of getting what she wanted, and when he sees she is serious about becoming a member of the private lifestyle club he owns with his brother and best friend, Connor discovers he doesn’t want her submitting to anyone but him. When he learns she’s kept things from him that could have impacted her welfare, will he allow his failure to protect her to drive another wedge between them, or finally embrace a life with her at his side as more than just a cherished friend?
This is book three in the Cowboy Doms series but reads as a standalone.
Publisher’s Note: This steamy contemporary Western romance contains elements of mystery, suspense, and power exchange.
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Be Careful What You Wish For… Cuz, You Just Might Get It!
How MANY Times is a Gal supposed to put HerSelf OUT there,
Before She Throws IN the Towel…
Well… She Must be a Glutton for a Certain type of Punishment,
Cuz She keeps cum’n BACK for more & More & Yet MORE…
Then… When She finally thought She gained what She sought,
It ALL Blew Up IN Her Face…
And That’s When She learned,
Maybe “Submitting to the Cowboy” won’t WIN Her an HEA!
I was granted an ARC of BJ Wane’s “Submitting to the Cowboy (Cowboy Doms Book 3)” via B00|{$P®0UT; I recommend this book to others based upon its own merits. All opinions expressed within this review are uniquely my own & freely given!
Until next time… Happy Reading!
This is the third book in the Cowboy Doms series and while each is a book on each on itself, believe me, you want to read each one, as the books are a family of friends in the BDSM Community. In this book, we are getting to know brother Conner better and the neighbor girl Tam (Tamara) who is finally back after being gone from her father’s Ranch for 5 long years. She’s quite a bit younger than Conner and had a thing for him as a kid and walked in on him as he was with a sub in the barn and well let’s say Conner let her know she should not show up without being invited. After that, she moved away and stayed away from his ranch for 5 long years. Yes, that had him realizing something that we all knew he knew deep down and it shows up at her daddy’s passing.
Now Tam is back at her Ranch minus on ex and so she is free to discover if she is into kink. Conner insists she is not and Tam thinks she is. Battle of the Dom/Sub.
I really love how our author includes the characters from past & future books in each book, It not that this community of Willow Ridge is a small town but the BDSM THE BARN is more of a Family in itself.
I am looking forward to the next book in this series.
At ten years old, Tamara found herself moving to Montana to live with a father she’d never met and his wife. Her mother had left with her current boyfriend. Trying to adjust to a new school, new family, and the fear of further abandonment gave her the determination to accomplish things that would allow her to fit in. That’s how she found herself on a pony ride at a school outing when she had no idea how to ride. One minute she was a scared nervous wreck and the next she was relaxed enough to let go of the reins with one hand to pet the horse’s neck. The next thing she knew, she was sliding off the horse. Before she completely fell out of the saddle she was rescued by an eighteen-year-old boy named Connor. He just caught her, helped her back in the saddle, and wouldn’t you know, they were neighbors. From then on, Connor and Tamara had a very special relationship until the day she saw something that set Connor off and he lost his cool and couldn’t take back what he said. That’s when she left without a word or goodbye and moved away. BJ Wane had brought out all the emotions of this relatable story with characters that are so perfectly flawed it’s almost like I knew them. Each story in this “Cowboy Doms” series just keeps getting better as we go along.
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Wow. What a great story. Conner has always protected Tamara since she was 10 years old. She has come and gone from his life, but his feelings to protect her have always been there and now she wants more because she is in love with Conner. You need to read this book and she what happens when she wants to join his club and he thinks she is to innocent. Enjoy.
Very intense, emotional, suspenseful, hot and so much more well written story. I have gone back and am reading the other two. The story flows so nicely with the characters. She wants more than he wants to give her as he sees her as the young woman he has always protected. And not as the grown woman with needs. And he is scared to take it further. I was given a review copy by booksprout and voluntarily review it.
Connor and Tamera have been friends forever. He’s always been there for her whenever she needed him. He refuses to treat her an adult and has decided she’s too naive and timid for The Barn. Huh! A lot he knows. Tamera has crushed on Connor for far too long and finally gets that she’ll always just be a friend. Her visits to The Barn are intriguing anduddenly she wants to find a Dom to explore her kinky side. Connor is furious and decides to teach her a lesson. One which backfires on him and makes him finally see what’s been right in front of him…the love of his life.
Tamara has always been in love with Connor but he sees her as a little girl.
Connor has always been the protector and friend of Tamara but he still thinks of her as a little girl.
This is the first book on the series I read and the first I read by this author. This is Connor and Tamara’s story.
I don’t understand very well why Connor can’t see Tamara as a grown-up woman instead of a little child.
Some parts of the book felt as if they have been written in a rush: for example, the detention of the rustlers, how Neil and Jeremy meet, etc.
All in all, I enjoyed the book. I like the rest of the characters and how they behave as a family in The Barn.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and I am voluntarily leaving a review.
Connor is a cowboy and has protected Tamara since she was a little girl. Now that Tamara is grown up she wants a romantic relationship with Connor. Connor refuses to see her as anything but the sweet girl he wants to protect. When Tamara joins the BDSM clue he is part owner of, he doesn’t want her submitting to anyone but him. Will a relationship between these two work out? A sexy, steamy older man/younger woman romance that I enjoyed to the last page.
I received a copy of this book from Booksprout and am leaving a review.
This was a really interesting premise and a spin on the whole “friends to lovers” theme. Connor, who features in the other books from this series, gets his own story with Tamara, the neighbour girl he’s looked out for since she was 10. While I enjoyed this book, it’s not my favourite by this author or in this series. Mostly that’s because of Connor. I found him so annoying and lost all patience with him. For me, it made the book drag a little. However, this author is consistently good, so read it for yourself. You might very well disagree with me.
Tamara Barton and Connor Dunbar’s story is the third book in the Cowboy Doms a well written story that held my interest until the end. These two will have a lot to go through especially with Connor not acknowledging his feelings for Tamara. This story has suspense, drama, danger, arson, an ex, a fired employee, cattle rustling, and a Dom and the Sub he wants. I enjoyed reading, I will be looking for the next book in this series. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Submitting to the Cowboy is the third book in rock star BJ Wane’s Cowboy dom series. It’s been a very hot and steamy series thus far, and book three did not disappoint, in fact, it got me wanting my very own cowboy dom.
While you can read this as a standalone book, it will make much more sense and give you a better background on the other characters is you read Submitting to the Rancher and Submitting to the Sheriff first.
If you have been following along, we finally get to bad boy cowboy Connor Dunbar. He’s the cranky cowboy who got shot in the last book after chasing cattle rustlers. His last woman cheated on him, and the guy was vanilla. Connor is a dom.
Tamara “Tam” Baker has just moved back to the neighboring ranch. She’s always had a crush on Connor, but when she caught him and another woman doing kinky things, Connor yelled at her. Now, she’s back, and Connor is about to be surprised by the grown-up version of Tam, who he still thinks is too young for his lifestyle. Tam sets out to prove him wrong. Will he learn? Or will the cattle rustlers be an even bigger problem?
Tune in and grab a copy today to find out. You know you want to! (Yes, it’s THAT good!)
I really enjoyed this friends to lovers, older man/younger woman romance. The BDSM heat is well balanced with intense emotions, as Tamara and Connor’s story unfolds. I could feel for both these characters. Tam’s unrequited feelings toward Connor were realistic and painful. I think everyone has been in this boat at some point in their lifetime. At the same time though, I could feel for Connor. His frustration, anger and regret over his unexpected attraction to Tam and his actions fit his character beautifully. His determination to not risk their friendship and his refusal to acknowledge both their feelings and that she wasn’t a kid anymore caused him to lash out, push her away and hurt them both in the process. This engaging read also offers drama, suspense and danger. I admit I love a book that can offer both heat and heart and I felt that this book did that very well.
Stepping up!
Sometimes you just want to smack a man upside of the head and yell “snap out of it”!! (Nod to Cher).
Talk about stubborn and with blinders on, Connor can’t or won’t see the beautiful woman Tamara has become, he insists on seeing his younger child sidekick he looked over.
After an incident and words were exchanged, Tamara fled years ago, and when she came home to visit she made sure to stay out of his way.
But now she’s back and if he isn’t interested in introducing her to his club and lifestyle and seeing her as a woman, others are.
Connor’s attitude gets adjusted when he realizes that Tamara is serious about her choices, other men make a move on her, he gets a verbal kick in the pants and the light goes on and the stubborn switch gets flicked off!
Talk about heat! Once the spark is lit, it is unstoppable! Add in some intrigue, suspense, some danger, our band of great characters and a man and woman who were always destined to be together and we have another fantastic installment into this series!
I’m loving these cowboys!! Keep them coming!
Submitting to the Cowboy is the third book in the Cowboy Doms series. Connor has been in a funk for the past few months, but is trying to turn his enthusiasm around – for life, for being a master in his club, and for becoming close friends again with Tamara, the girl next door. They’ve always had a close friendship, until about five years ago, but now she’s back for good. Tam has only had eyes and her heart set on Con all her life, but will she be able to live in his world of dominance and can she convince him to take a chance on love?
I was so excited to get to read this book and once I started, I did not put the book down until it was over. I loved Tamara and Connor! I loved Tam’s sweetness, her zest for life, her enjoyment of the little things, and I loved her strength. Connor was such a dominant, alpha male, but he was so afraid of both commitment and losing the special bond with Tam. With a whole lot of back and forth, they have a lot to overcome, a lot to lose, and some big hearts full of love! They had some really passionate scenes, a few moments that made me want to cry, and I just fell in love with this couple! I enjoyed some of the background story, too, such as the craziness that was happening around the ranch and her ex showing up, and I loved all of the side characters. While there are people who show up from previous books, you don’t have to have read them to fully understand this book… that being said, this series is amazing, captivating, entertaining, emotional, and passionate! I love Ms. Wane’s writing, and I loved reading this book!
Spicy hot Cowboy Dom romance with a side of rustlers
Connor has spent years avoiding his attraction to the much-younger Tamara, a girl he’s protected and befriended since she was 10 and he was 18. But that was twenty years ago, and it’s high time he sees her as the woman she has become.
Tamara’s back in town, living on the ranch next door, and she’s more than happy to use The Barn – the local BDSM club that Connor is part-owner of – to show just how grown up she is now.
While it’s understandable that Connor would hesitate with a much younger Tamara years before, it’s hard to envision his still treating her as a child when she’s thirty years old. His insistence on proving that she’s not cut out to be a sub nearly danced right up to the edge of abuse, as if he was angry with himself for his attraction to her yet taking his anger out on her backside. Not the best form for a responsible Dom.
Outside of those scenes, the story worked beautifully. Tamara’s return home helped bring the ring of rustlers to justice, and it was terrific to see her get her girlfriend time with the other ladies who frequent The Barn. Their HEA seemed a bit unfinished, but it did leave them in a good space to hope for more. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
This is the third book in the series and it was great that the characters and events from the previous two books were included. The dynamic between Connor and Tamara was palpable and oh so sexy. While there was some intrigue the emphasis was much more on the relationship between Tamara and Connor and was very fulfilling and made for a great read.