Colorado Cowboy

The O'Malley Men #3

by C.C. Coburn

Colorado rancher Luke O'Malley is shocked to hear that he has a teenage son living in New York City...and even more shocked to learn that his son is in trouble. Luke had a brief romance with Megan Montgomery years ago and had no idea it resulted in a child. He just knew it had broken his heart.Now Megan and Cody--their son--need his help. To avoid being sent to a juvenile detention center Cody must move to Colorado with his father. But there's a catch. Cody won't go unless Luke marries his mother.

It's a marriage of convenience, but their feelings from the past have never really gone away. Luke has always believed that family is the road to happiness. "Can he convince Megan of that?"

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Family, Westerns

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 21, 2010

About the author

I've been fascinated by the Rocky Mountains for as long as I can remember.

Growing up in an Australian outback town with no TV and only one radio station, my summer evenings were spent lying on the back lawn looking up at the stars and trust me, in the Aussie outback the stars shine very brightly!

Winter nights were spent inside around the fire, curled up with the latest issue of the National Geographic.

This amazing publication was my window to the outside world. I loved its fascinating stories of human endeavor (and sometimes freaky discoveries of science). But it was the glossy photographs of places with interesting names, like Nantucket and Mystic and the majesty of the Rocky Mountains' snow-clad peaks, plunging waterfalls, incredibly green trees, glaciers and enormous deep blue lakes that really captured my imagination.

The magazine's features on deserts never interested me - heck I was surrounded by desert - but whenever I picked up an issue featuring mountains or seashores, nothing could drag me away until I'd devoured every stunning photograph and every last word. I spent many long hours dreaming of visiting those faraway, fascinating places someday.

Years later, I traveled to those magical locations and experienced them first hand. They lived up to my expectations and even exceeded them.

A few years ago, my husband and I were lucky enough to purchase a home smack bang in the middle of the Colorado Rockies. We love the experience of small town Colorado life - the people are truly amazing and we've made so many wonderful friends in the States that we just can't stay away.

I now spend around five months a year living in Colorado, taking inspiration from my surroundings and the people I meet there and creating stories woven around small town life in the Rockies.

Being an author and writing about the places I love, I'm truly living my dream!

Reviews

[Wendy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was just a so-so book for me. I thought the author reached a bit too far with some of the story line...i.e. the judge marrying the hero and heroine without blood tests, waiting period, etc. as part of the punishment/rehabilitation of the 14 year old son...For me, that was probably one of the more romantic parts of the book (if it was a bit fairy tale) because there really wasn't a whole lot of 'romance' in it, if anything, they constantly seemed to be arguing about each other's kids. Heroine is too weepy, too self-conscious, too annoying - the only endearing monents with her was when she was with Luke's 4 y.o. daughter - unfortunately, I didn't buy the book to be romanced by mother - step-daughter relationship bonding. Great secondary characters...too bad I probably won't waste my money buying to read their stories.

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fantastic O'Malley brother I am soo loving these stories they are filled with so much love and wonderful families I can't get enough of them

[Ginny Rodenberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Luke and Megan had met and fallen in love when she was on a ski trip in college. Fourteen years later Luke is called to New York because his son is on the verge of becoming a juvenile delinquent. Cody bluffs them into marrying before he will agree to move to Colorado. The fun begins! I enjoy this book more every time I read it!!

[Virginia Campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Colorado Cowboy" by C.C. Coburn took me by surprise. It hit the ground running with a touching and emotional story line and a reunion romance that packed a wallop! Luke O'Malley is a true Alpha Male, and it takes a very special woman to soften his rough edges. His unhappy marriage gifted him with three young daughters whom he loves very much. After years of being manipulated by his selfish ex-wife, Luke has his hands full with running his Colorado ranch and being a father to three young ladies very much in need of a woman's caring ways. When a judge from New York contacts him and informs him that he has a teenaged son by a woman from his past, Luke is stunned. Megan Montgomery still stirs Luke's passions. When she walks into the courtroom, it is the first time he has seen her in over fifteen years. They had met when she was on a break from college and was staying at the ski-lodge where Luke was an instructor. Megan had been young, innocent, and lovely, and Luke had fallen hard and fast. Megan had given him her heart and her trust. Due to the behind the scenes contrivances of the woman who would later become his wife, Luke lost Megan, never knowing that she was carrying his child. Seeing Megan and the young man, Cody, who is undeniably his son makes Luke feel many different emotions. The one thing that he is sure of is that he wants his family all together. The judge orders joint custody, and part of that custody order is that Megan and Cody move to Colorado to be near Luke. The only way that Cody will agree is if his father marries his mother. Forced into a marriage of convenience, Megan agrees, and the judge marries them on the spot. This is a fiery, raw, and deeply-felt reunion romance. No easy answers, but real desires and conflicts. This was the third book in C.C. Coburn's "The O'Malley Men Series". The first two books in the series were "Colorado Christmas" and "The Sheriff and the Baby". A fourth book is planned, and I can't wait to read the entire series.

[Malvina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun one, about Luke, the rancher, who suddenly discovers he had a teenage son to a woman he fell in love with years ago – in fact, just before his doomed marriage to another woman who claimed to be pregnant to him. The latter skipped out of town long ago and divorced him, leaving him with three daughters, and now Cody, his troubled son, needs him... as does Megan, who’s never fallen *out* of love with him. This is an emotional and lovely romance, with the added (but handled well) emotional complications of four children adjusting to the new situation.

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: American Romance's Men of the West

[Karrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Predictable. But if you want an easy, quick read; then this is for you. There is just something I love about cowboys. Yummy!!

[Renee Entress · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the book

[Gail · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great overall conflict built in to the story and handled well. There was a suspense element thrown at the very end I thought was a tad unnecessary, but it worked okay. I enjoyed it.