They’re wrong for each other, but nothing has ever felt so right Uptown girl Emmaline Claiborne needs a man, and not just any man. She needs the kind of man who can make her lying, cheating, no-good ex-boyfriend insane with jealousy. The same ex-boyfriend who is now engaged to her sister, and whose extravagant wedding she must suffer through in just three weeks’ time. She selects the perfect …
She selects the perfect candidate through an online dating app, but instead of the smooth, sophisticated software magnate she expects, a rugged cowboy shows up instead. He’s the complete opposite of everything Emma is looking for. In fact, he’s exactly the kind of man she swore to her Texas ranching family she would never fall for.
Which makes Cort Channing kinda perfect. Only before the weekend is over, Emma finds herself wishing she could keep her fake boyfriend, spurs, chaps, and all. Can this committed city girl take the biggest chance of her life, and swipe right for a cowboy?
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Emmaline Claiborne is living in New York City and is waiting at a bar to wait for her date that she has arranged on a dating site. She is hoping that it turns out okay so she can talk him into going with her to Texas for her sister’s wedding which is coming up.
Watching the door, she sees a good-looking man walk in and she knows for sure that he is a true cowboy from his hat to his boots. What she is wondering is why said cowboy is in a New York City bar and not in Texas on a horse. If she was back in Texas where she grew up, he would be a perfect date, but he was not the man she chose on the dating site.
Cort Channing walks across the bar towards Emmaline and only wishes he had different news to deliver to her. He also wished she lived in Texas for he finds her extremely good looking. When he sits down next to her Emmaline is surprised to find out that he knows her name. what comes next is equally surprising. The man she swiped on the site is not showing up and Cort did not want her to be waiting by herself. After explaining why her date will not show up, she suddenly comes up with a plan, an idea and asks Cort to escort her to her sister’s wedding in Texas. Oh, did I mention that her sister is marrying Emmaline’s ex who broke up with her to marry her sister instead of her.
This is her and Cort’s story and how she and her family will all come together along with Cort who wants to be with her. A good story with good characters. I received this book from Tule publishing. Gave it 4 stars. Follow us http://www.1rad-readerreviews.com
I enjoyed revisiting Last Stand.
What I liked:
The writing style
The characters
Part of a series: Riverrun Ranch
Standalone
HEA
I look forward to reading the next book in this series.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC from Tule Publishing.
Emmaline and Cort’s relationship in Swipe Right for a Cowboy by Karen Foley, book one in her Riverrun Ranch series is a wonderful reminder that you can’t judge a book by its cover. Emmaline is desperately in need of a man; a man willing to be her plus-one for her sister’s wedding, in three weeks. The sister who stole and is now marrying Emma’s lying, cheating, no-good ex-boyfriend. Using an online dating app, she selects the perfect candidate, but instead of the refined software magnate she expects, a rugged cowboy shows up instead. He’s the complete opposite of everything Emma is looking for. In fact, he’s exactly the kind of man this New York City gal swore to her Texas ranching family she would never fall for. Cort actually ends up being the perfect man for the job; since one look at Emma and he was smitten. By the end of the weekend, Emma is wishing she could keep her fake cowboy boyfriend and take a chance on him; maybe swipe right for him.
Ms. Foley wrote a wonderful and sweet story that is definitely not to be missed. She provided a tale rich with sexual chemistry, amusing banter, and charming characters giving Emma and Cort a chance at love. I highly recommend Swipe Right for a Cowboy to other readers and look forward to the next book in this series.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
Lucky me I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my review.
Emma, short for Emmaline and Cort’s love story is different, it is fast and sweet and somewhat connected to an internet dating site, in a way round about way.
The author knew how to get and hold my attention, and at one point had my tears coming, oh this lady can write, she puts you right there at the scene, so be prepared, tissues in reach.
I received this arc from Tule Publishing in exchange for an honest review. This was an enjoyable read with a clever twist of storyline. We meet Emmaline aka Emma who has signed up on a dating app to meet a guy to pose as her fake boyfriend. Her half sister Callie is marrying her ex boyfriend Damon and she doesn’t want to go to the wedding alone for her family to pity. Emma’s parents divorced when she was 3 and her mom took her back to New York from her dads ranch in Texas. It turned out that her dad got another woman pregnant and her mom left him. He never married the half sister’s mom and she resented not being a real Claiborne. We learn that Callie was always competing with Emma because of this. Emma has 2 brothers that also live on the Texas ranch.
When Emma goes to the bar to meet her date, she thinks she has been stood up. Finally a gorgeous cowboy shows up and tells her the guy she was supposed to meet wasn’t able to be there. His name is Colt and he gives her passes to a rodeo in NYC and invites her to come. She decides to go as she felt a spark rom him and wanted to pursue him going to the family wedding in Texas with her. She realizes he is a bull rider and meets him after his ride. She proposes her plan and h decides to accompany he as he is also interested in her.
They arrive at the ranch to an inquisition by her brothers and father and some jealous antics by the half sister. We learn that Colts grandfather has an interesting past and his dad made a bad nam for himself. Neither Colt or Emma want to draw attention to their relationship as they don’t wan it known it is fake. In addition, Colt doesn’t want Emma or her family to know about his past.
The book has some angst and romance and good family interactions. I gave it 5 stars for a great read.
I loved this book it was such a tangled web but you just knew that everything would work out
Emmaline (Emma) Claiborne is about to face one of the biggest test in her life she has to front up to her sisters wedding A wedding that is to her own cheating ex boyfriend and she has to appear happy There is no way she is showing up to that all alone so she turns to Tinder to fins a wedding weekend date and she picks the perfect man a sophisticated software magnate what she actually gets is his best friend Cort Channing a bull rider and the kind of man she told her family she would never date. He soon agrees to the weekend date after all he lives his life in eight second intervals in a weekend he can win over the woman he is deeply attracted to The only problem they will have to contend with jealous sisters and a protective older brother Can they keep their fake relationship a secret and will it actually become more real than fake he sure wants it to.
This book was a page-turner for me,I loved every minute of it,I honestly couldn’t put it down.A meet -cute romance between two people who couldn’t be more opposite ,Emma a city Slicker who works in her mom’s swanky art gallery in New York and Cort feels right at home in a rodeo ring riding bulls all over Texas .Emma needs a date and just not any guy will do because she has to take him home to her dad’s family ranch for her half sister and cheating ex-boyfriend’s wedding.I honestly can’t wait for her brother Luke’s story next.
This is the beginning of a new series based in Texas. What is a gal to do when her sister runs off with her fiance’ and then they invite her to THEIR wedding? Why she looks for a date on a dating website of course. Yep, that is just what Emma does and boy does it bring about some wild times. We meet Emma in a bar in NY city where she is set to meet her date and she is squirely as all get out while she waits. In comes one of the hottest cowboys she has ever seen. Cort comes in to let her down and ends up getting a date to a wedding in Texas out of the deal. Life would not be so simple and of course this NY gal has two sides to her as well. Being a product of divorced parents, she spent time in NY and TX and her heart loves both. This book was well written and I enjoyed reading it. I look forward to reading more in this series and seeing Emma’s brothers fall hard and fast in future books because heavens they were sure funny to listen to in this one.
Swipe Right for a Cowboy by Karen Foley is a fun, flirty, fake romance read. Just perfect for an afternoon that you would like to forget all that is going on in the world around you.
NYC Emmaline Claiborne and rising bull rider, Cort Channing couldn’t be more different or more perfect for each other. Last Stand, Texas has never seen the likes of these two together, so the talk begins. There is a switch up with the dating app, an ex-boyfriend who needs to stay ex and a supporting cast who are humorously nosy. Not as much rodeo as it is wedding excess but still a lot of bull around. There is also the instant lust which did feel rushed. A slow burn would have made this a 5 star read, since I really liked the main characters.
Yet, the entire premise of ex-boyfriend weds sister so the need to make them all jealous is a Reese Witherspoon role. I would love to see her take the part if this is turned into a chick-lit movie. Now just who should play the part of Cort?
An ARC of the book was given to me by Tule Publishing which I voluntarily chose to read and reviewed. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Swipe Right for a Cowboy by Karen Foley
They’re wrong for each other, but nothing has ever felt so right
Uptown girl Emmaline Claiborne needs a man, and not just any man. She needs the kind of man who can make her lying, cheating, no-good ex-boyfriend insane with jealousy. The same ex-boyfriend who is now engaged to her sister, and whose extravagant wedding she must suffer through in just three weeks’ time.
She selects the perfect candidate through an online dating app, but instead of the smooth, sophisticated software magnate she expects, a rugged cowboy shows up instead. He’s the complete opposite of everything Emma is looking for. In fact, he’s exactly the kind of man she swore to her Texas ranching family she would never fall for.
Which makes Cort Channing kinda perfect. Only before the weekend is over, Emma finds herself wishing she could keep her fake boyfriend, spurs, chaps, and all. Can this committed city girl take the biggest chance of her life, and swipe right for a cowboy?
This is Emmaline Claiborne and Cort Channing’s story.
She did look at him then. “Really?” Reaching over, the cowboy extended his hand. “Cort Channing.” His hand was big and warm. His palms were rough with callouses, but his grip wasn’t crushing.
She liked that. A little too much, apparently, since she couldn’t quite bring herself to release him.
A smile lifted one side of his mouth as he looked at where she clung to him.
“Well, I’m partly here to see Rhys, but mostly I’m in town for the rodeo.” Of course. It all made sense now: his clothes, his easy swagger, and even the hard ridges on the palms of his hands.
She’d seen the Raw Unleashed bull rider event advertised throughout the city, on billboards and the sides of buses, but hadn’t paid much attention.
“Well, Cort Channing, thank you for coming by to tell me I was wasting my time waiting for Rhys.”
Swipe Right for a Cowboy by Karen Foley is a 3 star book.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
Karen’s Books with Tule:
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Firefighters of Montana
A Hummingbird Christmas
Glacier Creek
A Hot Montana Summer
Glacier Creek
The Firefighter’s Slow Burn
Glacier Creek
A Soldier’s Homecoming
Glacier Creek
Swipe Right for a Cowboy
Riverrun Ranch
Emma and Cort meet under unusual circumstances. But as she’s a NYC girl through and through, there’s no way she wants to get serious with a cowboy. Nevertheless, she is intrigued enough to go to a rodeo where she’s surprised to find out Cort is a bull rider. All this leads her to ask for Cort’s help with her family and thus begins their foray into Texas.
The author weaves the story bit by bit and slowly builds Emma and Cort’s romance while at the same time drawing the reader into the world of Last Stand, Texas. All the characters are well-developed and add much to the story. Was so engrossed in this book that I wanted to finish it all in one sitting.
I received an advanced reader copy from the publisher in exchange for my volunteer review.
Sometimes you have to take a chance …
Emmaline aka Emma has been raised in New York City by her mother with summers with her father and brothers in Last Stand, Texas. Her mother is a born and bred New Yorker who has always told Emma that she belongs in New York and that Texas is not the place for her. Okay, her mom is a bit of a snob. Emma has to go back to her father’s ranch for her younger half-sister’s wedding soon and has decided that the only way she will attend is with a faux boyfriend. So Emma has been swiping on a dating app. She is waiting for her date who should be perfect for her based on his profile when she meets the very handsome bull rider, Cort Channing.
Cort has shown up at the bar to let Emma know that her date will not be showing up. But he also thinks she would be perfect for him. Cort is a bull rider on his way up the rodeo ladder. He is from Texas and is out to prove he is his own man. He falls for Emma when he first meets her but doesn’t push her. So he leaves her tickets to the three nights he is riding at a Madison Garden event and hopes beyond hope that she will come to the rodeo.
Cort and Emma have a meeting obviously and he decides to agree to be her faux boyfriend for the trip back to her father’s ranch just outside Last Stand, Texas. One of Emma reasons for not wanting to go to the wedding without a partner is that the man her half-sister is marrying is her former fiancé.
Cort and Emma are perfect for each other but both need to realize this. The characters are well written and the storyline is believable. The main issue is Emma realizing she is happier away from New York City and able to be her true self.
I did like this story and I do like Ms. Foley’s style of writing. I am looking forward to reading more of her books in the future.
I did receive a copy of this novel in advance from the publisher in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.
A right swipe for a perhaps date to a family wedding brings a hunky cowboy instead of a sophisticated man. Emmaline invites the cowboy, Cort, anyway not knowing she was in for sparks and electricity. It’s a great novel of not such opposites attracting.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.