Cowboy Tough (Tangled Up in Texas): Contemporary Western Romance By Michelle Beattie ➱ Release Tour with Giveaway

Title: Cowboy Tough

Author: Michelle Beattie

Genre: Contemporary Western Romance

Release Date: September 24, 2020

Cover Designer: The Killion Group

Hosted by: Buoni Amici Press, LLC.

There’s no such thing as a coincidence...

Ryker Granger can’t believe his luck when he meets a beautiful woman stranded on the side of the road outside of Last Stand, Texas. Normally this rancher and part-time mechanic would be too reserved to jump into a relationship, especially since his family is still reeling from questions surrounding their father’s heart attack. But his life’s a tangled mess and Shannon is a welcome distraction.

Shannon Smith set out to meet Ryker Granger. Her staged car breakdown was only the beginning of her plan. Meeting Ryker is her chance to right the wrongs his father inflicted on her family. Her plan skews wildly off course—she only meant to score a date, not fall in love. And Ryker’s a straight arrow; he’ll never forgive such blatant deception. But how can she walk away from the man who has claimed her heart?

As Ryker solves the mystery around his father and learns why Shannon came to Last Stand, he faces his toughest choice yet. Forgive a lie or lose the woman he loves forever?

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Even though she hurried, she'd barely stepped out of the vehicle when Ryker slammed the hood closed. He pulled a rag from his pocket and wiped his hands. Then he lifted his head and she got her first good look at him.

Heat overcame her. Even though the rain wasn't cold, she half expected to hear the sizzle as it landed on her suddenly overheated body. He was . . . he was . . . there weren't suitable words to do him justice. Calling him good-looking would be like saying a chocolate chip cookie right out of the oven was okay. Sexy was a given, and really didn't encompass the half of him. Sure, it described his tall, long-legged frame, the way his shoulders filled out the jacket he wore, and the scruff that covered his cheeks. It even took into account his boots and Stetson. What it didn't touch, not even scratched the surface of, was the potency of his attention when it was directed straight at her.

Which was likely why she hadn't reacted to him when she'd been standing right beside him. Well, that and the fact that from the moment he'd tapped on her window, his attention had been all on the car, and she'd been so busy watching his hands and hoping he didn't zero in the problem too quickly, she hadn't paid attention to anything else.

Well, she was paying attention now.

International Bestselling Author Michelle Beattie first found her love of romance in romantic comedies such as Romancing the Stone and Valley Girl (yes, she realizes that dates her). It wasn't until after high school when she worked for a car rental company and had too much time on her hands that she started reading romances. Historicals were her go-to and she raided many bookstores looking for historical western romances. Eventually she started thinking "what if" and "I'd have done that differently" and quietly started writing her own. More than a dozen books later, Michelle has published in both digital and print platforms and her works have been translated in more than 4 languages. Michelle is a mother of two very strong, independent daughters. She is a certified member of the Master Bowler's of Alberta and loves coaching and passing on her love for 5 pin bowling. Besides bowling herself in a weekly league, she also likes to golf in the summer, play games, and read. Michelle lives in a solar-powered house in Central Alberta with her husband of almost 25 years, youngest daughter, and the cutest dog ever.

Someone needed to reel Shannon in long ago!

I was so frustrated with her behavior.

I understood how she was looking at the problem and how her misguided love for her niece had her justifying her underhanded approach.

Yes everything works out, in the end, it is a HEA but a lot of unnecessary emotional pain and betrayal is dished out to get there.

Ryker is the quiet brother with a heart the size of Texas. When his boring humdrum - Okay currently it is not really boring since his home has been overtaken by the women in his brothers' lives and his Pops is still in a coma and they do not know who the mystery lady is that dropped him off or why Pop's paid someone thousands of dollars or... Yeah, so things are not really boring may be more out of focus? is a better way to describe it. So anyway enough of the ramble and back to the moment when Ryker's quiet life was turned upside down by a tornado-like slip of a gal -

Enter Shannon

As I mentioned previously Shannon was not my favorite person in this story. I liked her drive. Her curiosity. Her zest. I just had trouble with her jumping into things before really thinking them through.

The chemistry between these two is spot

Lots of laughs - Perfect dose of angst - and Love - Lots of love