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Cowboy Charming

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Cowboy Charming was one of the cute, endearing, hometown reads that you can really sink into. I was really enjoying it until almost the ending when the characters go to the bank and the character's reactions were just way over the top and is why I'm giving it 3.5 stars.

I received this ARC copy of Cowboy Charming from SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca. This is my honest and voluntary review. Cowboy Charming is set for publication July 30, 2019.

My Rating: 3.5 stars
Written by: Dylann Crush
Series: Holiday, Texas
Sequence in Series: Book 3
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Publication Date: July 30, 2019
ISBN-10: 1492662674
ISBN-13: 978-1492662679
Genre: Western Romance

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This is the third book in the Holiday, Texas series. I read the first two books and loved them, so when I received an invitation from the publisher, via Net-Galley, I eagerly agreed to read and review. My opinions are my own and are not influenced in any way.

Cowboy Charming is a delightful, light-hearted romance with endearing characters and a laugh-out-loud plot. From the pot belly pigs, to the eccentric citizens of Holiday, this book will have you giggling and laughing. The pacing is excellent, so I became engaged from the first page until the last.

Dixie King’s character is a bit uptight since her father is a preacher and made sure she stayed on the right path. Fortunately, her grandmother builds her up so that balances the negativity she receives from her father. Dixie does have a fiery side to her and isn’t afraid to fight for her beliefs. I really enjoyed her character a great deal.

Presley Walker is a fantastic hero. I enjoyed his fun-loving personality. He’s known as the cowboy Casanova, but he’s now ready to settle down with the right girl. He’s known Dixie most of her life, but never spent much time with her until his sister asks him to help run things while she’s out of town. I loved how he dives right in and is willing to do whatever is needed for the chili festival. He’s blown away by Dixie and wants her more than he’s ever wanted any other woman.

Although Presley and Dixie start out at odds with each other, the chemistry between cannot be denied. The sparks that fly are amazing. The banter between them is lively and fun. I really wanted this cowboy to win his girl!

If you enjoy light-hearted romances with a great cast of characters and a humorous plot, then you will love Cowboy Charming as much as I did. I have thoroughly enjoyed the books set in Holiday, Texas and hope to read many more. Happy reading!

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Cute story. Not a super deep book in plot line but then we don’t ask every book to be. It’s one you can get lost in for an afternoon.

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Book three is this series centers around Dixie King and Presley Walker.
Dixie is the preacher’s daughter, always doing the right thing ,following the rules and not a one night stand girl. She currently is working at local bar, Rambling Rose, keeping the “handy men” at arms length. But that doesn’t mean that she isn’t attracted to Presley.
Presley is the local playboy and brother of the owner of the bar. When Charlie, the bar’s owner has an emergency and needs to leave town to help her husband, she asks both Presley and Dixie not only to run the bar but also take care of the Chili Cook-off taking place in her establishment.
That’s when the fun and action start . These two opposites are like magnets in their attraction. Don’t they say opposites attract???
An entertaining plot , filled with the townspeople, some humor, family and of course romance.
I was entrusted a copy of this book by Netgalley and Sourcebooks. The opinions expressed are solely my own.

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I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

This is the first time I have read anything by this author and I thought that she added so much action and drama to the book and didn’t have it center on the budding relationship between Presley and Dixie.

About halfway through the story I started wondering if I was really going to want to finish it, but I held on and was very pleased with where the story took me. There is so much going on in Holiday Texas, I may just have to go back and visit again in the future!

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Dylann Crush writes cowboys that make you want to pack your bags in search of your own small-town cowboys romance. Just loved it. It has everything you could possibly want in a romance book. Happy reading!

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Good girl, Dixie King is left in charge of the Rambling Rose during the chili cook off with her childhood crush, the town's cowboy Casanova, Presley Walker. Things can't go well. Throw in caring for her rowdy grandmother, and trying to get reacquainted with a guy who's showed up back in town and Dixie has no time to deal with Presley's mistakes.

Presley wants to finally prove he can be responsible. He just didn't plan on having to teach the preacher's daughter, Dixie, how to flirt and kiss with her date. He also didn't plan on investor's swooping in to buy land right next to the Rambling Rose for a new honky tonk.


I can't get enough of the Holiday, Texas series. They are fun, laugh out loud funny, sweet and spicy romances with some of my favorite characters ever. Which I can now add Dixie's sassy grandmother, Eugenia to that list. Add in the big Walker family, small town setting and it just adds up to some great stories.
Cowboy Charming is book 3 in the series but any of the books can be read as stand alones.

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There's a part where Presley shows Dixie how beautiful she is in front of a mirror that made me shiver. I loved reading, Cowboy Charming, so much!

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Thanks NetGalley for approving me to read this ARC. I have never read anything by Dylann Crush before, but I have read my fair share of Western Contemporary Romance. I wouldn't rate it as a five star because I did not find that I was eager to finish the book. I also struggled with the idea that Dixie decided to bet on her virginity and that Presley did her a "favor" by taking her virginity. For many reasons, my brain could not grasp that concept.

I thought there was good chemistry between the main characters and the plot appeared to be well developed. There were a couple spelling mistakes but that is no uncommon when reading an ARC. The comedy aspect of the book comes from Genie, Dixie's grandmother. Honestly, without that character I think it would have been just another Western Romance with nothing new happening. But Genie added a bit of spunk to the read.

Overall I would rate this a 3.75 out of five. It was a good read, but the virginity thing kind of struck me as odd and the fact that I didn't feel so intrigued that I would be in a rush to get to the conclusion.

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Cowboy Charming is the third book in the Holiday, Texas series by Dylann Crush, and follows the romantic path of Presley Walker, the town Casanova, and Dixie King, a preacher’s daughter with far too many responsibilities to have her own life! But as with the previous stories, there are many people more than happy to butt in and help you find your way. Family, friends, quirky, small town antics, and some flirty dialogue, all combine to make this a fun, heart-warming, thoroughly enjoyable and feel good read. I’m hoping there’s more to come in the Holiday, Texas world, but we’ll have to wait and see.

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Cowboy Charming is a fitting capper to Dylann Crush’s stories about the extremely quirky town of Holiday, Texas.  At turns extremely funny and filled with rip-roaring action, there’s a loose-limbed feeling to the whole enterprise that’s extremely appealing.

Preacher’s daughter Dixie King is spending her life slinging beer to cowboys and their cowgirls at the Rambling Rose. Presley Walker knows how to make her yearn for more, but Dixie’s decided she won’t go there – he only sees her as a friend, and he’s an impossible pain in the butt.

Then opportunity rears its head. Her boss puts her in charge of the Rose for a few weeks after a road accident, a runaway pig and injured family require his presence elsewhere.  But Dixie can handle it – and running the Rose’s first ever chili cook-off and all of its attendant festivities – all by herself.  Yet this will mean working directly with Presley, who uses the chance to flirt with her shamelessly while trying to care for an ornery pig named Ham Bone, the latest addition to the Rambling Rose’s coterie of porcine boarders.

Presley has always enjoyed winding Dixie up – which is why an unexpected kiss between them shocks him from the top of his head to the tips of his cowboy boots.  Oh no – he enjoys teasing her until her cheeks turn red, but doesn’t expect her to give him the tingles in return!  When Dixie turns to him for help learning the art of seduction so she can use it to charm a California-based land developer out of information about his plans for a plot of land next to the Rose, all bets are suddenly off. Can Dixie talk the investor into moving elsewhere and save the Rose, or will they need divine intervention?

Cowboy Charming is definitely a rib-tickling comedy first and foremost, though its sparky, sassy romance is definitely going to be a solid crowd pleaser for lovers of western romance.  It’s fast-paced and stuffed with silliness and action - I really enjoyed how out there it got, and how it played with southern romance tropes while having a ton of great time on its own.

Dixie and Presley are both a lot of fun. While Dixie seems like a good girl, she’s got her wild streak – and she’s smart and ambitious to boot.  Presley is a rogue but the kind of rogue who’s caring and quick on his feet.  They’re delightful together, one heck of a pairing.

I have to give Dylann Crush a lot of credit – she knows how to blend humor and sentiment very well. The chili cook-off portions of the book are hilarious and she has a real verve for the small-town, somewhat redneck-y feeling of southern life that really works for the series and provides belly laughs for the reader. I loved the subplot with Dixie trying to reel in her outrageous grandmother, and anything having to do with Presley’s book-long struggle with Ham Bone.  There are some engaging characters to be found – like toad-obsessed Kermit, who becomes involved with Dixie’s Gram.  The problem’s solved in an amusing way that employs classic southern tropes – and a climactic poker game!

Overall, Cowboy Charming is a fun, big-hearted romance that’s a really great little romp. Readers should dig its wacky hometown feel, and come back for seconds –or thirds

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<p>It’s been quite a bit since I’ve reviewed an ARC here, but when I got the opportunity to read the latest in Dylann Crush’s Holiday, Texas series, I nearly jumped for joy. Before I even started this novel, I went back and revisited one of my favorite fictional towns by picking up <u> All-American Cowboy</u> (Charlie and Beck) and <u>Cowboy Christmas Jubilee</u> (Jinx and Cash). I couldn’t wait to mentally walk through the doors of the Ramblin’ Rose, grab a Lone Star, and stay a spell for <u>Cowboy Charming</u>. </p>

<p>I was especially excited to find that quirky, sassy Dixie and the charismatic prankster aka Presley were to be the featured match in this book. Unfortunately, it felt like Dixie lost a little too much of her redheaded temper; and poor old Pres lost a bit of his edge as well. I mean what happened to the guy who put a rubber snake in Cash’s Christmas tree, or stole a replacement decoration from the local liquor store? Yeah, we all eventually grow up, but I didn’t expect both of these characters to lose their spunk. </p>

<p>Slightly disheartened, I pushed through only to find that the plot was a little too simple for my taste. No interfering townsfolk abducting a hero, or pig and pup almost knocking out Christmas can be found in this one. In a lot of ways, the Holiday hijinks were missing from this novel. Dixie and Presley spent so much time in their own heads, the romance between Gram and Kermit became more fun to follow. Heck, even Ham Bone and Pork Chop seemed to have a more exciting tale. </p>

<p> Overall, I’m giving this book three stars. While this venture isn’t my favorite in the series, I’ll be back to see what happens to Statler, Strait, and Dwight?!? – I mean who doesn’t want to see what kind of trouble the town mechanic can find in his own story. Editing gets an A- (but there was a note that formatting and typos would be fixed before the final publication). Though not overused, the sheer existence of F-bombs could potentially turn readers away (I’m looking at you, mom). If I purchase this book, it’ll most likely be because I don’t want to have a gap in my collection of the series. Like I said earlier, <u>Charming</u>’s not for me, but I’ll be ready for the next trip to Holiday. ;-) </p>

<p>I received a copy of <u>Cowboy Charming </u> by Dylann Crush via <b>Netgalley</b> in exchange for an honest review. </p>

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Dixie is the sweetheart of Holiday, Texas. She is the town preacher’s good daughter, and has never said an unkind word about anyone. Presley is everyone’s favorite bad boy in Holiday, Texas. If his cavalier attitude and prowess with women is almost legendary, Why has he been feeling that something is missing in his life. Dixie and Presley are thrown together to run the local honkey tonk when its owners are out of town. Can two opposites work together toward a common goal? And if they do, will magic happen?

Throw in a few crazy senior citizens and you never know what will happen. This is the latest installment in the Holiday, Texas series, and it’s full of fun!

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I received a complimentary copy of thos book though netgalley.
Was my frist time reading this author's book's.
I love cowboy stories and was glad to read this book now I will be getting in to her stories. Even tho I started with book 3. I was able to get in to the book with no trouble at all.
I love the story between Dexie and Presley.

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Book 3, but could be read alone. This is Dixie, a preacher's daughter and Presley, the wild man-whore story. I enjoyed this one, and of course the pet pigs are a blast. Would have preferred without the evil land grab people, but other than that enjoyed the story. Would recommend, a good summer read.

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Book 3 in the Holiday, Texas series. Enjoyable, quick read. This is a fun series with quirky characters and laugh out loud moments.

Thank you #netgalley and #SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca for the eARC.

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I love cowboys and this one is on the top of my list. I have read a few of this author's books and I am hooked. The chemistry and characters are so well written then the story just puts together a great read.

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This is Dixie and Presley‘s book, it’s the third book in the Holiday Texas series. Dixie is a small-town preachers daughter she’s used to having a lot on her plate and keeping tabs on her flighty grandmother! She is set to handle the honky-tonks first ever chili cook off! Presley is holidays cowboy Casanova, he’s perfect to tutor the local good girl to learn how to go bad! Now he said to help the local chili cook off so nothing goes wrong! Presley and Dixie work together to save their hometown and keep the chili cook off to go smooth, if only they can learn to trust each other enough to fall in love! I was definitely surprised at how much I enjoyed reading this book! It Definitely had some steam to it it was really funny and her grandmother was a hoot! I highly recommend reading this one it’s definitely worth the read! Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for sharing this book with me!

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Cute and fun
I always enjoy revisiting Holiday and its characters.

What I liked:
The writing style
The characters
Part of a series: Holiday, Texas
Standalone
HEA
Epilogue

I look forward to reading the next book in this series.

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