Title: Tempted in Texas
Author: Sara York
Genre: M/M Romance
Release Date: October 31, 2015
Rusty Briggs knows his chance of finding a man while living outside of Sweetwater, Texas are slim to none. Few know about his little secret, but his ranch hands have run out on him and the folks in town aren’t as hospitable as they were before the incident. He’s resigned himself to the fact that working his ranch will have to be enough or he will need to sell and move to the big city…that is until he meets Trent Anderson.
On the outside Trent appears to be a man with full access to silver spoons and caviar dreams, but his parents cut him off and tossed him out once they discovered he was gay. After living on the street, selling himself, then ending up in a destructive relationship, Trent pulled his life together and came out on top, all by using his compassion and intelligence—or so Trent thinks. Recently, Trent’s grandfather passed away and left him his ranch, as long as he meets a few conditions, like living in Texas for ninety days. But Trent’s secret benefactor, Reed, is dissatisfied that Trent isn’t living in Atlanta and wants him back. The only issue for Reed is that Trent is involved with Rusty.
Money, greed, lust, and power work to keep Rusty and Trent apart. They are forced to trust each other when life falls apart, but can they actually become close enough in ninety days to create a solid, trusting relationship, or will old relationships come between them?
*ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review
Save a horse and ride a cowboy? Well I guess that’s what Trent
did when he is forced to live ninety days in Texas on the ranch his bigoted
grandfather has bequeathed him subject to him adhering to the conditions set.
There he meets his kindly neighbour Rusty who also happens to be a sexy as hell cowboy and gay. Result!
Rusty has been managing on his smaller ranch on his own
due to his workforce leaving when they found out he was gay. Rusty doesn’t
venture much into town or mingle with the townsfolk, he doesn’t need that kind
of attention. But when he sees the guy in the flash car arrive at the
neighbouring ranch he feels a need to go and support him. Especially as he has
no electricity, furniture or food and drink. But once he lays eyes on the man
he is hooked to wanting more in return from Trent.
I did like this sweet storyline and the relationship of
Rusty and Trent. There wasn’t much drama which I have come to expect when a
story is set in Texas where the drama tends to be about the bigotry of the locals.
None so much in this book, in fact Rusty and Trent do not venture into town
much at all. However trouble does come looking for them in the shape of Reed, Trent’s
rich friend from Atlanta. I was a little confused about Reed as he came across
as a likable, rich sexy older guy but then the storyline made me think maybe he
is not meant to be that. It just got a little confusing as to his part in the
story – the nice older guy or a jealous leech. I also thought the second
incident with him was just a repetition of the first so the story kind of got
caught in a loop which had me scratching my head. Another instance was when
Rusty’s old hook up turned up which was a little predictable.
For me I would have liked to have had more angst and drama
interwoven with the sweet that was Rusty and Trent, as they were definite
winners.
As I say a lovely sweet romance, light on the drama but
heavy on the love between two lost beautiful men. Three and a half stars.
Writing is Sara's life. The stories fight to get out, often leaving her working on four or five books at once. She can't help but write. Along with her writing addiction she has a coffee addiction. Some nights, the only reason she stops writing and goes to sleep is for the fresh brewed coffee in the morning.
Sara enjoys writing twisted tales of passion, anger, and love with a good healthy dose of lust thrown in for fun. Almost a quarter of a century ago Sara met her lover, falling for him after knowing him for ten minutes. Sara's passion for him comes out in her stories, mixing with her passion for life, love, and good times, flowing onto the page and becoming tales from the heart.
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