BOOK REVIEW- THE COWBOY AND THE KID by Annie McAllister

Having a father is a big responsibility.
And finding him a wife is a challenge eight-year-old Becky Jones takes seriously. Ex-rodeo cowboy Taggart Jones is adamant. No marriage. Been there. Done that.

Not even if Becky's dream candidate is her beautiful, blonde teacher, Felicity Albright, who knows about barrettes, patching up scrapes, and hates carrots as much as his daughter. Taggart’s still not interested. Much.

What's a daughter to do? Becky’s nothing if not ingenious, and she’s determined to convince a stubborn Taggart and a bemused Felicity that they really have met their match.   AMAZON  3.5 STARS

To begin with I liked how the story started out from Becky's point of view of how hard is was to take care of her father.  That made me smile.. a lot!   She was one cute, determined, creative little girl.  Very creative when it came to trying to get her father and her teacher together. 
Felicity might be beautiful and at times fragile looking but she was far from that.  She had gumption when she believed in something or someone.  Something that Taggart began to admire even as he was scared spit-less by his attraction to her.   He was running scared because he'd already been married once before and it ended up with him feeling somewhat worthless in that department.  And we got to read the P.O.V.'s from the main characters that gave us a good window into their feelings. 
There were other good secondary people in the story too.