In BETTING ON THE COWBOY by Kathleen O'Brien, Brianna Wright came to Bell River Ranch to make peace with her sister and also hoping to forget about her life back in Boston which at this point is a huge Mess. Grayson Harper has his sights set on Brianna and will do just about anything to win her over.

I really enjoyed BETTING ON THE COWBOY, the story had a great deal of emotional turmoil as Brianna faces her past. After a humiliating end to her engagement and business in Boston, Brianna has come home to recover and make peace with her sister Rowena. As the ranch gets closer to its opening as a guest ranch Brianna finds herself involved in setting up the social programs. Gray has been hired as her temporary assistant and has become quite the distraction.

From the beginning of this story I wasn't too sure about Brianna's character and I felt her struggles were just like everyone else's but as the story progressed she grew on me a lot and I started to like her as a character. I loved the character of Grayson, I felt like he was sweet, charming and funny and he did whatever was in his power to get under Brianna's skin and in the end it worked for him.

Both of the main characters in this story have a deep and troubled past, Brianna had to live with a family friend and was taught to not really show any emotion, Grayson was raised by his grandfather who had a very controlling attitude.

BETTING ON THE COWBOY is a story filled with love and a lot of passion and emotion, it deals with confronting your past and moving on when it is necessary. I really enjoyed this book and Mrs. O'Brien did a wonderful job with the story line and plot.