Unbroken Cowboy (Gold Valley Series #5)

by Maisey Yates

Overview

In Gold Valley, Oregon, New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates proves that forbidden love just might be the sweetest…

Dane Parker traded in his trailer-park roots for glory as a bull rider. But when a serious injury sidelines him for months, it’s the first time he can’t just pull himself up by his bootstraps. The last thing he wants to deal with is sweet family friend Bea treating him like one of her wounded animals—or the unexpected attraction that suddenly flares between them.

Beatrix Leighton has loved Dane for years, while he’s always seen her as another sister. When she enlists his help to start her animal sanctuary, she thinks it will give him purpose. Instead, it brings all the desire she feels for him to the boiling point. Bea’s father taught her early on that love means loss. But could her forbidden crush turn into a love that will last a lifetime?

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Read the entire Gold Valley series:
1. Smooth-Talking Cowboy
2. Untamed Cowboy
3. Good Time Cowboy
4. A Tall, Dark Cowboy Christmas
5. Unbroken Cowboy
6. Cowboy to the Core
7. Lone Wolf Cowboy
8. Cowboy Christmas Redemption
9. The Bad Boy of Redemption Ranch
10. The Hero of Hope Springs
11. The Last Christmas Cowboy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781335041128
Publisher:	Harlequin
Publication date:	04/23/2019
Series:	Gold Valley Series , #5
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	402,055
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Maisey Yates is a New York Times bestselling author of over one hundred romance novels. Whether she's writing strong, hard working cowboys, dissolute princes or multigenerational family stories, she loves getting lost in fictional worlds. An avid knitter with a dangerous yarn addiction and an aversion to housework, Maisey lives with her husband and three kids in rural Oregon. Check out her website, maiseyyates.com or find her on Facebook.

Editorial Reviews

★ 01/14/2019

Yates’s superb latest Gold Valley contemporary (after A Tall, Dark Cowboy Christmas) entices with a charged, intense romance between a veterinary assistant and a former rodeo bull rider. Bea Leighton loves caring for animals at her home as well as at her job at the Gold Valley Veterinary Clinic in Gold Valley, Ore. For much of her life, Bea has been in love with Dane Parker, whose sister, Lindy, is divorced from Bea’s brother, Damien. Bea lives in a cabin on the property of the Grassroots Winery and Dane lives in the main house recuperating from bull-riding injuries sustained eight months prior; Lindy helps run the winery but lives with her new husband, Wyatt Dodge, at his dude ranch. As Bea helps care for Dane and bluntly tells him to look toward the future, he starts to see her in a new light and is surprised that he no longer views her as a little sister. Dane assists and supports Bea’s efforts to start an animal sanctuary on the property as he realizes that he is attracted to both her striking beauty and her caring nature. Multidimensional and genuine characters are the highlight of this alluring novel, and sensual love scenes complete it. Yates’s fans and anyone who enjoys contemporary western romances will savor this delectable story. Agent: Helen Breitwieser, Cornerstone Literary. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

2019-02-18

A young Oregon woman must confront her longtime crush on her former sister-in-law's brother, a professional bull rider, after a serious injury lands him in her care.

Beatrix Leighton is used to being the odd one. With a history of taking in any and every wounded animal, Bea has a knack for rehabilitating those in need, though her patients are always of the four-legged variety. When Dane Parker gets trampled by a bull, it could mean the end of his career. It's eight months into his recovery, and Dane is going stir crazy, tired of his sister, Lindy, and his friend Bea waiting on him hand and foot. He needs a purpose, and Bea might be able to give him something temporary as she puts her dreams of opening an animal sanctuary into effect. As the pair spend an increasing amount of time together, Bea suspects her crush might not be as one-sided as she thought. Newcomers to Yates' (The Spaniard's Untouched Bride, 2019, etc.) Gold Valley series will be lost, thrust into a quagmire of family relationships that have been built up through the previous books. Dane is a rather unlikable hero with his constant infantilizing of Bea. He also offensively refers to himself as "looking like a damned cripple" and laments the fact that he's been unable to pick up women while healing. Bea struggles with feelings of abandonment and harbors a heartbreaking family secret, but neither character's baggage is a realistic explanation for the cyclical arguments they have regarding commitment. The conflicts, internal and external, are messy and nonsensical.

Needlessly dramatic, with too many characters for a new reader to keep straight.

Kirkus Reviews