Romantic Hero
One thing you should know about me from the start: I’m really not into cowboy-themed anything, much less books, so it’s a testament to Kirsty Greenwood’s writing chops that I’d put that aside to read a book whose MMC River Oakley is a bona fide Stetson-wearing, ranch owning Texas cowboy! Did I say I don’t like cowboys? I’m willing to re-evaluate. So who is this guy that lassoed my attention so well? For starters, he’s the fictional creation of this book’s FMC: London author Gertie Bickerstaff who wrote him as a side character and villain in her popular Bedlam Creek romance series. Yep … saddle up. Yet another book character has escaped their pages! To be fair, it wasn’t his fault. It started with the love of Gertie’s life, Henry, unexpectedly asking that they press pause on their relationship, leading to the usual emotional fallout and a wicked case of writer’s block for Gertie, whose final book in the series is due in a couple weeks. With her literary agent Bridget growing more n...
