Catch Me A Cowboy
by Jacquie Underdown
Release Date: August 25th
2016
Genre: Contemporary
Rural Romance
From
The Book Junkie Reads . . . Catch Me A Cowboy . . .
This was a quick, easy, sweet, read that involved a hot cowboy, a farm, horses, women, city women, and a real estate broker that needed to let go of lots of things. Emily has her moments for me. Some were a bit more challenging than others. She needs a break and what she gets is a challenge. What would you do with out friends and family pushing you to do things? Emily finds out what she will do and then some. Wil finds that he would do things not conceived by his imagination.
I had fun with this one. Cowboy Love/Romance reality tv show style. First read from Jacquie and I enjoyed it. Looking for a change of pace and need a little reality sprinkled around pick up Catch Me a Cowboy.
**This eBook was provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.**
BLURB
The biggest risks yield the greatest gains—especially in the game
of love.
Emily Wolfe, real estate agent to the elite, is tired of being
alone. So when she gets a chance to compete on a reality dating show she
decides to risk it all for love in the biggest game of her life.
The city girl is surprised how much she enjoys switching her high
heels for cowboy boots and pedicures for mud treatments—and not the kind you
find at a day spa. And she’s falling hard for Wil Parker, the sexy, rugged
farmer at the centre of the show.
Amidst the chaos, tantrums and editing tape, the heat and passion
between Emily and Wil reaches boiling point. But can they survive the imminent
explosion, let alone the fallout?
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Emily lined up in a long row on the grass, alongside the other
contestants. They were styled and primped, hair, make-up, and nails done
professionally. Glancing sidelong at the nineteen gorgeous women standing
either side of her, she could attest that Cowboy was in for a treat. She had
never seen so many delicious pouts, plump breasts and sculptured bodies in the
one place. 
Lined up, dressed in designer jeans, a white blouse tied at the
belly and stilettos that kept sinking into the damp grass, Emily felt like a
prized cow awaiting the discerning glare of the cowboy to determine if she lived
to see another day or was sent to the slaughterhouse. Her stomach churned at
the blatant objectification all around her. She wanted to roll her eyes, but
the cameras were focusing on them.
What had she been thinking of by coming here? She was a successful
woman and out-earned many of her contemporaries. She was independent and
confident. Emily did not need to be wondering if some bloke she didn’t even
know was going to approve of her. A man she already disliked because anyone who
would sign up to make women feel like a choice cut of meat wasn’t worth much.
This was a really bad idea. Her head grew light and her breathing
laboured. She could not be having a panic attack. Not now of all moments when
there were cameras capturing her every twitch. She thought back to the notes
the doctor had given her on the way out of the hospital and tried to recall one
of the methods of coping. Slow breaths. She took a long, steady breath,
in and out. Count backwards from ten as you breathe. Ten, nine …
This was ridiculous. Emily glanced at the other girls, making sure
they weren’t noticing her internal breakdown. She’d bet the directors hadn’t
contemplated one of the cattle contracting mad cow disease. Eight, seven,
six, five … What would they do if she suddenly fainted over here? All when
she was supposed to be fierce competition, not … not … this.
Four, three, two … Her dizziness was slowly subsiding and
the realisation that this calming tool may actually be working further eased
her state of mind. You have everything under control. You have made the
right decision.
A loud whooping sound beat down from the sky. Distant moans from
cows and goats could be heard. Emily, along with all the girls and camera
lenses, looked up to see what it was.
A black chopper was winding its way towards them. She forgot about
her breathing and her anxiety and watched with a gaping mouth as the helicopter
rocketed across the sky. It was like something out of a James Bond movie, not a
reality dating show.
Was Cowboy flying that thing? Perhaps her suppositions about
farming and country living needed a modern readjustment. The chopper circled
above then landed a hundred metres from where they were all standing. The
slashing blades slowed and stopped altogether. Emily held her breath as the
side door opened and a figure clad in jeans, a long-sleeved checked shirt,
cowboy hat and boots, climbed out and jumped onto the grass.
With a relaxed, casual gait, he walked towards them, the cameras
following his every move. Emily couldn’t turn her gaze from him. He was tall,
with broad shoulders and when he looked at the girls as he passed, nodding and
tipping his hat, she saw that his eyes were a brilliant blue. A healthy
spattering of whiskers covered his chin and upper lip.
Oh yes, this got incredibly real, because Cowboy was
abso-freakin’-lutely smoking hot.
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Author Info
Jacquie resides in rural Victoria, Australia, with her husband and
two sons. She holds a Bachelor of Business, studied post-grad Writing, Editing,
and Publishing at The University of Queensland, and earned a Master of Letters
from the University of Central Queensland.
Jacquie is an author of a number of novels, novellas and short
stories and is published in the genres of contemporary, fantasy and
magic-realism romance. She strives to offer romance, but with complexity;
spirituality, without the religion. Her novels express a purpose and offer
subtle messages about life, the spirit and, of course, love.
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