Steal Me, Cowboy

Steal Me, Cowboy By Kim Boykin

After four years of putting up with her boyfriend's hectic baseball schedule and constant marriage-avoidance, hairstylist Rainey Brown is has decided to be drastic.  She is going to drive from South Carolina to Montana with an ultimatum :  marry me or we are done.  It seemed like a good idea until her car broke down in the middle of nowhere, and the hunky cowboy saving her brought to mind many other ideas.

It doesn't take long for restaurateur Beck Hartnett to figure out what he wants, and right now, he wants Rainey.  Knowing that as soon as her car is fixed she is gone, gives him the drive to step up his game and change her mind.  Can he steal her from her baseball player in five days?  Or will he strike out?

As I have mentioned before with Ms. Boykin, she is fond of the "first person" voice for her heroines.  This was my introduction to her writing, so it took me a bit longer to acclimate than with the others I have read.

While I really like the hero of this story (who isn't going to like a sexy cowboy who can cook and keeps his hair long enough to run your fingers through), I wasn't a fan of Rainey.  She whined, took too long to make up her mind, got way too worked up over nothing (and not worked up enough over other things).  In the end, when she finally did make up her mind, she sat on it for days!

As always, the supporting characters saved the book for me.  Nell, Dillion, and Antwan are exactly what supporting characters should be.  Colorful and noticeable without completely stealing the show.

Overall, this book was a nice quick read.  It didn't strike me as a "must-read", but it is definitely a good read.

  Ratings:

(1=unacceptable, 2=poor, 3=acceptable, 4=good, 5=excellent)

Continuity/Flow – 3

Sex – 3 

Language – 3

Storyline – 4

Overall – 3