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Hot Coco (The Unbridled Series #2)
by
Cindy McDonald (Goodreads Author)
HOT: Coco Beardmore
NOT: Coco's calamities
HOT: Mike West's fantasies
NOT: Mike's reality
That's right, Coco Beardmore is sizzling hot and she's landed in Mike West's lap. The problem is Coco's middle name is chaos! Her driving skills are a real bang--into Mike's horse trailer, and her sultry seduction will set the room on fire--the kitchen that is.
What's worse are her Th...more
NOT: Coco's calamities
HOT: Mike West's fantasies
NOT: Mike's reality
That's right, Coco Beardmore is sizzling hot and she's landed in Mike West's lap. The problem is Coco's middle name is chaos! Her driving skills are a real bang--into Mike's horse trailer, and her sultry seduction will set the room on fire--the kitchen that is.
What's worse are her Th...more
Paperback, 202 pages
Published
June 1st 2012
by Acorn Book Services
(first published May 2012)
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Hot Coco is a hot mess. There is no clear protagonist, instead it's a hodge-podge of main characters from the start.
We meet Coco Beardsmore, described as a hot chick, clutzy as all out, leading with her boobs and causing havoc wherever she goes.
We meet Doug O'Connor and his daughter Margie. He's described as an old grump, while her description leads us to believe that she's unattractive, mousy, and shouldn't be touched with ten foot pole.
We meet Mike Wes...more
Hot Coco is a hot mess. There is no clear protagonist, instead it's a hodge-podge of main characters from the start.
We meet Coco Beardsmore, described as a hot chick, clutzy as all out, leading with her boobs and causing havoc wherever she goes.
We meet Doug O'Connor and his daughter Margie. He's described as an old grump, while her description leads us to believe that she's unattractive, mousy, and shouldn't be touched with ten foot pole.
We meet Mike Wes...more
Hot Coco by Cindy McDonald
4 STARS
I was thinking that the story would go one away and it went in a total different direction that I thought it would. I was drawn into the lives of the characters. I like how most of them grew and changed. I wanted to see what would happen next in thier lives.
Coco Beardmore is a beautiful rich klutzy woman. Things are always happening around her. She needs a different horse trainer the one she has wants her horses out of his barn.
Mike West is a trainer with his fa...more
4 STARS
I was thinking that the story would go one away and it went in a total different direction that I thought it would. I was drawn into the lives of the characters. I like how most of them grew and changed. I wanted to see what would happen next in thier lives.
Coco Beardmore is a beautiful rich klutzy woman. Things are always happening around her. She needs a different horse trainer the one she has wants her horses out of his barn.
Mike West is a trainer with his fa...more
Horses, racetracks, sexy and sultry characters and massive misunderstandings are the major components in the contemporary read Hot Coco by Cindy McDonald. I thought that the story was going to center on Colette "Coco" Beardmore given the title, and it does . . . for a while. Coco is attracted to Mike West, Mike is attracted to Coco but he's also still attracted (sexual attraction) to his ex-wife Ava. Ava is in a relationship with Carl, who is attracted to Ava's ex-sister-in-law Kate. Mike and Ka...more
I must say that "Hot Coco" was a very entertaining read. As stated in the interview, these books were originally designed to be a television series and that's just how I envisioned everything when I read it. I loved the setting of the horse farms and dipping into the life of Thoroughbred racing. The characters were very likable (although some of them I absolutely hated at first but then they grew on me). Coco seriously is the most klutzy person I have ever read about, lol. How that girl managed...more
Coco Bearmore, a Barbie-like heiress, is having trouble with her horse trainer and her five thoroughbred horses, who get into lots of mischief. When Coco tearfully asks Mike West for his help, he agrees to take on the training of her horses, and drama ensues, especially because Coco is very clumsy and her horses have very bad habits.
HOT COCO has romance, intrigue, and great characters, but it isn't like most mainstream romances. HOT COCO tells the story of the West family and some of the people...more
HOT COCO has romance, intrigue, and great characters, but it isn't like most mainstream romances. HOT COCO tells the story of the West family and some of the people...more
Does your life have strictly romance, but no adventure? Is it a mystery without comedy? Is there paranormal that is devoid of romance?
Life is not a genre. People, circumstances, and, yes, even stories, cannot be put into a box and labeled: Comedy, Romance, Adventure, or Mystery. What some readers today fail to realize is that these boxes and labels were created by publishers in order to organize their business. Does this book go to the romance staff on the fifth floor or the mystery staff on flo...more
Life is not a genre. People, circumstances, and, yes, even stories, cannot be put into a box and labeled: Comedy, Romance, Adventure, or Mystery. What some readers today fail to realize is that these boxes and labels were created by publishers in order to organize their business. Does this book go to the romance staff on the fifth floor or the mystery staff on flo...more
Hot Coco
Cindy McDonald
She’s hot, she’s smooth and she knows what she wants in a man and more ways than one she is a deadly weapon all by herself. She’s fearless when she wants to get things done and knows how to get men to fall at her feet. I mean literally. Coco Beardmore owns five horses and boards them at the O’Conner stables. Four thoroughbreds some how get out of their stables and create havoc on a daily basis causing the workers at the stables to have to clean up what they managed to wreck...more
Cindy McDonald
She’s hot, she’s smooth and she knows what she wants in a man and more ways than one she is a deadly weapon all by herself. She’s fearless when she wants to get things done and knows how to get men to fall at her feet. I mean literally. Coco Beardmore owns five horses and boards them at the O’Conner stables. Four thoroughbreds some how get out of their stables and create havoc on a daily basis causing the workers at the stables to have to clean up what they managed to wreck...more
Feb 12, 2013
Julie (Mom2lnb)
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Fans of Humorous, Literary Soap Operas or Horse Racing
Reviewed for THC Reviews
"3.5 stars" Hmmm... where to begin? I guess I'll start my review of Hot Coco by saying that I'm not really sure what genre it's supposed to be. Some readers and book websites seem to have it categorized as Contemporary Romance, but it really isn't. While there's lots of lusting and relationship turmoils, the story doesn't focus on one main couple, following them through to their HEA. In fact, none of the characters who are pursuing relationships even get an HEA. By the en...more
"3.5 stars" Hmmm... where to begin? I guess I'll start my review of Hot Coco by saying that I'm not really sure what genre it's supposed to be. Some readers and book websites seem to have it categorized as Contemporary Romance, but it really isn't. While there's lots of lusting and relationship turmoils, the story doesn't focus on one main couple, following them through to their HEA. In fact, none of the characters who are pursuing relationships even get an HEA. By the en...more
This book, which is, I believe, the first in a series is about the people who run, work at and train horses at the stables at race tracks. It shows the owner, both of the horses and the stables. The workers who do the day to day jobs.
You have Coco Beardmore, a woman who has everything, good looks, brains and money, who is also a total klutz and walking disaster area. You have the West family, Eric the father, Mike and Shane the sons and Kate the daughter, who run one of the higher end training s...more
You have Coco Beardmore, a woman who has everything, good looks, brains and money, who is also a total klutz and walking disaster area. You have the West family, Eric the father, Mike and Shane the sons and Kate the daughter, who run one of the higher end training s...more
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I have some mixed feelings about this second novel in the Unbridled series. First of all, the writing was good and the mystery aspect of the novel, once it began, was also quite interesting. However, the overuse of adjectives and words like “naked” didn’t do much for me as a reader, especially as the focus always seemed to be on the buxom blonde, Coco. The characters all seemed obsessed with sex, as well, and as that’s not something I...more
http://bookvacations.wordpress.com/20...
I have some mixed feelings about this second novel in the Unbridled series. First of all, the writing was good and the mystery aspect of the novel, once it began, was also quite interesting. However, the overuse of adjectives and words like “naked” didn’t do much for me as a reader, especially as the focus always seemed to be on the buxom blonde, Coco. The characters all seemed obsessed with sex, as well, and as that’s not something I...more
It took me a long time to finish reading this story but i finally got through it.
I would say it was entertaining, the writing was good and different from what i had previously read or what I'm used to reading. I felt like i was reading, picturing or watching one of those soap operas from TV.
This story includes a lot of characters to the mix, and you do have to keep that in mind in order to keep up with the different topics of the story and of each character. This is not you typical romance nov...more
I would say it was entertaining, the writing was good and different from what i had previously read or what I'm used to reading. I felt like i was reading, picturing or watching one of those soap operas from TV.
This story includes a lot of characters to the mix, and you do have to keep that in mind in order to keep up with the different topics of the story and of each character. This is not you typical romance nov...more
I wanted to make sure that HOT COCO was a story that my readers would not be able to put down. HOT COCO would make them smile and laugh and as the plot unfolds, it will employ the reader to contemplate the metamorphosis that the characters are experiencing before their eyes.
This isn’t just a story about a beautiful klutzy blonde, goodness no! It goes much deeper than that. Read closely. This is an expedition where the characters find out who they want to be, where they want to go, and how muc...more
This isn’t just a story about a beautiful klutzy blonde, goodness no! It goes much deeper than that. Read closely. This is an expedition where the characters find out who they want to be, where they want to go, and how muc...more
Hot Coco by Cindy McDonald is a pleasant read for those who like to laugh mixed in with a bit of romance. The characters are loveable and easy to fall for. I loved how the Pittsburgh Steelers was mentioned several times within this book as well as some places around my home which pulled me in even more. I loved the horse farm setting with the cowboys. I love Coco and her klutzy character and I felt for Margie. By the end of this novel, each character felt real and this is why I enjoyed this book...more
Jan 21, 2013
Witchmag
rated it
1 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
contemporary,
read-2013
Other than the hilarious events with Coco and her horses, there was nothing for me to like. The rest of the book didn't have a real story. Just a lot of characters, who each get a turn to say something or do something. There were just too many different story lines in too few pages. There wasn't even the tiniest bit of real romance and the characters didn't have much depth.
I was very disappointed after finishing.
I was very disappointed after finishing.
Too many people in this book and Coco was really to much of a klutz for me and so I didn't connect with her enough to get lost in the story, oh sorry the stories, there were so may plots and subplots, specially at the beginning that I start to write down names to remember who's who.
THANKS TO NETGALLEY AND ACORN BOOK SERVICES FOR THE PREVIEW
THANKS TO NETGALLEY AND ACORN BOOK SERVICES FOR THE PREVIEW
Jun 20, 2012
Becs - Sinfully Sexy Book Reviews
marked it as wish-list
I have to identify with this girl - I am the clumsiest girl in the known universe after all!
May 20, 2013
Patricia
marked it as to-read
May 19, 2013
Phaedra
marked it as erotic
May 03, 2013
Lisa Vazquezanzua
marked it as to-read
Apr 20, 2013
Gail
marked it as to-read
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After enjoying a career as a professional dancer/choreographer for twenty-six years, I have retired to write my book series and spend more time with family and friends.
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