One Tough Cowboy (Moving Violations)

by Lora Leigh

Sheriff Hunter Steel lives to protect. The up and coming star in a family steeped in law enforcement, Hunter has an eye for trouble and the power to stop it. But there’s a murder of one woman he can’t solve, and when the victim’s niece returns to California burning with intensity and the curves to match, the stakes are raised even higher.

A police officer in the city, Samantha Ryder hasn’t been back to the small town she was raised in - in years. She’ll stop at nothing to figure out who has brought pain to her family - even if it means her partnership with Hunter will explode into all-consuming, earth-shattering passion. But amid their fiery affair, an enemy that is deadlier than they can imagine is waiting for them, determined to destroy them at all costs.

• ISBN13: 9781250309488
• Publish Date: 1 March 2019 (first published 29 January 2019)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 5 April 2024
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: St Martin's Press
• Imprint: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 304
• Language: English
• URL: http://melia.co.uk/page/detail/?k=9781250309488

Reviews

[thebookdisciple]

One Tough Cowboy was smoking hot with some government corruption on the side. The story starts with 3 deaths-the mayor's wife, the sheriff, and an elderly woman in the town. This last death brings Samantha back to Deerhaven, CA. Hunter, the new sheriff knows these deaths are suspicious and he knows the mayor is up to something dirty. When Sam comes back to town, sparks fly and they jump right into a very sexual relationship. But, Hunter wants Samantha to move back to Deerhaven permanently and be a deputy.

Samantha was a pretty good character. She is smart and independent. She grew up a tomboy and now she is a tomboy who looks smoking hot. Hunter was the older boy Samantha had a crush on, but now they are both grown up and feeling the attraction. The book was good, but there were things that just kept it from being great. First, they all talk about southern manners and yankees and such. But, they are in California. Are there parts of California where people have southern accents and mock 'yankees'? Second, I wish the mystery aspect of the story had more punch. There were entire chapters dedicated to hot sex between Samantha and Hunter and the rest of the story felt like a side plot. I think that if the story was going to be a sexy contemporary romance, that would have been fine and the mystery could have been a simple plot device. But, because it does play a larger roll it should have gotten more 'time'. Finally, the characters were okay, but they felt like stereotypes of characters-the shmarmy mayor, the domineering ex, the dumbass deputies, the uber mysterious ex special forces buddy....its just all felt hokey at times.

 

•   POV: 3rd


•   Tears: no


•   Trope: small town, second chance (ish)


•   Triggers: none


•   Series/Standalone: stand alone


•   Cliffhanger: no


•   HEA: yes

authors like Lexi Blake, Lisa Renee Jones, Shayla Black...then you will probably like One Tough Cowboy!

 

One Tough Cowboy

 

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[stacey_is_sassy]

Rollin', rollin', rollin'...

I don't know what's happened to me. A few years ago One Tough Cowboy would have floated my boat in a BIG WAY! Lora Leigh was one of my favourite naughty writers and I would go out of my way to read whatever she released. Unfortunately, I have come to a stage in my life where I want more storyline and fewer sex scenes. This story would have been so much better if a few of the porno scenes were cut. I'm still shuddering from some of the descriptions and if I had to read his thick cream filling her again, my eyes would have rolled right out of my head.

The storyline was interesting and I enjoyed the suspense and intrigue of the murder, mystery in their small town. The sheriff was one heck of a sexy cowboy who wasn't afraid of getting his hands dirty to make sure his county was safe. Samantha was a pretty tough cookie and wasn't going to be pushed around by anyone. The push and pull between them were fun to watch and I was entertained with them dealing with their sexual attraction in the workplace.

I liked One Tough Cowboy and admit that it was BLOODY HOT!! It was just too unrealistic for me to love it. There was no mention of viagra, but the bloke was constantly hard and as soon as he was finished he was ready and raring to go two seconds later (ha ha ha ha ha ha). If you love cowboys, small-town romances and lots and lots of dirty talking, I highly recommend trying this one out.

Stacey is Sassy, received a complimentary copy of this story. The copy provided is not the final copy and may be subject to edits and changes.

[chymerra]

I needed to read One Tough Cowboy. I had come off a string of books that had some heavy subjects in them. I needed a book that I could read, not worry about the plotline and enjoy. I got that in this book.

The plot of One Tough Cowboy was pretty simple. Samantha has come back to the town she grew up in for her beloved Aunt’s funeral. She is also there to investigate her aunt’s death. See, her aunt overdosed on pain medication. The only thing, she didn’t like to take it and that was a well-known fact. Which made her death very suspicious not only to Samantha but to Hunter, the sheriff for her hometown. The deeper Samantha and Hunter dig into her death, the more danger they both are in. Who killed Samantha’s aunt? And why?

I liked Samantha. She was going to back down when it came to investigating her aunt’s death. As a detective in the Detroit police force, she was tough. She wasn’t going to let anyone stand in her way. I was chanting, in my head, “You go girl” every time she did something that empowered herself. Loved it!!

I wasn’t as big of a fan of Hunter. I liked him at the beginning of the book. He knew something shady was going on. There was a string of suspicious deaths which included his uncle. But he lost his mind as soon as Samantha arrived. Strike that. As soon as he had sex with her. Then it went all downhill from there. He spent all his free time (which seemed to be a lot) in bed with her. People were starting to comment on it. I kinda wanted to shake him and say “Dude, it can’t be that good.” But since it is a book, I had to be satisfied with muttering to myself.

I will say that the sex scenes were scorching hot. The sparks between Hunter and Samantha were hard to ignore. I figured that they would have sex early in the book. But, they had hot sex every single time. Every single time. It was amazing that the author could keep that sexual attraction and tension up the entire book. I mean, with most books, they usually lost it after the first encounter. I also liked that there was a bit of voyeurism in this book. Hunter got caught watching his friend nail a chick outside his house. People kept walking in on Samantha and Hunter as they were messing around. That made the sex spicier and, dare I say, hotter?

The suspense angle was wonderfully written too. You knew who the major players were early in the book. But, what they were doing was kept under wraps until almost the end of the book. I was taken by surprise at what was going on. But, at the same time, I had no problem imagining what was going on actually happening in real life.

There are a few disturbing scenes that are later on in the book. There is an attempted rape (well, there was penetration with fingers. Is that considered rape?). It was graphic and disturbed me.

I didn’t like how the book ended. Not getting into it but I would be pissed if I was woken up and told that. Talk about rushing into something. Jeeze.

I would give One Tough Cowboy an Adult rating. There is explicit sex. There is violence. There is language. There are trigger warnings. They would be attempted rape, human trafficking, and domestic violence. I would recommend that no one under the age of 21 read this book.

I would reread One Tough Cowboy. I would also recommend this book to family and friends.