The rowdy cowboys are back at the Ugly Stick Saloon
during
rodeo week and Mona, who works tables for some extra cash,
holds her head up but spurns advances. She's been let down
hard by a rodeo circuit cowboy and she's not falling for
that one again. BOOTS AND BUCKLES are definitely on show
in Temptation, Texas, as the cowboys brush dust off their
chaps and order beers from the pretty girl. Mona runs her
own hairdressing salon and she needs the work, and tips, to
try to put down a deposit on the purchase of the premises.
Grant Raleigh, with a wonderful memory of Mona but a heart
full of shame for never contacting her since, sits quietly
with his roping partner, Sam Whitefeather, trying to work
up the courage to speak to the girl. How can this be so
much tougher than bronc riding? Between dancing the two-
step and line dancing, Mona has a fun evening with the
hundred or so guys in the bar. But that ends when she
spots Grant in the corner. Grant thinks it best to leave,
and in an emotional state he tells his story to a young
lady he's just met over coffee. Grant got himself into a
very complicated mess since he saw Mona last, involving
another guy, another girl, too much drink and a sham of a
marriage. He's divorced now, sober and winning with the
help of Sam, but how can he convince Mona he cared for her
all along? And as Sam clearly thinks Mona's the finest
lady in town, is someone going to have to choose?
I disliked Grant's describing intimate details about Mona
to another woman. In a more conservative area the story
could have been enough to get Mona fired. So that doesn't
make me think very well of Grant, although the story was
mostly about himself. After hours the sheriff's
department is offering rides to cowboys too drunk to
drive. Despite this Mona gets grabbed by a man and she
promptly throws him over her shoulder, making me cheer!
Another cowboy, egotistical and mouthy, tries to get a
winning edge by baiting fellow competitor Grant about
Mona. Now that's the kind of guy Mona's well off
without! Characters are what make the 'Ugly Stick Saloon'
series, that and exciting fantasy adult action in the
hottest small town in Texas. Myla Jackson has a lot of fun
writing this series and in BOOTS AND BUCKLES she gives us
another self-reliant woman to cheer for.
Sometimes, a girl has to take more than one bull by the
horns.
Ugly Stick Saloon, Book 6
Mona Daley has had her fill of rodeo cowboys. Especially
after Grant Raleigh and his partner blew through town three
years ago. A torrid affair, a promise to return,
then...nothing.
Chalking it up to girl-in-every-town syndrome, she swore off
buckle-bearing cowpokes and never looked back. Now she’s
working nights at the Ugly Stick Saloon to make enough money
to save her beauty salon.
Grant has plans for his return to Mona’s life, plans that
include groveling at her feet for another chance. Except his
roping partner, Sam Whitefeather, gets to her first—and it
looks like they’ve hit it off.
If he thought Mona didn’t harbor feelings for him, Grant
would be the decent guy, step aside, and let her be happy.
But one look, one touch on the dance floor and he finds
himself falling all over again. He’s determined to prove his
sincerity and that he’s the better man for her. Even if it
means squaring off in the hottest arena imaginable—the
bedroom.
Warning: The rodeo’s coming to town and there’s nothing two
hot cowboys can’t do with a rope, a willing woman, and a lot
of imagination.
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