Claiming the Cowboy for Christmas by Kadie ScottMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
Two and a half stars.
Ashley is returning home to watch her twin Taylor marry her ex-fiancée Eric. Even though Ashley spotted it before even the happy couple everyone insists on treating her like she's broken hearted and the wronged woman. So she does what any rational woman would and pretends a relationship with her former BFF Jennings in return for looking into a suspected fraud at his farm. But unbeknownst to Ashley Jennings has been in love with her, and jealous of Eric, since he was 14 years old and she first started dating Eric.
The premise was a bit schmaltzy for me: twins and a Christmas wedding, but I could have gone along with it but for Jennings. Why is in novels that our hero is content to love from afar for a decade but as soon as there is the slightest hope that a fake relationship might become real the hero becomes an ass? So it was with Jennings, he like everyone else in the town thinks Ashley is still in love with a Eric and he won't hear anything different. He's jealous and judgemental and I wanted to kick his ass into touch so badly I nearly threw my Kindle on the ground. And then Ashley decided him being an ass was all her fault really (eye roll) because Eric once forgot to tell Jennings something when they were fourteen! Give me a break!
So, my least favourite novel in the series.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher Tule in return for an honest review.
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