The Cowboy and the Princess

Jan 17, 2013 Dianne Socci-Tetro rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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The Cowboy and the Princess by Lori Wilde
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Take Audrey Hepburn’s “Roman Holiday” and set it in modern times and then to really make it interesting add cowboys, a horse whisperer and red-hot lust.

What really bothered me about this book is how I cried at the ending. I was literally sobbing during the scene when they are saying their good-byes. I mean how can we really expect a good resolution with a couple such as this? We are talking about a horse whisperer and the Princ...more The Cowboy and the Princess by Lori Wilde
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Take Audrey Hepburn’s “Roman Holiday” and set it in modern times and then to really make it interesting add cowboys, a horse whisperer and red-hot lust.

What really bothered me about this book is how I cried at the ending. I was literally sobbing during the scene when they are saying their good-byes. I mean how can we really expect a good resolution with a couple such as this? We are talking about a horse whisperer and the Princess of the second smallest country in the world! Moreover, she is engaged to marry the Prince of the smallest country in the world---one who happens to be much older than she is and then produce an heir! For the life of me, I could see no way this book could have had a resolution.

As you can tell by now, this is a novel about a Princess that wants to experience what the world and life is like if she weren’t a …well…Princess. One rainy night as Brady Talmadge is fighting the elements towards his next job, a job that has him staying with very close friends, he notices someone hitchhiking. This someone is small, pale and soaked and against his better judgment and the rules he has set up for himself, he picks this person up. Soon he realizes that he has picked up more than he bargained for! And so the story begins.

It is a slow paced but very interesting and well-written look at what cowboy life and the life in a small Texas town looks like to a sophisticated and quite naïve young lady. It is also a story about what happens to a relationship when full disclosure isn’t practiced on both of the couples part.
It is wonderful seeing how the sparks fly, but that that Ms Wilde chooses to not allow the characters to get ahead of themselves, as it were. Ms Wilde writes romance that is hot in the fact that the main characters don’t always jump on each other before a relationship blossoms.
So never fear, Ms Wilde does find a way to resolve the issue of the Princess and the Cowboy!

Have the tissues ready and have yourself a good cry and a wonderful read.
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Apr 10, 2013 Donna Wharton rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Good to know chivalry is not dead when you read a good novel about decent men. And this was a good novel about just such a man. Brady Talmadge, suave, rugged, tall, quiet, ready to come to the aid of a woman if she was in need (damsel in distress that is). Five rules to live by, strictly, and carefree on the road, a "Horse Whisperer". WOW!, it really can't get better than this!!! Wherever, this man is I really would like to meet him. Then he encounters the said Woman in need, "Rule #3: Avoid Dam...more

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Dec 27, 2012 Nancy Crocker rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the story of Princess Annabella who's one dream has always been to experience life. To go to a carnival, have a job, clean a house just live. She has been promised into marriage since she was a young teenager. She travels to the United States to attend the wedding of a former Presidents daughter in Texas. Her friend Echo "presidents daughter" helps her escape the family compound so she can live a life she has dreamed of for years. Enter Brady who picks her up outside a truck stop in the...more

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Sep 20, 2012 Susan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-books-read, romance

A really fun book. Annie is on the run from her responsibilities as a princess. She just wants a chance to be normal for a little while before she gets stuck in the planned political marriage. She is standing in the rain, looking pretty pathetic when Brady stops to pick her up. He plans to just leave her at a nearby truck stop and continue on his way, but ends up taking her along. He breaks all his self-imposed rules when he picks Annie up and knows she's going to be trouble. He takes her along...more A really fun book. Annie is on the run from her responsibilities as a princess. She just wants a chance to be normal for a little while before she gets stuck in the planned political marriage. She is standing in the rain, looking pretty pathetic when Brady stops to pick her up. He plans to just leave her at a nearby truck stop and continue on his way, but ends up taking her along. He breaks all his self-imposed rules when he picks Annie up and knows she's going to be trouble. He takes her along to Jubilee where he will be working with Joe Daniels' horse (The Cowboy Takes a Bride). Annie ends up getting a job with Mariah's wedding planning business and living in a cabin on the property. Annie and Brady's intense attraction only grows as they spend more time together. Annie has made it clear she's only around for a short time, and Brady is clear on his avoidance of commitment. They enjoy each other's company and pretty soon their physical relationship is getting pretty intense. I really liked both Brady and Annie. Brady is pretty much a loner and avoids commitment by staying on the road with his horse whisperer job. He knows Annie is hiding something when he picks her up, but he can't just leave her. Her mix of naivete and sophistication are intriguing to him. He takes her along to Jubilee and as the next few weeks pass he gets to know her. He finds himself quite content staying in Jubilee and doesn't feel the urge to move on like he usually does. Just as things are intensifying with Annie he gets hit with a surprise that changes his outlook and his way of life. I loved Annie too. She is so completely clueless when Brady picks her up that it is pretty funny. Her confusion about American slang is fun to watch, and I love seeing her trying to adapt to Texas life. Her references to the movie Roman Holiday are great (it's one of my favorite movies). She really likes her life in Jubilee and doesn't want to go back, even though she knows she will have to. She falls in love with Brady, but when her time is up she leaves to go home to her wedding. There is a surprising twist waiting for her that was just what was needed for her happy ending. The people of Jubilee are still wonderful characters and add a lot to the story. And I loved Brady and Annie's dogs, Trampus and Lady Astor. They have their own little romance going on.(less)

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Aug 18, 2012 Sandy M rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary

I recently discovered Lori Wilde’s cowboys, so I couldn’t wait to start reading The Cowboy and the Princess. While it’s a good story, it unfortunately doesn’t have the fun, wit, and pizzazz as The Cowboy Takes a Bride does. I can still see Joe Daniels sprawled in that gold-plated water trough. Our hero here, Brady Talmadge, is a sexy, live-life-for-the-moment cowboy, and I fell for him as I did Joe, but it’s Annie and her need for adventure who takes a bit to warm up to.

Brady has five unbreakabl...more I recently discovered Lori Wilde’s cowboys, so I couldn’t wait to start reading The Cowboy and the Princess. While it’s a good story, it unfortunately doesn’t have the fun, wit, and pizzazz as The Cowboy Takes a Bride does. I can still see Joe Daniels sprawled in that gold-plated water trough. Our hero here, Brady Talmadge, is a sexy, live-life-for-the-moment cowboy, and I fell for him as I did Joe, but it’s Annie and her need for adventure who takes a bit to warm up to.

Brady has five unbreakable rules, all from past life experience. You have to love a cowboy who can’t win no matter what in one day. Nothing goes right when he spies a hitchhiker as he’s on his way home to Jubilee, Texas, and it’s pouring down rain. His first rule is broke once he realizes it’s a woman out there. From that point on, his rules fall like dominoes. This is a great start with a good story idea, but this level of humor doesn’t survive.

Trying to escape the strictures of royalty, wanting nothing more than to be normal, an everyday Jane, Annie plots with a friend, who just happens to be the daughter of an ex-President of the United States, to give Annie a few weeks of freedom, to get a taste of what she’s been wishing for for years, before she is forced to marry for political reasons. So during the friend’s wedding Annie is able to sneak out and begin her one shot at normal. She wants to experience as much as she can, much like Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday. When she’s picked up by Brady, they’re immediately attracted to one another, but Brady is sticking to his rules like maple syrup to pancakes – until Annie is accosted in the truck stop parking lot where they shared a meal. Another rule down.

So after the rescue, Annie tags along with Brady for his trip to Jubilee, where he’s going to help his friend Joe (yes, he of the horse trough fame) with his prize horse that is still suffering after an accident months before. Brady is a renowned horse whisperer. He has a way of feeling what horses feel, knowing what they need, and an instinctive way of getting through to them for healing. He introduces Annie to all of his friends, they all take to her immediately and assume there’s something going on between the two of them. While nothing is going on at that time, when these characters do finally decide to do the deed, it’s one of those no-strings, no-regrets, let’s-have-fun-and-then-go-our-own-way things. We know how long that’s going to last.

There are a few cute moments when Annie gets confused about something American she’s never heard of or says something completely incorrect, but a lot of those fell flat for me. I guess mostly because it’s a theme I’ve read a little too often. I knew it was coming because of the life Annie’s led so far. She hasn’t been anywhere, experienced anything except what is her duty in her super tiny home country. Of course she’s going to be ignorant of a lot of Americanims, slang, and loads of other stuff we take for granted. So some worked for me, some didn’t. What I did enjoy are the scenes featuring Brady’s and Annie’s dogs. Brady’s is, of course, a cowboy’s dog. Trampus is a huge monstrosity used to hard work and running free. The little, uppity nothing of a dog of Annie’s brings Trampus to his knees or he goes belly up just for a bat of her eyelashes. It’s Brady’s reaction to Trampus’ willingness to beg for Lady Astor’s attention that had me laughing out loud.

We know all along that Annie’s wedding is coming soon. So you try to figure out how Ms. Wilde will twist and turn the story to allow Brady and Annie to have their happily every after. Especially when Annie begins to make a life for herself in Jubilee, working for Mariah in her wedding consulting business and making friends all over the place. Brady even begins to have thoughts of staying in Jubilee, which is very foreign to him after a lifetime of knowing he’ll never settle down. I do have to say that after Annie finally fesses up to Brady and their time has run out, their good-bye scene is quite moving. Then comes the final twist, and it really isn’t that big a surprise, at least for me. But it’s a good out for Annie in the end, when she learns more truth than she ever imagined, and it doesn’t hurt anyone close to her.

So while this is a fun, cute story, it just doesn’t live up to TCTaB. I’m glad the lives of all the characters intersect so we can see how those before are getting along and also get a glimpse into the friendships they have with each other. I’m definitely looking forward to the next book in the series. Jubilee, Texas is a fun place to be.

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Aug 06, 2012 Romancing the Book rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: cowboy, contemporary, romance, western

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Reviewed by JoAnne
Review Copy Provided by the Edelweiss

I have liked other books by Lori Wilde and I was looking forward to reading this uncorrected proof. Although different from her Twilight, Texas series or her stand alone books I was not disappointed. I was immediately drawn in to the story and didn’t want to put it down. The premise was unexpected but believable. I loved the You might be a princess if… that was at the beginning of each new chapter.

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Aug 02, 2012 Julie Barrett rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Cowboy and the Princess by Lori Wilde
Brady Talmadge has rules for his life but he's tested them all out at one time or another.
He picks up Annie Coste hitchhiking and buys her a meal as he tells her about his profession of being a horse whisperer of sorts and that he lives in his moveable trailer.
She gets the wrong idea and thinks he's homeless. She has a small dog in her satchel on her big adventure.
She is a princess with an arranged marriage but she's run away from her bodyguards to experi...more

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Aug 01, 2012 Amanda rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

I pre ordered this book, and well, it is a mixed bag. My pre order was based on Wilde's last book that included a teaser chapter. I was intrigued by the teaser, so I went ahead with the order. First, Texas cow boy stories are not my usual fare, nor are run away princess stories. But, I gave it a shot. The biggest issues that I had with this is how it all wrapped up. The princess wants to be "normal". Ok. All of us "normal" folks have all kinds of hang-ups, they're just not on public display for...more

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Jul 31, 2012 Nicole rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Cowboy and the Princess will renew your faith in fairy tales. When Brady Talmadge breaks his 5 golden rules after picking up hitchhiker,Princess Annabella of Monesta aka Annie Coste, his life is turned upside down. A horse whisper, who travels from place to place, never settling down for more than a few weeks at a time finds his world starting to unravel when he meets Annie at a truck stop. Annie, a runaway princess who finds herself running about from her own rules, learns finding herself i...more

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Jul 23, 2012 Guilty Pleasures rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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4.5 Stars

What do you get when you cross Horse Whisperer with Roman Holiday? You get a delightful read from Lori Wilde in her second book of the Jubilee series, The Cowboy and the Princess. You bring together two unlikely people together and they are what the other needs but it takes them time to figure it out. Princess Anabella of Monesta wants to experience life on her own before she marries her prince in an arranged marriage and seizes the chance when...more Amanda's review posted on Guilty Pleasures

4.5 Stars

What do you get when you cross Horse Whisperer with Roman Holiday? You get a delightful read from Lori Wilde in her second book of the Jubilee series, The Cowboy and the Princess. You bring together two unlikely people together and they are what the other needs but it takes them time to figure it out. Princess Anabella of Monesta wants to experience life on her own before she marries her prince in an arranged marriage and seizes the chance when she is in Texas. She’s refined, well-educated and completely out of her element. Brady Talmadge breaks all his rules when he picks up a hitchhiker during a rainstorm and knows this was a really bad idea. He lives out of his horse trailer moving from town to town, working by word of mouth, not wanting to settle down and commit.

Anabella is posing as a cowgirl, who now calls herself Annie, is looking for a little romance with a cowboy so she seizes the opportunity to make the most of it with Brady after he picks her up on the side of the road. He’s headed into Jubilee, Texas and she wants to very much go with him. There she hopes to get a job, work for herself and work on that cowboy romance. Brady is headed to Jubilee to work on Joe Daniels horse Miracle, who was hurt in a bad accident months ago.

This story was absolutely delightful because it brought many smiles to my face with the references to the Audrey Hepburn/Gregory Peck film. Her characters are so likeable and I definitely root for them in their times of trouble. She even involves their dogs in the story which definitely reminds me of Disney’s Lady and the Tramp. What you slowly realize is why Brady has his rules and why Annie doesn’t feel quite like she belongs with royalty. The twist in the story, which I won’t say because it just would ruin it for the reader, is what can bring them together may also be the thing that could tear them apart. Her story might sound predictable but not to me. I love the emotions the author stirs in me and delights me when the hero and heroine get their HEA. So glad I read it and look forward to more stories from Jubilee.(less)

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May 11, 2012 Ruth rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Most romance novels cannot be accused of excessive realism, and Lori Wilde's The Cowboy and the Princess is no exception; as a matter of fact is is more unrealistic than most. He is a loner, but a man with lots of friends who love him. He doesn't want to settle down and doesn't think he is worthy of being loved. However, he has a way with horses. She's a princess from some small European country. She is supposed to marry the prince of another small European country in six weeks. It is a politica...more Most romance novels cannot be accused of excessive realism, and Lori Wilde's The Cowboy and the Princess is no exception; as a matter of fact is is more unrealistic than most. He is a loner, but a man with lots of friends who love him. He doesn't want to settle down and doesn't think he is worthy of being loved. However, he has a way with horses. She's a princess from some small European country. She is supposed to marry the prince of another small European country in six weeks. It is a political match, not a love one, and she wants just one chance to be "normal" before her wedding. Her chance comes when the daughter of the ex-President of the US gets married. She goes to the compound to attend the wedding, and, with the help of the President's daughter, slips away from her bodyguards. She is on the highway hitchhiking when he picks her up. He takes her to a small town in Texas and she settles in for six weeks, taking a job in the store of a friend of his--oh, and he and she decide to have a fling. Each tells the other that s/he doesn't want anything more than a short fling, but along the way.... In the end they get their happily ever after but the ending is even more far-fetched than the beginning.

Despite the far-fetched beginning and ending the middle is a really good story with strong characters. Anne has spent her whole life wanting to do what other kids do--get dirty, go to carnivals, eat concession stand food, but she was a princess and had to act like one, all the time. It must have been fun for Brady to see the wonder in her eyes as she experience all these new things in Texas. He was obviously curious about where she came from but he gave her the space she needed. It takes them a while, but eventually they are intimate before marriage, and while this is not the most explicit book I've ever read, I'd by no means put it in the "clean" romance category.

I'd like to thank the publisher for making a review copy available via Edelweiss. I was not obligated to write a positive review. Grade: B
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Jul 31, 2012 Janga rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Cowboy and horse whisperer Brady Talmadge lives his life by a set of rules shaped by tough experience, but one rainy June night on his way to Jubilee, Texas, Brady breaks his rule and changes his life forever. The hitchhiker he picks up inspires contradictory emotions. Part of him wants to run from the complications he knows she portends; part of him wants to protect the cold, wet waif. The desire to protect wins, and the complications begin almost immediately.

Annie is a princess on the run, det...more Cowboy and horse whisperer Brady Talmadge lives his life by a set of rules shaped by tough experience, but one rainy June night on his way to Jubilee, Texas, Brady breaks his rule and changes his life forever. The hitchhiker he picks up inspires contradictory emotions. Part of him wants to run from the complications he knows she portends; part of him wants to protect the cold, wet waif. The desire to protect wins, and the complications begin almost immediately.

Annie is a princess on the run, determined to have an adventure before she is forced to do her duty and accept a marriage to a much older royal arranged for political reasons. With a little help from a friend, she escapes her bodyguards and sets out on her own quest for six weeks of normal life. If her idea of normal is an unlikely combination of Annie Oakley, Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday, and Louis L’Amour novels, it at least is a far removed from the carefully controlled life of a princess.

Once Brady and Annie arrive in Jubilee where Brady is scheduled to work with Miracle, a horse the belongs to Joe Daniels (The Cowboy Takes a Bride), Annie finds the friends and job that define ordinary life for her. Rolling stone Brady is even looking at Jubilee as home. But the no-strings affair that the two embark on soon has them entangled in feelings that are anything but casual. A future between the cowboy and the princess seems impossible, but this is a romance after all. Readers can rest assured that the two get their HEA.

This is a fun read. The hero and heroine are likeable; the dogs, Trampus and Lady Astor, are scene stealers, and Jubilee is a great place to spend a few hours. The pop culture references seem a bit overdone, but I admit most of them made me laugh. I grew up reading my dad’s Zane Gray books, falling in love with the cowboys at Saturday matinees, and—a bit later, sighing over Audrey Hepburn movies. I totally understood why Annie fell for Brady. Readers who enjoy light-hearted romances that leave them with a smile and a touch of nostalgia will enjoy this second book in Wilde’s Jubilee series.

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Oct 25, 2012 Linda Bsss rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Brady Talmadge had five unbreakable rules to live an uncomplicated life and in just one day he broke them all by picking up a tiny hitchhiker! As a horse whisper, he traveled often and towed his trailer home as he never stayed long in one place. He had run away at fifteen when he had enough of his dad's beatings and never looked back, he was a loner by choice but had friends everywhere he went. The girl he picked up in a rainstorm was soaking wet and his mind said to leave her as she was trouble...more

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Mar 15, 2013 Carolyn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-romance

The Cowboy and the Princess
Author: Lori Wilde

I'm a huge fan of Lori Wilde! I liked this book but not as much as the Cowboy Takes a Bride, Texas Series #1, because I found it a little slower in reading.

Brady Talmadge is a cowboy, horse whisperer. He tows his home behind him and has a dog named Trampas. He comes upon a hitch-hiker, Annie Coste, who is really a real life princess, Annabella Farrington of Monesta. She just wants to live for the next 6 wks in America, soak up as much as she can and d...more

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Aug 31, 2012 Vanessa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, 2012-best

This is my first time reading a Lori Wilder book and I was pleasantly surprised by the story. There are funny moments here, but it is balanced by much more serious moments, too. I wasn't expecting to like the princess so much, either. I really like Annabella as a character and found myself laughing along with her. Brady is a good guy, even though he annoyed me sometimes with his dialogue early on, something which changed later on in the novel.

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Jul 02, 2012 Addictive rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was beside myself with joy when I scored an Arc of The Cowboy and the Princess, Book 2 in Lori Wilde’s Jubilee, Texas series. I had just finished The Cowboy Takes a Bride which is book 1, I had fallen in love with all the character’s in the book and not just Mariah and Joe ( who are the two main characters).
The Cowboy and The Princess is your typical Wilde book in terms of writing and the setting. I will say that the princess story has been overdone or should I say had been; I thought they t...more

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May 01, 2012 Stacy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Sep 03, 2012 Julie Lence rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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The first chapter of 'The Cowboy and the Princess' was inserted at the end of 'The Cowboy Takes A Bride'. I read the chapter, enjoyed Annie and Brady's initial meeting (which had me in stitches) and couldn't wait to read the entire story. I finished last night and loved it.
Annie is a princess on the verge of marrying a prince. Her upcoming marriage has been prearranged by both families as a way to unite her country with the Prince's country. But outside her palace windows, Annie sees, and longs...more

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Aug 11, 2012 Lisarenee rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Once upon a time there was a princess who was tired of doing what she was told and having her life dictated to her. She would be getting married within a year to someone chosen for her, and she wanted some time to devote to herself before permanently giving up her freedom for the good of her country. So with the help of a good friend, Princess Annabella of Monesta ran away in hopes she'd have a grand adventure before returning to the royal reality that was her life. What she never could have ima...more Once upon a time there was a princess who was tired of doing what she was told and having her life dictated to her. She would be getting married within a year to someone chosen for her, and she wanted some time to devote to herself before permanently giving up her freedom for the good of her country. So with the help of a good friend, Princess Annabella of Monesta ran away in hopes she'd have a grand adventure before returning to the royal reality that was her life. What she never could have imagined, however, was finding her Prince Charming in a little place called Jubilee.

Brady Talmadge was a horse whisperer who had no thoughts of settling down and planting roots. He was happy living out of his trailer going from job to job helping horses heal. But that was before he met the likes of Annie. What he never could have imagined, however, was her hitching her way into his life and later into his heart.
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This was a lighthearted read that was fun and sweet. Annie was as you'd expect her to be after living a sheltered life--quite naive. I loved how she was so excited about being out on her own and experiencing life on her terms. She really had no idea just how vulnerable a woman traveling alone could be. I kept wondering what kind of friend Anne had to not help her devise a better plan than hitchhiking for a ride in a rainstorm. Luckily, Brady realized the danger and decided to break some of the well warranted rules he'd established over 29 years. A code, if you will, he set up and lived by to avoid complications and protect himself.

Brady is another fun character. He doesn't see himself as the type to be in a long lasting relationship, and I feel that has something to do with his never being in a long lasting working relationship of any kind. He's got a great friend base, but has a knack for getting involved with the wrong women. Case in point: Princess Annabella, a woman engaged to a Prince. Luckily for him, in this case, the wrong one turned out to be the right one in the end. And when the right one comes along, not even the most devout of bachelors stands a chance.

The link of this book to The Cowboy Takes a Bride, the first book in the Jubilee Texas series, is Dutch Callahan. He'd given Brady a place to stay and a job fourteen years prior when Brady had runaway from home at age 15 and changed his life. In The Cowboy Takes a Bride, Dutch had just died. He had been a poor father to his daughter, Mariah, but was well thought of in Jubilee, Texas. I'm enjoying seeing the other side of Dutch that made him so beloved by the residents of Jubilee. It'll be interesting to see if Dutch is truly the tie that binds all the books in this series together because I think this would be a brilliant way to link the series together.

Ms. Wilde truly does have a beautiful writing style. I loved how she linked both Brady and Annie together at first sight by stating, "Their gazes meshed, their futures strangely entwined." Overall, I gave this one 3 1/2 of of 5 roses. It was a fun and entertaining read that made me smile. I feel this book would probably make for a great beach or poolside read. On the Lisarenee Romance Rating Scale, I gave this one 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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Jun 08, 2012 A Tasty Read/ Sweet Reads Reviews rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc, avon-addict, first-reads, gifted-by-publisher

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The Cowboy and the Princess had A LOT to live up to for me, after reading The Cowboy takes a Bride. Lori Wilde did not let me down. She writes smokin' hot, rangy cowboys, with fast moves and great hands, and I don't just mean when it comes to horses.

Annie and Brady are quite the pair. The had me laughing out loud one minute with their sexy banter and tearing up a few pages later when my heart was being broken to pieces.

From the second these two meet its...more

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Jul 15, 2012 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recently as an Avon Addict, I was asked by Avon Romance to read and review an eARC of THE COWBOY AND THE PRINCESS by Lori Wilde. I was a bit apprehensive about reading it because I had not been a fan of her last novel THE COWBOY TAKES A BRIDE but - and that's a big BUT - I was delightfully surprised by THE COWBOY AND THE PRINCESS. I started reading expecting to be disappointed but instead found myself smiling as I started to recognize the theme behind this one. As a huge fan of the movie ROMAN H...more

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Oct 05, 2012 Kim (Read Your Writes Book Reviews) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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The Princess and the Cowboy is the second book in the Jubilee, Texas series. However, it isn't necessary for you to have read the first book. These two books can stand alone.

Brady Talmadge is a cowboy with a dark past contributing to his five unbreakable rules. At the age of fifteen, Brady ran away from an abusive home and ended up being taken in by Dutch Callahan of Jubilee, Texas. Dutch taught Brady how to take care of horses. Over the course of f...more Reviewed on: http://readyourwrites.blogspot.com

The Princess and the Cowboy is the second book in the Jubilee, Texas series. However, it isn't necessary for you to have read the first book. These two books can stand alone.

Brady Talmadge is a cowboy with a dark past contributing to his five unbreakable rules. At the age of fifteen, Brady ran away from an abusive home and ended up being taken in by Dutch Callahan of Jubilee, Texas. Dutch taught Brady how to take care of horses. Over the course of fourteen years, Brady became so good he became known as "The Horse Whisperer", for his ability to heal and rehabilitate injured horses.

Princess Annabella (Annie) is a twenty four year old princess scheduled to be married off to Prince Theodore of Dubinstein, a man she does not love, but feels it is her royal duty to. Throughout Annie's entire life, she has lived a very quiet, extremely closed off, sheltered life behind the walls of Farrington Palace. With her marriage fast approaching, Annie and her friend, Echo, come up with a plan to get Annie her six week adventure of a lifetime, before she settles down.

Every girl dreams of being a princess, when they're young. This story is what happens when the princess just wants to be an ordinary girl, loved and cared for simply because she is herself and NOT a princess. What would you do, if you were offered everything you didn't even know you wanted? Would your life still be a fairy tale come true? With The Cowboy and the Princess, you will find out.

One of my favorite quotes from the book is, "Everyone is scared. Bravery is being scared and doing what you have to do anyway."

This book is full of surprises. Just when you think you have things figured out, think again. The Cowboy and the Princess is funny and tear jerking at the same time.

I will admit this review was hard for me to write, without giving away spoilers. I really enjoyed this book. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series A Cowboy for Christmas and going back to read the first book, The Cowboy Takes a Bride.

I received this book from the author, with the hopes that I would read and post a review.
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Jul 07, 2012 Samantha rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-s-challenge, contemporary, arc, western

I really enjoyed the first book in the series. So I came into this with high expectations and probably that is my biggest problem here. The heroine in this story is the main flaw. Annabella is a sheltered princess who wants to spread her wings and fly. When she is invited to her friend’s wedding in America, she hops on the opportunity to ditch her bodyguards at the reception and hitch hike her way into Texas.

Brady Talmadge is a bit of a loner. He floats from town to town without a moment’s notic...more

I really enjoyed the first book in the series. So I came into this with high expectations and probably that is my biggest problem here. The heroine in this story is the main flaw. Annabella is a sheltered princess who wants to spread her wings and fly. When she is invited to her friend’s wedding in America, she hops on the opportunity to ditch her bodyguards at the reception and hitch hike her way into Texas.

Brady Talmadge is a bit of a loner. He floats from town to town without a moment’s notice. His only passion is his job as a horse whisperer. He likes his life of solitude but he is about to have his little world shaken up when he picks up Princess Annabella of Monesta at a truck stop.

The story takes a while to pick up and I almost set it down but I normally like Ms. Wilde’s stories so I hung in there. Eventually the story picks up and all the wild and zany characters from the first book make appearances (readers get a glimpse at what happened to Mariah and Joe). Annabella stopped acting like a child and try to find her “fit” into their world. Brady’s story is so heart wrenching and the author shows how his past reflects into the man he is today…insecurities and all.

So after finally getting into the story, the author throws one or two bombshells (which I kind of discovered early on) into the mix and wrapped it up with a cheesy ending. My biggest problem with this book is that Brady doesn’t know she is from royalty until the end. How? He is constantly mentioning that she speaks as though she is far superior to others. Also, I find it hard to believe that she didn’t know some of the simplest terminology. Forget that she is from another country, there is television and they are in the present. How can she not know? Honestly, I just wish the author didn’t throw a far fetched idea such as a princess running away for weeks to live in the country and not execute it in a realistic manner.

Overall, though I didn’t love this book, I enjoyed certain aspects of it. I love revisiting the town of Jubilee and I look forward to the next book. The teaser at the end left me anticipating.(less)

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Aug 17, 2012 Melinda rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Princess Annabella of Monesta will do anything she can to live the dream she has had since she was a child. For years she has fantasized about living a normal life. As a princess she must maintain a reputation of utter goodness and never, be wild and free. That was until she saw a movie that changed her life. Now on the run she is ready for her dream to come true but never expected in her wild dreams to fall for the hero in her dream come to life. As a princess there are certain things she was n...more Princess Annabella of Monesta will do anything she can to live the dream she has had since she was a child. For years she has fantasized about living a normal life. As a princess she must maintain a reputation of utter goodness and never, be wild and free. That was until she saw a movie that changed her life. Now on the run she is ready for her dream to come true but never expected in her wild dreams to fall for the hero in her dream come to life. As a princess there are certain things she was never able to experience and for the first time she likes herself as Annie. Can she get the time she needs to reveal her secrets before Brady finds out himself?

Brady Talmadge is a cowboy who lives on a set of codes and rules. For years he has tried to follow these rules and so far has lived up to them until he meets a hitchhiker looking so down on the dumps. Annie a.k.a Annabella is a woman who is making him rethink his set of codes and rules. Something about her is making him see well how bleak his life has been. Being with Annie is like a fresh of air into his life showing him that he can love again and not have it get screwed up. In some ways being with Annie is showing him how to be a man and showing her everything about life. Just when he thinks something could grow her secrets arise and makes him wonder if he ever knew his Annie. Can he trust her with his heart?

Once again Lori Wilde has not disappointed me only made me yearn for more of her books. Here is an author who is not only talented and imaginative but her characters come to life so easily. Right from the first chapter Princess Annabella comes to life and with Lori Wilde’s words you can see how eager she is to start a new life even it is just temporary. Now Brady, a man who is truly a cowboy even known as a horse whisperer in Jubilee, Texas. These two together are like so in tune with each other it is great to read. Lori Wilde has proven again why she is so good at this genre for her imagination gets wild and when set loose to a reader her books are magnificent. Great awesome job and can’t wait for more of this town’s cowboys. (less)

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Aug 11, 2012 Dani C. (Paulette's Papers) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Cowboy and the Princess is a book that grows on you until you can’t put it down. This delightful mix of The Horse Whisperer and Roman Holiday make for a fun, small town cowboy story.

Princess Annabella of Monesta has 6 weeks until she weds a balding, playboy prince who she is betrothed to. She and her dog Lady Astor escape the life of luxury and are rescued by a cowboy named Brady Talmadge and his dog. He ends up buying her chili at a truck stop and then taking them with him to Jubilee, TX wh...more

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Aug 01, 2012 Donna rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I loved this one up to the very end, but there was just something about the ending that left me feeling let down. Brady and Annie were just delightful and I was charmed by their romance. The "princess from a fictional country with an arranged marriage" bit was quite a stretch but I was ok with that. I'm not sure what it was about the ending that was a disappointment, but it might be that it just had too much activity/information crammed into it

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Apr 14, 2013 Alyssa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle

As much as I enjoyed the jubilee universe, I absolutely was annoyed out of my mind by Annie in this book and figured out the plot about 10 pages in. I liked Brady and the rest of jubilee enough to keep reading and have it save the book, but the stilted way Annie was written drove me crazy. I know it was supposed to be purposeful because she was a princess and out of place but it just missed the mark and came off annoying.

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Jul 30, 2012 Jo (My House of Books) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

We return to Jubilee, Texas, albeit in a roundabout way in The Cowboy and the Princess. Brady Talmadge is a ne'er do well who was picked up by Dutch Callihan and taught the fine art of horse whispering. He had previously drifted until setting down roots with Dutch in Jubilee. When Dutch passed away (as seen in book one of this series, The Cowboy Takes a Bride), Brady hits the road, peddling his wares and avoiding most human interaction. But he breaks three of his five unbreakable rules in one ni...more

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Dec 10, 2012 Eileen Ward rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Aug 24, 2012 Christine rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I had never read of any of this author's work, but found this at the library, and figured I'd take a chance. Well -- it was OK. Annie, the princess, seemed rather flat through the story; and honestly, I can't imagine modern European royalty speaking or acting the way she does. Brady, the cowboy, was a more interesting character, but still pretty cardboard.

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