One smoking hot cowboy and one city girl with a broken heart have instant chemistry between them and their passion steams off the pages.  There’s an emphasis on family in this book. You meet the Blackshaw brothers and their mother. The brothers are a big part of the story and their own stories will finish out the series. This is a very steamy cowboy romance read. If you don’t like hot love scenes then this isn’t the book for you. Dirty Talking Cowboy has well-developed and likable characters, family drama, emotional conflict, overcoming demons, romance, and HEA. Anyone who loves a hot cowboy story then I have no doubt you will love Dirty Talking Cowboy.

Emma moves back to River Rock to recover from her broken heart and mourn the loss of her beloved grandmother.  She had a relationship with her boss that ended badly for her.  She no longer trusts men and definitely is not looking for love.  Shep has a business that keeps him busy, along with the recent passing of his father so he is also not looking for love either.  Fate had something else in store for them though. They had great chemistry from the moment they say each other.  

This book had great characters in it;  Shep, Nash and Chase all were good, honest men.  Shep was definitely an alpha male and made no bones about it.  Emma was protected by Shep almost from the beginning and failed to notice it for a while.  The Blackshaw men were interesting and had a great dynamic to them.  

Emma was stuck in her head quite a bit in this book.  She would question everything.  It was somewhat understandable after what happened with Jake, but some of it was just plain adolescent behavior.  She did try to find a new path for herself but seemed to be stuck on wanting her old life back at first.  

Stacey Kennedy did a good job of making me find all of the characters likable.  It seemed entirely possible for Shep and Emma to make drastic life changes after a short time.  This book was an enjoyable read for me and I would recommend it.  If you are looking for a dirty talking cowboy, this one is for you.

I received an ARC from NetGalley for my honest review.

I really liked this book.  These characters were very relatable to me. I read it in one sitting and late into the night, it had me invested.

4.5 stars

This was a case where I loved the book a lot better than I loved the title. You could reasonable expect someone who drops the F bomb every other, but instead, Shep Blackshaw is an upstanding guy with a strong sense of responsibility, a ton of patience and the dirty talking is designed to increase his lady's arousal. In this case, his lady is Emma Monroe, who was badly burned in her last relationship and fled a rewarding career in New York City to take over her grandmother's farm where she rescue's abused animals.

Shep and Emma are drawn to each other but she turns him down-until he begins helping her with an abused horse that has injured her. The relationship builds quickly in spite of the fact that Shep and his brothers are faced with a major dilemma involving their father's business and Emma isn't certain she wants to stay away from NYC. Then Emma's past throws a monkey wrench into the works. Can these two make a relationship work?

Both Emma and Shep are strong, compelling characters and their romance is heart-warming. Overall, this was a really good book, with some really hot sex scenes, characters that you care about, and an easy to follow plot.

WOW WOW WOW!  Stacey Kennedy delivers a steamy hot romance!  Emma had her heart broken and dream job taken away from her in NYC and her beloved Grandma passed away so she is staying at her house taking care of some animals.  Shep is a neighbor who she meets at her part time job at the Kinky Spurs bar.  I love how this book had chemistry from the get-go, hot BDSM, a dirty talking cowboy and I love the relationship with his brothers and Mom.  SHe has awesome friends who you can tell will be getting their own stories!!  I want more more more!

**Received ARC from NetGalley for a fair and honest review**
Dirty-Talking Cowboy is the first book in the Kinky Spurs series and is Emma Monroe and Shep Blackshaw's story. I rate this book at 4.5 stars!! This was a fantastic start to this new series. I really enjoyed the storyline, the characters, and the secondary characters and had a hard time putting this book down. This is a fast, fun, read with just the right amount of hot/steaminess.
Emma Monroe has been living her dream in New York City. She has a job she loves, is close with her family and has a great relationship, only problem he's the CEO of the company she works for and it has to remain on the down-low. When Emma comes to tell Jake about the death of her grandmother, she overhears a conversation that makes her leave New York City and head to River Rock Colorado to clear her head and figure out what to do with her grandmothers beloved rescue farm. 
Shep Blackshaw is successful, runs a successful wilderness survival company and exactly where he wants to be in life, then tragedy strikes and things change for him, he just won't know how much at the time (sorry not leaving any spoilers). When Shep is at Kinky Spurs he see's Emma and he wants her, but she shoots him down. Then Shep is out riding his horse and see's her being dragged by a horse and rescues her and steps in to be her knight in shining armor. 
The first book really does a job job of laying out the storyline for the series. I really enjoyed Emma and Shep together, loved their chemistry. If you like hot and steamy this book is for you. Shep is the strong, alpha male, but not overboard, but caring and Emma is emotional, feminine and somewhat strong. The secondary characters in the book were great and I can't wait for their stories. Hope this helps! Happy Reading!!!

This is my first time reading a book by this author. I had love Emma and Shep story. Emma is trying to keep up the farm that was inherited to her by her grandmother. Shep had meet Emma as she was a bartender at a bar and try to get her then but she turns him down. When Emma had an accident on the farm, Shep had taken care of her, and they had become friends and then lovers. I had like how Shep had protected Emma when she didn’t want him to. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good cowboy romance.

Kinky Spurs is the local hotspot in River Rock, Colorado. It's Thursday night and the fun game is Rope 'Em Up. The ladies volunteer to go on stage and get roped plus have their wrists tied. The first couple done wins. Newcomer Emma Monroe, working part-time as a waitress there, is talked into participating by her boss. Haha! Little does she know that it's a setup. Cowboy Shep Blackshaw is attracted to Emma, very attracted. She won't give him the time of day despite her attraction to him. She is recovering from a broken heart. Shep is matched with Emma and ropes his little filly in for a win. Those ropes make shivers run down Emma's spine and she just melts.

Shep Blackshaw is not only dominant and very sexy, but also very loving and caring. He is a fixer. He also doesn't accept defeat - what he wants he gets. And he wants Emma! Emma Monroe is a strong, sexy woman, just a little broken right after her recent heart break. She leaves all that behind in New York City to take over her deceased grandmother's farm for abused animals. Watch out for Bentley.

This is a hot and sexy story with a number of strong emotional scenes. Shep helps Emma out of her dark place. They find that they are good for each other. Although there are zigs and zags along their path they work hard to find their HEA. I really enjoyed this book. Author Stacey Kennedy wowed me with this one!

I give this book 5 stars. The storyline between Shep and Emma was well written. They met when she started working at Spurs, a bar in a little town. Emma and Shep were both trying to over come there grief. They both lost a family member.  I whole heartedly recommend this book. I voluntarily reviewed this Advanced Reader Copy of this book.

I really enjoyed this book. The tension between the characters was excellent. The comedy relief with the brothers was well written and I liked the bar, farms and New York as backdrop. The story was interesting from start to finish.

Dirty Talking Cowboy
Kinky Spurs #1
Stacey Kennedy 
4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sexy and sweet Romance. Gotta love a story that has a dirty talking cowboy who knows how to rope his women in and seduce them thoroughly. Can’t wait for the next one in this series to come out. 
Thanks NetGalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

Spectacular start to a sexy smart new series!

Stacey Kennedy has shown me time and time again what a wonderfully talented author she is.  Her plots are well thought out and move seamlessly, her characters are strong confident men and woman whose realistic dialogue and sexual chemistry burns up the page. "Dirty Talking Cowboy" the first in the Kinky Spurs series is all this and more.    Emma is a woman we'd all like to be cause frankly she has Shep.  He is seriously one of the  best heroes I've come across in a long long time.  Sexy, smart, loyal, tender, all that and more.  Seriously you need Shep in your life, even if it's just for the time it takes to see him and Emma fall in love.
I can hardly wait to read the next book in the series "Sweet-Talking" to see if brother Chase takes after his big brother.
I received an advance reader copy from Netgalley.

I stopped reading at around 15% because of some issues with the writing style. Based on that 15%, it seems to be a cowboy erotic romance with insta-lust. I would have been on board with that premise, if not for sentence structure and odd exposition-as-dialogue choices. If I have to read a sentence three times to figure out what the author is telling me, I'm going to be pulled out of the story... and not in a good way.

The author also did something that I loathe, but that I know isn't a turn-off for a lot of people: an "it-was-all-just-a-dream" sequence. The second scene in the book is a big sex scene with a) no leadup and b) no contraception... but then the heroine wakes up to find that she'd been being dragged around by a horse. I gave it another 20 pages after that, just to confirm that the hero was an okay guy, but I couldn't get past the awkward writing. Could be a totally different experience for another reader.

A copy of this book was provided by the publisher for review purposes via NetGalley.

Emma Monroe has returned to River Rock, Colorado, after the death of her grandmother. Now she’s inherited a farm full of abused animals and she’s working as a waitress at the local hotspot, Kinky Spurs. The last thing Emma wants in her life is a man, as she’s still recovering from a recent heartbreak. But when a sensual and powerful cowboy, Shep Blackshaw enters her life, Emma begins to want things she shouldn't.When I started reading I couldn't put it down I read the book in one day.Stacey Kennedy is magnifysent writer.I cannot wait to read more of there books.Keep up the great work.You should definitely read this book. it

Dirty Talking Cowboy by Stacey Kennedy is HOT! This is the first book in the Kinky Spurs series and I can’t wait for the next book! Readers who love cowboy romances will eagerly lose themselves in the Blackshaw brothers.

Shep Blackshaw wants Emma Monroe. From the moment Shep saw her, he knew he had to have her. When Emma gets into an accident, it’s fortunate that Shep is there to save her. Even though Emma is hurt, it brings Shep and Emma closer together where they can learn more about each other…including their kinks. 

Emma is recovering from a bad breakup. Her heart is all tore up and she won’t let anyone get that close to her again. But being with Shep is a new feeling and he’s not like her ex. If only she could tell her mind what her heart already knows. 

The passion between the characters is palpable, raw, and earth shattering. I loved all the characters that were introduced and can’t wait for the other brothers to get their story. Who doesn’t love a dirty talking cowboy?

Dirty talking cowboy is the first in a new series series, Kinky Spurs by Stacey Kennedy. Everyone that knows me knows that I have a thing for cowboys. Stacey Kennedy is a new to me author so when I saw that her new series featured one very hot cowboy, I decided this was the perfect time to get to know this author and my oh my am I glad I did.

I'm such a sucker for cowboy stories. I enjoyed this a lot.  She created likable characters, interesting back stories, and the plot kept me interested.  The writing had a level of maturity that I appreciated, too.  There were no "bad" characters, just bad decisions.  And, wow.  These sex scenes would have made Anais Nin blush.

<i>The plot:</i> 
Emma has run away from a failed relationship which cost her her job, her New York city lifestyle and her reputation in the marketing industry and come to take over her garndmother’s farm in sleepy cowboy country. She gets a bar job (Kinky Spurs? Really? It did make me laugh) and tries to look after all the wounded animals her gram took in. She meets Shep almost instantly in the bar and one hot roping scene later and they’re all over each other, ending in a big HEA.

<i>The characters:</i>
Emma was ok, she was a bit weak. I get that she was lost. She’d run away and had no idea what to do now. Her life had been so wound up with Jake her ex. I got that. But she still felt vulnerable and cried a lot. Yes, she was sad about her gram and yes, she really didn’t want to walk straight into another relationship… but yes, that just happened anyhow. 

I do hate how females need protecting and looking after. Sometimes when she cried I rolled my eyes. BUT. This is a cowboy romance and sometimes you have to throw that feminism cape off and indulge in a little old cowboy alpha manliness. I feel bad. The ghost of Emily Pankhurt is frowning at me, but I still enjoyed this book. 

Shep was hot. There was some hot chemistry at work here. It all happens slightly too instantly for my liking but the steamy bits were goooood. I was drawn to this book for two reasons: The cover and the ‘dirty-talking’ part. This book did not disappoint. I am not really into cowboys, but this book could well change my mind!

<i>What happens:</i>
I can see what the author was doing here. The wounded animals on the farm were pretty much the same as Emma. Shep healed both of them. Shep was full of calm wisdom. He was like a horse/person whisperer. Shep was strong but he also has his vulnerabilities which Emma helped him with. It was pretty sweet and schmaltzy.  

Why did I drop one star?
Only because cowboys aren’t my particular thing and I felt a bit guilty for liking it so much when Emma was not more kickass. I plan to read all the others though!

WOW!  This is my first book that I read from Stacey Kennedy and I loved it!  The relationship between Shep and Emma is addicting and realistic.  There was comedy, heartbreak and love.  I made the mistake of starting it during the evening and needless to say - there was NO SLEEP as I couldn't put it down.  Home-run for Stacey and I cant wait until the next book!!!!!

Very smexy read that goes from cold to hawt in the blink of an eye!  DTC is all about Emma Monroe and Shep Blackshaw but there are family and town meddlers galore.  Pay attention to Emma’s behavior around the animals on her grandmother’s farm as it will really give you insight into her character.  Now that she is a “city” girl, she sometimes forgets how early farm life can be – as the animals sometimes remind her.  Shep steps in to help her get into a groove with the farm and he starts to forget his own problems.  They make a great couple, after learning to trust in themselves and each other, and did I mention the book is hawt??? Some intensity to the story as well that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Good read for an afternoon.  I received a free, advance copy of this book from the publisher. This is my unbiased and voluntary review.