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Overview

A cowboy like that could break your heart...
Fleeing her latest love-life disaster, big city journalist Libby Brown's transition to rural living isn't going exactly as planned. Her childhood dream has always been to own a farm-but without the constant help of her charming, sexy cowboy neighbor, she'd never make it through her first Wyoming season.

But he could sure keep you warm at night, too...
Handsome rancher Luke Rawlins is impressed by this sassy, independent city girl. But he yearns to do more than help Libby out with her ranch. He's ready for love, and he wants to go the distance...
Then the two get embroiled in their tiny town's one and only crime story, and Libby discovers that their sizzling hot attraction is going to complicate her life in every way possible...

Editorial Reviews

A Curious Statistical Anomaly
If you enjoy mystery, romance, or a bit of both - you'll want to add this to your To Be Read stack (and maybe bump it to the top).
— Gayle Surrette
A Hoyden's Look at Literature
A funny romance with a very sweet hero.
— Alana
Allison's Attic of Books
Cowboy Trouble will bring smiles, laughs and mystery as you read through the book.
— Allison
Between the Pages
A read that will tickle your funny-bone and warm your heart.
— Lynda Coker
Book Junkie
Joanne Kennedy has created such real characters... a sure-fire winner.
— Brande
BookLoons.com
Everything about Kennedy's charming debut novel hits the right marks.
— Martina Bexteq
Books and Needlepoint
The combination of mystery and romance was a hit with me.
— Kristi Herbrand
Cajun Book Lady
This is one of those books that I kept checking to see how many pages were left because I didn't want it to end!
— Kristina
Cheryl's Book Nook
I hope to see more cowboy stories from Joanne Kennedy.
— Cherl Koch
Library Journal
"Plenty of wacky humor and audacious wit in this mystery-laced escapade that provides a fresh take on the traditional contemporary Western."
Love Romance Passion
Joanne Kennedy's debut novel will put the honky tonk back into your life.
— Keira Gillet
My Overstuffed Bookshelf
Plenty of suspense and intrigue throughout and steamy love scenes all in a nice little book
— Amy Jacobs
Night Owl Romance
Kennedy's debut novel is a winner. A Night Owl Romance Top Pick!
Razlover's Blog
A really great read from a first time writer and I highly recommend reading!
The Book Girl
A colorful cast of characters... I really liked the romance that blossomed.
— Carrie Zimmerman
The Broken Teepee
Romance, suspense, mystery and a wild chicken.
— Patty Woodland
The Long and Short of It
You need to read Cowboy Trouble. This is a book you won't want to miss.
The Romance Dish
This book is filled to the rim with everything -- intrigue, murder, humor, love, quirky characters, and a litter full of little puppies. It has renewed my love for the modern day cowboy love story!
— Buffie
The Romance Studio
An amusing cowboy contemporary romance with a nice hint of mystery.
The Romantic Times
Contemporary western fans will enjoy this one!
— Whitney Kate Sullivan
Wendy's Minding Spot
If you love cowboys, you won't want to miss this one! Romance, Mystery, and Spurs! YUM!!
— Wendy Hines
Library Journal
After a romantic and professional disaster in Atlanta, journalist Libby Brown heads for Lackaduck, WY, and buys a chicken farm in the hope of starting a new, bucolic life. However, reality and fantasy soon butt heads, and if it weren't for her gorgeous cowboy neighbor, Luke Rawlins, she might not have been able to pull things together. VERDICT There's plenty of wacky humor and audacious wit in this mystery-laced escapade that provides a fresh take on the traditional contemporary Western. Kennedy lives in Cheyenne, WY.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781402236686
  • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 3/1/2010
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • Sales rank: 108,863
  • Product dimensions: 4.10 (w) x 6.80 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Joanne Kennedy has worked in bookstores all her life in positions from bookseller to buyer. A member of Romance Writers of America and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, she won first place in the Colorado Gold Writing Contest and second in the Heart of the Rockies contest. Joanne lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

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A chicken will never break your heart.

Not that you can't love a chicken. There are some people in this world who can love just about anything. But a chicken will never love you back. When you look deep into their beady little eyes, there's not a lot of warmth there-just an avarice for worms and bugs and, if it's a rooster, a lot of suppressed anger and sexual frustration.

They don't return your affection in any way.

Expectations, relationship-wise, are right at rock bottom.

That's why Libby Brown decided to start a chicken farm. She wanted some company, and she wanted a farm, but she didn't want to go getting attached to things like she had in the past. She'd been obsessed with farms since she was a kid. It all started with her Fisher Price Farmer Joe Play Set: a plastic barn, some toy animals, and a pair of round headed baby dolls clutching pitchforks like some simpleminded version of American Gothic. A Fisher Price life was the life for her.

Take Atlanta-just give her that countryside.

Libby had her pickup half unloaded when her new neighbor showed up. She didn't see him coming, so he got a prime view of her posterior as she bent over the tailgate, wrestling with the last of her chrome dinette chairs. The chair was entangled in the electric cord from the toaster, so he got a prime introduction to her vocabulary too.

"Howdy," he said.

Howdy? She turned to face him and stifled a snort. Halloween was three months away, but this guy was ready with his cowboy costume. Surely no one actually wore chaps in real life, even in Wyoming. His boots looked like the real thing, though; they were worn and dirty as if they'd kicked around God-knows-what in the old corral, and his gray felt Stetson was all dented, like a horse had stepped on it. A square, stubbled chin gave his face a masculine cast, but there was something soft about his mouth that added a hint of vulnerability. She hopped down from the tailgate. From her perch on the truck, he'd looked like the Marlboro Man on a rough day, but now that they were on the same level, she could see he was kind of cute-like a young Clint Eastwood with a little touch of Elvis.

"Howdy," he said again. He actually tipped his hat and she almost laughed for the first time in a month.

"I'm Luke Rawlins, from down the road," he continued. The man obviously had no idea how absurd he looked, decked out like a slightly used version of Hopalong Cassidy. "Thought maybe you'd need some help moving in. And I brought you a casserole-Chicken Artichoke Supreme. It's my specialty." He held out a massive ceramic dish with the pride of a caveman returning from the hunt. "Or maybe you could use a hand getting that chair broke to ride." Great. She had the bastard son of John Wayne and Martha Stewart for a neighbor. And he thought he was funny.

Worse yet, he thought she was funny.

"Thanks." She took the casserole. "I'm Libby Brown. Are you from that farm with the big barn?"

"Farm? I'm not from any farm." Narrowing his eyes, he slouched against the truck and folded his arms.

"You're not from around here, are you?"

"What makes you say that?"

"You calling my ranch a farm, that's what." A blade of wheatgrass bobbed from one corner of his mouth as he looked her up and down with masculine arrogance. "There's no such thing as a farm in Wyoming," he said.

"Well, what do you call this, then?" Libby gestured toward the sun-baked outbuildings that tilted drunkenly around her own personal patch of prairie.

"A ranch."

"That's not what I call it. I call it 'Lackaduck Farm.'" She pointed to the faded letters arched over the barn's wide double doors. "That's what the people before me called it too. It's even painted on the barn."

"Yeah, well, they weren't from around here either. They were New Yorkers and got smacked on the bottom and sent home by Mother Nature. Thought they'd retire out here on some cheap real estate and be gentleman farmers. They didn't realize there's a reason the real estate's cheap. It's tough living." He looked her in the eye, no doubt judging her unfit for a life only real men could endure. "You think you're up to it?"

"As a matter of fact, I am." Libby hoped she sounded a lot more confident than she felt. "This is what I've always wanted, and I'm going to make it work."

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  • Posted February 28, 2011

    A Joy To Read

    I loved reading this book! It had great romance, very interesting and unique characters. The setting in the west was so realistic! I loved all the animals that the author brought into the story. There were afew humorous incidents that really made me laugh! I hope this author keeps giving us some more stories. I would highly recommend this book to others! I forgot to mention, it also has a mystery side to it. You have everything you could ask for under one title. Enjoy!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 1, 2010

    So-so

    I hate saying this, especially since it's her debut novel, but I found it a little boring and drawn out. I just couldn't seem to get wrapped up in the plot. I like how she tied the whole story together in the end, but I had a hard time believing Luke and Libby could fall in love so quickly. While I love a good cowboy romance, this one just didn't do it for me.

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  • Posted March 7, 2010

    Delightful Debut!

    Hold onto your Stetsons! Joanne Kennedy's debut novel takes you on a rollicking ride through Wyoming, bringing the modern west to life and introducing you to a cast of unforgettable - and more than a little quirky - characters, including a feral chicken named Wild Thing. I found Cowboy Trouble to be a delightful blend of romance and mystery, all seasoned with humor reminiscent of Susan Elizabeth Phillips.

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  • Posted May 18, 2012

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    I am sure by now we all know that Joanne Kennedy writes the most incredible cowboy stories with the hottest of men! But what about when you take a seriously yummy cowboy, add a heartbroken I am never going near a man again woman add a small town never solved mystery and what do you get ….. one heck of a book!

    Libby loves a good crime story and no matter what she will always get to the truth and do anything she has to do to reveal and write the best possible story. So when she comes to live in a small town the last thing she actually thought she would find, aside from the normal everyday crimes is a mystery and a what a mystery it is …..never before solved murder!

    Now in comes the sexy and very charming Luke. He wants Libby but not just for one night but a lifetime and he will not let the town Sheriff get in his way or will he?

    What I loved about this book was that this was no ordinary cowboy novel, not the normal we meet and fall in love kind of thing but it had a super surprising mystery that really made for a fabulous read! And in true Joanne Kennedy form the book delivered a one heck of a punch oh and yes lots of cowboy trouble at the end!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 9, 2012

    Loved it

    I loved this book by Joanne. She really made it the best book ever. This is my favorite becais it has little mystery, romance, and cowboys.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 7, 2011

    Only So-So

    This is not a strong book but it is ok for a diversion -- I'm thankful to the author for not going in depth with the original crime, but sticking with the current characters looking to solve the mystery

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  • Posted August 30, 2011

    Great book

    This is a great book. Wonderful love story with alot of mystery!

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  • Posted March 3, 2011

    Cute and easy read

    I like Jake :-)

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  • Posted February 20, 2011

    Couldn't put the book down!!

    A co-worker recommeded that I read her books, I don't really read much at all, usually a book will take me a year to read, but this was not the case with Cowboy Trouble. I started this book on a Wednesday and stayed up late to finish the book on Saturday night. For me personally it is very unusual to finish a book within a week, I would read this book over and over again and recommend it to anyone!!!! Look forward to more books by this author!!!

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  • Posted January 12, 2011

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    A Great Love/Mystery Story

    I really loved the pace of the story. I was intrigued throughout and you really kept the balance so I wasn't ever certain of who did it. Loved the characters and their budding romance too.

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  • Posted April 27, 2010

    A fun thriller with a cowboy and chicken rancher!

    Synopsis:

    Fleeing her latest love life disaster, big city journalist Libby Brown's transition to rural living isn't going exactly as planned. Her childhood dream has always been to own a farm--but without the constant help of her charming, sexy cowboy neighbor, she'd never make it through her first Wyoming season.

    Handsome rancher Luke Rawlins is impressed by this sassy, independent city girl. But he yearns to do more than help Libby out with her ranch...he's ready for love, and he wants to go the distance...

    Then the two get embroiled in their tiny town's one and only crime story, and Libby discovers that their sizzling hot attraction is going to complicate her life in every way possible...

    **
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    "Cowboy Trouble" is the debut novel for Joanne Kennedy and I am sure there will be many more to come!

    This contemporary romance with a twist of suspense held my attention from the first page to the last. I love the idea of the city girl meeting the country boy, but refusing to believe that 'more' can become of their friendship. Libby finds an unsolved crime to fill her time as the new journalist in the small town, but she soon realizes maybe things are better off left alone. This is where the story really starts to take off as the author builds on the 'mystic' of all those small town secrets that try and stay hidden.

    The chemistry between Libby and Luke sizzles even when we laugh at the jokes/secrets they keep from one another. One of them being Libby trying to make Luke believe she has a 'ferocious' dog, when it's really a small, harmless dog. The mystery of Luke's parents and friendship with Mike slowly unfolds as the killer gets more brazen in trying to hide the truth of what happened to the missing girl.

    Cowboy Trouble will bring smiles, laughs and mystery as you read through the book. So, put the chickens out, bring in the dogs and cuddle up to the fire and enjoy a romantic and suspenseful story that will have you wanting to read the next Joanne Kennedy novel!!

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  • Posted March 16, 2010

    Excellent start!

    While I don't normally read romance I did read this book because this author is a friend of mine.

    In all honesty I was not expecting to become as involved with the character Libby as I did. At one point in the story I did part ways with what Libby did and it revealed to me how much I was involved with the story and how I identified with Libby's character.

    Libby gets herself into some comic situations that made me laugh out loud and the way the author expresses and addresses these situations is pure delight. Her writing style is unique and while I'm sure there is a "plan" to follow in writing romances, she manages to make it fresh and thoroughly enjoyable. There is a scene with wind that had me laughing out loud because I live here in Wyoming and anyone who lives here knows that dealing with wind is a daily chore!

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