Anything he can do, I can do better.
At least that was what Cassie Bucknell thought before she pinned on Ben Wilder’s badge and took to patrolling the streets of Cactus Creek, Texas. Cassie has been in love with Ben since primer school, but Ben treats her like a little sister. When they are picked to swap jobs for a month as part of the annual Cactus Creek Challenge in their Texas hometown, the schoolhouse is thrown into an uproar, the jail becomes a temporary bank vault, and Cassie and Ben square off in a battle of wills that becomes a battle for their hearts.
My Review:
published in 2015
Romantic comedy meets the Wild West. Such a fun read! I mean, how can you possibly resist reading sentences like this one:
“He almost petted her on the head since she looked so cute and disgruntled, but he figured she’d take to that about as well as a rattlesnake to having his teeth brushed.”
Seriously, this book needs to be read just for the clever word choice that’s guaranteed to generate a chuckle, never mind the impossible situations Cassie and Ben find themselves in! Plus there’s a second romance brewing in the heart of Cactus Creek and those poor souls are just as challenged as Cassie and Ben. It’s a wonder everything works out so well! That’s thanks to the cunning brilliance of the author. She’s created a fast-paced plot with plenty of action, not to mention a bevy of notorious secondary characters, that all conspired to keep me turning pages, grinning right to the very end. Sweet perfection.
GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:
This giveaway is for a gently read paperback copy and open to any reader anywhere in the world so, yay, an International Giveaway!
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