In 1997 Texas, Dahlia Montgomery buries her husband who died in a violent car accident. To her embarrassment she learns that a family friend Bonnie Gibson also died in the crash. Both were under the influence and circumstantial evidence including Kenneth's history leads Dahlia to believe he cheated on her one last time.
Twenty eight months later, Dahlia rues the day she agreed to accompany her best friend Piggy Murphy and accept employment as interns in Callister, Idaho. Not only is the place they are staying in freezing, but Piggy's cousin fails to meet them. Worse, angry rancher Luke McRae accidentally knocks her over like a stampeding bull. As Luke and Dahlia become acquainted they begin to fall in love though they stereotype the other. She does not trust men especially cowboys; and he believes outsiders like this Texan belong in the Lone Star State. Then there are his needs to be there for his disabled son and two daughters as well as an unstable ex-wife.
THE LOVE OF A COWBOY is an engaging contemporary romance that displays rural Idaho in a strong light. The story line is loaded with action and the cast is a strong ensemble. Though the lead characters lug too much baggage, readers will like both of them and especially her best friend. The audience will want to travel just outside Boise for a warm (except in the temporary lodging of the Texans) romantic tale.
"Dahlia Montgomery, a half-Filipina from a small Texas town, was catapulted to grief and shame when her husband died in a car accident. Her husband was not alone in the car, Dahlia discovered he died with his mistress. Instead of succumbing to misery, Dahlia went with her friend Piggy to Idaho where they got summer jobs as survey assistants. Dahlia was really excited for the change in scenery and looking forward to keeping busy with survey work in the Idaho mountains. Then Luke McRae literally bumped into her in the survey office. Luke was attracted to her and did not waste time letting Dahlia know it. Dahlia tried to fight her attraction to Luke but she started to fall in love with him. Luke was everything her husband was not; but he has some problems --an ex-wife determined to wreck havoc in his life, a disapproving mother and a son suffering from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. These problems prove too much for Dahlia and Luke's fledgling relationship. Dahlia went back to Texas, not knowing that she was carrying Luke's baby.
Dahlia gave birth to a healthy baby boy, she also started running her father's small business. When Dahlia thought everything is starting to look up, Luke suddenly came to claim her and the baby. Is the love of a cowboy strong enough to heal her heart?"
Rina Hall, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- Present (2000-2010)
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Children/Pregnancy
Yes
Children/Pregnancy:
- Get accidently pregnant
Matchbreaker
Yes
Matchbreaker is
- Mom
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- rancher/cowboy
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
Sex makes him
- confused
- guilty
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- mature
- sensitive
- a better lover
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
- doctor/medical
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
- a few sexual encounters
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
effect of sexing
- confused
Sex has bad effect on her
Yes
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- blissful
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
If she's not white she must be...
- oriental
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
- West
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
- 80%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of sex
- descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
- descript. of female anatomy (the big V)
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
Consequences of sex
- pregnancy
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 5-9 sex acts
