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Hot Holiday Rancher
Hot Holiday Rancher
Hot Holiday Rancher
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Hot Holiday Rancher

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Being stranded for Christmas


never had so much sizzle!

Texas Cattleman’s Club member Jesse Stevens just hired a matchmaker to lure an appropriate wife to his remote ranch. But when a flash flood dumps Houston heiress Esme Perry on his doorstep instead, days before Christmas, is it a sign? Esme is smart, sexy…and a big-city girl to the core. Totally wrong for him. So why can’t they keep their hands off each other?



LanguageEnglish
Release dateNov 1, 2019
ISBN9781488046896
Hot Holiday Rancher
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Catherine Mann

USA TODAY bestselling author Catherine Mann has books in print in more than 20 countries with Harlequin Desire, Harlequin Romantic Suspense, HQN and other imprints. A six-time RITA finalist, she has won both a RITA and Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award. Mother of four, Catherine lives in South Carolina where she enjoys kayaking, hiking with her dog and volunteering in animal rescue. FMI, visit: catherinemann.com.

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    The blurb (which I realize the author has no control over) leads you to believe these two are trapped together through Christmas. There is tree trimming and present wrapping, other than that there isn’t much holiday content. As far as being trapped together, there is a storm, yet several characters came and went from Jesse’s ranch with ease, Esme does have car trouble, though mostly it seemed like she stayed because she wanted to rather than because they were genuinely stuck together. When Esme shows up at Jesse’s home in the middle of a storm intent on winning his vote for her father, she’s focused on her career and impressing her dad, romance is the last thing on her mind. Jesse isn’t interested in romance either, he’s hired a matchmaker to be as matter-of-fact as possible when it comes to starting a family, love is not part of his criteria for finding a wife. But attraction tempts the pair to change their plans. I liked the chemistry between Esme and Jesse, and the comedic interactions between Esme and Jesse’s potential matches. I was interested in Jesse’s distance from his sister and the psychology that had him so desperate for a family that he would turn it into a business deal. I was interested in Esme feeling left out by her twin sisters and I really wanted to see more of her doing her job. However, the book didn’t ultimately explore those things or dig into Esme and Jesse’s relationship, instead what little conflict they had mostly revolved around she’s a city gal and he’s a country guy, which sure, where to live could be a stumbling block except it’s not like you see Esme miserable at the ranch, there isn’t much evidence beyond her wardrobe as to why she wouldn’t fit in there, so to have that serve as a breaking point for them felt like a reach.It probably didn’t help that there really wasn’t room to go deeper on the conflict and/or emotion in the main story when so many pages were given over to the secondary story. This is presented as Esme and Jesse’s story (in the blurb and also in the initial set-up) yet they often took a backseat to Esme’s sister Angela, Angela’s fiance, and a villain, all three had their own POV’s and were at the center of things for the second half of the book, yes, Esme and Jesse were there but more as bystanders than as active players in the action and drama (action and drama that felt more like Harlequin’s Intrigue line than Desire).It’s entirely possible that I would have found this more rewarding had I read the previous books in the series, an earlier introduction to the sister, Angela, might have had me more invested in her story. However, this wasn’t supposed to be Angela’s story. And, Harlequin series written by multiple authors over many years tend to be structured so that you can read individual books as a stand-alone, the author even suggests as much at the front of this book. Plus, even if I had been familiar with Angela, I’m still not sure how satisfying it would have been to feel shortchanged on the main characters so the book could focus on others.

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