Big Bad Cowboy by Carly Bloom

Author: Carly Bloom
Release date: 10/30/2018

This book did one of the things that I do not like….having "cowboy" in the title without the hero "actually" being a cowboy. It annoys me to no end and it makes me pout because I love cowboy romances. They are the best and when I pick up a romance book that has cowboy in the title, I automatically get under my blankets because I need alone time. This made me throw my blankets on the floor and to proceed with putting my kindle away for the night. How disappointing.!  -_-

Okay…I know that I have not posted a review in a while and I just wanted to let you know that I was going through a dry spell.  First off reading is a major part of my life, but these past 2 months have been blah!!  Enough about my life, let's get the review of Big Bad Cowboy.

First off, this is a masquerade, secret identity type of story with hot sex in  a shed involving little red riding hood and the big bad wolf.  I know right.!  The funny thing is, I am NOT kidding and this is how it starts off. Under the forceful advice of her friend, Maggie decides to wear a sexy little red riding hood costume to a potential client's Halloween party.  It's there that she meets the big bad wolf who is really  Travis, who recently came from the military to take care of his family's ranch and nephew.  Without knowing each other's real identity, the have hot, fairytale sex in an old shed. How hot.!! The real dilemma in the story comes when Maggie and Travis has to share a contract involving landscaping and the hilarious thing is, Travis recognizes Maggie, but Maggie does not recognize him. There is a lot of sexting going on and Travis being a wimp because he is scared to say, "hey Maggie, I am the big bad wolf, can we have round 2?".  The big shoe that is waiting to drop comes in the form of Maggie finding out that Travis is really the wolf. When will she realize it.? When?

This book was kind of hard for me to rate because it started off hot, interesting and a little rivalry to carry the story, but as it went along it started to lose its spark. Travis and Maggie had chemistry and the author did a good job with writing lovely scenes.  At the beginning of the story, Maggie is madly in love with her best friend JD and when a big secret is revealed about him, she brushes it off.  Hello, she was just in love with him about a week ago and now she's just like meh, whatever.  I found that confusing and annoying.  I liked Travis because he had a big heart and he had the world on his shoulders along with taking care of his adorable nephew.  I did not connect with the characters the way that I wanted to and that was depressing.

In addition, the only "cowboy" thing about Travis is the fact that he is trying to save his family's ranch.  His character does not give off that "cowboy" vibe.

All in all, I had to give it three stars because this book just did not carry the great energy throughout the whole story. No tea or blankets, just my book. Sigh!

Rating 3 Stars ⭐⭐⭐