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Rode Hard, Put Up Wet (Rough Riders #2)
Workin up a hot, sticky sweat is pure pleasure with a hard-ridin cowboy or two. Struggling stock contractor Gemma Jansen swallows her pride and tracks down circuit rider Cash Big Crow to offer him a job managing her ranch. Cash agrees on one condition: theirs won't be strictly a working relationship. She's the boss during the day, but once she's corralled in the bedroom, C...more
Paperback, 300 pages
Published
August 2008
by Samhain Publishing
(first published October 23rd 2007)
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morning, sunny!
i am probably going to spoil huge chunks of plot in this review. and i am okay with that. there is no way anyone is reading this book for the articles. this is just about the frequent and inexplicable intercourse between some bipolar couples and their friends.
oh, bodice ripper club, the things i read for you.
people seem to love this book/series. and i don't want to rip on a beloved series, so let me just say right here that i am completely the wrong market for erotica. i don't ge...more
i am probably going to spoil huge chunks of plot in this review. and i am okay with that. there is no way anyone is reading this book for the articles. this is just about the frequent and inexplicable intercourse between some bipolar couples and their friends.
oh, bodice ripper club, the things i read for you.
people seem to love this book/series. and i don't want to rip on a beloved series, so let me just say right here that i am completely the wrong market for erotica. i don't ge...more
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Giddyup western-themed romance lovers (yeah, I never knew there was a market for it either). This book has something for almost everyone (if you're looking for a book containing tons of sex and you don't mind that most of the characters are assholes.)
In alphabetical order
Anal: Check
Big strong man protecting little woman from thunderstorms: Check
Blindfolds: Check
Bondage: Check
Boss/employee sex: Check
Cougar: Check
Cowboys: Check
Cowgirl position: Check
Daddy issues: Check
Dildos: Check
Lube: Check
M/M (...more
In alphabetical order
Anal: Check
Big strong man protecting little woman from thunderstorms: Check
Blindfolds: Check
Bondage: Check
Boss/employee sex: Check
Cougar: Check
Cowboys: Check
Cowgirl position: Check
Daddy issues: Check
Dildos: Check
Lube: Check
M/M (...more
I’m never sure how to review a book like this, because I don’t really go into it expecting a truly deep, emotional read and yet, that’s what I need to make the story work for me. On one hand, I know what I’m getting when I read these books – sex, and lots of it, but on the other hand, while I don’t feel an overwhelming desire to bring these cowboys home with me, I do care about their characters and want to see them be happy… but on the other other hand, I’m never really convinced they end up tha...more
Jul 13, 2008
Daisiemae
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
All of my friends here...Auntee and Laura...your gonna love this cowboy...I PROMISE
Recommended to Daisiemae by:
I really like the author
HOLY COW! I LOVED THIS BOOK! Not only do we get to read about Gemma and Cash getting into one HOT relationship, we get a two-fer with Cash's daughter Macie and her smokin' hot relationship with Carter McKay.
I literally read this book in one setting. Cash is trying to establish a relationship with his daughter Macie. Having her at a VERY young age (16) he hasn't been around much. Guilt-ridden and hoping to change their relationship to the better, he asks her to spend the summer with him on the r...more
I literally read this book in one setting. Cash is trying to establish a relationship with his daughter Macie. Having her at a VERY young age (16) he hasn't been around much. Guilt-ridden and hoping to change their relationship to the better, he asks her to spend the summer with him on the r...more
There's a fair amount of frank sex talk and cussing in this review. If you don't like that sort of thing, you won't like this book anyway.
I really dislike this book. So far, all of the romances I've read - which, yeah, is like twelve - even ones I've disliked have gotten at least two stars from me because of the Skye O'Malley bestiality rape test: is a child nearly raped by dogs? No? Extra star. Absolutely no one is raped by dogs in this book, and I don't want to imply that there's even a hint o...more
I really dislike this book. So far, all of the romances I've read - which, yeah, is like twelve - even ones I've disliked have gotten at least two stars from me because of the Skye O'Malley bestiality rape test: is a child nearly raped by dogs? No? Extra star. Absolutely no one is raped by dogs in this book, and I don't want to imply that there's even a hint o...more
Opening line: That horse nearly throwed you clean into the funeral parlour, boy."
Giddy-up Cowgirls, Welcome to another deliciously hot read from Lorelei James’s addictive Roughriders. This is book 2 in the series although for some reason I missed it the first time through. So now even though I’m up to book 9, I had a super fun time going back to the beginning and revisiting the delicious McKay boys before they all grew up, got married and started acting responsible and repopulating most of Wyomi...more
Giddy-up Cowgirls, Welcome to another deliciously hot read from Lorelei James’s addictive Roughriders. This is book 2 in the series although for some reason I missed it the first time through. So now even though I’m up to book 9, I had a super fun time going back to the beginning and revisiting the delicious McKay boys before they all grew up, got married and started acting responsible and repopulating most of Wyomi...more
Jun 26, 2012
Leah
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommended to Leah by:
Suzanne the Mighty ~Satin Seductress~
Shelves:
ebooks-kindle,
wheres-the-bonfire,
author-lorelei-james,
series-rough-riders,
3-stars,
menage-a-trois,
secondary-love-plots-make-me-swoon,
scars-and-tats-and-piercings-oh-my,
happy-slapsgiving,
quotes-quotes-everywhere,
recommendations,
horrible-heroine-alert,
its-all-in-the-accent,
second-mate,
half-star-ratings
First things first, you all should be very proud of me because it only took me a couple of days to read this one, whereas it took me a whole month to read the first! *does happy dance*
But down to my analysis of the book...I think the characters in this book might have been more ridiculous than the ones in the first. Not, of course, in the sense that they infuriated me more, because they certainly didn't, but because they were just so fucking bipolar! The constant mood swings, especially Macie's...more
But down to my analysis of the book...I think the characters in this book might have been more ridiculous than the ones in the first. Not, of course, in the sense that they infuriated me more, because they certainly didn't, but because they were just so fucking bipolar! The constant mood swings, especially Macie's...more
Aug 10, 2008
Auntee
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of erotic westerns
Recommended to Auntee by:
DaisieMae
Wonderful read! Hot, explicit, erotic and ultimately romantic book! In this one you get a "two-fer": the May/December romance of 38 yr. old Cash Big Crow and 48 yr. old Gemma Jansen, and the story of Cash's long lost daughter, 22 year old Macie Honeycutt and 26 yr. old struggling artist Carter McKay.
This book is all about second chances. Widowed Gemma gets a second chance at love, Cash gets a second chance with the daughter he barely knows and neglected all her life. Carter gets a second chance...more
This book is all about second chances. Widowed Gemma gets a second chance at love, Cash gets a second chance with the daughter he barely knows and neglected all her life. Carter gets a second chance...more
Oct 11, 2008
Julie (jjmachshev)
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommended to Julie (jjmachshev) by:
Daisiemae
Shelves:
2008-reads,
erotica
What a great story by Lorelei James. "Rode Hard, Put Up Wet" is a two-romance book. We get an older couple and a younger couple...doesn't get much better than that!! Word of warning tho, this book has oral sex, anal sex, vaginal sex, menage sex, sex with ropes, and sex with toys. YIPPEE!
Gemma finally gives in and contacts Cash, the rodeo circuit rider she's been attracted to for over a year. She needs his help on her ranch and he quickly agrees...with one condition. He wants Gemma in his bed and...more
Gemma finally gives in and contacts Cash, the rodeo circuit rider she's been attracted to for over a year. She needs his help on her ranch and he quickly agrees...with one condition. He wants Gemma in his bed and...more
Apr 28, 2011
♥ Sam ♥ ~S2~Im made of awesomness
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Western Romance Fans, Erotic Romance Fans, Lorelei James Fans
review at http://shamelessromancereviews.blogsp...
Whoo-wee!!
I think ill be gettin' my self down to a rodeo very soon and findin me a cowboy!
Just another fabulous story in the Rough Riders Series.
Still trying to figure out who this story was really meant to be about. In the beginning I though the book was going to be souly about Gemma and Cash but I feel the story focused more on Cater and Macie.
I loved both stories and didn't feel torn between which or who I preferred. The switching of story l...more
Whoo-wee!!
I think ill be gettin' my self down to a rodeo very soon and findin me a cowboy!
Just another fabulous story in the Rough Riders Series.
Still trying to figure out who this story was really meant to be about. In the beginning I though the book was going to be souly about Gemma and Cash but I feel the story focused more on Cater and Macie.
I loved both stories and didn't feel torn between which or who I preferred. The switching of story l...more
I forgot I hadn't written a review for this one. Oops!
Since others here at GR have summarized this book already, I'll skip over that part of my review.
I enjoyed this one probably about the same amount as the first book in the series. Though the two have a rather different tone to them. Long, Hard Ride had a sort of darker vibe to the book, and played around with BDSM a little bit. But Rode Hard, Put Up Wet has a softer feel to it. The emotions and love are a stronger presence throughout the book...more
Since others here at GR have summarized this book already, I'll skip over that part of my review.
I enjoyed this one probably about the same amount as the first book in the series. Though the two have a rather different tone to them. Long, Hard Ride had a sort of darker vibe to the book, and played around with BDSM a little bit. But Rode Hard, Put Up Wet has a softer feel to it. The emotions and love are a stronger presence throughout the book...more
ordered 8/6
Gotta love hot cowboy sex and a good story to boot!!! gemma has reservations about being with Cash maily that she is older than him. But Cash has been in love with Gem from the moment he first met her a couple of years before. but she was just getting over the loss of her husband so Cash waited. Now he has his chance.
This one also has the story of Cash's daughter Macie and one of them Bad Boy mcKay's, Carter. But Carter is not the bad boy that they all think he is.
Just loved this stor...more
Gotta love hot cowboy sex and a good story to boot!!! gemma has reservations about being with Cash maily that she is older than him. But Cash has been in love with Gem from the moment he first met her a couple of years before. but she was just getting over the loss of her husband so Cash waited. Now he has his chance.
This one also has the story of Cash's daughter Macie and one of them Bad Boy mcKay's, Carter. But Carter is not the bad boy that they all think he is.
Just loved this stor...more
I gave this book 3 stars on the sex scenes alone. Gemma and Cash were good but they weren't great. I just plain didn't like Carter, his personality was so volatile, causing me not to care about his relationship with Macie. The best thing about Carter was when Cash beat him up. But it won't keep me from continuing with the series.
Oh Lorelei James, you do make me blush girl. (Imagine me saying that in my best Western accent).
Only 2 books in and I already love this series!! It is so raunchy and HOT, HOT, HOT.
I am going to have to drop all my other books until I finish this series.
Only 2 books in and I already love this series!! It is so raunchy and HOT, HOT, HOT.
I am going to have to drop all my other books until I finish this series.
What a great book! Chock full of smut with an actual plot...go figure! Although this second book in the series is said to be Gemma and Cash's story, I thought it was more about Carter and Macie. Carter is the quiet and artistic McKay brother who has been waiting, quite literally for the girl from his dreams--enter Macie, Cash Big Crow's adult daughter.
Both Cash and Carter struggle with opening up to their women--there is also a power struggle in and outside the bedroom for both couples which ma...more
Both Cash and Carter struggle with opening up to their women--there is also a power struggle in and outside the bedroom for both couples which ma...more
Aug 20, 2008
Laura
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
fans of romantic erotica
Recommended to Laura by:
Auntee, Shellie
Shelves:
romantica-erotica
Okay, Auntee and Shellie, you were soooo right about this one. I liked it much better than “Long Hard Ride.” I always loved Cash, and this is truly a beautiful love story about how Cash Big Crow and Gemma finally got together. Plus, Cash has a daughter, Macie, who falls for one of the younger McCay brothers, Carter. Both couples have a wonderful HEA ending in this one. In fact both women receive marriage proposals from their guys. Since they all live together on Bar 9 Ranch I think it would be c...more
Aug 23, 2012
Giulia~Bubbles
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
those who enjoy explict sex, romance fans
Holy hell, this read made me cry. Is erotica supposed to do that? Is this erotica? Cuz it sure as hell read like pure romance to me. With raunchy sex, but still. Spoilers ahead.
All right, so never in my life did I think I'd up pick books with this much explicit sexual content. And I have to say, sometimes I roll my eyes at the variety of sexual encounters that these people engage in. As my girlfriend recently asked me after reading some of her own erotica, wouldn't her muck hurt? I told her she...more
All right, so never in my life did I think I'd up pick books with this much explicit sexual content. And I have to say, sometimes I roll my eyes at the variety of sexual encounters that these people engage in. As my girlfriend recently asked me after reading some of her own erotica, wouldn't her muck hurt? I told her she...more
One thing I love about this series is that I didn't need to read the first book in order to be able to follow the second. Some of the characters from the first book make brief appearances, and it was nice to see them, but knowing or not knowing thier backstories would not affect this story.
Author Lorelei James has a knack for giving us characters we feel we know. They have personality quirks we can identify with, and none of it has to do with what happens during the extremely hot, intense, sex s...more
Author Lorelei James has a knack for giving us characters we feel we know. They have personality quirks we can identify with, and none of it has to do with what happens during the extremely hot, intense, sex s...more
One very hot book. Besides the hot and plentiful sex there was alot of emotional play at work. Gemma adjusting to the age difference between her and Cash, Macie learning to trust and accept that she deserves to be loved. Carter finally grew up and stopped his whining. The characters were all very believable and likeable.
I like this one so much more than the first one. She has a writing style that make this book easy to get into. Sweet relationships and very hot sex.
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A good second installment to this series. Two very romantic and creative couples! :) Be forwarned this book contains a M/M/M scene and M/F/M scene as well as lots anal play and all sorts of M/F variations! Whoo wee! I am plumb tuckered out after reading this one! I am just amazed at how well the sex is incorporated into the story line. All that kink come out of a whole lot of trust developing in the relationship. As well as being super hot, it also works to drive the romance forward. This is the...more
Gemma and Cash finally get together - thank goodness because those two are perfect for each other and I rooted for them so much in the previous book. While we are spinning our web for those two, we get the meat of the story, sorry G&C, which is Cash's 22 year old daughter her fathered at 16, Macie, and the baby boy of the MacKay clan, Carter the artist. While Cash and Gemma have maturity on their side in their relationship, and some stupidity, because that is the nature of the beast, Macie a...more
Loved the first in this series so moved onto the next..
Cash & Gemma we meet in book 1 briefly but Macie & Carter are new.
I loved dynamic of the two couples in this book and really felt for the characters story.
Gemma feeling that passion is lost to her forever since the death of her husband but is trying to move on in the arms of Cash who she has secretly wanted since meeting him over a year ago. Cash has wanted Gemma since first meeting her but she is independent, in charge and is not l...more
Cash & Gemma we meet in book 1 briefly but Macie & Carter are new.
I loved dynamic of the two couples in this book and really felt for the characters story.
Gemma feeling that passion is lost to her forever since the death of her husband but is trying to move on in the arms of Cash who she has secretly wanted since meeting him over a year ago. Cash has wanted Gemma since first meeting her but she is independent, in charge and is not l...more
Carter McKay is a son of the McKay Ranch. And although he has grown up on a ranch and he knows how to be a cowboy, his heart is not in it. He went to art school, and he is an artist. He is helping Gemma Jansen at her Ranch and using a barn to work it as a art studio, for his up coming art show in a few months. Him and Gemma are at the rodeo for the day when he notices Macie Honeycutt the woman he has been dreaming of. He has tried to draw her but couldn't seem to get her face right. Now he must...more
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I first read Lorelei James when her book Slow Ride was free on B&N. Within 24 hours I had all the Rough Rider series loaded onto my Nook and, within a week, I not only read them all but was half-way through them a 2nd time. Seems I couldn't get enough of Rodeos, Cowboys or hot, sweaty cowboy sex. Yee-haw! I fell in love with every McKay and West and envied all of their girls and a few of their guys. I fell in love with the word “nekkid”and don't think I'...more
I first read Lorelei James when her book Slow Ride was free on B&N. Within 24 hours I had all the Rough Rider series loaded onto my Nook and, within a week, I not only read them all but was half-way through them a 2nd time. Seems I couldn't get enough of Rodeos, Cowboys or hot, sweaty cowboy sex. Yee-haw! I fell in love with every McKay and West and envied all of their girls and a few of their guys. I fell in love with the word “nekkid”and don't think I'...more
4 Stars! ~ It’s been two years since Gemma Jansen’s husband died, and at 47 she’s ready to move on. She’s ready for Cash Big Crow to come back into her life; last year she’d pushed aside his advances as she hadn’t been over her grieving. Her neighbour Colby McKay has let Gemma know that Cash is no longer on the rodeo circuit and looking for full time work, and as she needs a ranch foreman desperately, she seeks him out. Cash is happy to take the job on two conditions, one his 22 year old daughte...more
Disclaimer: I read this under duress for a book group. This was not the book for me, obviously. It may be the book for you; I am not commenting on that.
Things that are worse than reading this book:
1. Listening to Rick Perry or Rick Santorum on gay rights (Rick Santorum, by the way, wouldn't like this book because it encourages sex for other than pro-creation purposes).
2. Being ill in the hospital (I do have some perspective here).
3. Listening for more than a minute to anyone who is crushed, in e...more
Things that are worse than reading this book:
1. Listening to Rick Perry or Rick Santorum on gay rights (Rick Santorum, by the way, wouldn't like this book because it encourages sex for other than pro-creation purposes).
2. Being ill in the hospital (I do have some perspective here).
3. Listening for more than a minute to anyone who is crushed, in e...more
Second in the Rough Riders erotic western romance series. The couple focus is on two different couples on the same ranch: Cash and Gemma and Carter and Macie.
My Take
It is nice to read an erotic romance about an older woman!
When Cash tells Gemma he'll be the boss in bed, he doesn't mean it literally. He means he's the boss when it comes to sex whether it takes place in the barn, the kitchen, a pasture...anywhere he might choose to demand her body and make some creative uses of ropes and spankin...more
My Take
It is nice to read an erotic romance about an older woman!
When Cash tells Gemma he'll be the boss in bed, he doesn't mean it literally. He means he's the boss when it comes to sex whether it takes place in the barn, the kitchen, a pasture...anywhere he might choose to demand her body and make some creative uses of ropes and spankin...more
Another great book in this series! Plus it's three loves stories in one book, two romance and one father/daughter. Gemma goes and gets her cowboy Cash Big Crow to bring back to help run her ranch. She is having issues since she became a widow. He agrees with some dominant stipulations, he will be sharing her bed. He also doesn't hide the fact he is a no-back-talk/no-holds-barred type of lover. I was glad to read this after the tiny build up in Long Hard Ride.
Cash Big Crow is trying to start over...more
Cash Big Crow is trying to start over...more
May 22, 2011
Joy
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
fans of lorelei james, hot sex, cowboys
I loved this one! Lorelei James got me hooked with this series I can't wait to read the next! But first, I'd like to give a rundown on why I enjoyed reading this in one sitting.
It's amazing how authors give a new perspective, there's Gemma, the widow whom we first read about in Long, Hard Ride, and how Channing nudged Cash Big Crow to just go for it, go for being together with Gemma. Things were subdued later on and we find them back together here, but wait, there's more! Cash's daughter (whom n...more
It's amazing how authors give a new perspective, there's Gemma, the widow whom we first read about in Long, Hard Ride, and how Channing nudged Cash Big Crow to just go for it, go for being together with Gemma. Things were subdued later on and we find them back together here, but wait, there's more! Cash's daughter (whom n...more
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“I know it’s stupid, but I’m just so crazy in love with her I wanted everyone to know it. To see how lucky I am. To brag that this…perfect woman is mine. That she picked me. That she loves me.”
“What do you care that the whole world knows that?” Colt said. “Jeez, Carter, the only important thing is you know.”
Colby and Cord both gave Colt an odd look.”
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“What do you care that the whole world knows that?” Colt said. “Jeez, Carter, the only important thing is you know.”
Colby and Cord both gave Colt an odd look.”
“You're playing with fire askin' that question, darlin'."
"Why's that?"
"'Cause my very explicit answer would make you blush like a virgin and run screamin' for the Black Hills.”
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"'Cause my very explicit answer would make you blush like a virgin and run screamin' for the Black Hills.”
