Saddled and Spurred (Blacktop Cowboys, #2)

by Lorelei James

This beauty is no greenhorn-and she's about to rope the man of her dreams.

Cattleman Bran Turner is left shorthanded during busy calving season when a bull tramples his hired hand. Rural Wyoming isn't exactly a hotbed of qualified candidates, and the only applicant for the position is the pampered town beauty, Harper Masterson. The curvy cowgirl gets under Bran's skin at every turn, but with no other options, he reluctantly hires her.

When sexual sparks ignite, down-on-her-luck Harper enjoys convincing Bran that not only is she capable of pulling calves, feeding livestock, and handling backbreaking ranch chores, but she doesn't mind getting down and dirty, either. Harper also discovers the hot-bodied cowboy isn't all work and no horseplay...and he's got more than a few tricks up his sleeve.

Bran will learn quickly that Harper is no country mouse-and that she might just have what it takes to stick around for the long haul.

• ISBN10: 0451232240
• ISBN13: 9780451232243
• Publish Date: 1 March 2011
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Berkley
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 336
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780451232243

Reviews

[inlibrisveritas]

Saddled and Spurred seemed like it would be a decent way to break up all the fantasy reads I’ve had lately, and while it did stay that way for the first few chapters it quickly became a chore. I put it down for a few months before finally finishing it off in a day.

I don’t really read cowboy romances, since it’s not really my thing…I like ranches, farms, and the like but the whole cowboy troupe never really gets to me. Saddled and Spurred was pretty enjoyable despite that and I really liedk seeing Harper prove that she was more than just some beauty queen by holding her own around the ranch. Their banter back and forth was pretty amusing too. But then the book kind of took a weird turn, tried to improve, and then fell off for the last half. I say a weird turn because there is a dream sequence involving a bull mating while the two of them watch, the fact that it was written like it was supposed to be sexy kind of threw me for a loop…but whatever, people have weird dreams. I let it go. The build up to them finally being together was pretty great, and I loved all the tension…but as soon as the sex was introduce it went from a romance story to a erotic novel pretty quickly. The story kind of feel by the way side while the two of them had sex on numerous occasions, and finally picked back up towards the end but by that time I had lost interest.

I have no issues with erotica, I read it often enough…but I do have issues with books that start with a story and lose their train of thought when the hot and heavy stuff finally starts happening. I wanted to know more about Bailey, Harper’s sister, and about Bran’s personality other than he likes being in charge and is super sexy. There wasn’t a ton of talking or soul searching, and it was hard to see the chemistry outside of the bedroom. I just feel like I missed out on a lot.

I probably won’t be continuing this series after this one.

[leelu92]

LOVED THIS BOOK! Harper and Bran were fantastic together. Once Bran got over his "vanilla" tendencies the sexytimes were off the freakin' charts! I've read some real crappy books recently and I'm so relieved to be back in Lorelei James's world where there's a great story to go along with great sexytimes.