Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Enticing Hart #1
SERIES: Wyoming Lovers Trilogy
AUTHOR: Mae Hancock
PUBLISHER: Loose Id
LENGTH: 183 pages
BLURB:
Hart Emile is tired of cruising for guys, living a soulless existence. He needs a change; so when an acquaintance gives him the number of the gay friendly Red Fox Ranch that’s hiring for staff, he heads south.
Oak Redman is eighteen years old and desperate to explore his awakening sexuality. The moment Hart lays eyes on the handsome young rancher he’s smitten. Not only is Oak hot, spirited and very persistent, he is also the ranch boss’s son and strictly off limits. Hart tries to fight his feelings and to respect his boss and the family who quickly become dear to him, but after Oak’s Grandma suggests he gets with Oak he can’t deny himself the most exciting and enticing man he has ever met.
Hart’s not the only man to have noticed how sweet and charming Oak Redman is. A family friend, Steve, is also anxious to have the affections of the young rancher. Can Hart work out Steve’s dark secrets before it’s too late and keep his job, his lover and his life?
REVIEW:
I have the toughest time reviewing books like this. What seems to happen is there are certain aspects I really like, then there are aspects I really dislike and balancing those all out leaves me boggled. I was really interested in this book because the blurb sounded fantastic and probably because I hadn’t read a good cowboy romance in awhile, so I was due.
At the beginning, this whole courtship was so believable, the push and pull, the mating dance was everything I wanted it to be. I loved the initial fire between these two men. It was explosive. I really appreciated Hart abiding by the father’s wishes, it made me care about him and respect his feelings for Oak, that much more. But about 60-70% into the book the whole relationship turned really corny for me. I felt myself rolling my eyes, repeatedly and it was such a weird thing because the majority of the first part totally sucked me in.
Another thing that just irritated the holy heck out of me was all the warning signs that were blatantly ignored. It seemed to me that everyone and I mean EVERYONE had little doubts about a certain someone’s sanity but no one wanted to do anything about it?
I knew going into this that it would be a trilogy so I didn’t factor Bay too much into my review but his whole situation was strange to me. There has to be a reason he was so willing to move on one person and so unwilling to move on another person?? The disconnect between the two is bothersome. I can’t wait to read the back-story on that.
On the whole, this book was just ok for me. I struggle with the “I love you’s” but no real basis for them. For me, it all wasn’t ironed out or solid, so it fell flat. And that really kills me to say because at first I loved these two together, like really loved. Then it went too much too fast with no substance.
With that said, I truly enjoyed the writing and I would be very much interested in reading book two. I want it to fill some holes for me and make me feel that initial euphoria I felt at the beginning of this story. I look forward to it actually.
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