This was good and funny. The characters were fantastic. ( )

Lorelei James has the steamy cowboy novel down pat. I love the way she reels us in to feeling these characters. The love affairs are sexy and sweet, private and passionate. The protagonists find themselves in their headlong crash into the one person who does it for them - how romantic is that?!

Bran is quickly besotted with 6 time beauty queen Harper. It sounds trite, but somehow, as James writes it, it isn't. Every time I heard Bran's shortened name (from Branford), I thought of the health food! and with Harper, I thought of a country singer or actor. And yet both names are great - fit the characters perfectly.

Saddled and Spurred is read by Scarlett Chase - she is good, though her country twang for Harper is almost too much for my taste, and she doesn't attempt to make the male voice low, but her tone is so right, it makes it a mute point.

The title of the book is slightly off - it's clever and somewhat true but underrepresents the heart-and-soul connection the characters form. Not good form! ( )

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. Much more plot than the only other one I tried by this author. I liked the heroine. She was well written and interesting. The hero was okay but could have been more fully developed. The sex was pretty explicit without being totally over the top. I like the dominant man in bed thing without having to have the whole 'I'm a BDSM Dom' thing. I much prefer that over the "dom" thing as I can buy the romance a bit better. Anyhoo, I might try the next in the series. ( )

4.5 Stars ( )

Loved the goats, they were hysterical. Cowboy and the pagaent queen. Harper has been had to fight the stigma of her mother, when Bran goes against his better and hires her as his ranch hand things start to heat up. This wasn't as smooth as I'm used to from Lorelei but it was still enjoyable.
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