Such a great story about two people destined for each other if some hard variables (her over protective older brothers) can be dealt with carefully.
What I really liked about the story is how the individual stories of the main characters, Brady and Amanda, swirl and converge around their joint story of a rocky romance. Both characters have stresses from their lives that play out as they find and hold each other.

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All thoughts and opinions are mine and unbiased

A quick enjoyable read
Great story and characters

LOVED THIS BOOK!
Brady has always seem different than his brothers and his father. When he graduated high school, he couldn't wait to take his college scholarship and leave the town and farm behind. Years later when his father dies, his older brother asks him to come home and help on the farm for a year, before he decides if he wants to sell it or not. The problem Brady has is that his brothers never take his ideas seriously, and enjoy mocking him for doing something different with his life.
Amanda has grown up on her family farm with her parents and four older, overprotective brothers. At the age of 22 she is ready to finally start experiencing life, but everyone still views her as a little girl. When Amanda boldly makes some changes in her life she decides that the biggest change of all is to finally give in to her attraction to Brady, her brother's best friend.
Can Amanda and Brady overcome their pasts, their over bearing families, and the way they are viewed in their small town to finally find the happy ever after they both want and deserve? This is a book about love, friendship and family, and how much our pasts influence our futures. Great book with wonderfully developed characters and plot. Highly recommend.
I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I received this book as an ARC for a honest and voluntary review. I liked the synopsis of this book on NetGalley so I requested it. However the book didn't hold my interest. It was too wordy, chapters devoted to explaining how Amanda hated living with her parents and always watched by her brothers. Same with Brady chapters explaining why he didn't want to be at the family ranch for a year. Maybe because my norm these days are fast paced romantic suspense, but it dragged for me. I read a majority of it out on a road trip, or I'd still be working on this book

A great story overall, and felt it got better and better as it went along. Started a little slow for me. but picked up after awhile. Amanda has always been looked at as the little kid, and with 4 overpowering brothers she never had any boys hanging around. Her brother Riley's best friend Brady though, was her biggest crush, although he never saw her as anything but a kid. When she started working at the local bar, and wearing skin tight clothes, Brady started to get a new perspective. Both had issues, and both were helpful to each other. Liked it, and would recommend this book and author.

A sweet western romance.
Amanda Kittridge has always adored Brady Everett. He treated her like his little sister, much to her chagrin...but now she's done. Tired of her four older brothers chasing away any possible suitors, not only does she move out, but she's taken a part time job as a bartender, and moved above the bar. The Coyote being not only a rough bar, but one notorious for 'friendly' barmaids, whose job description entailed showing lots of skin.
Finding Amanda there in a tight tank top and tight jeans, brought everything he had refused to see into clear focus. Her brother Riley insisted he watch over her..as his best friend, not knowing what he asked of Brady.
He fought the attraction, she didn't and the result was a tumultuous affair. She knew she was in love. He denied it to himself, until he had to face it.
This cowboy tale has it all, first love, humor, steam, envy, family love and dysfunction, and a happy ever after.
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This was a new author for me but I really enjoyed this romance! Its been a while since I read a cowboy romance but I can see me going back and reading the first two in the series. Very enjoyable!

Amanda Kittridge is tried of everyone (her family/Brody) consider her as if she was younger than her actual age of 22. She decides to move out of her family home to start a new life for herself (and that’s when things change for her in regards to Brody).

Brody moved back to help his brother’s with the family ranch. The road to is a difficult one for this pair. This is a touching romance.

I received an advance reader copy from the publisher. All opinions are my own.

4.5 stars

I am so in love with every book in the series, I swear.

This time it's Brady, the youngest of the Everett brothers, who finds his HEA, and finds it with no other than the Town's Little Sister, Amanda Kittredge. Amanda is also his best friend's little sister, so... *cue drama* The trope is not new, but I still ate it up like this was my first time reading it.

I love how assertive Amanda was with her army of big brothers, and how she just straight up got into their faces and fought with them when they were being overbearing, which is basically all the time. I also love the interactions between Brady and HIS big brothers; there were a lot of tension, and I live for that. Brady and Amanda were so good and so sexy together, and I REALLY loved it that Amanda called Brady out immediately when he was being patronizing, which happened sometimes because of the ten-year age difference.

One of my most favourite things is seeing the Everett family together. Gray and Abby were still solid, and Hannah and Ty were fun as heck to watch, I might just reread their book later.

I'm so happy that the author confirmed on Twitter that there will be more Cold River books, because Riley and Rae? We NEED to know.

It was nice to see another Everett brother find some happiness. Even though Brady was the youngest brother, he had the biggest sacrifce when returning to the homestead to help out his two older brother work the ranch that is their family's legacy. Amanda, the youngest of five, and always being viewed as that little Kittredge girl. Eager to break out of the stereotype, mainly for herself, she has a proposition that Brady knows, but cant's refuse - even though his best freind is one of Amanda's older brothers. The unexpected chemistry creates passion, heat, and some steam nights, but long can they keep going without being discovered, where your business is everyone's business in this small town. It was an fun read, and you find yourself rooting for Amanda and cheering her all the way!

Seemed too predictable and drawn out. I suppose it may be liked better by a younger person. with the story of the female character and her rite of passage into being seen as an adult female by her controlling brothers. The age difference,life experience, and education level between the couple seemed off kilter. The relationship was contrived and the 'games they played were strange. Almost seemed akin to a tame :Fifty Shades' where he rules, she follows his orders but then she's suddenly full of wisdom. A little off balance until toward the end where it became more of a traditional respectful relationship.
The baggage the family carried because of their domineering belligerent father and how they delt with it was a much better storyline than the romance. As noted, may be liked better by a younger reader.
I received this book as a complimentary copy for an unbiased review. The opinions expressed are my own. Thanks to the author,publisher, and NetGalley for the ARC.

Honestly, not my cup of tea. I was quite disappointed because I really enjoyed the other Cold River Ranch books. I just didn't believe in the coupling of Amanda and Brady. I didn't see the attraction or feel any connection between the two of them. I also wish there was more romance in this book like there was in her other two books in the series. If you've read the other books I'd recommend reading this one. However, if you're new to the series, I would recommend skipping this one and starting with her two previous releases in the series.

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Complementary copy given for honest review.

This is one of my favorite books. I can’t wait to read more by Caitlin Crews. This story is about breaking out of the chains of family expectations and making your own story with them included. This is a must read.

It’s hard to express just how much I enjoyed this third book in the Cold River Ranch series. Three brothers, all damaged by a bitter, mean father, finally come to terms with their pasts. This book deals with the youngest son, Brady. He was the boy dismissed as worthless, who worked hard, earned a full scholarship and left for college and a life in Denver. Back to give a year to the ranch, after his father’s death, he struggles with his relationships with his brothers, old friends and a young woman he has known since “he changed her diapers.” This was a moving, emotional story, with humor, compassion and romance to spare!

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Fantastic, great chemistry and lead up. I have not read the 2 prior books in the series but they will defintaly added to my tbr list.

A modern day love story set in a small town in Colorado. A young (22) lady, who was raised and lives on a ranch, with her 3 much older brothers and parents sets forth to declare herself independent. In her quest, to be independent, she takes a second job at a not so respectable bar on the wrong side of town. This job enables her to obtain her own apartment, over the bar, which is meet with the disapproval of the family. An older brother then asked a friend to keep a brotherly eye her for them. As she has always had a fantasy crush on him the fun begins. Can our stalwart maintain his distance or will she be the winner of all her heart desires?

This is a feel good romance that will keep your interest from the beach until the end.

I have rated this book 4 stars.

This is the third installment in the Cold River Ranch series about the Everett Brothers. This shows the lasting effects of an abusive relationship between a parent and a child. The story shows how each son was affected by their mean, drunken father. All three episodes showed how all three boys related to each other and they all got their HEA. It was a quick read with a sweet storyline.

This book was gifted to me by NetGalley in return for an honest review.

The writing had just the right amount of sweetness and spice and the story was a light, easy read. Unfortunately, the difference in ages between Brady and Amanda was only eclipsed by the chasm in their maturity levels. As I read, I did not detect any chemistry between the pair and their relationship came across as awkward rather than romantic. Both their relationship and Amanda's coming-of-age story just didn't seem to resonate with me, but I would still recommend it to others.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Caitlin Crews for an ARC of 'The Last Real Cowboy' in exchange for an honest and voluntary review.

“The Last Real Cowboy” by Caitlin Crews is book 3 of the Everett’s of Cold River series and book 1 of the Kittredge’s of Cold River and features Brady Everett and Amanda Kittredge.

Amanda is the youngest of the Kittredge family and has had a crush on Brady for years. Unfortunately, he still sees her as “little Amanda Kittredge”.
Until that moment he doesn’t.

Sadly, I was unable to finish this book.
Amanda is twenty-two, and though she’s fighting for her independence, she comes across as immature with her temper tantrums.
Brady is about ten years older and, in one scene he tells her she is like a sister to him, while in earlier scenes he noticed she isn’t a kid anymore. I get why he said she’s like a sister to him (and the author’s intent that he’s fighting his growing feelings), but it really made me feel uncomfortable anyway.
Usually, books with a marked age difference don’t bother me, but the characters in this book didn’t sit well with me and my preference as a reader.

Although I enjoyed Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy by Ms. Crews, I found this book not as entertaining. Although I love reading cowboys and the women they love, I did get a chuckle fromt he overbearing but protective brothers and thoroughly applauded Amanda for standing up on her own two feet.

Not sure about the romance between the two main characters. He appeared a bit old and she a bit young so the chemistry between the two did not measure up to what I thought when I started to read the story. I did understand the plot and it was well-written. After awhile the story did turn into a good comfy read for me. I do like this author and would love to read more from her.

I would like to thank the author, St. Martin’s Publishing and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest and unbiased review of this novel. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

3-Stars