Chasing Trouble (Entangled Brazen, #1)

by Joya Ryan

[Angie]

Chasing Trouble was a cute Summer Romance, even if I had trouble believing the reason the love interests couldn't be together. Jenna and Colt are from the same small-minded, small town. He left to be a professional bullrider, but she stayed and is a teacher. Jenna has been working her butt off to get an after-school program for the kids who don't have somewhere safe to go, but she might not be able to run the program because of how the town sees her. Then she has a one night stand with Colt, wants more, but doesn't want to put her future in jeopardy.

The big drama in Chasing Trouble is Jenna wanting to be the head of this new school program, but being afraid she's not going to get it if she acts like a real person. The short story is that her mother was the town bicycle and families are holding it against Jenna. She refuses to be with Colt in public, because heaven forbid that she have a boyfriend! I really did not understand this line of thinking. Jenna does say over and over that she doesn't want to be her mother and has to protect her reputation, but I don't see how being in a relationship would jeopardize that. I would think sneaking around, having a torrid affair (which they do) would be more damning. But whatever.

I did really enjoying Chasing Trouble even if I did not agree with Jenna's line of thinking. I liked her and Colt together, although I would have preferred them to leave the rodeo puns outside the bedroom. Not sexy. They don't have some huge fight which was a bonus. Jenna does get upset at something Colt does, which she had every right to, even if I thought it was a stupid situation. But in the end I was happy to have read this.

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