Ty Morgan is drowning his sorrows in bourbon: he misses Monica Brandt, the woman he can't get along with, except in bed. It's Tom's funeral, and Monica is back from New York—with her fiancé, Evan, who is desperate to make it work. To put it mildly, macho Ty doesn't like it one bit, but this is not the time for bickering. Yet.

Ty and Monica's sort-of- relationship is less strained, due to their shared grief, and the sexual tension that surrounds them is at an all- time high. They cannot manage to do business together, they simply cannot see eye-to-eye, but then suddenly the conditions have changed because of Tom's will. Ty is looking for investors to renovate the Rodeo Hotel, and an offer comes out from the most unexpected source. Monica has also found someone who's interested in investing, which could complicate matters even more. And Ty's ex-wife, Delaney resurfaces...

Ms. Vane cleverly recaps most of what happened in the first book, HELL ON HEELS, as well as shedding more light on Ty and Monica's pasts. The sexual tension that smouldered in the first book has reached the level of a brush fire in TWO TO WRANGLE: Ty cannot get enough of Monica, who finds it very hard to resist the sexy cowboy. Still neither is budging in regards to the hotel, but it doesn't stop the sexy banter, the double entendres, and they'll screw themselves silly while they figure everything out.

The appearance of Ty's ex-wife is especially fun; she's very entertaining, doesn't know when to quit, and she certainly got my attention. I'm inordinately pleased she will be featured in the next instalment, BEAUTY AND THE BULL RIDER. Some of my favourite moments in TWO TO WRANGLE have nothing to do with Ty and Monica's romance—I particularly enjoyed getting a taste of the cowboy life, and the bull riding passages. Ms. Vane remains unsurpassed when it comes to creating that sort of atmosphere. A very promising lead-in to book three!