If there is one thing that I love about cowboy romance it is that there are just a few authors that come to mind and Caitlin Crews is one of them! If there is one other thing I could say, it is Thank You for keeping the image-based covers. I just love Crews’ covers. They totally make the difference!
I also love this series of standalone books and I am thrilled that we finally get Zack’s Story! Due to publish this spring, continue on for my thoughts and review.
Summer Nights with a Cowboy by Caitlin Crews
Series: Kittredge Ranch, #3
Publisher : St. Martin’s Paperbacks (March 29, 2022)
ISBN-13 : 978-1250750020
OVERVIEW:
He doesn’t believe in love…
Traveling nurse Janie Atwood has come to Cold River to uncover old family secrets and maybe, if she’s lucky, find a new home. That the gorgeous, glowering sheriff next door thinks her caring for his elderly neighbor is a nefarious scheme is a bonus. Having never been anything but a good girl, Janie finds Zack Kittredge’s simmering suspicion an excellent reason to try being a little dangerous instead…
She doesn’t believe in squandering it…
Sheriff Zack Kittredge is okay with being… intense. He takes his loner status as seriously as he takes his responsibilities to protect Cold River. And he thinks cheerful Janie might be a threat to the town. But the more he gets to know her, the more he faces the truth―she’s brighter than sunshine and he’s like a moth to her flame. When Janie suggests he could use a few charm school lessons, he surprises them both by accepting. He doesn’t need help. But it’s clear he might need her…
Because the only thing hotter than the summer sun in the Rockies is the forbidden passion that burns between them…
Summer Nights with a Cowboy by Caitlin Crews Review
I have been waiting for Zack’s story all this time and it is finally here! With a character as tough and hard as he comes across, I was anxious to see how the author would balance him with the female character.
Janie is, in all accounts, a klutz that is totally out of her element around men and it shows. I had a bit of a like/dislike thing going on with her. I just wasn’t sure she was strong enough for him.
But the author won this round as it wasn’t so much the toughness of Zack and the balanced needed, it was more of the breaking through to his iced-over heart and allowing him to feel love and acceptance. Plus he finally put to bed the issues with his parents. That was a trip…
One thing that this story lacked for me was passion – passion and burning heat for each other. The words were there. The actions and feelings were there, but something was missing. The intensity that we usually have gotten with the other brothers and their loves was a bit low-key.
However, the love of the cowboy ways, small towns, family, and sweet love pave the way for a fabulous story that leaves your heart just a bit more tender and your eyes a bit misty.
Crews is a fabulous author and a true artiste in cowboy romance. With intense stories and characters alike, she brings emotion and a unique flavor to cowboy romance every time. Love her!
4 STARS!
Disclaimer: Chris has personally reviewed the product listed above. She has not received any monetary compensation for her review but did receive a free ebook so she could evaluate and use it for this post. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ.
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