Tease Me, Cowboy

Tease Me, Cowboy by Rachael Johns

To the world Selah Davis has achieved the success she always wanted.  She is a top journalist for a popular women's magazine and absolutely loves her life in Seattle.  Home in Marietta to cover the 76th Annual Copper Mountain Rodeo, Selah wastes no time catching up with her childhood best friends celebrating the lives and loves they have found for themselves.  After many drinks Selah finally admits that her one regret in life was NOT sleeping with her high school sweetheart Levi Monroe.  This revelation sends the girls into a flurry of plotting to help Selah gain a second chance at a one night stand...because Levi just walked through the door.

Even after all of his success on the Rodeo Circuit - and with the ladies - Levi Monroe has never quite gotten over the hurt and shame of walking away from the best thing a teenage boy could have ever wanted.  Selah was always his one true love and seeing her laughing with her friends at Grey's Saloon brought back too many memories to handle.  When she approaches him the next day to interview him for her article he decides to take advantage of a chance to spend more time with her...and maybe plotting for a second chance of his own.

The characters in this story are familiar and fun.  As the first book in the second Copper Mountain Rodeo Series, there are many returning characters from the first series.  Chelsea, Sage, and Jenny are all on there, as well as some other characters we have come to know and love over the last year.  Em, Sam, and Cole McCullough, and Marly Ackers are featured players; Rachel (Murphy) Vaughn and Reese Kendrick both make appearances, as well.

The heart of this story is solid.  Regrets are awful things, but acting on regrets tend to make things worse.  Selah honestly believes that a one-night stand will solve everything, thanks to the convincing of her friends, who I don't believe for a second actually ascribed to this notion.  Levi seems to understand this perfectly and is fully prepared to barter for more than just one night.  I loved AND hated the dinner/hotel scene for the same reason:  it was passionate and childish.  Levi wanted to prove a point and he did, but at a cost to Selah's pride.  The one scene that made of for this was the final rodeo scene.  No spoilers, but the chaos of that scene just seemed to work.

Overall, this was a good read and a great start to yet another great Montana Born series.

Continuity/Flow – 4
Sex – 4 

Characters – 5

Storyline – 4

Overall – 4