This cowboy and cowgirl sell the steak and the sizzle….
Visit the ranch in COWBOY PLAYER, the third book in the Cowboy Cocktail series by Mia Hopkins...
Title: Cowboy Player
Series: Cowboy Cocktail #3
Author: Mia Hopkins
Genre: Erotic Romance
Release Date: 28 June 2016
Blurb
For eight years, Melody Santos played the game of love and lost—big time. Now she’s back in her tiny hometown looking after her younger sister, making ends meet with an assortment of odd jobs. When her childhood best friend hires her to help him sell his family’s grass-fed beef, the last thing she anticipates is falling in lust with the legendary, brown-eyed player.
To put his family’s cattle ranch back in the black, Clark MacKinnon has his sights set on big contracts—gourmet chefs and restaurateurs. If that means long hours traveling from farmer’s market to farmer’s market, Clark doesn’t mind. Particularly since his new assistant is his childhood crush, all grown up and sexy as hell.
One night in bed leaves them breathless and hungry for more. But when his love-’em-and-leave-’em reputation collides with her trust issues, Clark and Melody must face the truth about what they’ve become: not friends, not lovers, but players in a game that’s impossible to win.
Warning: Contains filthy banter, raunchy sex, excessive Johnny Cash references, and hundreds of pounds of raw beef.
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Excerpt
“I know you don’t do relationships,” Melody said softly.
“I would try it. For you.”
“You don’t want to get tangled up with me,” she said, shaking her head. “I have serious trust issues. I’m poison.”
“Jesus, stop it.”
Fear, real and cold, cut through the warmth swirling in her chest. She’d never asked a man to sleep with her before. “I don’t want to lose you as a friend,” she said slowly. “But tonight, I can’t help wanting…” She trailed off, unable to find the words.
They were quiet for a long time.
When he finally spoke, Clark’s voice was deep and steady. “I think I know what you want, because I want it too.” He stroked her hair and kissed her temple, the exact same place he’d kissed when he first invited her down this rabbit hole. “One last night together. Right?”
She gasped softly, relishing the sensation of his lips on her bare skin. Pleasure spiked in her brain like a drug.
“One last night together,” she repeated. “Then we leave this part of us behind. It stays here and we move on. What do you think?”
He was quiet for a moment. He stroked her lower back, edging lower and lower with each languid sweep. “If this is going to be the last time I’m going to make love to you,” he whispered against her neck, “I’m going to give you everything I’ve got. Are you ready for that?”
The sultry promise in his voice sharpened her senses. She was more than ready.
“Yes,” she whispered.
Review
Cowboy Player is the third book in the Cowboy Cocktail
series of erotic novellas which features the MacKinnon brothers. This is Clark MacKinnon
and Melody’s story. Each can be read as a standalone.
This was a short and extremely sexy story of best friends
becoming lovers, one of my favourite tropes in romance.
Melody has returned back to her home town of Oleander after
eight years away. She is now firmly back in the community and establishing her
friendship with Clark by working for him. However the close proximity is
bringing forward different emotions of how she is feeling about her best friend
but then on a night out she discovers he is feeling the same way too.
The pair quickly agree to let these new feelings of passion
for each other to be unleashed and oh my how hot it got between them. As in all
good romances though there is always that bit of hesitation, a bit of angst to
hinder the ride to a sweet HEA and in this case it is Melody’s trust issues due
to her past relationship and Clark’s reputation with the ladies.
This book is my favourite in the series and I loved how this
author really builds up the passionate intensity and chemistry between the two
lovers. She capitalises on all the senses by describing in detail of the
feelings, the touch, the smells but most of all the sounds of sex. A lot of
authors miss out this key sense of sound as this is one of the most alluring
parts of a great hot sex scene. It was sensationally steamy!
If you are looking for a quick, hot sexy but romantic read
of best friends becoming lovers and more then this is one I would recommend.
Four and a half stars.
*ARC kindly provided by the publishers Samhain Publishing via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
See what people are saying about the Cowboy Cocktail series
“The writing is excellent, the emotions leap off the page, and the sex is downright earthy…This is a feel-good romance with a strong, career-minded heroine, a swoon-worthy working class hero, a great setting and lots of lovingly detailed sex.”
—Jill Sorenson, RITA-nominated author of romantic suspense
“Mia Hopkins one of the most exciting new voices in red-hot contemporary romance. Add her to your must-read list. Now!”
-Samanthe Beck, USA Today Bestselling Author
“Mia Hopkins' sexy cowboy hero and sassy bookish heroine burn up the pages from the moment they lock eyes.”
-Cat Johnson, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author
“Beautifully descriptive...hot, sexy and full of yearning!”
-Delilah Devlin, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author
"I love a story that surprises me by putting a different spin on the standard trope of boy meets girl...Mia Hopkins is an imaginative author who doesn’t take the easy road to a formulaic book."
—Becky Condit, USA TODAY Happy Ever After blog
"This erotic romance is seriously dirty. Dean and Monica play hard....I have also read the first book in this series, Cowboy Valentine and recommend it as well."
—Jennifer Porter, Romance Novel News
Author Bio
Mia Hopkins writes lush romances starring fun, sexy characters who love to get down and dirty. She's a sucker for working class heroes, brainy heroines and wisecracking best friends.
When she's not lost in a story, Mia spends her time cooking, gardening, traveling, volunteering and looking for her keys. In a past life, she was a classroom teacher and still has a pretty good "teacher voice" and "teacher stare."
She lives in the heart of Los Angeles with her roguish husband and two waggish dogs.
You can also visit her online at the following places:
