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A Good Old-Fashioned Cowboy

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I enjoyed this book. it is 4 stories about 4 friends told by different authors. I especially enjoyed how each author picked up where the previous book ended.
I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading more from these authors

Thank you Netgalley and Had lean in for allowing me to read this title for a honest review.

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A Good Old-Fashioned Cowboy (Jasper Creek #2). By Masiey Yates, Caitlin Crews, Nicole Helm & Jackie Ashenden. 2021. HQN Books (ARC eBook).

A pact brings Hope, Kit, Charity and Pru all back home to Jasper Creek, Oregon; to an old farmhouse and four derelict shops on the town’s main street. This was a great read. There is heartwarming friendship among the four women, and strong chemistry with the swoon-worthy cowboys: Brooks, Browning, Garrett and Grant. The writing was excellent as the four stories flowed seamlessly with the same feel. An engaging read about a group of friends looking out for each other and with the help of sexy cowboys, go for their dreams. The cute little illustration of each shop that begins each woman’s story was cute too.

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A very cute and heartwarming collection. Each story adds to the one before it, and I really appreciated that even though multiple authors were involved the stories maintain a consistent voice throughout.

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This is a great book by 4 different authors. They are very similar 4 friends who return to their home town to open shops. A pact they made when young teens. Each woman doesn’t want to love the man but can’t seem to resist them. I wish they were not so alike. But great stories

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I really enjoyed this four author combination book A Good Old-Fashioned Cowboy. It makes me wish and dream for a chance to regain some happiness from my youth. Such a fun and encouraging message for this frustrating time . The stories flowed well together and you would never know it was written by four authors. Wonderful!

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This is a collection of books. Each book centers on one of four friends. They all had big dreams, but had made a pact a long time ago. Now they are honoring that pact! Well written heartfelt romance with wonderful characters.

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A Good Old-Fashioned Cowboy was a delightful collection about four friends who return home to fulfill their childhood dreams and find love along the way.

Overall average rating — 4.5 Stars

How to Find Him by Maisey Yates — 4 Stars

Hope Marshall loved Sullivan Brooks with everything she had but when he wouldn't take a chance on their relationship, she left town and tried to put him behind her. Twelve years and one cheating fiancé later, Hope returns to Jasper Creek to open a candy store. But when she runs into Brooks, she discovers her feelings for him aren't only in the past. I adore second chance romances and this one was no exception. Hope and Brooks had an all-consuming romance in high school but due to issues in both sides, the two destroyed any chance of them working out. However after twelve years it's obvious the two still care about each other, no matter how much they may not want to. The chemistry between them is fantastic and the few steamy scenes, while short, are very well done. I liked how the pair resolved their issues and overall I was very happy with their romance.

How to Win Him by Caitlin Crews — 5 Stars

Kit Hall has always done what was expected of her; she went to Princeton, moved to NYC, and became an editor for a literary publishing house. But Kit's real passion is romance novels, so she moves home to Jasper Creek to open a romance bookstore. When her carpenter turns out to be Browning West, a legend with the ladies before she left town, Kit decides she's ready for some fun in her life. I absolutely loved this story which had a sort of opposites attract romance. Kit has always been very serious while Browning is known as the life of the party. I enjoyed their banter and the deal they strike up (Browning reads romance books in exchange for getting Kit to do something fun). Plus their chemistry is off the charts and the steamy scenes are fantastically done. Overall this was definitely my favorite story in the collection.

How to Hold Him by Jackie Ashenden — 4.5 Stars

Charity Golding has known her whole life that she would be a doctor like her father. But when panic attacks keep her from returning to the ER, she returns home to Jasper Creek to unwind and open a yarn store. When the grandson of the former owner shows up to yell at Charity about making any changes, Charity discovers she's just attracted to Garrett Roy as she used to be. This story was fantastic and the romance followed the bad boy/good girl trope which is one I really like. Garrett has always felt he let his late grandmother down and as a result he lashes out at Charity for trying to make any changes to the yarn store. I liked how the pair worked out their differences and how much they opened up to each other about their problems. Their physical chemistry is excellent with some wonderfully done steamy scenes. Overall I really enjoyed Charity and Garrett's romance.

How to Love Him by Nicole Helm — 4.5 Stars

Pru Riley may not have gotten a piece of her family's ranch, but ranching is in her blood. So after Pru returns home with her friends, she sets out to open a feed store. But when her dream store is filled with junk she needs to clear out her brother's best friend, Grant Mathewson, is there to lend a hand. Now Pru just needs to find a way to keep herself from wanting Grant as well. I'm not generally a fan of the brother's best friend trope, but it actually worked really well for me here. Pru and Grant have an easy relationship with each other prior to getting involved that lays a nice groundwork for their romance. I loved that because of that, they were able to see each other's problems and help with them. The chemistry between them is fantastic and the couple steamy scenes are as well. Overall I really enjoyed the pair's romance and I liked the nice little epilogue at the end of the story showing all of the stores' grand openings.

Overall A Good Old-Fashioned Cowboy was a fantastic collection and I loved the unified theme of the women opening their dream shops. I highly recommend this book as well as the previous Jasper Creek collection, A Cowboy for All Seasons.

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I really struggled with these stories. Each story seemed repetitive, probably because they were happening simultaneously instead of consecutively. They didn't seem to flow together very well.

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I loved this romance set!

Last year, I read "A Cowboy for All Seasons" by these four authors and loved every bit. Set in the same small town and connected to a few of the characters from that book, this collection follows the romances and life changes for a set of four women who have been friends since childhood. Each one pursued their lives and careers away from Jasper Creek, but are now back home and have the entire summer to make their dreams of owning a shop on Main Street come true.

Each of these romances is outstanding, with vibrant characters, passionate connections, and swoon-worthy cowboys. The real charm, however, is the seamless way the four stories, each written by a different author, fits together with the rest to form a cohesive story from start to finish. Since all of these characters grew up in the same community, there is a lot of family baggage to sort through for each couple that adds emotional depth to each story.

Everyone gets a wonderfully satisfying HEA, and the friendship between the women is strengthened by their experiences. I loved all of these characters, especially the way each couple fought their way through their own obstacles to find their futures together. It's a wonderful story and I highly recommend it for anyone who likes cowboys or small-town romances. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

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There’s a reason people swoon over cowboys and all four authors nailed each one of their stories! A Good Old-Fashioned Cowboy by Maisey Yates, Caitlin Crews, Nicole Helm and Jackie Ashenden takes you on a wonderful story of friendship, love and perseverance. It will have you staying up pasture bedtime 😉! When four friends return home to start their own respective stores, they find more than they bargained for. Each of them find themselves again, a store they each love along with the aforementioned cowboys. I laughed out loud multiple times and fell in love with the women’s friendship. Besides, what’s not to love about cowboys?!

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I really enjoyed this book, I thought it would be different stories, but it wasn't It was a continuation of the last book and so forth. I finished it in a day, it's an easy read and it is very contemporary/ erotic. You never know what to expect and that's a good thing. I love the friendship among the women .I am grateful that netgalley let me read this in exchange for an honest review.

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Let me start by admitting to being a fan of all four of the authors who wrote these four charming and addictive novellas, 3 of whom I discovered in The Deacons of Bourbon Street series (not to be missed!). I also know that these authors are actually good friends, which is probably why their novellas in this book flow so seamlessly into one another that you would swear they were written by a single author. Kudos to all 4 authors and 5 stars to each and every one of them.

I was hooked from the Prologue, in which 4 best friends are camping out in their small home town of Jasper Creek, Oregon, and discussing their plans for the future, and only one friend, Pru, will be staying home, planning to inherit her part of the family ranch--the others will be heading off to follow their dreams, and often it's the dreams of their parents they will try to fulfill. But they make a pact, as only best friends can, that they will stay in touch, and they then search for and purchase 4 identical necklaces, a small compass on a chain, swearing to never take them off, and they also promise to return to Jasper Creek someday should their future plans fizzle out.

A dozen years later, Hope's wedding plans fizzle out when she's left at the altar by the man she's been seeing for 9 years, and her three friends, her bridesmaids, are there to witness it, console her, and discuss their futures, and the dreams they once had of opening their own small businesses on Main Street in Jasper Creek. It seems to be the perfect time, early summer, to spend 3 months vacationing together, bolstering up Hope's shattered relationship, renting a house together in Jasper Creek, and possibly returning to their childhood dreams of each owning her own business there, and so it begins.

What follows are four charming, sad, touching, dramatic, angsty, funny, romantic and sexy short novels, as each of the four women rediscovers her roots, and also the boys, now men, they left behind. The intertwining of the four narratives is flawless. Even the rental house weaves it own magic into their lives, and when they discover an old 1940s era magazine with tips on how to find and hook the man of your dreams, the tips are placed in a jar, house rules are established, and if you break one of those rules, you have to reach into the jar, pick a slip, and do what it says. There's even an old Victrola that plays 1940s records by itself. There is also a hilarious running joke about salmon, which made me laugh out loud whenever it came up, and it came up a lot.

To say that I was absolutely enchanted by the concept and execution of these novellas is putting it mildly. I read one per night, usually finishing each one near dawn, but once I started, I simply couldn't put any of these four stories down. As a former indie bookseller in a small town, how could I not be overjoyed that one character wants to open a romance bookstore, another a yarn shop (there used to be one that my bookstore shared a building with), the third a homemade candy shop, and the fourth a feed & seed, since ranching was her childhood dream. Thanks to the little slips of silly suggestions and the house rules, each of these friends find themselves, and in doing so, they find the boys they left behind. If you've never read any of these authors before, this is a wonderful introduction to their books, and if you're already a fan of theirs, I think you'll be as delighted with these stories as I was.

I voluntarily read an advance reader copy of this novel. The opinions expressed are my own.

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Four women who have grown up together made a pact that when they were 30 they would come back to their hometown and revitalize four shops (each unique to their preference). This book follows each woman with their journey of opening a store front and landing a man of their dreams. Each story is on the shorter side, but brings a unique love story to each one. I haven't read a novel quite like this one where each story line connects which I thought was quite clever on the authors part.

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Who says you can't go home again? This anthology of four interconnected stories says that you can! Each story in this book tackles one of four close friends. They all left their very small hometown for different reasons, but have promised to move back home in the future if they aren't happy. When Hope's wedding implodes all of them head back to Jasper Creek to try and open their own businesses and find some happiness and direction in their life.

I adore interconnected novellas - and these are truly top-notch. The events of each story intertwine around each other and key on pivotal events and moments. The characters in each story give their thoughts on the relationships of the other friends without spoiling anything. It is really skillfully done. And you'd expect nothing less from these authors!

All of the stories were great - but I think my favorite was definitely Kit's!

I will say - there are several current country songs that could be listened to as a companion to this:

Morgan Wallen - Seven Summers Ago
Morgan Wallen - My Hometown
Lee Brice - Rumor
Brett Eldridge - Something I'm Good At
Eric Church - Springsteen
Blake Shelton - Happy Anywhere
Chris Stapleton - Starting Over
Chase Rice - Forever to Go
Chris Janson - Done
Ashley McBryde - Hang in there Girl
Jordan Davis - Slow Dancing in a Parking Lot
Marshmello & Kane Brown - One Thing Right

Overall - I highly recommend - especially if you like western, small town romance.

I received this as an ARC from NetGalley, but these opinions are all my own.

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I really liked the concept of the story, four friends if they weren't happy with their lives they would return to their small home town Jasper Creek and run four very different businesses'. I think each story was sweet, very good and unique. I actually found a paperback of the first Jasper Creek "A Cowboy for All Seasons" a week ago so I can't wait to jump into that one very soon.

I received this book at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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Well I guess that the Universe has a lot to say about the love life of these four ladies. Every time one of them tells another to take a slip, I cringed. Oh boy, what going to happen now.
A Good Old-Fashioned Cowboy, has four connecting stories from four wonderful authors.

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This was an interesting concept to twine all the stories together. But after the prologue, the stories all went in their own direction. I thought their rules, especially no cell phones, were a bit ridiculous. With how short the stories were, it was hard to get much out of them

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