Sunday, May 19, 2019

BOOK REVIEW- Dirty Little Secret: Wild Rose Ranch (Kindle Edition) by Jennifer Ryan



In this sexy western romance, a modern-day cowboy and a woman with a secret share an inheritance and must live together on a ranch to get it, while fighting their attraction.
Noah Cordero is a modern-day cowboy who loves three things: ranching, his younger sister, and his step-father. John Cordero groomed Noah to take over the Montana spread where he learned to ride and work the land. But when John unexpectedly dies, he leaves half the ranch to a woman Noah doesn’t even know.
Roxy shares Noah’s last name, but not his blood. Estranged from her father, haunted by regrets, and eager to escape her notorious mother’s past, she is forced to fulfill her father’s last wishes. Inheriting means sharing a home with infuriating, challenging, and oh-so-tempting Noah. But John didn’t just make her owner of his ranch and guardian to her sister, his hidden sideline is her worst nightmare—she’s the new owner of the notorious Nevada brothel called Wild Rose Ranch where she grew up.
As their strictly business relationship starts to turn to true love, Roxy begins to wonder, what will happen when Noah discovers her dirty little secret?  AMAZON  5 STARS

What a great but unusual story.  There is also plenty of emotion to go around after John Cordero's will is read.  Shock and surprises abound.  And for some the hits just keep coming.  Most of those hits are directed at Roxy. 
Noah was a good guy who gets blindsided by Roxy.  Hey, it's not her fault but it does take some major adjustments for them and his fifteen year old sister,  Annabelle. There were some really good secondary characters in the story.  One of them being Austin, Noah's best friend who is on a downhill slide.  We only get to see some glimpses of what's going on in his life and it's nasty.  And no fault of his own. But Roxy hates it when family turns their backs on family and towards the end of the book sets up some things to help him.  The next book,  Restless Rancher: Wild Rose Ranch goes into all of his story and we get an introduction to it at the end of this book.  Man, it looks good too.  Once again some unusual situations that I know the author will work good with. 
 I think that is one of the things I liked about this book, while other books are good this one is out of the box different.  But the relationships that develop were interesting to watch. So was the friends that Roxy already had before she came to this ranch.  Come to find out she has quite a few "plates" in the air that she is juggling.  One of my favorite things about her though is her ability to be direct and face things head on.  She did know how to pick her battles though and she could be tough when she had to be.  She also has a loving heart that has been battered and disappointed time after time.  Her mother, Candy was the biggest hurt along with her father leaving her with Candy and not being included in his daily life. She had missed so much of him. 
There is a gigantic twist, danger and confrontation coming but there is also a good Epilogue tying things together.



 

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