
Rating: 4š
Cowboys n Kids rides again in a new release from authors Jodi Payne and B.A.Tortuga. This time is a pair of divorced dads, oneās a rodeo cowboy, who get their second chance at HEA. With a very cute couple of kids very much a part of the mixture.
This works well primarily because of a sense of established relationship between Jeremy M. Dunn and his ex rodeo cowboy West Belen.
You do get the sense that, however much time has passed, feelings were never the issue. So as a death and injury drives one home and the other to reach out for help, it feels real instead of rushed.
Whatās nice is the slower pace here towards a permanent situation. It needs communication, something they werenāt very good at when younger.
The story has many sweet and delightful elements. The kids are great, each taking the reappearance and talks of permanence in their own ways. Thereās also a pair of younger adorable rodeo cowboys who end up at Jeremy and Westās home like a couple of lost Golden Retrievers.
I would love to see them again.
Overall, a terrific heartwarming romance of lovers reunited and happy second chances of HEA.
And holidays!
Itās a treat to read. And itās one Iām recommending.
Keeping Promises by Jodi Payne – Goodreads
Synopsis:
Jeremy M. Dunn III has the single dad thing down, so the last thing he wants to do is call his ex-husband to ask for help with their two kids. They didnāt part on good terms, and theyāve barely spoken since the divorce. But with a cast on his arm that goes up past his elbow, Jeremy has no choice. He needs a few days to figure out how to bathe their daughter, make school lunches and parent their son one-armed, and there isnāt anyone else he can ask for help.
Former rodeo cowboy West Belen was already on his way back to his kids, and to Trey (āthe thirdā, his nickname for Jeremy). He made a promise to try again, and he means to keep it, so when he sees his chance to move back into his familyās life, he grabs it like the brass ring he knows it is. Heās determined to be more than an āevery other weekendā dad to his children, and he doesnāt want to keep on living with regret about how he and Trey ended.
Jeremy still desires West, but he isnāt sure he can trust West to be responsible and available. West still thinks Trey is the hottest thing heās ever seen, but he has no idea how to convince the man heās ready to settle down. The two of them have never had trouble butting heads, but now they need to learn to work together to make a home for themselves and their kids where they both belong