Please Me, Cowboy

Please Me, Cowboy by Megan Crane

Jonah Flint is the master of his world.  If he says "jump", everyone around him says "how high?"  He is admittedly cold and doesn't care about anyone...well, anyone except his too emotional twin brother, Jasper.  When Jonah hears that Jasper is planning to propose to a "nobody school teacher from nowhere", he makes it his personal mission to rescue his brother from the clutches of this Montana gold-digger and remind him of the life that he once lived.  In order to do that he needs an accomplice.  A woman as cold and cunning as he is who can convince Jasper that she and Jonah are for real, and can put Little Miss Montana in her place...in Jasper's rear view.

Gracelyn Packard never thought that she would see Montana again.  Because she never wanted to see Montana again.  Being raised as white trash on the Montana prairie, Gracelyn left the moment she turned eighteen and never looked back.  Well, that connection may have just gained her the greatest honor of her career, but does she really want to be used by her big, bad boss.  Being back in Montana is doing something to her, though, and maybe being used by Jonah isn't such a bad thing after all.

Megan Crane doesn't take the easy path when it comes to heroes, that's for sure.  A cold, egotistical, "CEO of the World", type-A, male chauvinist is not exactly your classic hero write-up.  Yet somehow she manages to leave room for something likable; something redeemable.  Sure Jonah is a jerk to everyone around him, even Jasper, but he does actually love Jasper.  Plus, there are some great emotional flips that lead to a great culmination at the end of the story.

The heroine is another tough cookie, but she is relate-able right from the get go.  There is a vulnerability that we see right away and we empathize with easily.  Though not many people have been in Gracelyn's shoes, I think most of us can easily imagine ourselves there.

Beyond the main characters, the only other character interactions are Jasper and Chelsea (with some exceptions at the end which I will not spoil).  The supporting character-light format usually bothers me big time, but I think that with all of the emotions flying around, fewer characters actually do make it better.

Over all, this was an intriguing read.  I liked it.  It was good, to the point, entertaining to be sure.

Continuity/Flow – 5
Sex – 4 

Characters – 4

Storyline – 4

Overall – 4