The Cowboy Takes a Bride (Jubilee, Texas Series #1)

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The Cowboy Takes a Bride (Jubilee, Texas Series #1)

by Lori Wilde (Goodreads Author)

3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 · rating details · 853 ratings · 121 reviews

Ex-champion bull rider-turned-cutting-horse cowboy Joe Daniels isn't quite sure how he ended up sleeping in a horse trough wearing nothing but his Stetson and cowboy boots. But now he's wide-awake, and a citified woman is glaring down at him. His goal? Get rid of her ASAP. The obstacle? Fighting the attraction he feels toward the blond-haired filly with the big, vulnerable...more

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Published March 27th 2012 by Avon (first published January 1st 2012)

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Dec 03, 2012 Krystal rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was story telling at its best ! Mariah is a wedding planner in Chicago was now is out of work. Her world changes once she gets a call informing her that her estranged father has passed and left her his Ranch. Joe Daniels is one hot Cowboy, sweet, sarcastic, who is emotionally wounded and happens to be her neighbor. I won't give any details for finding out is the best part. But the chemistry is off the charts and the demons they have within are deep and tragic. This is my first book by this...more

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Apr 11, 2013 Jen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle-books

Ok, how hilarious is it to show up at a ritzy ranch you think you've been left by your estranged father, only to find a cute, half-naked cowboy passed out in a GOLDEN (seriously!!) horse trough in front of a gorgeous ranch house. You have a slight holier-than-thou streak, so you're rude to this guy and try to kick him off your property, and then you're informed that you've got the wrong address and you're actually trespassing on his? THAT'S funny. And it's what kept me reading. Joe and Mariah ha...more

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Mar 19, 2013 Cheryl rated it 5 of 5 stars

Mariah Callahan shows up Jubilee,Texas homeless, without a job and broke. She comes there because she has just found out that her father who she was estranged from has died and left her his ranch. This is when she accidentally stumbles across Joe Daniels in a horse trough. He of course makes her mouth water, even though she has an aversion to cowboys. This is true romance, a lot of second guessing going on. She doesn't know how to be in a relationship and he is a widower that lost the love of hi...more

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Oct 23, 2012 Melinda rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Joe Daniels is tired of living. All he knows is that alcohol takes away all his sadness, troubles and memories. So it comes as a surprise that his last drinking binge has him naked and in front of a tantalizing, beautiful sexy woman name Mariah Callahan. He’s seen her from the picture frames his best friend has in his house but the real thing is sexier. Something about Mariah has him feeling alive for the first time in years...more Check out my blog at www.melenasreviews.wordpress.com for more review!!

Joe Daniels is tired of living. All he knows is that alcohol takes away all his sadness, troubles and memories. So it comes as a surprise that his last drinking binge has him naked and in front of a tantalizing, beautiful sexy woman name Mariah Callahan. He’s seen her from the picture frames his best friend has in his house but the real thing is sexier. Something about Mariah has him feeling alive for the first time in years and he has no idea how a little spitfire like her can handle him. She wants nothing to do with her father or the ranch he’s worked so hard to maintain. A city girl through and through something in Joe keeps going to her in a way he’s never done before with a woman. Can he convince her that her life is now at the ranch with him and not alone in the city?

Mariah Callahan loves the city and now the small town Jubilee, Texas where the father that doesn’t love has lived all these years. She has no idea why her father left her years ago just knows now that any love she had felt for him is gone. Yet Joe Daniels is a man who is just like her father all into horses and ranching but with less flair. Mariah has no idea why she is attracted to Joe only knows that for the first time she feels loved and cherished. Coming to Jubilee, Texas was a bad idea but she needs to get her business back up before it’s too late. As a wedding planner her main concern is the brides yet Joe is making her wonder about love and marriage for the first time. Can she just leave Jubilee, Texas with her heart intact?

One word for Lori Wilde’s new series of Jubilee, Texas is wow. I fell in love with Joe Daniels for here is a man with so much heartache it is no wonder he is drinking now. Yet in comes a city slicker like Mariah and everything is turned upside down from him. These two together are missing something in one another’s life and it takes a friend to get them together. Lori Wilde truly knows romance and man the cowboy’s wow. This is definitely a series that is worth reading and can’t wait for more from Jubilee, Texas.
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Aug 05, 2012 Julie Barrett rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Cowboy Takes A Bride by Lori Wilde
Mariah Callahan inherited her father's ranch and she learns about this from Joe Daniels. Her mom had left Mexico with her when her father didn't come home one night-for weeks on end. She left to take a job with a family in Illinois.
She is a wedding assistant and has arrived at the ranch, first mistaking Joe's ranch as hers. She meets up with Clover who used to with her husband watch her grow up when she was an infant.
Love the inspiration quotes at the beginn...more

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May 16, 2012 Susan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-books-read, romance

Good book. I really liked both characters and the other people of the town. Mariah came to Jubilee after her father died. She was still feeling a lot of hurt from his abandonment, and planned to simply sell the land and go back to Chicago. Joe wanted the land but wouldn't have the money for a couple months. She agreed to stick around until he did, and decided to start up her own wedding planning business while she was there. Joe was glad she was giving him a chance to get the money needed. Joe w...more

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Apr 19, 2012 Mary Gramlich rated it 5 of 5 stars

THE COWBOY TAKES A BRIDE by Lori Wilde

If I bloom where I am planted, do weeds have to show up?

When everything is taken away in Chicago for Mariah Callahan picking up and moving to Texas makes complete sense. Mariah’s estranged father left her his little piece of paradise that turns out to be a complete nightmare but she is going to make the best of it especially since she has nowhere else to go. Mariah’s father was the man she always wanted in her life while he choose to chase dreams and horses....more THE COWBOY TAKES A BRIDE by Lori Wilde

If I bloom where I am planted, do weeds have to show up?

When everything is taken away in Chicago for Mariah Callahan picking up and moving to Texas makes complete sense. Mariah’s estranged father left her his little piece of paradise that turns out to be a complete nightmare but she is going to make the best of it especially since she has nowhere else to go. Mariah’s father was the man she always wanted in her life while he choose to chase dreams and horses. Mariah hopes that this plot of dirt will turn out to be her second chance in life and maybe bring closure to a pain that will not go away.

After Mariah meets her neighbor, former bull rider, and horse cutter Joe Daniels, she quickly concludes he is absolutely the icing on a wedding cake but not quite as sweet. He is suffering over his own loss yet the draw between the two is hard to deny. The pull toward each other is strong but so is the fight to stay away from each other. Mariah has had one man choose his own life over her and she will not go through that again. However, Mariah also knows that is nothing wrong with living in the moment where you are living and Joe could be a wonderful added attraction.

Mariah wants to cut and run but the town turns out to be great and everyone is helping her set down roots, dang it. Joe wants her to stay because he knows with something in his future perhaps he can let go of the past. Mariah so stubborn and full of determination you would never hold her height against her. Building a new life is never easy and when unexpected surprises arrive in the mail decisions become difficult and finding out you are the problem in the relationship is definitely scary. Mariah keeps hearing how she is like her father, like her former boss, and too much like her father when maybe she is just when maybe it is none of the above and she is just as she is supposed to be.

Everyone looks for a great book and since Lori Wilde has written just that put your cowboy boots on and start reading. Let this story take you on a great ride through the difficulties of romance and the price you have to pay for love.(less)

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Apr 02, 2012 Paperback Dolls rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 3-stars, adv-readers-copy, contemporary-romance, reviewed-2012, reviewed-by-mona

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This is the sort of book I keep in reserve for when I’m burned out and need a break. I know there will be romance and an HEA, and somewhere in there will be the doubt and conflict needed to keep it interesting.

When I downloaded The Cowboy Takes a Bride, I’d just finished back-to-back-to back PNRs. Needless to say, my vampire meter was warped and needed rest. I figured a contemporary romance was just the thing. I settled in and read it in one evening, and it...more

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Mar 27, 2012 Lisarenee rated it 4 of 5 stars

"Has something happened?"
"Are you sitting down?"
"No."
"Sit down," Joe commanded.
"Just tell me," Mariah said, bracing for the worst.
"Dutch is dead," he blurted.
Mariah blinked, nibbled her bottom lip, felt...hollow. Hollow as a chocolate Easter bunny...
"You okay?"
"I'm fine. It's not like my life is going to change," she said quickly...
"Wait," he said. "Don't hang up."
Her hand tensed around the cell phone. "What is it?"
"Dutch left you his ranch."

When Miriah called back her father's number she wasn'...more "Has something happened?"
"Are you sitting down?"
"No."
"Sit down," Joe commanded.
"Just tell me," Mariah said, bracing for the worst.
"Dutch is dead," he blurted.
Mariah blinked, nibbled her bottom lip, felt...hollow. Hollow as a chocolate Easter bunny...
"You okay?"
"I'm fine. It's not like my life is going to change," she said quickly...
"Wait," he said. "Don't hang up."
Her hand tensed around the cell phone. "What is it?"
"Dutch left you his ranch."

When Miriah called back her father's number she wasn't sure what to expect. The two had been estranged for most of her life. She didn't expect to hear someone else's voice answer the phone and certainly didn't expect to find out he died and already had been buried. But what surprised her the most was that she'd inherited his ranch. The timing, however, couldn't have been better inheritance wise. She'd recently been fired from her prestigious position with one of Chicago's most elite Wedding Planners. It had been her dream job and she'd been devastated. To make matters worse, her former employer of 11 years had black balled her and she couldn't get a job anywhere. Sometimes life just doesn't go as planned even for someone whose primary job is to plan things.

Joe Daniels was a wealthy young widower who had just lost his best friend, Dutch. With only two years between the loss of his wife and his friend he was in mourning and not taking things very well. Dutch's death brought back the feelings of loss he'd only recently been able to put behind him from his wife's tragic death. So when Miranda first encountered him he was not at his best. She found him practically naked in nothing but his BVDs, Stetson, and boots passed out in a golden plated horse trough. After attempting to make him leave her newly acquired ranch by threatening to call the police, she found out she'd made a mistake..."this here is is Green Ridge Ranch, and I have a sneaking suspicion you're looking for Stone Creek." Oops! Not exactly the way you want to go about meeting your neighbor.

This was such an enjoyable read. In many ways Miriah and Joe are very similar. They both are relationship shy and both mourn, although, for different reasons. They try to deny their feelings for the other and are afraid of being hurt and/or left behind. Miriah's feelings stemming from her father's abandonment of her and her mother all those years ago. Joe's coming from loving then loosing his wife. In other ways, however, the two are very different. She's a city girl although she has country roots, while he's country through and through. He's rich and she's poor. He's got a loving and supportive large family, while she's only had her mother and herself to rely on. He knows what it's like to love, while she doesn't have a clue. Despite it all, or perhaps because of it all, each seems to be exactly what the other needs.

I enjoyed many of the background characters and the side story that was included. They helped to create the feeling of a caring and close knit community that is rarely seen these days. Of those character lurking in the background, Ila, Joe's sister-in-law and one of his oldest friends, was my favorite. She added a fun dimension to the story. She's secretly been harboring a crush on Joe for years and had been upset when he'd married her younger sister. If looks could kill, Miriah would be on her way to greener pastures because Ila was most definitely sending death glares her way.

Favorite lines/quotes/moments:
- "Never thump a man's Stetson...Unless you've got a death wish. You got a death wish?"

- "Will you look at that"...
"What is it?"
She peered at her ankle. He'd connected the teeth patterns and it formed the letter D.
"That rat snake marked you with my brand." His dark eyes met hers. "D for Daniels."

- "Listen to me and don't you forget it. Make no mistake. What we did last night means everything. From here on out, I'm your man."

- "Miriah took a bit. Mmm, it was the best cranberry--Suddenly, her mouth ignited, it was all she could do to swallow it down instead of spitting it out. "What is that?"
"My specialty, hellfire cranberry sauce." Gamma bragged. "Here you go." She extended a glass of water to Mariah that apparently she had at the ready. "Cranberries, orange zest, and habanero peppers. It was my husband's favorite thing about Thanksgiving. God rest his soul."
Eyes watering, mouth aflame, Miriah gulped the glass of water. "What did he die from? A seared esophagus?"

Overall, I rated this one 3 1/2 out of 5 roses. It was a wonderful blend of characters with a nice story line about love, loss, forgiveness, and letting go. On the Lisarenee Romance Rating Scale, this one earned a FAN rating - the temperature in the room seems to have suddenly gone up a couple of degrees and a fan would be nice.
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Mar 19, 2012 Amy Jacobs rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own

I am a huge fan of author Lori Wilde! I love her romantic tales of love and small town charm. In The Cowboy Takes A Bride we visit the small town of Jubilee. Insert a sexy cowboy, a big city girl who has lost her way, and a deceased father who leaves her the ranch and you have the fixings for an angst filled romance full of fun.

When Mariah loses her job in the big city as an assistant to a big time wedding planner, she is at a loss of what to do next. Her ex-boss is making sure that she can't ge...more I am a huge fan of author Lori Wilde! I love her romantic tales of love and small town charm. In The Cowboy Takes A Bride we visit the small town of Jubilee. Insert a sexy cowboy, a big city girl who has lost her way, and a deceased father who leaves her the ranch and you have the fixings for an angst filled romance full of fun.

When Mariah loses her job in the big city as an assistant to a big time wedding planner, she is at a loss of what to do next. Her ex-boss is making sure that she can't get a job anywhere in the city and she has been selling her personal belongings just to make ends meet. When her absentee Father passes away, Mariah is stunned to find out that he has left her the ranch he owned. Mariah finds herself moving to Jubilee in hopes of selling the ranch for enough money to start over and begin building her own wedding planning business in the city.

When she arrives to the ranch, she meets sexy cutter cowboy Joe Daniels. Joe lost his wife 2 years to the day of losing his best friend. Mariah's father was Joe's best friend and business partner involving Miracle, the horse that was suppose to be the next prize winning Cutter Horse. He wants to buy back the land that belonged to Mariah's father so he can fulfill his friends last wish of opening an Equine Center for disadvantaged children. He doesn't have the cash on hand to buy it right away, but he offers a deal to Mariah. If she will wait until the next show, he will use the winnings to buy the land. The only problem is that the show isn't for another two months. While she agrees to the offer, she starts to discover the need for a wedding planning business in a small town. She decides to build a business of her own in the country town focusing on cowboy weddings.

While I enjoyed the small town feel of the book, the side characters are what made this story enjoyable. I loved the side story of Ila and Cordy. Ila has loved Joe forever, but Cordy has been in love with Ila as well. Insert a love triangle that intercepts the attempts of Mariah and Joe at connecting. Joe was a great character as well, but I didn't feel he was suited for Mariah. Mariah rubbed me the wrong way for some reason and I couldn't seem to connect with her character. She seemed selfish and stubborn without giving an inch at times. She seemed cold about the death of her father -- even if she didn't really know him.

This doesn't happen to be one of my favorites by this author, but it is a sweet and western themed romance for readers to enjoy. (less)

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Feb 12, 2013 Lara rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013, 2013-tower-team

Let me start by saying I am not a fan of Westerns, don't care for country music, and don't have a particular draw towards cowboys. However, this book was just very well written and I'm glad I read it. Annie has lost her job and found out that her estranged father has died and left her his property in Texas. She goes down there from Chicago to find that she not only has to deal with her own memories, but also the memories of people who knew him better. One of those people was his best friend, who...more

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Feb 26, 2012 Cherise rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc-or-review-copy, romance

Mariah Callahan was a big time wedding planner in Chicago, and then her boss fires her. She is at loose ends when she receives a call that her estranged cowboy dad has died and has left her his ranch. Not having a job or any prospects she heads to Jubilee, Texas.

Joe Daniels is a horse man who was best buds with Mariah’s dad, Dutch. When Joe lost his wife two years ago, Dutch saved him from himself. Joe has some opinions about the daughter who never contacted her father. He doesn’t want to like...more

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Jul 17, 2012 Katherine Grey rated it 3 of 5 stars

Mariah Callahan has daddy issues and allows that to color her entire life. She even admits to never being her true self but always putting on a mask and acting the way the people around her think she should act. The one time she does act on her true feelings, she gets fired from her job as a wedding planner. Not long after, she learns her estranged father has passed away and left her his home in Texas. With nothing to lose, she heads to Texas.

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May 28, 2012 Laurie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-romance, cowboys, family, full-figured-women, touch-of-hot, hot-southern-guys

This was a great book. The story was clear, straightforward, entertaining, and just downright great storytelling. There were no surprises in this book, but I enjoy the predictability of romances, so I'm not complaining. Joe was a great hero. He was a strong, reliable, and protective character who wanted the best for the heroine. Pure alpha male. Mariah was a terrific heroine. She was independent, reliable, and strong in her own way. I admired Mariah when she decided to leave the hatred for her F...more

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Feb 18, 2012 Cathy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: giveaways, first-reads

I won this book through a giveaway on Lori Wilde's Facebook page.
A good example of the Texas-based romance genre.
Mariah, a Chicago wedding planner's assistant, loses her job then her apartment. Almost penniless, Mariah gets a call that her father has left her his Texas ranch.
Upon arriving at her ranch Mariah finds Joe in a disreputable condition (okay, he's hungover and almost naked in the horse trough). Joe informs Mariah that the ranch she is admiring isn't her inheritance. Farther along the...more

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Feb 16, 2013 Becky rated it 5 of 5 stars

Mariah Callahan is jobless after being fired and black balled by the most prestigious wedding planning company in Chicago. She is on her way to Jubilee Texas after getting word her estranged father Dutch is dead and has left her everything he had, including his home and ranch. She's resented the life Dutch led as a cutter and couldn't really forgive him for abandoning her and her mother for horses and cutting. Arriving in Jubilee, her first encounter with Joe Daniels is less than enticing. Altho...more

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Mar 17, 2012 Kathy Martin rated it 5 of 5 stars

I think what I liked the most about this romance was that the romance didn't come easy. So often the hero and heroine take one look at each other, fall madly in love, and then have to deal only with outside forces trying to disturb their romance. In this story the conflict in the romance came from inside both of the main characters.

Mariah comes to Jubilee, Texas, after she inherits a ranch from the father who abandoned her and her mother when she was seven. Her father had to follow his obsession...more I think what I liked the most about this romance was that the romance didn't come easy. So often the hero and heroine take one look at each other, fall madly in love, and then have to deal only with outside forces trying to disturb their romance. In this story the conflict in the romance came from inside both of the main characters.

Mariah comes to Jubilee, Texas, after she inherits a ranch from the father who abandoned her and her mother when she was seven. Her father had to follow his obsession with cutting horses and left his family behind. Mariah was raised by her mother who worked as a housekeeper for rich Chicago families. Mariah has learned to blend in no matter what the social situation but has never felt like she belonged anywhere or had anyone but her mother to love her. She has worked for eleven years as the assistant to a society wedding planner and likes seeing other people's dreams come true. Her mother has found her own true love and has moved with him to Argentina. So when Mariah's dream job falls apart and she is fired and blacklisted she jumps at the chance to go to Jubilee. She hopes to quickly sell the ranch and get back to her "real" life in Chicago.

The first person she meets in Jubilee is Joe Daniels. When she first meets him, he is lying drunk and almost naked in a gold-plated watering trough in front of his home. Joe is using alcohol to dull the pain of the loss of Mariah's father Dutch who was his mentor. Coincidentally, Dutch died the same day that Joe lost his beloved young wife two years previously. He isn't doing well dealing with the grief of either loss. Mariah resents the closeness that Joe and Dutch had; Joe is angry at what he sees as Mariah's neglect of her father.

Mariah bears some physical resemblance to Joe's wife Becca but she quickly shows that her personality is very different. They are attracted to each other but seem to have so many obstacles in the way of a romance. Mariah thinks of herself as being in Jubilee only temporarily; Joe is the fifth generation to live on his ranch. Joe is as involved with cutting horses as Mariah's father was; Mariah is a wedding planner and sees herself as a city girl. Mariah fears that Joe is just like her father and will abandon her for horses like her father did. Joe is just afraid to risk his heart again after having it so badly broken by losing his first wife.

The book makes lots of allusions to Sleepless in Seattle. There are quite a few parallels between the movie and Joe and Mariah's situations. It takes hard work on both their parts before their romance can be successful. I liked both Mariah and Joe and thought they were realistic and well-rounded characters. I thought the secondary characters were also interesting people with stories I want to hear. I haven't read anything else by Lori Wilde but I know I will be adding her books to my stack.
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Mar 19, 2013 Juuli rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, cowboy-horse-breeder, kindle, contemporary-romance, wedding-planner, texas, small-town

Mariah's father left the family when she was seven. Now Dutch is dead and Mariah has inherited her father's land and a small cabin with a leaking roof.
Last two years have been tough on Joe. He has lost both his wife Becca and his best friend Dutch. And now Dutch's daughter, who didn't want anything to do with his cutter father, has arrived to town.

I liked the book a lot. The beginning was really good and humorous. I was laughing out loud when reading how the main characters met. I liked the town...more

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Mar 26, 2012 Jo (My House of Books) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Ms. Wilde is a new-to-me author, but I was intrigued by the sweetness of this contemporary romance, so I decided to take a leap of faith. What I received was a sweet romance -- a win-win situation!

Mariah Callahan's father, Dutch, passed away. He and Mariah weren't close -- he had actually abandoned Mariah and her mother -- but his only child was never far from his thoughts. He left his entire ranch to her upon his passing, and given that Mariah's lost her job in Chicago, she believes it's a good...more

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Dec 11, 2012 Marina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-have, fiction, lori-wilde, romance

Good tale.Nice characters.Easy read.The story kept me interested.I had fun.Would love to read the next book in this series.
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Note to Self: Texas
Joe Daniels(ex bull rider,rancher,cowboy,30yo,widower,pal,2nd older bro)+Mariah Callahan(28yo,wedding planner, "Flaxey")=Jonah (their 6 month baby boy),Ila Brackeen(deputy,sis-in-law,pal)+Cordy Whiteside(ranch foreman,cowboy,pal),Cassie C.(mom)+Igna...more

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Mar 03, 2012 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: own, amazon-vine, arc

Received this ARC from Amazon Vine.

This is an emotion packed book that will make you laugh and make you cry. Mariah’s plight comes right off the page and you can't help but love her. Her confusion over her feelings for Dutch and Joe tears her, and me, in two.

Mariah and Joe come together, two people who never expected to find someone to love. Joe never thought he could have a permanent attachment to a woman, after the death of his wife. Mariah career driven attitude didn’t allow for a social li...more

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Dec 25, 2012 Purplepaperreader rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

A traditional romance where not a lot happens - the tension and drama between the characters comes from internal sources "If I could only learn to trust again...." etc... which is somewhat at odds with what's actually happening in the book. For example Mariah desperately wants to belong and doesn't feel a part of anything yet within a couple of months of moving to Jubilee she has people who are co-signing loans for her. The mishmash of what that characters feel vs. what's playing out made it har...more

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May 21, 2012 Judith rated it 4 of 5 stars

4.25 out of 5. Choices, choices!! The horses or the family?? The past or the future?? The small town or the big city?? This novel is full of these kinds of choices and the people who are caught in the dilemma of living. Old hurts, resentments, angers, past joys and present pain, old successes and new challenges--all these are a part of this story set in the cutting horse capital of the world and where people sometimes have to compete for attention from a cutting horse whose "dance" of proficienc...more

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Mar 27, 2012 Dottie rated it 4 of 5 stars

This first book of author Lori Wilde's new JUBILEE, TEXAS series is passionate, witty and emotion-packed. When Mariah arrives at the ranch her estranged father left her in his will, she finds a naked cowboy wearing only a Stetson, sitting in a goldplated trough. He doesn't remember how he got there, but he is determined not to follow up on the instant attraction between him and Mariah. He lost his wife two years ago and just lost his best friend Dutch, Mariah's father. He could not bear to lose...more

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Mar 09, 2013 June rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: my-comfort-books

I have fondness to small town romance where everyone seem awfully nice and lovable, and that was what I got in this book.
Our heroine, Mariah was down on her luck, fired from her dream job as assistant wedding planner, she receive a call that tell her that her estranged father was dead and leave her a ranch in small town called Jubilee in Texas. Having no other option, Mariah pack her back to Jubilee, and her father ranch, and there is where she find our hero, nearly naked cowboy in her horse tr...more

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Mar 19, 2012 Addictive rated it 5 of 5 stars

Mariah Callahan’s father has just died and left her with his small piece of land in small town Jubilee, Texas. Everything happens for a reason and right in the nick of time for Mariah as she had just lost her high powered wedding assistant job in Chicago and was staying on a friend’s couch. Mariah hasn’t talked to her father since he split from then when she was just a kid to go train cutting horses, still holding on to that resentment, Mariah packs her bags and heads to Jubilee to see if she...more

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Nov 23, 2012 Zoey Johnson rated it 1 of 5 stars

The beginning was OK. I read this off of a Nook so the first chapter that I sampled hinted at a fantastic story. This most definitely was NOT. The characters were very cliche (but then again, what else should I expect from a Western novel?) and while the author seemed to try to give some obstacles to her characters, they fell through immediately. Everything was handed to our main girl, who had our main boy wrapped around her finger from the start. There was no build-up to their relationship. It...more

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May 02, 2012 Sara rated it 3 of 5 stars

I thought I would like this book more but there was a decided lack of friendship between the two main characters that just allowed me to get bored with the book towards the end.
Overall, it's not bad. It's just a bit more emotionally involved than I'm used to, but I should have expected that given that Mariah's father's passing is what drove her to Texas and Joe.
I did get bored towards the end of the book, but that could've been because I just wanted to watch the NBA playoffs & not read.
Th...more

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Apr 29, 2012 Heidi rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2012

I'm not normally a reader of romance but I gave it a try after a friend recommended it. The cowboy romance took me back to my days living in Texas and Oklahoma and darn it, I really liked this book. Mariah arrives in Jubilee, Texas to see the ranch her estranged father, Dutch, left her upon his death. The first person she meets in town is Matt, Dutch's partner in the horse business. Mariah resents the fact that Dutch left she and her mom for the cutting circuit and holds it against Matt. But you...more

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May 10, 2012 Crystal rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, traded

Ok, so actually this would be more like a 3.5 for me but I'm feeling generous. It is essentially a sweet, sappy contemporary western. Yeah. And I just don't "get" the "cutter" thing there unless one says this is the cowboy version of a dressage queen. Somehow, I doubt it.

But anyway, that's all window dressing and opportunities for drama and friction between H/h. Not like they need *that* when they already have their own personal issues - his being that he's a widow (and celibate!) and hers being...more

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