Review: Cowboy Come Home

Cowboy Come Home by Sinclair Jayne
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Boone Telford is the only child of Taryn Telford not to make a mark in the world. One of his brothers, Rohan, is a decorated special forces soldier, his brother Witt is a doctor, his little sister Riley is a successful country singer, all he is is a semi-successful cowboy on the rodeo circuit. His father was a mega successful bull rider who went on to save the family ranch, he wants Boone to work on the ranch but Boone doesn't want to be known as Taryn's son or Witt's younger brother, or Riley's older brother, he just wants to be known for his own achievements.

Boone has been dating/ travelling with Piper Wiley for four months. Polar opposites in temperament, careers and lives they are inseparable until the rodeo comes to Marietta, Boone's home town, and Boone gets paralysed by his need to prove himself which is in direct conflict with his desire for Piper.

I have to be honest, although I loved Kane, this book left me cold and just a little frustrated. Cold, because I thought Piper was a spineless Stepford wife running around crying that no-one liked her and Boone was flailing around in the dark wanting to be someone but having no idea what he wanted to do. Also I have zero tolerance for men who can't bear to have a difficult conversation but have no difficulty in having sex with the woman instead. Frustrated because somewhere in there was a plot I wanted to read but it was buried deep beneath sexual acrobatics and hand-wringing 'emoshuns'.

Overall, not enough rodeo, too much navel-gazing, and I didn't like the hero or the heroine.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

Edited: annoyingly I reviewed a rogue version on Goodreads - now attached to the right one!

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