Series: The Cowboys, 01
Author:Z.A. Maxfield
Genre: Contemporary Western
Length: Novel (266 pages)
Publisher: Intermix (August 20th, 2013)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts
Reviewer: Cat
Blurb:A cowboy’s heart has room for anything…
J-Bar ranch foreman Malloy pretty much keeps to himself—slinking around the edges of everybody else like an old coyote, doing his job and staying private. That is until Crispin Carrasco shows up.
Lean, muscular, and with a motor mouth that won’t quit, Crispin sparks something in Malloy—something the foreman didn’t know was there. But how does a lone coyote approach the warmth of a fire? And more important, what would happen if that fire burned?
Purchase Link: http://www.amazon.com/My-Cowboy-Heart-Intermix-ebook/dp/B00AMOODZM/ref=pd_ybh_1
Review: Malloy has been Foreman of the J-bar for a long time, but more than that, he was raised since he was fourteen by Crandall Jenkins and his wife Emma. J bar was more than a job it was home. Mr Jenkins has a way of helping out people and he left Malloy in charge of the ranch as usual when he and Emma go off to Florida, to spend the winter and holidays with the girls. This year however he had another request. To watch out for Emma’s friends nephew Crispin Malloy, whom Crandall had given a job for the winter.
Crispin was unlike any other man Malloy had ever met. Not only was Crispin out and proud, but also compassionate and having a way with animals as well as people. Malloy had no idea just how much Crispin would change his life and turn things at the ranch upside down doing so.
His book was amazing! Awesome isn’t even close to describing how good. I love a good character driven story but this had both characters and an intriguing storyline. All the characters even the sub characters had so much personality. I won’t call the men broken since though each one has had a bad past that left them broken. The Jenkins had taken them in, giving them jobs, home and love, mending them a little. Let’s start with Malloy. He is the typical, quiet cowboy, with his cowboy charm and drawl a loner and man of few words. He likes his privacy and to stay on the outside looking in. Crispin… he is a character all right; talkative, creative, caring, compassionate and empathetic. There is nothing he wouldn’t do for man or beast. And he is gay and proud of it.
This story is written with such wit and charm that you can’t put it down. There were places I laughed until I thought I’d die and a place or two I nearly cried. The names alone are enough to put a smile on your face.
If you like, cowboys, ranch hands, three-legged dogs, lots of laughs and some tears, family drama and some smoking hot mansex this is for you