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Book Blurb

A poignant, erotic romance packed with adventure and set in the harsh beauty of the Arizona countryside. Real estate guru Krista Wyler is soon at the mercy of the Arizona desert when she learns she has inherited her family’s business, Wyler Ranch. Her aunt is dying and her uncle is no longer capable of making decisions. Krista reluctantly moves in, but her plan is to sell the ranch as soon as possible. Rae Jarrett, the strong, stubborn vet who has cared for the ranch as well as the horses, objects to her selling and offers her aid. Krista resists the help as well as her attraction to the mysterious vet, but decides instead to turn the ranch into a dude ranch. Soon city folk are knocking at the door ready to pay good money to get a chance to herd the Wyler cattle across Arizona. The plan seems full proof until Krista herself, along with Rae, has to set out on the trail with them. The journey leads to a life changing adventure neither woman could have foreseen and will never forget.

 

Book Review

A whole collection of personal crises coalesce around two critical situations against the backdrop of the current difficulties for Arizona ranching, giving this book an amazing set of dynamic situations for one outstanding love story to stumble forward. However, the pacing is gentle but intensely relentless. I was so captured by everything happening and I hurt for the key gals to break away from the years of entrapment their very different forms of purgatory ensnared them, keeping love and warmth a distant and seemingly unattainable goal. Oh, the ending was never more satisfying, salubrious, or sublime. Do join these folks for a wonderfully satisfying trip from hell to heaven!

Krista Wyler is an extremely driven and successful woman in her field. In comparison her current love life is simply pallid to non-existent. A totally unexpected family crisis takes her back to her aunt and uncle's ranch where she spent many fabulous summers until her ‘accident’. She is rather quickly swamped and nearly drowned in the awfulness of their situation. She comes up with a well thought-out solution that is trashed by her aunt, a woman whom no one countermands. Oh my! Then, her aunt introduces the ranch’s veterinarian to her niece as the solution to their problems. Krista can only look heavenward. Krista is one amazing gal!

Dr. Rae Jarret is the veterinarian savior whom Krista’s aunt has gently folded into the mix of catastrophic proportions by which the ranch hangs by a thread. Rae is very well established in this area and a woman with many hidden talents and hidden pain. Rae is willing to invest in the ranch as she seemingly has great love and respect for Judith Wyler, Krista’s aunt. However, Krista has a different idea and Krista’s aunt ropes Rae into helping with that. Rae may seem like a bit of a patsy, but in actuality she is very strong and is simply unbelievable supportive of Judith Wyler. I loved Rae!

There is a six-day trail outing that is the main part of Krista’s plan to save the ranch. All manner of amazing things happen on this outing. It was such a delightful and amusing centerpiece. I would have read this book just for that six-day outing, but the book has much, much more going for it. Become a cowboy or cowgirl for a little while, and fall in love with these most amazing people. I did. This book most assuredly has my recommendation!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 192words
Heat Level
Publication Date	01-July-2007
Price	$9.99 ebook, $15.95 paperback
Buy Link	http://bit.ly/174k7Um