TITLE: Cowboys Love Curves*
AUTHOR: S. Cinders
SERIES: Westland Brothers
SERIES ORDER: 1
PUBLISHED: 04/20/2022
AVAILABLE ON KU: Yes
GENRE: Cowboy Romance
RATING: 5/5
*Goodreads has this book titled as Cowboy with the Spurs.
BLURB:
Recipe for love: 1 cowboy, 1 super sexy best friend, and 1 steaming pile of horse pucky... I know, shocked the hell out of me too.
USA Today bestselling author S. Cinders brings you a super steamy, friends to lovers romance about a curvy girl who has given up on love, and her cowboy best friend who finally sees her for the first time.
Lia
There are three things you need to know about me.
I am a plus size woman.
I’ve been in love with my best friend for too many years to count.
And I've sworn off men—okay, maybe not sex, but I’m definitely giving up on love.
If only my best friend, Colby (lickable washboard abs) Westland, hadn't just caught me in my birthday suit. He's giving me all the signals I've been waiting for since--FOREVER.
Surely one roll in the hay won’t change things?One truly incredible roll that consequently has ruined all other rolls in the hay for me, past or present.
Colby
Now I’ve had a taste of her. I’m never letting her go. Curvy Lia Meeks is one luscious handful of a woman, and now I have touched the forbidden fruit. I plan on keeping my hands full of her—permanently.
One moment of passion is not nearly enough. Lia is one addiction I will never shake. I crave every curvaceous inch of her. Even if she refuses to see me, she won't get away that easily. Looks like I am crashing ladies' night at the diner. With Franks and Grace's help, I'll get Lia to take a chance on me--on us.
Looks like I’m crashing ladies' night at the diner. Buckle up, friends, this diner and its patrons are about to heat up!
If you enjoy instalove, hotter than sin stories with curvy girls and possessive guys. You will love S. Cinders additions to The Westland Brother's Series.
Here you'll find Frank and Rose, the diner proprietors, featured in every story.
“If you don’t value yourself, how do you expect anyone else to?”
MY REVIEW:
I just love finding new authors! This book purchase/read came about because of list of freebies posted on Book Boyfriend Bureau’a blog. I really liked the synopsis of this one (if you’ve followed my blog at all, you know I’m a sucker for a good friends-to-lovers story) and I liked that it was also short. I haven’t had that many opportunities to read lately, mainly because I just don’t have time to. There’s a lot of visibility at work, so I can’t really sneak in any time to read, unless it were during my half hour lunch break. Then, when I get home, I normally eat dinner and more-often-than-not, I end up crashing and repeat it all again the next day.
This was a really cute short story with plenty of heat, humor and emotion. This story is only 40 pages, so you can definitely read it within a few hours; perfect for a lunchtime or naptime read.
While it is short, and there is not much plot, I was pretty invested in the story. Lia is a curvy woman with body image issues. She’s tried dating but hasn’t found the right man because a.) she’s in love with her best friend, Colby, and b.) people can be cruel. Colby is Lia’s best friend, also in love with her, and owns a ranch. When Lia helps out and ends up falling into a pile of actual horse shit, Colby offers her use of his shower. Things get a bit steamy when Colby catches Lia naked in the shower and Lia decides to tempt fate. Some miscommunication transpires (of course it does!) and Lia ends up leaving thinking that Colby thought it was a mistake. Will Colby be able to win her heart? Read the story to find out!
I also really enjoyed the side characters. Frank and Rosie are the owners of the diner that Lia and her friends meet at once a week. While Colby and Lia were the main focus of this book, Frank and Rosie had a prominent role in this story too, as well as the rest of the series I would presume (based on the sneak peek I read of the next book in the series.) My absolute favorite part was when Rosie delivered the above line to Lia.
We also got to meet Colby’s brothers, Matthew and Evan, who (based on the sneak peek and the series title) will each end up with their own books; Evan being the next in line. I can’t wait to read more from this series to see who manages to win Matthew and Evan’s hearts, learn more about Frank and Rosie, and possibly more from Lia’s friends; there seems to be quite a few stories that could be told!