New Release: Grumpy Cowboy by Max Monroe + Review!

 

Grumpy Cowboy by Max Monroe is is LIVE NOW + FREE IN KINDLE UNLIMITED!

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Hot enemies-to-lovers

City-girl meets rugged, broody cowboy

Adorable single dad

Hilarious romantic comedy standalone

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GRUMPY COWBOY, a new Romantic Comedy.

Blurb:

ATTENTION: If you have been a victim of false advertising, you may be entitled to compensation. If you were ever hired to take care of a fourteen-year-old boy’s knee injury on a luxury ranch in the Middle of Nowhere, Utah, but that fourteen-year-old boy ended up being a tall, rough-and-tumble, muscular, one-hundred-percent all-man cowboy by the name of Rhett Jameson, you may have been put at risk for falling in love. Please seek counsel immediately.

Dear Counselor,

It was supposed to be simple favor for my very important boss, Frank Kaminsky of the Salt Lake Slammers professional basketball team—go to his good friend Tex Jameson’s luxury ranch and provide personal medical care for his recently injured teenage son.

I thought it’d be a working vacation of sorts—a chance for my city-girl self to experience something I would never otherwise do—but everything is upside down, and absolutely nothing is as I thought it would be.

For one, this patient is not a teenage boy.

He’s a real-life, blue-eyed, tough-as-nails, thirtysomething cowboy who is so darn strong he looks like he could lift a car just for the heck of it.

He’s also stubborn, rude, and we don’t get along…at all.

Add in the heart-melting vision of him as a single father to the cutest little girl on the planet, and I’ve found myself in a whole different dimension of trouble.

Lust. Feelings. A whole lot of enemies-to-lovers-style complication.

Please help me. My name is Dr. Leah Levee, I am a victim of false advertising, and if I’m not careful, this Grumpy Cowboy might just be the death of me. 

Review:

3.25-3.5 stars

***

 This was a cute, light read. Grumpy Cowboy is Leah and Rhett's story. Leah is a second in command orthopedic doctor for an NFL team. Her boss decides to send her to help out a friend on a Utah ranch during the off-season. Leah thinks that she is coming to help the teenage son of her boss's good friend rehabilitate after knee surgery. But after she arrives for her summer at the ranch, she meets Rhett, who is a grumpy cowboy, former rodeo bullrider, and single dad, and who is definitely not a teenage boy. He also definitely does not want Leah's help and fights her every step of the way on his leg rehabilitiation. He treats her pretty poorly, but gradually he sees she's not the stuck up city girl he imagined. Leah charms everyone on the ranch, especially Rhett's daughter, Joey. And gradually, Leah and Rhett fall for each other.

I thought this story was fun and interesting. I did find a few parts to be overly silly and ridiculous, and not my sense of humor. A few times, Leah acted like she had no common sense and not like a smart doctor. I'm not a big fan of enemies to lovers so I didn't really enjoy the beginning of the couple's relationship very much. I didn't feel any chemistry or attraction, just unnecessary hate from Rhett. There is not hint of attraction from him until nearly half way and I felt it came out of nowhere with no buildup. The second half of the book I enjoyed much more, especially the cute ending. I ended up liking Rhett and Leah as a couple once they got their act together. I liked Rhett's daughter, Joey, too, even if she acted more like a 10 year old than a five year old.

Overall, this was a light, easy read. There are some funny and sweet moments. At times, however, when reading Max Monroe books, they verge into silly/not funny territory and I wish for a little more depth. I enjoy a light read sometimes and I really like these authors, but I feel they have potential to be even better. Still, I will keep reading their books and hoping for a bit more from them in the future.