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Her Cowboy's Promise

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Unfortunately this book just wasn't for me. It wasn't the writing or the story or anything like that. I just didn't end up enjoying it as much as I had hoped. This is a widow story (even though she was engaged not married, but technicalities) and I'm just not a huge fan of them.

I know there are people who will like this. If you don't mind the widow storyline, then I recommend it. It just wasn't for me, unfortunately. I will read more from Jennifer Hoopes though!

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This book was in my opinion a really sweet read.

I adored the characters and the plot so much.

And just breezed through this one it was such a good and easy read.

I would definitely suggest to anyone looking for a good cowboy romance to go and grab up a copy of this one. It won't disappoint.

A 5 star read for sure

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A deliciously sexy slow burn romance. I absolutely loved this book!! Beautifully written, heartwarming and realistic characters. What’s not to love. A complete, utter and unrelenting delight. Happy reading everyone!!

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This is a great story: one of renewal and new love. It's based in a small town which usually has its pitfalls of nosy neighbors and such but this one a really good, quality story that any reader will love.

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While this story deals with some heavy subject, including loss of a loved one, survivors guilt and forgiveness, I don’t feel that it was either a dour or depressing read at all. Jennifer Hoopes did a wonderful job of bringing the reader along on Emily’s journey to learn how to live and love again.
I thought was plot was fresh and original, with a bit of a twist that this reviewer will keep to herself. Adam is patient and kind while trying to draw Emily out of the shadows she’s been existing...not living...in for 3 years. Emily’s spirit is sparked by Adam, the first person in her new home that she’s connected with.
While many small towns are inhabited by at least one nosy, intrusive gossip, Fly Creek is Home to many nosy characters, but each one is only looking out for Emily, who they instantly take under their wing as one of their own...whether Emily is aware, or wants that is irrelevant.
Great story building, fun and quirky characters and a beautiful backdrop makes Her Cowboy’s Promise a definite must read!

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Her cowboy's promise is the first book in a new series. It was a good beginning and it established a lot of characters. I would like to see Levi get this own story one day.
I read this book twice and I am happy to say that I wasn't bored the second time I read it. That 's good in my book. To be honest, I didn't remember many things about the story, but everything was slowly coming back to me as I was turning the pages.

The main characters are both pleasant and I liked them. I was very happy to see them in Peyton's book (#2 in the series) and how far they have come from the people we met on the very first page of this book. The story is good and while I wasn't a big fan of the hero's secret, I could see why he never said a thing about it until the end.

My original 4-star rating will remain because once again, I feel that's the appropriate one. I wasn't blown away, but the story was one I liked and the characters were likable.

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Sorry I was not able to read you book but it went to archive before I could get to it. Sorry once again.

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Nice sweet romance for those looking for the sweet reads. No over the top love scenes. REAL feeling plotline and easy read.

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Fantastic book with great writing and a surprise I didn't see coming! This is the first book I've read by this author but I can't wait to read more!

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This is the first book i have read by this author and i can't wait to try more.I just loved this book and ended up reading it in one sitting it is well written with a great plot and fantastic characters i really liked both Emily and Adam they were such wonderful characters and you cannot help but root for these two a must read.

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Jennifer Hoopes’s debut, Her Cowboy’s Promise, is a touching and poignant romance in which a woman learns to live and love again after losing her heart to tragedy. Emily White moved to the small town of Fly Creek, Wyoming, to start anew after her fiancé died in a disastrous accident, but three years later she’s still mired in pain, isolating herself and struggling to enjoy life. She meets town newcomer Adam Conley and is shocked to feel desire again, and, although she can’t quite get a read on the sexy, gentle cowboy, she’s intrigued and wants to get to know him.

It’s no coincidence that Adam is in Fly Creek and meets Emily. He made a promise to her fiancé to find her and help her recover from her grief; therefore, he’s conflicted when he finds himself attracted to her. As they get to know each other, Adam wants to do more than just fulfill an obligation, but he is choking on his guilt over his feelings, although he can’t seem to stop himself. They gradually and sweetly fall in love, and their chemistry and connection is compelling. Emily’s tentative willingness to love again is heartrending and inspiring, and Her Cowboy’s Promise is a moving and hopeful romance that will squeeze the heart.

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***Received an advanced reader's copy in exchange for a fair and honest review***

After tragedy forces Emily to move to Fly Creek, she decides to open up her own business.
Adam, after a promise made to his deceased cousin, comes to Fly Creek to help Emily move on but their instant attraction, and Adam's secrets may have unexpected reactions.

This story was a very emotional read but i loved reading Emily's journey. The author captured and wrote this story beautifully. I loved it!!

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i dnf it at 15%
i just couldnt get into i dont if its because im in a book slump or what

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It would be so easy to read the cover description for Her Cowboy’s Promise and think “light hearted romance”. It is, yet it is so very much more than that. This is an emotional story for both Emily and Adam. It’s learning to deal with grief and the guilt of being the one still living in a couple separated by death. It’s learning to live and trust again, putting yourself “out there” to see what happens next. It’s not easy to start over again, but Emily is trying in this small town that rallies around her at every turn. She’s building a new life, and if the sadness and grief from her previous life still steps in, well at least she’s doing better. Soon she’ll have the chance to grab a new future, one with every promise still to be given… if she’s brave enough to take that chance once more.

Adam hadn’t intended to stay in this small town a moment longer than necessary. he had a promise to keep, and he’d do that but no more. This town brought back too many memories – and the one woman who could change his mind.

Her Cowboy’s Promise is an emotional romance. One that will hit some people hard. There is an intense focus on Emily’s grief. That will affect some readers who don’t want that deep of a reality in a romance, in my opinion. Everyone grieves in their own way and in their own time, for Emily this was her way. Eventually she comes back to the reality standing right in front of her, but it’s not an easy journey for her. There are intense moments, yet also lighthearted ones. As Emily and Adam begin to see beyond grief and the past their path to their own happiness lies open and waiting for them. The question becomes, will they reach for it.

I enjoyed this story, it’s emotional, and real. It also has me curious as to what the author would bring us next. And that I’ll be watching for.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I found the book to be well written, loved the characters and the beautiful Wyoming setting. I recommend to all readers of romance.

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**3.5 Stars**

"A life she existed rather than participated in."

This sentence perfectly encapsulates Emily's past three years. She's simply existing, alive, but not living, because Drew, her fiance, truly is gone and she's been unable to fully move on, okay, not at all, since. She's essentially secluded herself, emotionally if not literally. She paints, she works, she interacts, but that's the extent...until Adam walks into her store to pick up an order for his boss. For some reason, Emily feels as if he truly sees her, not the facade she's been presenting to everyone else, and she's attracted to him, which is also unexpected.

Adam has returned to a way of life he eagerly left behind, but as it's to fulfill a wish to his cousin, Drew, he's following through, albeit with a deadline. Once he does, he's leaving to continue his search, that of a career and home, one that's escaped him for a decade. Emily, and his attraction to her, completely surprised him. He's everything he imagined and yet so much more.

When Emily, after being unable to stop imagining her and Adam in certain situations, decides to live, even if for one night, Adam is definitely interested, but knows he shouldn't due to his goal and connection to Drew. Adam knows he's sending her mixed messages, yet he's unable to stop as he's truly conflicted in regards to what he should, or shouldn't do, versus what he wants to. A kiss is all they allow themselves though, even if it's for different reasons.

Though Emily is greatly attracted to Adam, and visualizes having more with him, she can't help but feel as if she's betraying Drew for even thinking of being with another man. As for Adam, he needs to stay focused, accomplish his promise to Drew of helping Emily move forward, and then walk away. They both, regretfully, decide to label themselves as friends, though both know it is and could be so much more.

As Adam and Emily steadily grow closer, both know they can't continue to maintain the charade of only being friends. However, while they're falling for one another, Adam is still keeping secrets, one of them with the ability to change Emily forever, and turn her love for both Adam, and the memory of that which she shared with Drew, into heartbreak, destroyed by betrayal and distrust.

What happens when Emily learns who Adam is and his real reason for entering her life? How will she react upon learning some revelations regarding Drew, and their relationship? Will Emily retreat back into herself, and this time a different sort of grief, upon learning two men she loved betrayed her? Or will she break free from the emotions that had weighed her down for so long? Is Adam just as anxious to leave? Or has he found a reason to stay? Can he make peace with his past and see what he truly wants out of life? Is there any chance these two can find a HEA together?

One-click now and follow along as two people, brought together under false pretenses, find a love that will need to overcome numerous obstacles in order to survive. I'm looking forward to Levi, Adam's brother's, story.

**I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.**

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Emily is existing. After losing her fiance in a horrible accident she moves to a town that reminds her of the one her fiance wanted to settle down in and run a ranch. Adam promised his cousin, Emily's fiance, that he would make sure she's happy. Emily steps outside of her comfort zone after she's attracted to Adam. The two are made for each other if they can let their pasts go. I love Adam. He's the cowboy girls dream of.
Though the story started a bit slow the explosive chemistry between Adam and Emily help the book move faster. If you enjoy a romance that's filled with redemption and forgiveness then I recommend checking out Her Cowboy's Promise.

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This was an interesting story of a woman who has been mourning the tragic death of her fiancé Drew. Emily White was an art teacher in Pennsylvania and Drew was the P.E. teacher. They had gone out to the river on a boat to go fishing and it tipped over. Drew was pulled under never to be found.
Three years have passed, Emily has moved to Colorado and opened a gallery art studio. Yet, she is not living. She is afraid of her own shadow. Forget her being around a body of water or even mentioning it. Even if someone talks about she goes off because it has now become a trigger word, river or lake, each causing a breakdown.
Then one day a cowboy with cotton candy blue eyes, dimples, and a voice that made her feel safe. The cowboy was really new to town only six weeks. Emily may not have interacted with the community, customers, or townsfolk as a whole but she belonged to them. She did keep her ear out when they would talk about things in her shop though so she knew stuff that was happening around town. Like who Adam Conley was.
His hands made her shiver. The Friday after they met she had decided that Adam had awoken the sexy she devil inside her and she needed and wanted to feed her. So, she set out to seduce him. That night for the first time ever she showed up at the saloon. When she sees him, she finishes her liquid courage and then buys them both another drink and takes it to him.
They dance a song and his hands on her hips are the sexiest thing ever to her. When it was over she asks if he wants to leave with her. He says, “Yes!” All she wanted was one night. No more. Adam had other plans.
You see Adam had shown up in town in order to deliver a promise he made to Drew his cousin. But what he has to tell Emily can either destroy her or make her stronger. Especially, when he realizes her asking him out is a big thing. See how this wicked web gets more cross webbed as it goes on.

Can they remain, even friends, after he reveals the truth? Only time will tell. I give this: 5 stars. Provided by netgalley.com. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com.

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