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Megan Crane

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Includes the name: Caitlin Crews

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Tekijän teokset

English as a Second Language (2004) 272 kappaletta
Names My Sisters Call Me (2008) 222 kappaletta
Frenemies (2007) 162 kappaletta
Everyone Else's Girl (2005) 153 kappaletta
I Love the 80s (2011) 55 kappaletta
Pure Princess, Bartered Bride (2009) 34 kappaletta
The Man Behind the Scars (2012) 29 kappaletta
Scandalize Me (2014) 28 kappaletta
Make You Burn (2015) 28 kappaletta
Once More With Feeling (2012) 26 kappaletta
Unwrapping the Castelli Secret (2015) 25 kappaletta
Edge of Obsession (2016) 24 kappaletta
A Royal Without Rules (2013) 23 kappaletta
Majesty, Mistress...Missing Heir (2010) 23 kappaletta
Heiress Behind the Headlines (2011) 21 kappaletta
Castelli's Virgin Widow (2016) 21 kappaletta
Princess from the Past (2011) 21 kappaletta
A Cowboy for All Seasons (2020) — Tekijä — 20 kappaletta
A Good Old-Fashioned Cowboy (2021) — Tekijä — 20 kappaletta
The Bride's Baby of Shame (2018) 19 kappaletta
The Replacement Wife (2011) — Tekijä — 18 kappaletta
Come Home for Christmas, Cowboy (2014) 17 kappaletta
Katrakis's Sweet Prize (2011) 17 kappaletta
Tempt Me, Cowboy (2013) 17 kappaletta
All Night Long with a Cowboy (2021) 17 kappaletta
His for a Price (2014) 16 kappaletta
A Baby to Bind His Bride (2017) 16 kappaletta
At the Count's Bidding (2015) 15 kappaletta
The Return of the Di Sione Wife (2016) 15 kappaletta
Unwrapping the Innocent's Secret (2019) 15 kappaletta
His for Revenge (2014) 14 kappaletta
A Game of Brides (2014) 14 kappaletta
Christmas in the King's Bed (2020) 14 kappaletta
Secret Nights with a Cowboy (2020) 14 kappaletta
Bride by Royal Decree (2017) 13 kappaletta
No More Sweet Surrender (2013) 13 kappaletta
A Scandal in the Headlines (2013) 13 kappaletta
Imprisoned by the Greek's Ring (2018) 13 kappaletta
The Prince's Nine-Month Scandal (2017) 12 kappaletta
Expecting a Royal Scandal (2016) 12 kappaletta
Chosen for His Desert Throne (2020) 12 kappaletta
His Scandalous Christmas Princess (2020) 12 kappaletta
Greek's Last Redemption (2015) 11 kappaletta
The Billionaire's Secret Princess (2017) 11 kappaletta
Claimed in the Italian's Castle (2020) 11 kappaletta
Sweet Home Cowboy (2022) — Tekijä — 10 kappaletta
His Two Royal Secrets (2019) 10 kappaletta
My Bought Virgin Wife (2019) 9 kappaletta
Devil's Own (2017) 9 kappaletta
Project Virgin (2016) 9 kappaletta
Edge of Temptation (2016) 9 kappaletta
In Bed with the Bachelor (2015) 8 kappaletta
Cody (2017) 8 kappaletta
The Billionaire's Innocent (2015) 8 kappaletta
The Comeback Cowboy (2023) — Tekijä — 8 kappaletta
The Guardian's Virgin Ward (2016) 8 kappaletta
The Sicilian's Forgotten Wife (2021) 7 kappaletta
Untamed (2019) 7 kappaletta
Sheikh's Secret Love-Child (2018) 7 kappaletta
Please Me, Cowboy (2014) 6 kappaletta
The Italian's Twin Consequences (2019) 6 kappaletta
Love Ever After: Eleven All-New Romances! (2015) — Avustaja — 5 kappaletta
Love Me, Cowboy: The Copper Mountain Rodeo Anthology (2013) — Tekijä — 5 kappaletta
Willed to Wed Him (2022) 5 kappaletta
A Montana Born Christmas (8-in-1) (2015) — Avustaja — 5 kappaletta
Crowning His Lost Princess (2022) 5 kappaletta
The Spaniard's Last-Minute Wife (2023) 5 kappaletta
A Devil in Disguise (2012) 5 kappaletta
Unleashed (2018) 4 kappaletta
Reclaiming His Ruined Princess (2022) 4 kappaletta
Take Me (2020) 3 kappaletta
Bad Blood Collection (2011) 3 kappaletta
The Accidental Accardi Heir (2022) 3 kappaletta
Not Just the Boss's Plaything (2013) 3 kappaletta
His Only Valentine (13-in-1) (2015) — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta
Royal Babies Volume 1 (3-in-1) (2013) — Tekijä — 2 kappaletta
The Pleasure Contract (2021) 2 kappaletta
Harlequin Presents August 2013 - Bundle 2 of 2 (4-in-1) (2013) — Tekijä — 2 kappaletta
The Reluctant Queen 2 kappaletta
The Corretti Collection (2015) — Avustaja — 1 kappale
Modern Romance: Books 1-4, May 2019 — Tekijä — 1 kappale
A Very Marietta Christmas (2014) 1 kappale
Undone / My Royal Surrender (2018) — Avustaja — 1 kappale
Unruly 1 kappale
Wilde passie (2018) 1 kappale
The Great Wedding Giveaway (2015) — Tekijä — 1 kappale
The Risk (2019) 1 kappale
Scandalise Me (2014) 1 kappale
Un reino para un jeque (2012) 1 kappale
Sin rendición (2013) 1 kappale
Por venganza y amor (2011) 1 kappale
El peso de las apariencias (2012) 1 kappale
Intima Venganza 1 kappale
Teach Me (2020) 1 kappale

Associated Works

Bride by Royal Decree (2017) — Original Text — 1 kappale
The Billionaire's Secret Princess (2017) — Original Text — 1 kappale
His Christmas Captive (2018) — Original Text — 1 kappale
His for a Price (Manga) (2018) — Original Text — 1 kappale
The Guardian's Virgin Ward (2016) — Original Text — 1 kappale
His for Revenge (Manga) (2014) — Original Text — 1 kappale
Heiress Behind the Headlines (2016) — Original Text — 1 kappale
Not Just the Boss's Plaything (2013) — Original Text — 1 kappale
The Replacement Wife (2016) — Original Text — 1 kappale
A Devil in Disguise (2017) — Original Text — 1 kappale
A Royal Without Rules (2017) — Original Text — 1 kappale
The Man Behind the Scars (2017) — Original Text — 1 kappale
Princess from the Past (2016) — Original Text — 1 kappale
The Tortured Rake [and] The Shameless Playboy — Tekijä, eräät painokset1 kappale
The Italian's Pregnant Cinderella (2022) — Original Text — 1 kappale

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2.5 stars

I received this book for free, this does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review

They'd come from places where people didn't care, not on the regular, and Camp Phoenix had shown them they were worth something.

The Comeback Cowboy was an anthology with a cool concept of having four different authors continue the story of the same characters, giving each couple a starring role. I thought this would give four different perspectives and vibes to each couple but set in the same world, instead it delivered a whole lot of sameness. The men are all tall with “barely reaching” shoulder height women and except for one couple where it was reversed, the guys are the ones wanting to keep it to just open door bedroom scenes and fearing love. All of the men work/ed in law enforcement, along with one woman, but the stories were too short to really delve into that, they are all just “protective”. The setting is a camp that they all spent time at as teenagers, it's a juvenile retreat to try and help teens change their life path, and after the death of their mentor, Bill McClain, one of the former campers buys it and asks/guilt trips for volunteers to get it back running. Until the last story though, the camp setting wasn't really felt by me and I was kind of disappointed in that aspect. If you were looking for a certain kind of vibe, short, not deep, men scared of love, teenage crushes finally getting fulfilled, then each story had these notes. I was looking for different perspectives and instead got same one after the other.

The One With the Hat by Jackie Ashenden 2 stars

Flint Decker. Sheriff Flint Decker and his stupid hat.

This story had the added responsibility of introducing all the characters, setting, and the whos and whys of everyone. When Bree was fourteen, Officer Flint Decker took her in for stealing food, she says arrested but he really took her to Sheriff Bill McClain, who sent her to Camp Phoenix. Flint was twenty at the time and while Bree had a crush on him, he obviously never felt anything. I started to get a little “ok, enough” over how many times it was brought up how she was fourteen and his “arresting” her, it started to feel a little nothankyou, I wanted a focus on here and now. He remembers her and when Bree moved back to town (Jasper Creek, this is #4 in the city named series) he gets up in his feels how she ignores him. All our characters, well, except for one, come from families of neglect or crooks, providing the issues our characters have to work to deal with or overcome. Bree has worked to become a real estate agent and distant herself from her no account brothers but still has some problem with authority and feeling ashamed of how Flint first met her. Flint is the new Sheriff and feels he has to always be setting an example, his self-righteousness ruffles Bree's feathers.

“Am I getting to you, wildcat?” he murmured as she got in, his deep voice sending the most delicious chills right down her spine.

With the crushes going on, there was also our four heroines bunking in a cabin together and starting off a bit cool and adversarial to each other. They start to bond as they come up with the plan for Bree to steal Flint's hat to teach him a lesson. It's a theme that runs through the whole book, each heroine trying to steal something from their hero. It was at turns cute and immature, most of the heroines had an immature feel to them while most of the heroes were production line tough, stoic. When Bree goes to steal Flint's hat the attraction flairs and it kicks off a bedroom relationship. We seem to miss all the good bonding as it's said weeks go by of them continuing their bedroom antics. It comes to ahead as Bree wants more and Flint has to get over his issues for the eventual happily ever after.

The One With the Locket by Caitlin Crews 2.5 stars

Lincoln Traeger was not easily riled.

As Bree and Flint's relationship is getting settled, Violet and Lincoln move into frame. Lincoln is a calm, cool, U.S. Marshal and Violet an argumentative lawyer. As with the other couples, for forced proximity trope, they get paired up and are supposed to clean up the campgrounds chapel. Violet had a crush on Lincoln when they were at camp, she, 15 and he 19, and now grown up, she's still annoyed that she can't wind him around her little finger like she does all other men. It forces her to want to be seen for other than looks but also be scared to be liked or disliked for who she really is. Lincoln catches on to this about her and after he kisses her when she says she only thinks of him as a brother, he then ignores her. This prompts Violet to want to steal a locket of his to prove that she really does hate him to her bunkmates, who she's growing closer to.

This man was trouble. There was no getting around it.

As with the first, Violet gets caught stealing and it ends with Lincoln and her hitting the bedroom scenes. This did the same thing where all the time they spend together is basically skipped and I was left not seeing or feeling the emotional developments between these two. These two had logistics issues with some of Violet's emotional (Lincoln seemed to just accept the seriousness between them right away??), Violet lives across the country. This has Lincoln just boldly stating that Violet needs to quit her job and move to him. There's a tiny little background on Violet wanting a change in life but it was side-eyeing how comfortable Lincoln was with only saying she should move to him and not ever a consideration for the reverse. This one had a little more enjoyable heat to it for me but, again, lacked the emotional depth and Violet just expected to upheaval her life was meh.

The One With the Bullhorn by Nicole Helm 2 stars

Because Kinley was not a rash, belligerent person. She was shy. She liked to hide and be left to her own devices.
But when she was mad...well.
Jackson Hart better watch out.


Jackson is the leader of the camp and putting his whole energy behind it because he's been forced to retire from the DEA, he has leg damage after being shot and trying to run into a burning building to save his partner. Kinley has always been a wallflower and after only feeling like she could belong at camp, she moved to Jasper Creek years ago but has felt stagnated. Jackson hires her on as the camp's cook but his militant attitude has her destructive tendencies flaring, she used to act out to try and get attention from her parents, and mixed with the crush she's had on him, it has her agreeing to steal his beloved bullhorn. Except he catches her and she blindly snatches up his cane he sometimes uses for his limp. Jackson decides to teach her a teasing lesson and, you guessed it, it leads to them starting up the bedroom antics.

No one had ever treated her like this. Like she might be precious, or someone to be careful with. She found herself wanting to cry and hold on to him forever.

Kinley was a character that had probably the deepest hurt, she has a burn scar from an ex now in jail, and frequently talked about therapy but the shorter page count had her issues getting rushed through. She's also the one who was afraid and running away when Jackson told her he was all in. Jackson was a pretty stoic guy, some little flashes of lighter personality, I never felt like we got a look behind his brick wall, but he did feel the most mature of all the characters. I would have liked a better look at the guys' friendship in his story as he's the one who brought them all together, we really only get quick mentions of poker night and a few short conversations here and there in the short stories, the women's friendship gave more of a growth thread. Jackson's calm, steadiness eventually has Kinley feeling deserving of his love, but while the words were said on paper, I'm not sure I felt their romance.

The One With the Trophy by Maisey Yates 3 stars

He worried about her, and he shouldn't. He worried about her, and it made her feel special. He worried about her, and she wished he wouldn't.
And she wished he would.
Forever.


This was my favorite of the anthology, Clementine, the daughter of Sheriff Bill, she spent her summers at the camp. As she wasn't forced or sent there because she wasn't a juvenile delinquent, she always felt like an outsider and then growing up without a mother, while her father loved her, he never seemed to know what to do with a little girl, she has also always felt like an outsider with women. Working now as a deputy with Flint and Duke, another of her father's proteges, she always tried to hide her feelings for Duke. Being ten years older than Clementine, Duke has always tried to watch out for her as his mentor's daughter but the last few months have had him seeing her in a different light. He's trying to say she's like a sister to him but when he overhears her tell the other women that she's going to lose her virginity tonight, his emotions are all over the place.

He kept imagining it. Some guy kissing her. Putting his hands on her.

Clementine was really talking about losing her thief virginity and stealing his MVP football trophy from highschool but when he catches her and alludes to attraction to her, Clementine decides to take her chance. This had more of that emotional feelings I was looking for and had some light laughter with heat. Duke was still missing some fully formed character feel but Clementine came out stronger with working out her issues and growing from someone who felt they had to hide their emotions and feeling like an outsider. I also thought their prior friendship helped me believe in their romance more. This did follow the same old, same old trend of the anthology of having the guy scared to trust in love and move it from casual with the woman declaring her love first and saying she wanted more. Duke does get over his parental hang-ups and they get a happily ever after.

This also wraps-up the Camp Phoenix setting with the camp welcoming in a new generation of juveniles that need help. This didn't have much of a camp setting and while it seems at least two of the guys wear cowboy hats and own ranch/land, there really wasn't a western feel that the cover looked like to promise. But, again, if you're looking for the particular vibes I mentioned, those pretty much get repeated in all four stories.
… (lisätietoja)
 
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WhiskeyintheJar | Jun 4, 2023 |
Good read, truly enjoyable
 
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serlinarose | 1 muu arvostelu | Feb 28, 2023 |
Una storia trita e ritrita che sarebbe stata anche carina se non fosse per i due protagonisti che non sono riusciti ad intrigarmi e che, anzi, mi sono risultati piuttosto antipatici. Molto indisponente e alquanto pieno di sé il principe Rodolfo, troppo poco decisa nei suoi confronti Natalie, soprattutto nei momenti in cui avrebbe dovuto imporsi.
Si legge ma non è di certo entusiasmante.
 
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Raffaella10 | Jan 28, 2023 |
Ivan Korovin estaba decidido a cimentar su evolución de pobre niño ruso sin un céntimo a estrella de cine de acción, multimillonario y filántropo. Pero antes de nada, tenía que resolver un serio problema de Relaciones Públicas: la socióloga Miranda Sweet, que intentaba arruinar su reputación llamándolo neandertal en los medios de comunicación siempre que tenía oportunidad. ¿La solución? Darle al hambriento público lo que deseaba: ver que los enemigos se convertían en amantes. Desde la alfombra roja en el festival de Cannes a eventos en Hollywood o Moscú, fingirían una historia de amor ante los ojos de todo el mundo. Pero cada día resultaba más difícil saber qué era real y qué apariencia.… (lisätietoja)
 
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Natt90 | Nov 30, 2022 |

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