Home For a Cowboy Christmas

I thought this was just an all-around good read. A well crafted combination of romance and suspense that kept me happy and eagerly turning those pages. I liked Emmy and Dwight and enjoyed their chemistry. They do a bit of a slow burn but the simmer is evident and very worth it. Add in a sprinkle of holiday charm and you have an extremely satisfying read. This is my independent, frank review.

ARC for honest review with no compensation Received from NetGalley, St Martin’s Press 4.5 stars Home for a Cowboy Christmas by Donna Grant is a standalone romantic suspense and if you have read other books by Ms. Grant, you know you will love this book too! Emmy witnesses a mob related crime and is on the run from those who want her gone for good. Every place she has been put with the witness protection program has been compromised so now she is placed on a ranch in Montana with a former FBI agent, Dwight. Suspense, romance, attraction, passion, protect those you love, and so much more…read on to see how it all ends…

4.25 stars--HOME FOR A COWBOY CHRISTMAS by Donna Grant is a stand alone, contemporary, adult, erotic, romantic suspense story line focusing on accountant/bookkeeper Emmy Garrett, and former FBI /Homeland Security Agent Dwight Reynolds. Told from several third person perspectives including Emmy and Dwight HOME FOR A COWBOY CHRISTMAS follows in the aftermath of our heroine witnessing a murder in Denver, involving the Mob. On the run with Deputy US Marshall Dalton Silva, Emmy finds herself under the protection of former FBI /Homeland Security Agent turned rancher Dwight Reynolds, on his large ranch in Montana. With the approach of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays Emmy struggles with having nothing to do until Dwight offers up his home to Emmy but the people hunting for our heroine are getting closer every day, and in this Dwight must call in addition help, help that may not be enough to protect the woman he loves. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Dwight and Emmy, and the potential fall-out as the past comes gunning for our story line couple. Emmy Garrett knew she was in trouble the day she observed a client kill another man but the witness protection program is failing our heroine such that with each new move, her whereabouts are revealed, and an assassin is always one -tep behind. Staying with former FBI Agent Dwight Reynolds doesn’t bode well for our story line heroine knowing the authorities are the ones letting her down. Dwight Reynolds owed his life to his friend US Marshall Dalton Silva, and in this, payback meant protecting the woman with whom he would fall in love. As the days turn into weeks, Dwight begins to think about a future, a future with our story line heroine. The relationship between Dwight and Emmy is a close-proximity/ woman in peril story line such that our heroine is being hunted by the Mob. Emmy battles between head and heart to trust the man with whom she is falling in love, and as such, believes she may not be alive to see her own happily ever after. Dwight is willing to risk his life for the woman he loves, and risk he will when the Mob comes calling. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text. We are introduced to Deputy US Marshall Dalton Silva, as well as Dwight’s sister Victoria, and his right hand man Carlos. The requisite evil has many faces. HOME FOR A COWBOY CHRISTMAS is a fast paced, character driven, dramatic, and intense story line. The characters are energetic, lively and spirited; the romance is intimate; the palpable sexual attraction is sizzling and hot. The author has included a bonus short story-WISH UPON A COWBOY.