Format Jess Read This Novel In: PaperbackPrint Length: 170 Pages | Publication Date: September 5, 2013
Publisher: Secret Cravings Publishing
ISBN-10: 1618858688 | ISBN-13: 978-1618858689 | Language: English
Main Genre(s): Contemporary Romance, Cowboy & Western Romance, Diverse Romance, Sports Romance
Jess Obtained This Book Through: Originally Jess was approved for a copy of this novel through NetGalley however the download didn't work before it got archived so Jess bought a copy on Amazon
"The Bull Rider and the Baby" [The Skirts and Spurs Trilogy, Book 2] by Jeanine McAdam
Author's Book Description : Sexy bull rider Caleb Cooper keeps falling off his bull and hitting his head. Smart neuroscience graduate student Carrie Wang is studying him. There’s just one problem, Carrie’s attracted to her broad-shouldered research subject. But she shouldn’t be, because Carrie is pregnant with Charles Winston’s baby. However, that one-night-stand occurred in a beaker closet and Charles wants nothing to do with her or the child.
Besides being handsome in a long-haired, scruffy sort-of-way, Caleb Cooper is kind and quirky. Carrie can’t stop touching him and their unprofessional attraction is mutual. Problems abound when Carrie’s traditional Chinese mother and Charles come to the rodeo. Carrie’s mother wants her to hook a husband and Charles wants Carrie to give the baby up for adoption. Carrie knows she could never let a stranger raise her child. Can Carrie go against everyone’s wishes and raise the baby on her own? Or could Caleb become a father to this child?
My Book Review : 3 out of 5 stars! Carrie has grown up doing everything her mother asked. Though that all changed one night when her lab was having a party. Now she is a pregnant woman trying to find out what would be the right thing for her. With nowhere to turn, she takes a job as a “concussion researcher” for the Bull Riders Association in hopes of getting “away” from everything to get a handle on her life. What she doesn’t expect is a handsome cowboy rescuing her along the way...I didn’t love it but I didn’t hate it. It was a good novel over all. My major issue with it was, it felt like all of the scenes were rushed so they didn’t have as much substance as I would have liked. While it had well plotted out characters, I also felt they fit certain “characteristic roles” that made it hard to love them completely. In addition, I am happy to say that I never read Book 1 in this series since I was not a fan of Caleb’s brother Logan and his sister-in-law Rachel at all.
What kept me hooked onto this novel, do you ask? Well that would be Carrie and Caleb. Their dynamics were very sweet and it made the struggles that were sent their way more intriguing to see how they would handle it. Though their scenes needed to be developed a bit more, I LOVED how their relationship grew and how they got together. Plus, their banter was the best to read!
However, Caleb was portrayed as a dumb jock more than once, and I wish that would’ve stopped. I wish that because Caleb wasn’t dumb yet I didn’t like how much Ms. McAdam showed a major character development Caleb would have then would throw him back down a few notches with those “remarks” or scenes. It hurt Caleb’s credibility and made me dislike this novel (and Caleb’s relatives) a bit on Caleb’s behalf.
Nevertheless, I did find more good than annoying stuff in this novel. So, I can say I DO recommend it! I especially recommend it to those looking for a uniquely quirky contemporary cowboy romance.
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Amazon (Paperback) USD : The Bull Rider and the Bare Boycotter (Book 1) | Barnes & Noble (Paperback) USD : The Bull Rider Wears Pink (Book 3)
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Book Teaser(s) :
She'd stood in the shade behind the chutes when Caleb Cooper was thrown from a bull named Quiet Riot. Even though her view was obstructed by a wide-brimmed hat, she knew nobody stayed lucid when the hoof of a two-thousand pound animal came down on their head. The man was lucky his skull hadn't popped like a pimple. Yes, her words were graphic but that's how scientists spoke, they didn't have to be tactful like medical doctors. ~ within Chapter 1
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