Review: Dirty-Talking Cowboy (Kinky Spurs #1)

Dirty-Talking Cowboy (Kinky Spurs #1)

by Stacey Kennedy

Blurb:

Emma Monroe has returned to River Rock, Colorado, after the death of her grandmother. Now she’s inherited a farm full of abused animals and she’s working as a waitress at the local hotspot, Kinky Spurs. The last thing Emma wants in her life is a man, as she’s still recovering from a recent heartbreak. But when a sensual and powerful cowboy, Shep Blackshaw enters her life, Emma begins to want things she shouldn't.

Shep knows sex shouldn’t be on his mind. He’s got a world of responsibility on his shoulders. He’s attempting to save his late father’s cattle ranch, Blackshaw Cattle Company, from foreclosure. But Emma’s heated reactions to his touch make ignoring her impossible. She’s the perfect distraction to make him forget that his father’s company is a sinking ship.

While their nights only heat up, soon emotions become tangled into the mix. Shep’s not only giving Emma the hottest nights of her life, he’s also healing her heart. With every encounter, she forgets her heartbreak. With every naughty adventure, she stops mourning the life she left behind. And with every dirty word whispered from Shep’s mouth, she stops thinking of all the reasons why she shouldn’t fall for him. But when the past comes to claim Emma, she’ll need to choose between the life she thought she wanted and the life she’s grown to love with Shep. How will she say no to forever with a dirty-talking cowboy.

Themes: Erotica, Cowboys

Rating: 4 stars

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Review:

Holy smoking-sexy-as-hell cowboys!

Stacey Kennedy has been a favorite erotic author of mine for a while, with a varied story subgenre that keeps me guessing, but I can honestly say that her sexy cowboys are now my favorites.  While they care the same sexy alpha natures has some of her previous dominates there is just that little bit extra ruggedness that draws my interest being that I’m a little bit wild and country myself.  I would love to find myself a sexy cowboy willing to try to tame my heart like Shep did for Emma.  But while Ms. Kennedy certainly strives to make her stories intensely sexual and passionately intriguing there is a depth of heart that is undeniable to her writing which really brings reader back again and again, and Emma and Shep’s story is no less so. Emma has run from her life in New York City after a bastard broke her heart and betrayed her trust, licking her wounds and letting herself heal while trying to decide if and when she will return to that life.  She doesn’t want any man in her life anymore, but she can’t resist the intense pull she feels toward Shep Blackshaw, a man with his own problems in life, but that is willing to drop everything to come to her rescue when she is almost killed.  His strength and kindness are tempered by the heat and intensity that he projects every moment of his existence, but when he looks her way he lights her entire body on fire.  Shep doesn’t have time in his life right now for a woman, but the enticing Emma Monroe is not someone that he can resist and when he finds himself alone with her again and again there is no way he can stop himself from reaching out and grabbing what neither of them can deny they want from the other.  But as they spend more and more time together, each determined to keep it just physical, the deepening connection is nothing compared to the emotional upheaval that will come when Emma’s past comes back to haunt her and remind her that she can’t hide from it forever.  A woman determined to hide and a man determined to bring her out of hiding… what could possibly go wrong?!? I LOVED every second of this story, even when I was crying at some of the more intense moments, but the chemistry and compatibility between Shep and Emma was just too perfect to be denied.  While I wondered at times why Emma didn’t just grab the wonderful man in front of her and make him hers immediately I can understand her initial fears I suppose, but after she got to know him better I wanted to ask her what the hell was stopping her more than once. Shep similarly turned a blind eye to the treasure in front of him a few too many times for me, but thankfully he stepped up and showed Emma she was the woman he wanted more than any other in time for her to make the right decision for everyone involved.  I enjoyed the ending of this story and am looking forward to what comes next in the series and to seeing what Shep, Emma and his family do with their new join business venture. (Wink wink)  Ms. Kennedy strikes gold again with her sexy cowboys and their sensually dominate personalities and of course there’s nothing wrong with a little bit of rope thrown in for a good time!

*ebook provided by publisher (via netgalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review.  No compensation was provided.