The Cowboy Says I Do
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- USD 4.99
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- USD 4.99
Publisher Description
He needs her to say I do...
When professional rodeo cowboy Beck Ballantyne returns home to Marietta, Montana, nothing goes as planned. His granddad, flanked by his three determined daughters, announces his plan to sell his legacy ranch after the rodeo. Hoping he’ll reconsider, Beck and his two cousins launch the Rodeo Bride Game. Beck initially has the advantage as he has a long-time girlfriend—except she’s just called it quits.
Ashni Singh has loved Beck since high school, but she’s done living out of a suitcase on the rodeo tour. She’s ready to put down roots and build her own career. Learning she’s unexpectedly expecting makes her even more determined to make a new life. So when Beck dutifully proposes, she does what any self-respecting, career-oriented, educated woman at the end of her patience would do. She says no.
The Rodeo Bride Game may have started as a fun challenge, but Beck has never been more serious about winning Ash’s heart and her hand.
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Jayne (A Baby for the Texas Cowboy) launches her Montana Rodeo Brides series with this thinly plotted reconciliation romance. Ashni Singh and Beckett Ballantyne have been together since high school, taking their relationship on the road while Beck tours as a rodeo cowboy and Ash manages the tour's marketing. But Ash is fed up with prioritizing Beck's career over her own—and with his unwillingness to propose. Meanwhile, Beck's grandfather is considering selling the beloved family ranch, leading Beck and his cousins to hatch a nonsensical scheme to show their grandfather they're serious about settling down on the ranch by getting engaged. They make a game of it: the first cousin to propose wins. Beck is the only one already in a relationship, which would give him an unfair advantage were Ash not dead set on reclaiming her independence. Can Beck win her back, or will the "Rodeo Bride Game" blow up in his face? Ash's internal conflict is sharply rendered, making the marriage contest feels even more like a flimsy gimmick in comparison. Luckily, it fades to the background as the plot progresses, and Jayne focuses instead on a sensitive portrayal of two people learning to grow. The result is uneven but sweet.
