Laina Villeneuve

Dani Blazer has given up the rodeo circuit, had her heart broken by her partner, moved to another small town, and taken a new job all relatively recently. All she really has left is Eights, a mustang who needs a gentle hand to tame her.

Hope Fielding has been trying to suppress her lesbianism for a long time. She pours all of her energy into raising her younger siblings, her religion, and her cafe. But the new kid in town, Dani, is awakening feelings that she's desperately trying to keep under wraps.

I just could not get into this book, no matter how hard I tried, and I really, really, really wanted to enjoy this book. It had some of the elements that I normally love - Dani, mostly, because I just love cowgirls. :) But I never felt much of a connection with her; she just seemed rather aloof and unreal to me. And Hope...I didn't realize that I would be getting so much religion pushed into their romance, which definitely didn't help my lack of enjoyment of this book. It just brought back way too many bad memories for me. Plus there just wasn't any heat between the two leads, and I almost DNF'ed this book multiple times. Meh.… (meer)