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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


Turn And Burn

Turn And Burn, August 2013
Blacktop Cowboys
by Lorelei James

NAL
Featuring: Tanna Barker; August Fletcher
368 pages
ISBN: 0451413962
EAN: 9780451413963
Kindle: B008MG4514
Paperback / e-Book
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"Bigger, Brighter than the Fourth of July"

Fresh Fiction Review

Turn And Burn
Lorelei James

Reviewed by Jessica Dunn
Posted July 31, 2013

Romance Contemporary

Tanna Baker is a Texas born and bred ranch girl and three time national champion barrel racer. Tanna has always worked hard and played even harder. Tanna embraces her reputation of "Wild Child" on the rodeo circuit. She believes in keeping it light and fun and then moving on. With the sudden loss of her mother and the only home she has ever known Tanna is feeling broken. Just when she believes she might be alright, Tanna is involved in a tragic accident which leaves her with injuries that go deeper than her physical form. August "Fletch" Fletcher is a Wyoming bred cowboy and workaholic veterinarian. Fletch loves his job and is devoted to the people and animals of his community. Fletch can't remember the last time he had a vacation but he does believe in blowing off steam with a good looking woman. One night Fletch stops off at a local "watering hole" and while enjoying a cold beer he encounters a fiery cowgirl who rocks his world. Something about this woman touches his soul but when he wakes up the next morning he realizes she has left without a trace. Normally Fletch wouldn't mind a one night stand where no names are exchanged but the knowledge this "one" left him behind is tearing him up. Author Lorelei James brings the modern western to life in her Blacktop Cowboy Series fifth book, TURN AND BURN. James' portrayal of rodeo cowboys and Wyoming ranchers is so realistic you will swear you feel the grit on your teeth. In TURN AND BURN Tanna's is doing what she does best and that is running, this time it isn't barrels she is running but her inner demons. Meanwhile, Fletch is doing a bit of running himself. Fletch has used work to run away from life and the possibilities of a real relationship. When Tanna and Fletch's lives merge the fireworks are bigger and brighter than any Fourth of July sky. Tanna and Fletch's journey is provocative and poignant. With TURN AND BURN Lorelei James has topped the ranks and in this readers heart James is The All-Around Champion.

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SUMMARY

Tanna Barker is a world champion barrel racer. But her personal life has been less of a success, and she’s feeling adrift. After her mother’s unexpected death, her father has remarried, and sold the Texas ranch she called home. Now a rodeo injury has left the restless spitfire holed up in Muddy Gap, unsure what her next move should be. Until she meets her match in a wild, wild cowboy Veterinarian August Fletcher has always put his job first. He’s never found a woman who could handle his on-the-road lifestyle. But when sassy, sexy Tanna blows into town, he finally finds the woman of his fantasies. And there’s something between them, but she claims she’s been burned by love ’em and leave ’em road dogs before. How can Fletch prove that he’s in it for the long haul, and that their sizzling relationship is better than winning any rodeo medal? It’ll take some sweet persuasion to convince Tanna that Muddy Gap is where she belongs


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Re: Bigger, Brighter than the Fourth of July

Loved your review!
(Kim O'Connor 10:28am August 1, 2013)

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