The Last Real Cowboy

by Caitlin Crews

Overview

USA Today bestselling author Caitlin Crews returns to the Cold River Ranch series with The Last Real Cowboy!

In Cold River, sometimes forbidden love is the sweetest of them all…

Perennial good girl Amanda Kittredge knows that her longtime crush on Brady Everett was never really supposed to go anywhere. But when Brady comes home during Amanda’s first attempt at independence, well, who better to teach her about rebellion than her older brother’s bad-boy best friend?

Brady’s plans did not include being forced to work the family homestead for a year—and yet, here he is. And, to make matters worse, his best friend’s innocent little sister is making a menace of herself in the most grown-up, tempting ways. When Amanda begs Brady to teach her about men, he knows he should refuse. But could Brady’s greatest temptation be his salvation?

“Loaded with charming characters [and] wit….will win the heart of any romance fan.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) on A True Cowboy Christmas

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250295279
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/28/2020
Series:	Cold River Ranch , #3
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	402,163
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

USA Today bestselling, RITA-nominated, and critically-acclaimed author Caitlin Crews has written over one hundred books, including Harlequin Presents, Harlequin Dare, and Cold River cowboys. She’s won fans with the romance, women’s fiction, chick lit, and work-for-hire young adult novels she’s written as Megan Crane (including the futuristic, dystopian Viking romance Edge series). These days her focus is on contemporary romance in all its forms, from small town heat to international glamor, cowboys to bikers to military men and beyond. She’s taught creative writing classes in places like UCLA Extension’s prestigious Writers’ Program, gives assorted workshops on the writing process, and attempts to make use of the MA and PhD in English Literature she received from the University of York in York, England. She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with a husband who draws comics and animation storyboards, and their menagerie of ridiculous animals.

Editorial Reviews

★ 12/09/2019

The steamy third romance in Crews’s Cold River Ranch series (after Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy) combines small-town charm with delectable cowboy swagger. At 22, Amanda Kittredge is tired of being treated as the baby of her overprotective family of Cold River, Colo., cattle ranchers. Ready to rebel, she takes a job at the infamous Coyote bar. After the death of Brady Everett’s abusive father, the 32-year-old bad boy returns to Cold River to work on his family’s ranch. Amanda’s brother Riley enlists Brady, his best friend, to keep his little sister out of the trouble she’s thirsting for, but seeing Amanda working at the Coyote is enough to convince Brady that she’s all grown up. Amanda seizes the opportunity to ask Brady, her long-standing crush, to teach her about sex and men. Brady obliges, despite fears of what Riley might do if he ever found out. Brady’s willing lessons and Amanda’s breathless “research” soon grow into a deeper connection, and the tight-knit community, familial pressures, and vivid depictions of ranching country add character. Romance fans will eagerly devour this high-heat love story. Agent: Holly Root, Root Literary. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

"Romance fans will eagerly devour this high-heat love story." - Publishers Weekly, starred review on The Last Real Cowboy

"A thoroughly entertaining and deftly crafted romance novel by an expert in the genre." - Midwest Book Review on The Last Real Cowboy

"A True Cowboy Christmas will fill you with many emotions and a few times you will want to tell Abby to give up because he's a lost cause... This is a good Christmas theme storyline, where love overcomes even life's toughest, beat in lessons." — Fresh Fiction

"Full of emotion, humor and small town charm. Caitlin Crews delivers everything I want in a cowboy!" — Maisey Yates, New York Times bestselling author of Unbroken Cowboy

"Caitlin Crews writes cowboys you'll swoon over, heroines you'll root for, and families that will grip your heart." —Nicole Helm, author of Cowboy SEAL Redemption

"Crews hits the mark by concentrating on personal development and internal struggles, minimizing outside drama. The story flows smoothly, is loaded with charming characters, and is full of wit. These mature, thoughtful, caring protagonists will win the heart of any romance fan." — Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Readers willing to brave the emotional turmoil like a frigid winter day will be rewarded at the very end with Christmas warmth and love." — Booklist

"Get yourself a cowboy for Christmas this year!" - Entertainment Weekly

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