How to lead a Texas cowboy into temptation…
Despite his parents’ pressure to be a doctor, ranch hand Josh Whitlock has everything under control. That is, until Hope Applewood—his boss—trades in her dusty jeans for a sexy little red dress. Now Josh’s self-control has gone up in smoke…taking his common sense with it. That must be why he’s agreed to fake a relationship so they can prove something to both their families.
Sure, there’s always been a bit of a simmer between them. Now the simmer is up to full boil as their new “relationship” sets the tongues of Wrangler’s Creek wagging. Even as their little scam works its magic, Josh knows he’s just opened Pandora’s box—filled with feelings he’s been hiding since meeting Hope. But when a cowboy makes a deal, he always sees it through…
Quick little read as friends and partners discover that there's much more between them. Both Josh and Hope are happy with their work on the ranch, in spite of their parents' unrelenting nagging that there's something better that they should be doing. In Josh's case, they wanted him to be a doctor, even though he has no interest or calling for it. Hope's parents would prefer that she join them in their business and marry someone in their social class. Each of them has become pretty good at avoiding their parents for sanity's sake.
That is, until the day of the Granger's holiday party. Hope has to go because she's meeting a business contact there, which means she also has to dress up. Seeing her in the little red dress blows Josh's mind, and helping her zip it up fuels the heat he's always felt for her. The steam between the two of them boils over in a hot-blooded kiss.
I loved seeing the two of them commiserate over their parental troubles. Hope tries to get Josh to go with her to the party as her date to head her parents off. He declines, since he doesn't want to deal with his own parents at the party - until they show up there at the ranch. Their attitude pushes him right into Hope's arms and he and Hope pretend that they are together. This continues as they attend the party together and fend off the matchmaking attempts of both set of parents, while setting off the local gossips.
It was fun to see them deal with the feelings that had been stirred up. Josh seemed a bit reluctant to believe that it was anything more than lust at first. In a pretty funny comparison to silencing the alarm on fast food French fries, they try to see if giving in will make it go away or make it stronger. I laughed as their afterglow was interrupted and how they handled it. I loved seeing them admit what is between them and look to their future together.
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