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Slow Ride Home (2013)

by Leah Braemel(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Carina Press

series

The Grady Legacy

review 1: Really 3.5 StarsFTC: Although this author has featured on the blog several times, I have no real relationship with her. This review was requested by the publicist for a fair and honest review.This was a very sweet book that kept me entertained but never really hooked me in. I liked both of the characters but I hated pretty much every other person in the book; they were horrible individuals. Although the trope was second chance love, I felt that there wasn’t enough emotional focus on that particular plot. Things weren’t resolved, they were brushed under the carpet and then they picked up where they left off. It didn’t fit with the amount of hurt both professed to have at the start of the tale. I really enjoyed the world that Ms Braemel created (cowboys?? Come on, you ... moreknow me :D) and there is every chance that I will pick up the next one.The romance itself was very cute. They were very good together and I liked the way that they dealt with all the issues with the land. I believed in them as a couple but I did get more than a little bit annoyed with the does he/doesn’t he love me nonsense; they kept stating that this was a more adult relationship than they had before but they never could seem to talk to each other about their feelings. I felt that more emotional angst was spent on this aspect than the hurt and betrayal of the relationship before.As I stated earlier, I really did dislike the majority of the other players in this tale. The Grandmother, both of their Fathers and his Mother?? All terrible people. The person claiming that he had part of the land? Horrible person. Ms Braemel did a very good job because I’m pretty sure that I was supposed to hate them immensely…. I liked only the brother and the romantic couple. It helped me engage with the story more, really routing for the HEA. I wanted to know what the secret was and, to be honest, I was actually quite surprised with the twists that came out. It was fun and these are the bits that will keep me reading this series.Overall, if you like sweet cowboys with a bit of heat, this is one that could be for you. I liked the world building that Ms Braemel did and so will continue with this story.
review 2: OMG! I can't tell you how much I loved reading Slow Ride Home by author Leah Braemel! I was immediately drawn to Ben and Allie's love story right from the first page when these two past lovers set eyes on each other again after fifteen years. My heart broke as they found out how others they trusted interfered in their young love all those years ago. We got to see small glimpses of that carefree love, but it is their present relationship that has just "wowed" me. I gotta say I love when a hero of a story is a rancher or a cowboy. There's something so sexy about him using his hands all day, working hard on his land and then coming home to the woman he loves and making love to her *sigh* Ben was this man and I fell more in love with him as I kept reading this book. He can't help but remember how much he loved her as an adventurous girl and now trying to reconcile with the woman she has become. The sparks are still there between Ben and Allie, stronger than ever but they must overcome their trust issues after what's happened to them in the past. I liked that the author didn't make him out to be a jerk and that he spent his time trying to have a relationship with her. He listened to her and encouraged her to be herself, that she did not have to change who she was. He respected her intelligence and career and wanted what was best for her. While I liked Allie, she had trouble letting go of the past and kept going back and forth. It seemed like for every step forward, she took another step backwards. When Allie was able to let go, I loved how she took care of Ben after a hard day's work or when he had to deal with life altering news. It was those moments together that led to some smokin' hot sex scenes that you could see how much they truly loved each other without speaking the words. I really loved them together and I could not stop reading until I reached the end. I enjoyed the pace of the story, the emotional connection, the sex scenes and just about everything about it. What a fabulous start to a wonderful new series and I'm already looking forward to reading Jake's story next in No Accounting For Cowboys! less

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