A heartwarming romance that is filled with cowboys, romance, spunk, and godly lessons. A delightful read that's filled with turns and twist. Although this is the third book in the series Big Sky Romance it is the first book from the series that I've read. This is the first book I have read by this author and it is beautifully written. I enjoyed the attention to detail and how easy it is to read. I highly recommend this novel.

The Trouble with Cowboys was my first Christian romance. While Denise Hunter came highly recommended, I just did not bond with the story/characters. I especially did not like how Annie would manipulate Sierra, often with guilt/religion/Ryder. However, I know if I was Annie and had to deal with Sierra I would have lost my patience on page one. The H/h relationships were lack luster...

I love Braveheart's journey..

It isn’t very often that I see a cowboy story pulled off really well. Denise Hunter‘s The Trouble With Cowboys does a nice job of using appropriate slang at just the right times without seeming overpowering. This story is about a young lady struggling to make ends meet. When her job as equine columnist for Montana Living comes to an end with the promise of a love column opened up, Annie Wilkerson knew there was no way she could give folks love advice because she’s never been in love.

When ladies man Dylan Taylor needs help with his blind horse who has become very restless, he goes to Annie, whose skills as trainer are exactly what Braveheart needs. But Annie’s not too keen on the idea of spending time near the flirty Dylan, but when he tells her he has already sought the advice of everyone else in the area, Annie feels like she should help–especially since the only other possible option for Braveheart is to put him down. There’s only one problem, though: Annie doesn’t trust cowboys. After her cowboy father left her mother and sister and her when she was young, Annie has a large distrust for cowboys. The fact that Dylan seems to attract women like flies to a cow patty doesn’t help matters. So Annie–against her better judgment–hatches a plan that, in exchange for helping his horse, Dylan must help her with her new lovelorn column.

This book was a great story. I read it in two sittings, and it left me wanting to read more!

This is an enjoyable romance with several inspirational messages.
Annie has a lot of responsibility on her young shoulders. Her father, a cowboy, left when she was young and her mother had been through several more husbands who also left. Annie works two jobs to make ends meet for herself and her younger sister, Sierra, and Ryan, Sierra’s young son. Annie is intent on putting Sierra through college and is frustrated that Sierra can’t hold a job long and isn’t as dedicated to college as Annie feels she should be. She understands that Sierra is still young at 20 but Annie feels she shouldn’t be out partying when she has a young son at home and needs to prepare for her future. It is clear that Sierra is beginning to resent being “mothered” by Annie.

Annie is attracted to Dylan who is a handsome, flirty cowboy. But there is no way that she is going to get involved with a cowboy. Her mother’s history says that cowboys are trouble and they can’t be trusted. Instead Annie is dating a nice, stable banker, John, even though there may not be the zing with him that she feels with Dylan.

Dylan appears to be a flirt but he had a painful experience that has left him sour on commitment. He finds Annie attractive and more stable than a lot of women he knows. Yet he knows that she isn’t the type of woman to treat lightly. Dylan really needs Annie’s expertise as a horse trainer to help with Braveheart, an older horse who is going blind.

Although reluctant, Annie agrees to work with the horse if Dylan will help her with her new column - advise to the lovelorn. She figures he has had plenty of experience to share in the love arena. They strike a bargain even though it is clear they won’t always agree on recommendations for the column. Annie also finds it hard to decide if her answers should be consistent with God’s advise or man’s less forgiving nature.

I enjoyed the relationship between these nice characters and their pull and resistance made for good conflict and nice sensual tension. The situation with Sierra was definitely frustrating and created a major obstacle for Annie. I like how it worked out with a few surprises.

Annie and Dylan are both Christians so it would seem that they might have come together sooner with a bit more openness and that was annoying ... but then there wouldn’t have been the story. There are nice messages on issues of being judgmental, relinquishing fear, trusting God and allowing Him control to accomplish the impossible. The Christian issues are handled well through life style examples rather than preachiness.

The writing has a nice easy flow and the romance is sweet with enough heat to make it interesting and enjoyable. If you like Christian and sweet romances you should enjoy this read.
I received this title from the publisher.