Saddle Up
Clean Slate Ranch
by A.M. Arthur
Reyes Caldero keeps his past buried deep and his emotions buried deeper. But what he doesn’t say he always makes up for with his actions. When the hot chef he once saved from an abusive ex turns up at Clean Slate Ranch, the quiet cowboy is happy to act on their sizzling chemistry, even if he’s not ready to share his secrets—or his heart.
Miles Arlington needs to get the hell out of San Francisco, and heading north for a job near Clean Slate Ranch seems like just the thing. It doesn’t hurt that his secret crush slash onetime rescuer happens to work at the ranch. Miles has never been one for the outdoors, but the superhot Reyes has him ready to saddle up.
Reyes is happy to keep things casual, even though his heart has other ideas. And when Miles is forced to confront his past again, Reyes and Miles will have to put all their trust in each other if they want any chance at building a future together.
❃❃Saddle Up releases September 17th❃❃
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Momma Says: 3 stars⭐⭐⭐
This one was a bit of a slow starter for me. To be fair, I haven't read the first two books in the series, so I was a bit lost on some of the backstory at times. That aside, other than a couple of hints at danger from an obsessive ex, the first half of the book was slow going. The second half did pick up the pace, but there was a lot of drama from both Miles and Reyes. That drama is understandable and the story touches on dark subject matter, but with so many hints at where things were going, it wasn't hard to figure out the gist of the secrets both men kept. I did like the patience Reyes showed with Miles even before he knew what had happened to him. He was both tender and understanding. I don't want to give spoilers, so I'll just say that Miles' behavior later in the book was a bit of a turn off for me given everything that had happened to that point. It felt like drama for the sake of drama and didn't really fit with the relationship. Nevertheless, this pair does have good chemistry and their relationship is a mix of sweet and sexy once it gets started. I would say that anyone who has followed the series to this point would probably have a better connection to the secondary characters as there are things going on that revolve around them. As it stands, I didn't dislike the story, but it was a bit too slow in the beginning for my tastes.
❃❃ARC provided by NetGalley and HARLEQUIN - Carina Press
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