Hello

Apologies for the late notice, but I have decided not to review this title. While I am certain it's obvious by now, I wanted to also clear this off NetGalley, so it's not showing as open for either of us.

Thanks,
Laura

Thank you Forever publishing for my review copy. All opinions are my own.
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What do we love?
Cowboy Romance!

What do we love?
Cowboy Romance with a side of mystery!

What do we love?
Wyoming!

What do we love?
Fantastic characters!

Did I get a little too middle school cheerleader? Ehhhh, zero cares over here, because I loved this title. It's no secret that I'm a fan of Cowboy Romance. If you know me....you know my kryptonite is a rugged cowboy. This sweet little book was perfect for me. The storyline was exactly what I needed. Just enough steam. Perfect chemistry and of course....Wyoming. The setting was chef's kiss. I waited entirely too long to read this one....I'm so glad I circled back to my poor neglected last page of Netgalley LOL. We all have the struggle right?

If you enjoy a cozy romance with a side of mystery...pick up My Kind of Cowboy. You will not regret it!

Brand is a rancher from a long line of ranchers. Avery is a city slicker. Opposites do attract. Brand learns to like Avery's kind of bossy. And Avery learns to like the ranching life. There are haters along the way, but it all works out.

I tried to get into this book and found I just didn’t connect with the characters. And the suspense subplot just didn’t work for me. Thank you for the opportunity to read this book

MY KIND OF COWBOY is actually book one in R.C. Ryan’s Wranglers of Wyoming series. Needless to mention I am reading this series out of order which often happens to me. I read and reviewed This Cowboy Of Mine which is number two several months ago and absolutely loved the story and characters. So I jumped at the chance to get my hands on MY KIND OF COWBOY and so glad I did.
MY KIND OF COWBOY delves into the dynamics of the Merrick family and introduces this wonderful family of characters. Four generations of a family that managed to survive and prosper on land surrounded by mountains and wild mustangs. The Merrick family endured hardships and tragedies over the years. We are immediately alerted to the fact that this family sticks together and supports each other which has been immensely important.
MY KIND OF COWBOY centers on Brand Merrick and Avery Grant. Brand is the oldest son of Bo Merrick and along with his brothers lives in a grand home surrounded by love of his great grandfather, grandmother and grandfather and his widowed father Bo. Each of Bo’s sons branched out on their own career choices now that they are adults. Brand works along with his family on the Merrick Ranch and is recovering from an accident that has left him in pain. Let’s not fail to mention that Brand along with most of the male population of this family is stubborn to the core.
So we have the most delightful push and pull between Brand who absolutely rejects the idea of taking valuable time away from his ranching responsibilities and Avery who was hired to restart his very necessary physical therapy. Everyone sees the pain that Brand still suffers. He needs to regain the strength and mobility of his injured leg. Avery knows that unless he does the physical therapy he just might be hampered with this disability for life.
You might be tempted to ask why Brand wouldn’t just let Avery help him. It would certainly only take a select amount of time away from the ranching and the bonus would be to alleviate pain. But here’s where the famous Merrick stubbornness comes into play.
Avery is very smart and shrewd. She realizes almost immediately that she needs a champion on her side. Here is where the absolute genius of R. C. Ryan comes into play.
R.C. Ryan knows that her ranchers need to maintain strength, honor, discipline and independence. Learning to accept help from someone is a challenge. Avery is up for this challenge. Now she only has to find an opening to work her own special brand of magic on this larger than life tough cowboy.
My money is on Avery. So far the Wranglers of Wyoming promises to be a wonderfully entertaining and engaging saga. The first two books are awesome and each truly does stand alone. I can’t wait for number three to hit the stands. In the meantime MY KIND OF COWBOY should definitely be on your must read list.

An extremely enjoyable book with complex, deeply moving characters and the spectacular grandeur of the Teton mountains! I felt that the love story of Brand and Avery was a definite slow-burn take it one step at a time type of romance that suited both of the characters very well. Definitely a must-read for cowboy lovers everywhere!

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book provided by the publisher through NetGalley.

The Merrick family were cowboy dynasty…

City vs country wasn’t an issue, surprisingly, as Avery flew from New York to Wyoming to share her PT skills. Brand didn’t want anything to do with therapy but Avery he was interested in. And the feeling became mutual. The whole Merrick family was four generations of very different characters and Avery was going to befriend them all…

Avery and Brand’s romance was sweet and steady as he recovered and she fell in love with him, his family and Wyoming itself. I don’t blame her as the land was beyond grand and Brand’s family was a bunch of intriguing and lovable characters. There was tragedy and danger which amped up the emotion and drama in an otherwise quiet, yet steamy, courtship.

I loved my first visit to the cowboy country of Wyoming and there are many more single Merricks to look forward to!

Sorry but I didn’t even get through a quarter of the book. It was typical and band. I think this will be the last book I will pick up by RC Ryan. I can’t understand all the good reviews other than the readers have missed books by better authors. Skip this book.

Who doesn't love a cowboy? It's hard to find someone who loves romance novels who doesn't. And Brand is as cowboy as they come. Pairing him with string willed, determined Avery makes fir some good old fashioned, opposites attract fun.

I am falling in love with cowboy romances. I need to get me a cowboy. I love how polite they are in public and then a bit crazier in bed. I loved Brand as a character and thought that he was such a perfect gentlemen. Him and Avery were great together and it was so much fun reading their story. What brought my rating down a lot was the random plot line that was added to give the story some sort of danger element. I'm not going to say what exactly it is because spoilers, but it just felt underdeveloped and rushed. It would've been better if it had a bigger presence in the story from start to finish. Overall I give this book 3 out of 5 stars.

My Kind of Cowboy is the first book in the Wranglers of Wyoming series. This was a new author for me, so I was pleasantly surprised at how beautifully written it was. The characters were interesting and easy to connect with. I loved the family atmosphere the book describes and the camaraderie between the Merrick brothers.
Brand Merrick was the oldest Merrick brother and after taking a fall from his horse his injury is still causing him pain. When the family doctor recommends physical therapy and his grandmother sets it up, he wasn’t thrilled. He didn’t have time in his day for physical therapy and he was completely thrown off when the physical therapist is a woman. Even though he insists he doesn’t need therapy he is impressed enough with Avery that he was willing to give her a chance.
Avery Grant took the job of physical therapist in Wyoming hoping that the mysterious threats she has been receiving will stop. She wasn’t expecting to enjoy living with the Merrick family and quickly became part of their daily routine. When the threats continue, Brand insists she files a report and he is determined to keep her safe.
I really enjoyed reading this book and look forward to reading the next one in the series.

Brand took a fall and refuses to let it get him down. Problem is his family thinks he needs help to improve his situation and has hired a physical therapist who will stick around for a little while to help him out. They never expected city girl Avery. Brand will try to scare off Avery by showing her the real work of working on a ranch but Avery is a strong willed women who refuses to back down.

I really enjoyed this book. I didn't really know much going into it. I liked getting to know the characters and seeing how strong willed very was she wasn't the type to leave easily. I liked seeing that connection between the two and how much they ended up liking eachother. I also loved that bit of the mystery when it came to Avery. She was receiving threats and wasn't entirely sure who it was, she had her suspicions but it was a matter of finding out who it really was and if the person would go further then just threats. Overall this was a pretty great book I really enjoyed it.

My Kind of Cowboy was a really enjoyable and suspenseful romance novel with great characters, a sweet story, some underlying trauma and then a crazy twist. The biggest strengths of the book were the beautiful descriptions of the countryside and mountains; and the cast of characters that are the extended family. It immediately made me want to be a part of this family, to know these people and to eat the delicious meals that Billy creates. I so hope there will be more books written about the other brothers and the rest of the family.

I enjoyed this light read by R.C. Ryan. City girl and physical therapist Avery Grant is thrown out of her comfort zone when she is hired to work with a tough cowboy on his family's ranch in Wyoming.

I enjoyed the characters and the interactions of this close-knit family. Avery quickly steals the hearts of the entire family providing some much needed therapy beyond just the physical type. The suspense aspect of the novel, which come in the form of mysterious text message threats on Avery's phone, are mild at best. This appears to be the first book in the series and I'm looking forward to the next.

I've loved cowboy stories since watching the old B&W tv shows when I was a little girl. Since I will most likely never go out west and experience the real thing, I live vicariously through these books. This is a very entertaining and well written story, the first in the series, introducing the Merrick Family, four generations living together, on the huge ranch that is their legacy. It starts out with a tragic event that sets the scene for the future.

Brand, the oldest of the three brothers, the youngest generation, had a serious fall and injuried his leg, but being a stoic cowboy, did not follow his doctors advice and now has a limp and is in constant pain, so his grandmother, a former nurse, hires a well respected physical therapist, Avery Grant, to come to the ranch and work with him, something he is not happy about. But the biggest surprise, is when Avery arrives and she is a woman. One thing that Brand and Avery have in come, is they both lost their mothers at a young age. But while Brand still had his large family, Avery only had her father, a top cardiothoracic surgeon, who had little time for his daughter, especially when she decided while in medical school, to switch her interest from medicine to physical therapy. Avery is such a bright, kind and beautiful person that she quickly wins Brand and the rest of the family over, despite Brand's initial resentment. But Avery has a secret. One reason that she left Michigan to take this assignment, is because she has a stalker. I think most readers will figure out who the real stalker is, way before Avery, the Merricks and the police do, but that and the very corny ending are the only negative things that I could find in this book. And there is also a recipe at the end.

The characters are all engaging with lively banter and I look forward to reading more about the rest of the Merrick clan. Will Liz realize what she has with Chet? Who will win the hearts of Casey an dJonah? What about Bo?

I read an ARC from NetGalley.com. This is my unbiased and voluntary review.

My Kind of Cowboy is the first R.C. Ryan book I've read, but it won't be the last. I enjoyed it very much. It was well written, had characters that were enjoyable and the story line kept me engaged.

Brand Merrick is the oldest of the Merrick great-grandchildren. When he fell off of his horse and injured his leg, he cut his physical therapy short because he didn't want his great-grandfather, grandfather, father and brothers to have to pick up his slack. While he wasn't totally healed, he's now paying the price and his grandmother has taken notice and taken things into her own hands by hiring a physical therapist to help him out. Something Brand is less than thrilled about.

Avery Grant lives is Michigan, but works for a group that lends out their physical therapists when needed, so she's headed to Wyoming to try her hand at helping Brand heal up his leg. Avery is looking forward to the new surroundings since she has a very strained relationship with her father and she's been receiving threatening texts, but the local authorities don't think it's anything to worry about.

As Avery starts her time at the ranch, she finds that Brand is stubborn and that she's going to have her work cut out for her, but she's up to the challenge. She isn't afraid to help with chores and that helps to endear her to the family and Brand begins to take notice too. Slowly he realizes that she's there to help him and he allows her to start the therapy. Will there be more that develops between them?

I really enjoyed this entire family and the interactions between all of the generations. I'm really looking forward to the next book in this series!

Wow!!! I have to say I was pulled in from page one and hated to see this one end. I loved all the characters and the setting is one I want to visit in person!! I will admit I had figured out the mystery early on, but this isn't a suspense novel it's a love story. One that will have you sighing, smiling, laughing and even cringing at times. I'm so eager to read more in this series. R. C. Ryan is quickly becoming a must buy author for me. She knows how to write great characters and settings that are so real you know they have to exist. I can't wait for the next story. I highly, highly recommend My Kind of Cowboy to everyone!!!

New series with the Merrick family finds Brand thrown together with Avery to finish his rehab at the ranch and sparks fly. Always enjoy the family groups this author creates and looking forward to reading about the brothers. E-book from net galley and publishers with thanks. Opinions are entirely my own.

I'm rounding up to three stars on this one, but it really was a little bit lower for me. This was a situation where the book just wasn't for me. I know that there have been others who have really enjoyed it, but it fell short.
I liked the main characters, Brand & Avery, and usually forced proximity is great, but I think that this progressed a little too quickly & didn't seem very natural. It went from meeting to kissing real quick, with no real development of the relationship.
There was also a storyline that seemed like it was meant to add some mystery to the book, but I felt like it was a little extra nugget that really wasn't needed. It made the end of the book really weird for me, and instead of being a cowboy romance, felt like it was trying to be a thriller too. Had it been more developed or explained, it could've been better, but I just wasn't super into it.
I did enjoy RC Ryan's writing style, and I thought that the scenes between Brand & Avery were sweet. Avery was a really good character, and the family dynamic with Brand's family was awesome. I loved how close & involved they all were with the ranch (and each other's lives!).

This was my first book from RC Ryan and I so badly wanted to love it! Forced proximity?? Yes please! Unfortunately the storyline didn’t click for me as much as I had hoped (I tried this after reading And loving Cowboy Come Home, that one gave me book hangover). I may try to finish it at a later date but for now I decided to DNF at 28%