Cowboy Come Home

It proves again that deceitfulness demands its own price.Dating at 16? - I don't think so -- too many hormones driving adolescents. Even at 18, most are not ready for marriage and premarital sex, well you see where that leads to.Excellently written story - excellent characters, even Leigh, the daughter. A bit of a spoiled brat. Loved grandpa Rollins and his sage advise. Even after living through his mistakes. But the young never listen, they are so full of themselves, as Jake Rollins came to realize in facing his own mistakes when he couldn't keep his zipper up. [grin] Their social and moral sins always catch up with them. He thinks, "If only he hadn't, or what if....?"Give Anna Connor credit for admiting that she did eventually love her husband. But her decision could have ruined all of their lives. Jake belatedly realizes that he has missed out on his daughter's growing up years by his foolishness. He sure tries to make amends but good grief, back to bed-hoping - again?I can barely understand Leigh's emotional upset - and again where do the kids get the idea they are the end all of their parents existence? The security of their parents love is vastly important but where do they get the idea that their parents did not have a life before they showed up on the scene?You should be able to get an idea of how good the story was by my being drawn into expressing my likes and definitely dislikes of the characters personal flaws. Father, Jake and daughter, Leigh have similiar problems with their parents - it seemed to take a while to realize their parents can make mistakes too.Am getting tired of all the excuses used by characters and writers for pre-marital sex. Hormones - can't they be controled? Women - can't they say no? even if they don't mean it? Men - who are no better than the libertines of the Regency period - ah well, no honor, no integrity, definitely no morals.Still the story is worth reading - will provisionally recommend.Anna just triggered off my disappointment with our "fair sex" [ugh!] and Jake left me wondering where our "men of honor" are hiding.

I really like this book. I found the characters believable and moving and their motivations realistic. Some of the plot devices were somewhat mechanical, but the characters and the chemistry between them more than made up for some of the shortcomings of the genre. This is an honest, romantic story about trying to do the right things and trying to find happiness in a complex, adult world as well.

I think that what made this book as good as it is is that in this story of love lost and re-found the wishes of the third person - the daughter of Jake and Anna, about whom he never knew - center strongly in the resolution of this satisfying romance. Jake and Anna are sympathetic, well-drawn characters, and the reader likes them even more for both caring so much for their daughter that they are willing to lose each other again so as not to hurt her. Even as they come to terms with their past and look toward the future, they can never forget about the young woman whose life is intertwined with theirs.I was quite pleased with this touching book, and I cannot recommend it highly enough!

I've read all of award-winning Texan author Eve Gaddy's novels and am happy to report she's writing better than ever for Superromance. Cowboy Come Home is a sharp, fast-paced tale (with the best opening line I've read in a while!) about a sexy rodeo star hero and the once-burned, twice-shy woman he very much regrets leaving behind---and oh, yes, the rodeo-hungry daughter he didn't know he had. If you like three-dimensional characters, a believable conflict, sizzling sexual tension, and a Texas-as-Texas-can-be setting, you'll love this book.