I have read several other books by Maisey Yates and liked them a lot better. This one just fell flat for me.

I have to DNF this one because I could not have picked an absolute worse time to read this book. The heroine is the "good girl" preacher's daughter who realizes that "being good" has absolutely gotten her nowhere so it's time to strike out on her own and find a life. She's literally a never-been-kissed sort who views life entirely through rose-colored-glasses and ends up falling for her older boss. She's Little Miss Mary Sunshine and he's a jaded cynic.

Was she a fallen woman? To want Jonathan like she had. A man she wasn't in love with, a man she wasn't planning to marry.

This musing after their first kiss. Slow your roll cupcake - it was your literal first kiss ever. I'm tapping out at 30% and moving on.

Picked this up because it was on Miss Bates Reads Romance's best of 2017 list. Should have known better; Miss Bates has a higher tolerance for the gaps in character depiction and development common to short contemporary romance than I do. This one really felt dialed in to me; Jonathan Bear, the taciturn brother of a protagonist of an earlier book in the series, hires a "good girl" as his personal assistant, the daughter of the town pastor. And he immediately is attracted to her.

For her part, Hayley is so innocent it's hard to believe. Twenty-four and never been kissed? Never had an orgasm, even on her own? Although at book's start, she is beginning to try to take her own life into her hands, moving out of her parents' house into an apartment, and quitting her job as secretary to the church. She feels there's something missing in her life, and thinks that earning enough money to travel might fill that gap. But it turns out all she needs is love...

Jonathan is another of those self-loathing guys whom Yates loves to portray. But in Jonathan's case, the causes of his self-loathing were all told, hardly ever shown. Which made said self-loathing very hard to feel invested in. He's a Native American, from the "wrong side of the tracks," and says that people know he is bad because of both of these things. We hardly see anyone treating him badly, though. And all of his actions we've seen in earlier books show him to be a positive, loving character.

Please, please, don't talk me into buy another one of these books...

Quick Summary: This was a sugary sweet lust to love romance. This book told the story of two people who were searching for something more. They found the "more" in each other.

Rating: 3/5
Recommend: +/-
Chemistry/Intensity: Yes
Conflict/Drama: +/-
HEA: Yes

Source: NetGalley

I have never tried a Yates novel, but I always wanted to. So I took my chance with this one. A sweet story, a little drama thrown in and some passion.



Pastors daughter, yes I gulped there, I am so glad she never said one preachy word. I mostly felt sorry for her. Her dad (which do seem like a good guy), sheltered her too much. She knew nothing of men and romance. She was 24 and had just moved out, and tried her first romance novel! But her innocence made perfect sense. She wanted to be the perfect daughter. The good daughter who the townsfolk never gossiped about. Virgin at 24 is easy to understand, not everyone want to loose it at once. The whole innocence thing was harder, but I got it as I said. She never read, watched, or talked about those things. I got the impression she was lonely too.



While Jonathan is the bad boy. Why? Oh I have no freaking idea! The man was a saint! His parents left and he, a teenager raised his sister who had been in an accident. He got a job, he prospered and he made his first million. Dang, that man needs a medal. But I guess on the way there there was prejudice, him being poor, him not being white. But why he was a bad boy, well that I did not get. He did have a lot of resentment towards everyone, but he had gone through so much.



They work together. They want more. She wants to explore. All very sweet, and they are great for each other. She needs to feel things, he needs to let go.



Harlequin, so it is short, which I liked.



Cute!



Narrator.

Suzanne Elise Freeman

I liked her voice. She was great as Hayley, she really got her, and the gruff Jonathan. Ha, yes it was a good narration.

Another delicious cowboy book in the Copper Ridge series. I never get tired of these books by Maisey Yates and I'll admit due to some teasers I've been waiting for this one.

Excellent character development, it was fun getting to see Ace's little sister and Rebecca's brother get a HEA. That's what keeps drawing me back in - the characters and the fact I'm invested in every sibling, family, etc.

My only hesitations were:
- Haley and Jonathan didn't take long to connect and it feels like the timeline of the story was only a month long. I would have liked to see the romance develop over a little more time.
- And the story was so short, which of course is a publisher thing, but I wanted this one a little longer (if wishes were horses).

Looking forward to the next.

I’m a big fan of Maisey Yates. So when I got the opportunity to get a copy of ‘Seduce Me, Cowboy’, I just couldn’t resist. What I really love about books written by Maisey Yates, is that you can read all her books as standalones, but they are also part of a series and the characters are all family or friends of one another. So much fun!!

In ‘Seduce Me, Cowboy’ we meet Hayley Thompson. Hayley is the pastor’s daughter, and has lived a very sheltered life. Since Hayley’s brother left when she was very young, she worked hard to be the perfect daughter. She worked as the church secretary and lived at home for a long time. But now, Hayley finally got the courage to leave home and get another job. And her new boss is Jonathan Bear, a hardworking, seemingly unkind man who leaves a very private life.

This book was another great one if you ask me. Although I thought this book started a little slow, with Hayley going on a job interview and sharing that she wanted to change her life, I luckily started to love this book more and more the further I got.

Just like with most of Maisey’s books, the main characters where definitely a lot of fun to get to know. Hayley was this ‘good’ girl who desperately wanted to get away from her sheltered life. And Jonathan was this guy who believed people where all bad, and him especially. I loved the way they where just perfect for each other and how they changed one another. And well Jonathan.. There is just something about a grumpy cowboy!

The setting of Copper Ridge was definitely great. I love reading about small towns, and after reading other books my Maisey Yates, I definitely started to love Copper Ridge. And this book definitely leaves me wanting to read more.. yet again! My TBR never seems to lesson after reading a Maisey Yates book.